If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them. defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…

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It's weird because as @laurentheisen.bsky.social wrote, the anti-trans people have created a situation where they can stoke anti-trans sentiment and anger without there even needing to be an actual trans athlete involved. defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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"This presents a problem for the right: If your winning issue is trans women in sports, and you're struggling to uncover trans women in any league that anybody has ever heard of, then how do you keep trans athletes at the top of people's minds? Answer: You invent them." defector.com/the-right-ha...

The Right Has Created Its Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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I wrote this 3 years ago for @pastemagazine.bsky.social, about reporting on transphobia in music without ever involved trans people, and you’ll be surprised (I’m not) how it continues to be extremely relevant www.pastemagazine.com/music/transp...

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on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

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The Right Has Created Their Perfect Trans Athlete | Defector

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN p...

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the unfortunate thing about gender neutral bathrooms at the pro wrestling show is that they eliminate the one advantage of being a woman at the pro wrestling show

Okada rocking the Knicks shirt in Red Hook

they're calling it "the dumbest day to have washed your hair in the history of new york city"

Imane Khelif, Barbra Banda, now the Cunningham circus - it's kind of amazing how many "trans women in sports" controversies don't actually involve a single trans woman

well, yeah, I mean look at the dateline

The Dodgers got Tarik Skubal: defector.com/the-dodgers-...

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If Shohei Ohtani doesn’t return to the pitcher’s mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers this season, they’ve got themselves a hell of a replacement. Late Saturday night, the back-to-back defending world…

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The Odyssey was pretty good. I kept waiting for the part where Odysseus escapes by hiding in a floating barrel, and then about 2/3 in I realized that was from The Hobbit. B+

a random Roger Ebert review I think about sometimes is how he nailed the insidiousness of "Lizzie McGuire, you are an outfit repeater" www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...

I'm recording the audiobook this week!

Lauren Theisen@laurentheisen.bsky.social · last mo.

I co-wrote a book of essays about the movie It's A Wonderful Life with @emilystjams.bsky.social! It's out in September. Pre-order it here! www.harpercollins.com/products/eve...

from "The Fear That Feminism Will Free Men First" by Deirdre English

clapping after the movie is making a real comeback in New York City

I'd never seen this one before!

Uribe Down - controlled flight into terrain@saveourfarms.bsky.social · last wk.

Before leaving the house, burst into the bedroom and announced “By my troth, I am off!” Girlfriend said “WHAT?” She didn’t get the reference.

hair got a fresh coat of paint 🎨

the little kids I saw playing soccer in the park yesterday afternoon acted out a whole VAR-assisted yellow card

I laughed at this blog's lone example of a "sophisticated market-segmentation strategy": "Moms who spend on food, say, might lead stadiums to add more vendors to attract them." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

When Did Sports Get So Loud?

Athletes have become influencers. In-game production has become “storytelling.” And everything has gotten very, very stimulating.

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spent my saturday morning baking and playing dress-up 💖

I'm new to bird-watching, can anyone tell me what kind of bird this is?

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I reviewed 'Birthright,' a three-hour play about modern-day American Judaism: defector.com/after-the-ar...

After The Argument Comes The Rest Of Your Lives | Defector

The actor Eli Gelb has really found a niche for himself as “unassuming guy in a three-hour play who’s able to avoid getting directly hit by the drama.” Before catching him in Birthright, the new off-B...

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saw a guy wearing a shirt that said "Craft Beer Is Not A Crime." after giving the issue a significant deal of thought I've decided that I agree.

good move. hitters get to second base against him, but they never actually score.

MLB Transaction Bot@transactionbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

New York Mets signed LHP Zach Crotchfelt.

God of Thunder who once traveled back in time to reverse the disappearing of half the universe, upon seeing that his dead friend is now alive: "It's not possible."

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2w ago

Avengers: Doomsday | Official Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=irVN...

pretty rough that the first non-franchise Tom Cruise movie in a decade looks like "what if Andy Borowitz wrote Dr. Strangelove?"

I can confirm from experience that this is a horrible song to have stuck in your head while watching a mostly silent performance art piece about child abuse

Will Harris@sandwichpick.bsky.social · 3w ago

The perfect parody doesn't exis-