Everytime I return to the east coast I’m outraged anew that sports doesn’t start at the civilized hour of 4:30.
Nate DiMeo
@natedimeo.bsky.social
Does a podcast called The Memory Palace
If you live in Philadelphia, I'm teaching a free class (with free stickers!!) on how to score a baseball game at Val's Lesbian bar next tuesday! Please come!
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
If there’s one thing United States senators cannot abide, it’s egotism.
My Odyssey and Iliad translations are available as audiobooks, read/ performed by very talented real people: Claire Danes and Audra MacDonald. They do a much better job than the robots! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iliad...
The Odyssey
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home ...
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When there are people who have reveled in wielding power of you, who spent their lives making sure they stayed in power so they could do that, all you have to do—literally, all you have in your power to do—is laugh. Don’t let anyone shame you for saying good riddance.
International travelers here for the World Cup have gotten a real taste of America— Buc-ee’s, ubiquitous ice cubes, regional BBQ variations, and the way that Trump inserts himself into every good thing and makes it worse.
The person who placed the largest wager in the match on a FIFA-owned platform built in partnership with Draft Kings/Aramco should announce the decision right before kickoff with a gladiator-style thumb.
Ken Tremendous@kentremendous.bsky.social · last mo.They're so bad at being corrupt. There should be a system in place for "reviewing" red cards already, so that when the bribe/extortion calls come in, it's not so obvious. Day 1 stuff for a gangster outfit.
Pochettino looks like he quit investment banking to manage a small vineyard and now embraces an untucked lifestyle.
I've been condemned to spend part of my early evening in Nightmare Alley (where the 101 meets the 405) with time to kill. Where's the best Mexican bar to watch the Mexico match in that cursed land?
Haaland like like Spiderman if the radioactive spider were an iceberg.
This is an extraordinary essay about one of the greatest American artworks.
JP@jpbrammer.bsky.social · last mo.Ahead of its 250th birthday, I make the case that the greatest work of American art ever produced is made of garbage and was assembled at the behest of God by a Black man working the night shift as a janitor in DC johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-g...
anyway i think the proper takeaway here is that a bare majority of the court thinks the plain words of the 14th amendment mean what they say, that four members believe there is a secret hidden meaning only recently discovered by hack lawyers
Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo
boston peeps! start your july 4th celebrations early at our live show next week! ticket info below ⬇️
Jody Avirgan@jodyavirgan.com · 2mo agoBOSTON! We have a @thisdaypod.com live show at @wburcityspace.bsky.social next Weds 6/24. We'll be recording our America 250 episode on "The Declaration Of Independence." Heard of it? Should be a fun, tickets here! www.wbur.org/events/10850... @pastpunditry.bsky.social @kcarterjackson.bsky.social
Richard Jefferson is basically Copilot announcing basketball: an unhelpful overview of the proceedings and 45% too many words.
its another great day to eat food, urinate, breathe with mouth and nose, and strut around on this planet
Here's the latest episode of The Memory Palace which, despite this dude's whole deal suggests, is, I'm told a "fun one." play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
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Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.The Memory Palace ...
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If you’re in line to dunk on Spencer Pratt: STAY IN LINE.
I’m excited about this both because Nithya has extremely effective as my council person, driven, pragmatic, creative, and because Spencer Pratt is as appealing and as dumb as a bunch of wasps stuffed into a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo agoNithya Raman, a progressive member of the Los Angeles City Council, has pulled ahead of the reality TV star Spencer Pratt in the city’s mayoral primary.
BOVINO (Lifting sieg heil salute) Live the moment! CUE - “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2mo agosubtle.
