Jokic on the 2027-28 season in Denver.

So the Nuggets' plan is to throw away the rest of Jokic's prime? When he still hasn't signed an extension? Sure.

Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball

ALT: Bold Strategy Cotton - Dodgeball

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The thing is that Markey is extremely old and probably shouldn’t be in office anymore but unfortunately the only guy who ran against him sucks shit and young people actually care about that

Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social · 13h ago

NEW: Seth Moulton responds to recent polling, says he can still make up ground by turning out young people. The problem: young voters are with Markey. Yesterday’s poll shows voters age 18-35 are breaking for Markey by 23 points. Today’s poll shows voters age 18-45 chose Markey by 51 points.

Just had a retired librarian in buying a book & she asked after my background & I told her I worked in publishing before the store & she asked what publishers do & I said, they produce books? & she asked if that was different from editors and…we are not all speaking the same language, it turns out.

A lot of us have pointed out that attacks on higher ed have broader economic implications for local communities. The Boston Globe has a story on the impact of higher ed cuts on the Massachusetts economy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/b...

Almost 130,000 people work at Mass. universities. Many are now on the ‘chopping blocks.’ - The Boston Globe

Higher education has long felt like the most stable sector of the Massachusetts economy. Not anymore.

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NEW from me & @jenramose.online: we’ve spent nearly a year speaking to WPBL players: "It's hard to talk negatively about this because it's literally my dream, but it's also true that there are so many eyes on this league and there could be so much more care toward this." Up now at @defector.com:

The New Women's Pro Baseball League Offers Hope—And Frustrations | Defector

For most women who play baseball in the United States, playing America’s pastime in a professional league has been little more than a dream. Yet for a select group of women, that dream is becoming a r...

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uh, i think i'd do just fine living in the world of FIFA26. sign me up.

Nina Marotta ☢️💙@mrschief7.bsky.social · 2d ago

You're offered $250,000,000 but to claim it you must enter the last video game you've played and stay there for a full year. How are y'all faring in this deal?

Not the main point here, and I understand why teams sell naming rights to banks, but I sincerely doubt this stadium will last even 10 seasons with that name.

Kevin Tompkins@ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 2d ago

why does the Cleveland Browns' new stadium legit look like a prison lmao

I often complained about how pro sports ownership was defined by the drama of random families turned royalty because grandpa bought a team 50 years ago, but I will miss it when every team is owned by one of the world's 250 wealthiest people for the sole purpose of selling it to one of the other 249

NBA Daily News@insidenbanews.bsky.social · 3d ago

Shelburne: Jeanie Buss did not vote to sell. The other five Buss siblings did.

New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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This man is bribed regularly so that more of us will die needlessly and he accepts that bargain for his own benefit. When I say regularly on here that there isn't that much difference between the parties this is what I mean.

Dean Preston@deanpreston.bsky.social · 3d ago

“House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced his opposition to Medicare for All on the same day a CBS News poll found 90 percent of Democratic voters support the idea—and 72 hours after a Yale University study showed the program would save 114,000 American lives and $1 trillion every year.”

"I *hate* playing with dolls." RIP Hayden Panettiere

There are only five teams in the AL with winning records. Seems bad. Almost like the whole league decided not to try this year. Are the Red Sox good? Who's to say? Right now, seems like they'll get into the playoffs by default.

Homer Simpson Wins by Default

ALT: Homer Simpson Wins by Default

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These AI detection programs are starting to look an awful lot like fire extinguishers sold by arsonists

*nods intently*

Joshua Baez is the first player in MLB history to homer 3 times in his MLB debut He’s the second player to hit each of his first three home runs in the same game at all, joining 7/31/21 Seby Zavala, in his 18th game

I mean, that's a MOMENT. First pitch of your big league career, and in Wrigley to boot? Doesn't get much cooler than that.

Sam Dykstra@samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here’s Joshua Báez’s first MLB hit, homer, RBI, at-bat, plate appearance, etc etc etc

Fifteen years ago, in the classroom, wikipedia was annoying because it was hard to describe to kids who relied on it why it wasn't a good source to cite in a paper. Now, it's the final remaining example of citational responsibility any of them have ever seen.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lowkey excellent thing about Wikipedia: accurately describing the extremism and lies of right-wingers because its sole concern is provable truth, while the media tiptoes around accurately describing whats happening to avoid appearing “biased” against the extremists and liars

I really appreciate that, as the baseball and football halls of fame engage in increasingly perverse and unnecessary gatekeeping, the basketball HOF is like, "you know who's cool? Amar'e Stoudemire."

Dan Devine@yourmandevine.bsky.social · 6d ago

At Y! Sports: I wrote about Amar'e Stoudemire, a player for whom it seemed not even the skies were the limit, and his miraculous path to the Hall of Fame. yhoo.it/4gdV06Y

A lot of you have reached out to me already about this because you already searched for it and saw we were working on it. We recently added WPBL stats on Baseball Reference, and also added AAGPBL stats. www.baseball-reference.com/register/wom...

"Sponsors will come, Ray. Sponsors will most definitely come."

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 6d ago

only now realizing the field of dreams game happened and this is all so unbelievably stupid

only now realizing the field of dreams game happened and this is all so unbelievably stupid

A little strange to do it after a Celtics game, no? Won't that take some of the spotlight away from his T-Wolves days? I mean, unless he specifically requested it that way, I suppose. Either way, glad it's finally happening.

MarcJSpears@marcjspears.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Timberwolves say Kevin Garnett’s No. 21 jersey will be retired on Feb. 28, 2027 after the Celtics at Target Center. Garnett becomes just the second player in franchise history to have his number retired, joining late ex-teammate Malik Sealy, whose No. 2 was retired in 2000.

Manager Calls Bullpen Just To Say Hi

Media outlets, too.

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social · 7d ago

one thing that would help with reconfiguring social media influence would be if the democratic party stopped posting, providing free labor and credibility, on social media apps that are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to destroy them and their constituents

I will die on the hill of "'Terminator 3' was great, actually."

andy [known agitator]@meltedmasks.me · last wk.

"i hate a popular thing" is mostly boring sooooo instead tell me the piece of media you love despite everyone else hating it me? i have many, but the two that spring to mind are Milla Jovovich film Ultraviolet which i own twice accidentally, PS3 game NeverDead, and Super Mario Bros. (film, 1993)

100% true. When I opened my bookstore, we did a membership program, and after a month I checked the numbers. We had three dozen members. Only one was a guy -- my real estate agent, who was openly skeptical of me being able to afford the location, and felt obligated to support.

Luke O'Neil@lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 7d ago

"There's something that Notorious B.I.G. once told me. Honestly. We were in a hotel in Providence. I was interviewing him, and what he told me, he said, fuck the guys, the girls are the ones that buy the tapes. Same thing with books." www.welcometohellworld.com/everyone-in-...

how much would signing Mitch have cost them in penalties? was it less than $66.7M?

Mike Vorkunov@mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 7d ago

The difference a NBA finals run makes? $66.7 million. Knicks played 9 playoff games in 2025 and 9 in 2026, but made $66.7 million more this year in playoff-related revenue than 2025's ECF run because of higher ticket prices + merch revenue, according to a MSG Sports SEC filing.

Learning that Chuck Schumer's daughter is a lobbyist for Amazon is a good reminder that as annoying as nepo babies becoming artists can be they can always do worse things with their wild and precious lives