it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck

how is there hardly anyone in the stands at Dodger Stadium for this Dodgers Red Sox game?

mitch mcconnell died doing what he loved, keeping a federal office vacant for several months leading into an election

Breaking news! It's Monday of JFL week, so time to Meet The New Faces of Comedy at @justforlaughs.com fromthecomicscomic.com/2026/07/20/m...

Meet Montreal’s Just For Laughs New Faces of Comedy, Class of 2026

It’s the Monday of the final week of Just For Laughs Montreal, which means it’s time to meet this year’s new crop of New Faces of Comedy! Not to get anyone’s hopes or expect…

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Just realized why Nikki never wants to talk about her dad #Obsession

I said what I said

Sean L. McCarthy@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 3w ago

Do stats in the third-place game count for FIFA Golden Boot? If so, then Mbappé and Kane could do the funniest thing right now

Deftones at Endfest 2000, which I also attended/covered as a newspaper reporter (not pictured) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1O...

Deftones Endfest 2000

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X (it's not Twitter any more and hasn't been in years) is the red state diner of the internet: the place lazy journalists go to get a sense of what they think "real" americans believe based on a ridiculously reductive and wrong definition of what it is to be a real american.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w ago

Twitter was wrong about Platner, wrong about the Odyssey, wrong about pretty much everything, but you know, it really reflects the mood of the people, you know?

Do stats in the third-place game count for FIFA Golden Boot? If so, then Mbappé and Kane could do the funniest thing right now

I believe!

Sean L. McCarthy@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 3w ago

14-2! If they don’t get swept immediately on the other side of the break, I’ll believe this is for real. For now the vibe shift is very real.

Ask Jeeves and ye shall receive answers Ask Claude or ChatGPT or Grok and ye shall taint the water supply for millions whilst also receiving misinformation that taints everything else

Always great to have @seanlmccarthy.bsky.social's thoughts on the big SNL cast changes. decider.com/2026/07/16/c...

Lasting Impressions: Assessing Chloe Fineman’s legacy as she leaves ‘Saturday Night Live’ After 7 seasons

“It’s really hard to leave SNL but it does feel like the right time.”

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Reminder! There are alternatives to Substack! Which do not have its ethical problems! (My newsletter is on Ghost, which is fabulous, and Buttondown is among the others I've heard praised.) Thread--

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

U.S. Senator is such an important job that any husk of a human can fill the seat

I had explosive diarrhea before it was cool

The newspaper in Louisville threw shade on that "new" hospital photo by publishing this spread on Friday of what McConnell and his wife actually have looked like over the years www.courier-journal.com/picture-gall...

A look at Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao through the years

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao, married in 1993. See photos from Fancy Farm to the campaign trail.

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14-2! If they don’t get swept immediately on the other side of the break, I’ll believe this is for real. For now the vibe shift is very real.

Sean L. McCarthy@seanlmccarthy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Red Sox fans, beware this time of year, for the boys from Boston love to surge into the All-Star break as the hottest team in MLB! June 25 to ASG 2026: 11-2 so far 2025: 13-4 but last 13 went 12-1 2024: 10-7 but 10-3 last 13 2023: 8-5 but 8-1 last 9 2022: 8-14 but 20-6 in June 2021: 11-5

You’re never as alone as you think you are

Red Sox fans, beware this time of year, for the boys from Boston love to surge into the All-Star break as the hottest team in MLB! June 25 to ASG 2026: 11-2 so far 2025: 13-4 but last 13 went 12-1 2024: 10-7 but 10-3 last 13 2023: 8-5 but 8-1 last 9 2022: 8-14 but 20-6 in June 2021: 11-5

You guys don’t have to keep posting bad tweets from bad men. We left the bad place because we are no longer interested in reading their shitty opinions about women.

The Year of Chris Fleming continues to flourish #Emmys

World Cup Football Fever: GOOOOOOOOALORIOUS!

Presented without context

Yes, the golden goose cursed the USMNT, because that’s what he does. But the real story is that Belgium’s golden generation — with an all-timer goalie, midfielder and attackers — might finally achieve their ultimate goal.

Good morning, London! Who wants to dilly dally?

For the three people still unsure how to feel about Louis CK releasing a new Netflix special decider.com/2026/06/30/l...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Louis C.K.: Ridiculous’ on Netflix, the comedian slowly, crudely, comes to grip with the inevitability of mortality

“The way I look at like is, if somebody does one good thing for me, I keep that. Anything else they did, I can, I can let that go.”

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Wondering how it must feel for so many Americans experiencing full Zlatan for the first time what the rest of the world has known for a quarter century now

Surprised it took this long for food conglomerates to realize you could just add powder to all of your products, and suddenly… new PROTEIN edition!

Cannot wait for content creators to someday soon claim that the Great American State Fair was also evidence of Tartaria