A true one of one and maybe the most inexplicable career that didn't include at least one title; you could argue he had the worst luck out of any of his OKC Trio brethren. The league is poorer without him bsky.app/profile/sham...

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 5d ago

After 18 NBA seasons, Russell Westbrook has retired. A legendary career: NBA’s top 75, 2017 league MVP, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA, USA Olympic Gold Medalist and the all-time record for triple-doubles.

Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.”

So many parallels: Advances followed by brutal backlashes. Hatred cloaked in concern about "fairness" and "undue influence" on children. Insistence that it's a medical/mental problem. Rage at cultural institutions that "promote a lifestyle." Invective about "special rights." Malevolent statehouses.

Hunter Walker@hunterw.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have been thinking a lot lately about how so many of the "arguments" against trans rights are essentially the same as the various fake panics about gay people.

This fits with the stereotype of the lazy Mexican. How can people so lazy be stealing all the jobs? Racism has no logic except to demonize and dehumanize, although racists don't realize that they are the ones becoming less human and more demonic, while the people they hate have always been human.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 3w ago

if you’re an immigrant and unemployed, you’re a freeloader, but if you’re gainfully employed, you’re stealing someone’s job. They just don’t want these people to exist except as targets for their hatred one way or the other bsky.app/profile/heba...

Anyone who grew up Charismatic could tell you what really happened: this robot fell out under the power of the Holy Spirit and an usher stepped up with a modesty cloth.

Rav@rvbdrm.com · 4w ago

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

I think the reason I prefer Alien to Aliens is that Aliens is basically Predator in which we meet all these badasses who discover what a badass really looks like and Alien is just people trying to do their jobs and go home, man

I wrote about the game

Ode to Spain, Our Competent Kings of the World Cup

Spain’s style may be dull, but their logistical excellence is strangely inspiring

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I wrote about VAR

VAR Is My Mortal Enemy and Should Be Yours, Too

The 2026 World Cup has been astonishingly good, with one nightmarish exception

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You know, I can understand why they didn't choose to cite the film that earned the filmmaker an Oscar nomination this time around.

Seen too many people posting about "explosive diarrhea" and no one (yet) about the time in In the Loop when Malcolm Tucker called it "arse-spraying mayhem".

This will be good news for my surfer daughter who is starting her English major in the fall.

Orkney Library & Archive@orkneylibrary.bsky.social · last mo.

This is your occasional reminder that Agatha Christie wasn't just the bestselling crime writer of all time but also she had a surfboard called Fred

Cristiano Ronaldo: what if a mall in Dubai was a person

the cat's outta the bag. i'm making a new movie. it's a found footage horror film called TRANDEMIC. thanks TFC, Mark Duplass, and Patrick Brice for the support!!!! deadline.com/2026/07/vera...

Vera Drew’s ‘Trandemic’ Inaugural Transgender Film Center Fund Winner

Drew will receive a $25,000 cash grant to support production of 'Trandemic.'

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It’s a good spot & the owners are nice/rad & the location used to be a steampunk-themed coffee shop and when they took over they didn’t change the decor.

Chris Kluwe@chriswarcraft.bsky.social · last mo.

Ok, Orange Thai off Beach and Atlanta is legit. Got Pad See Ewe and Drunken Noodles - Pad See Ewe is 4.25/5, Drunken Noodles are 4.75/5. It’s also a place whose “medium” spice level is clearly “you grew up eating southeast Asian food” because hooooweee this is not messing around.

Happy birthday, America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUT8...

National Anthem - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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A key to staying sane in trying times is to realize that your ability to create change, even in the best of times, is very limited, but your ability to make yourself feel bad about politics, or anything really, is basically unlimited and making yourself feel bad doesn’t make change more likely

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 2mo ago

it's entirely possible for americans to have a lot of angst about what our government is doing, recognize that they have extremely limited power to change it, and want to feel joy and pride about a soccer team, it's fine, demanding an explanation that reconciles all of this is unreasonable

Now reading (courtesy of @mzspress.bsky.social): LOST AND FOUND IN THE CATHEDRAL OF CINEMA by @overstreet.bsky.social.

Competitive high school sports are not about gladiatorial domination; they exist to teach kids teamwork, comradery, promote exercise, and give them a sense of accomplishment. I can think of no better way to accomplish those goals than to compete alongside our trans brothers, sisters, and siblings.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

This is worse than anything in Evermore: the Theme Park that Wasn't.

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Everyone is talking about Trump’s mock up arch at the Great American State Fair, so I filmed it from top to bottom and front to back for everyone who can’t see it in person.

You know a great female-centered superhero film? Julia Hart's FAST COLOR.

I got personal and fiery in my latest newsletter piece about Disclosure Day. I discuss why I loved the film, my own sensitive nature, having hope for humanity, the troubling misreadings of the film, and why cynicism is not wisdom. angelicabastien.substack.com/p/disclosure...

Open Your Fucking Heart: Why I Loved Disclosure Day, A Review and Rant in 17 Notes

Spielberg's Disclosure Day is a film of complex emotionality worth wrestling with. It led me to think about my own stubborn hopefulness and the problem with mistaking cynicism for wisdom.

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Max Muncy 1

perpetually targeted and perpetually erased

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For conversations about which religious and ethnic minorities now feel less safe in this country, it is striking to me how this conversation is not as rigorously applied to Muslims as it should be. There’s a lot of reasons for me to say that but they’re literally the only religious demo…

I once made a whole list of these for just 2024 boxd.it/CLcuE

2024 US releases where the title is a complete sentence

A list of 18 films compiled on Letterboxd, including All Shall Be Well (2024), Close Your Eyes (2023), The Dead Don't Hurt (2023), Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023) and Evil Does...

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Dana Stevens@thehighsign.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Name a film with a title that is a full sentence.

I just did this at Albertson’s and saved $2.50 on ice cream. I will soon be drunk with power.

Colin Dickey@colindickey.com · 2mo ago

What remains one of the best life hacks I’ve ever learned: at any chain that has a phone number-based rewards system needed for discounts (CVS, Duane Reade, etc.), simply put in the local area code followed by 867-5309. There is always already an account. You will always get the discount.