I just want it noted that Javier Assad dueled Tarik Skubal to a draw into six innings. Respect to Javier Assad.
Todd Gregory
@toddgregory.bsky.social
Senior staff editor at The New York Times. From the prairie part of the Prairie State. COYS (Views are my own, etc.)
this is an interesting interview and if i were clipping it for social media i would have excerpted "We're still a place where we don't downrank links. We love sending traffic to people. We send two million clicks a day to publishers" rather than the part that'll just piss people off lol
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
While I hope that I do not get killed by flaming space junk, I have to admit that it would be very funny if I did.
A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week (Gift Article)
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
nytimes.com
Ugh ... "The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them."
Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · last wk.
Weird how much discourse around the Mamdani grocery stores ignores the existence of the Green Cart intiative (launched under Bloomberg) that provides subsidized fruit and vegetable stands across the city under the exact same logic as the grocery stores
4:30 am wakeup for a Shakespeare in the Park ticket, this better be the most transcendent-ass artistic experience of my life
enjoying imagining the discussion among editors in which they determined if this ought to be pluralized as Spider-Mans, Spider-Men, or Spiders-Man
I think the guy next to me at the bar just ordered a St. Louis-style pizza because I'm eating one, and buddy, I am sorry. I only did this for the sake of nostalgia, it's not actually very good. I was stunned to find one inside the five boroughs and had to give it a whirl.
Curious to see how the courts respond to this.
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
latimes.com
$117 million in revenue from legal settlements last year, primarily from media and tech companies like CBS and Meta.
How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office (Gift Article)
See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.
nytimes.com
I've been a critic in Chicago for almost exactly 27 years, and the screening room at the top of 70 E. Lake St. has so many memories for me. Good piece from Richard Roeper, and I love that he talked to the projectionist, Steve Kraus. Great guy, great at his job: www.rogerebert.com/features/a-h...
A Home Away from Home: Goodbye to the Lake Street Screening Room
A loving ode to a place that shaped Chicago film criticism.
rogerebert.com
One of the cool things about this place is that it's a kind of museum for internet culture, no apologies for that
Catbus@catbus.phd · 2y agoremembering the greatest interview of all time
I can't stop reading about The Odyssey. The end of this is especially good.
I’m a Military Historian. The Odyssey Movie Is About As Historically Accurate As The Lord of the Rings—but It Nails Something Crucial.
I understand why history nerds like me are mad about Christopher Nolan’s adaptation, but they’re missing the point.
slate.com
There is some musician called Jimothy Lacoste and it must be so weird to be brutally namemogged by a raccoon
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
nytimes.com
"In part, the spike in recipients working for Amazon and the gig-economy apps can be explained by a surge in hiring during the pandemic" (🎁)
Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
wapo.st
I dunno, it kind of seems like Odysseus DID anger Poseidon. I think he should not have done that!
