every time Ben Davis says "daddy hacks" on my tv, I should receive a $10 check from NBC Sports as reparations

I'm flat out refusing to learn how you can do cyber attacks on water, and anyway why not just unplug the water

we should be hitting the moon with more stuff. sick of it controlling our tides, causing people to spiral into insanity, turning some of our best guys into wolves

I would simply not let short form video trends define my experience of the world.

got a guy doing some work at the house. Asked if he could listen to the radio while he worked and obviously I said yeah, then held my breath hoping it wasn't gonna be some Alex Jones shit or Don Imus' greatest hits or whatever. But we're just listening to MMR, baby, dudes rock of course

If you have Eagles preseason tickets that you are not using, email marketing@independencebigs.org. They will put them to good use and find a Philly kid/Big Brother or Big Sister who want to attend. Same goes for any tickets to any Philadelphia sporting event!

I think the president should have more people standing behind him when he's sitting at his desk and free associating for the cameras based on whichever key words he happens to hear over the squealing of his pig's heart

applications for the Rutgers-Camden MFA program are open as of today. We have one of the most generous funding packages around, and also you get to live and write in Philly, a perk no other major program can possibly match mfa.camden.rutgers.edu/how-to-apply...

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!

put lebron in left field. who’s gonna stop you

reliably funny thing in every documentary about WWE history is a bunch of talking heads going on and on about what a genius Vince is, followed by a cut to some big new angle that's like "next Stone Cold started a feud with the Puke Monster, a monster who pukes." Also the puke monster is a pimp

different sport, but all the trade deadline stuff has me thinking of a story I published a long time ago, about a gorilla mascot who is very sad when his best friend is traded www.hobartpulp.com/web_features...

Mrs. Met has been traded to the Dodgers for one night in an Indecent Proposal type scenario.

it’s genuinely funny that academics have this view of their disciplines which mostly constitute sitting in chairs talking as like YOURE IN THE JUNGLE BABY meanwhile in construction where fistfights occasionally break out nobody thinks about this shit

Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 5d ago

I don’t really want to get into this with people who feel this way, but i don’t think this is a good thing! We don’t need to behave this way! It’s not healthy to approach academic discourse as an exercise in harshness!

The writing coach trying to get me to go upstairs, then looking very disappointed as I walk past him to leave the house

Tom McAllister@tmcallister.bsky.social · last mo.

I've been on a regular writing schedule this summer, going upstairs to my office at 10 and doing a few hours of work. The dog has so internalized this routine that now if I haven't gone up, he stands at the stairway, guilting me. Sometimes he just runs up and waits there for me to clock in

Reading a library copy of Money by Martin Amis, and this single post-it note is still in the book. Library copies are beautiful.

I love to give my speech about consuming liver in front of a normal background

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 7d ago

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver"

I will never line up around the block for a viral food item, no thank you, that's other people's business

Received an advance copy of @adamoprice.bsky.social's collection from @autumnhouse.org today. Adam is one of the best living short story writers, no offense to other living writers who are reading this, and also he's coming to read at Rutgers-Camden in October. Excited to read this one

just went out and bought a whole bunch of liquids, you gotta hand it to liquid, one of our wettest things

Tom McAllister@tmcallister.bsky.social · 3y ago

of all the states of matter, the one I spend the most money on, by far, is liquid

sometimes I think it's kind of overblown when people say it's harder for athletes to play in Philly, and then I see what passes for mainstream coverage in other major markets.

Natalie Weiner@natalieweiner.bsky.social · 7d ago

glad we've got this hard hitting coverage

#AcademicSky should know that today's story on the many professors who sued their universities after being disciplined or fired for personal speech was primarily inspired by this post www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Tom McAllister@tmcallister.bsky.social · 4w ago

remember, be careful what you post on a day like this. If you do it right, you can get illegally fired for being disrespectful to Lindsay Graham and then win a massive lawsuit about 10 months from now and retire with 2 million in your pocket

[Monkey's paw curling as I wish for the Eagles to be coached by a crusty old south Philly Italian guy]

Bo Wulf@bowulf.bsky.social · 7d ago

Vic Fangio’s press conference not yet half finished and he’s already invoked Fauci as a synonym for ducking the question and stumped for Pete Rose as the best sports signing in Philly history. Welcome to Training Camp.

VVG's famous catchphrase: "Hello"

Tim Price@timprice.bsky.social · last wk.

lamest Sixers take circulating is people going "oh no, we're going to be on First Take every day now." Folks, this actually doesn't affect your life in any way. Legally, you're not required to know anything about this

Hello and reminder that the free @barrelhouse.bsky.social newsletter has a new, original, newsletter-only essay on pop culture obsessions every month, like this most recent essay by SF Layzell about Peppermint Patty (so great). You can sign up here: www.barrelhousemag.com/contact-barr...

nobody can deny that this is a man who was born to be on TV

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

boy I hope we find out it's just some guy who's not even a basketball fan, he's just really into one particular book of the Bible

Alex Coffey@byalexcoffey.bsky.social · last wk.

I am on a quest to find this sunburnt man If you know him DM me please 🙏🏼

as a society we are well past due in establishing No Content Zones where making shit for tiktok is explicitly forbidden

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

very funny to me how many national NBA writers have really locked on to the idea that the Sixers absolutely must replace Joel Embiid with the literal only less reliable player in the league than him, a guy who is also worse than him at basketball.