Five AL teams have a positive run differential. Four are in playoff spots and the fifth is Detroit.

I wonder if local politicians still throw candy from convertibles at the Mason, Michigan 4th of July parade. How many future Political Scientists have had hard candy chucked their way by a future US Senator (who was a state representative at the time)?

I just got a desk reject for “fit”. That would be fine except the article sat with the editor for six months! That’s ridiculous for a fit rejection where it never went out to review. And when I asked earlier why it was taking so long, I was told it was about a difficulty in finding reviewers.

Why faculty unions make sense.

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 6h ago

Universities “are increasingly acting like other employers, finding “complicated and sometimes pretextual reasons” to fire employees, even those with tenure. “What we’re seeing at the New School is emblematic of the rising pressures on higher education as a labor market and as an industry”

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

El Sayed not winning Wayne County isn’t great for the theory he’d juice Democratic base turnout. He seems to have done best in whiter, educate, affluent areas outside of Oakland, which has s Stevens’ base (and he came close there). Anyway, on to the general. Beat Rogers.

Michigan Democratic Primary voters you mean. A lot of Michigan general election voters likely are hellsite voters.

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 15h ago

Tonight we find out whether Michigan voters are bluesky posters or bluesky replyers

I support the winner of the Michigan Democratic primary as the future senator from Michigan.

I remember the Detroit Free Press doing a study a couple years ago and finding two trans women in all of girls‘ high school sports in Michigan

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 19h ago

There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

The latest poll for Saxony-Anhalt has the far-right at 41%. If some of the smaller parties (SPD, Greens, BSW) don't clear the threshold to enter parliament, the far-right may gain an absolute majority in September.

NEWS: Former Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has endorsed Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for re-election Flake: “I’m still a conservative Republican. But character matters. And I want someone in that seat who takes the institution seriously and will protect the institution.”

Polls are now open across (most of) Michigan! Get live August primary election updates all day long here.

Well, tomorrow I will donate to the winner of the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan no matter who wins. I know my dad is also planning to donate to the Dems once the primary is past. I’ll probably hit up the DCCC and maybe the DLC as well, though maybe not all in one paycheck.

Don’t let the people who want to tear the Michigan Democratic Party apart over Stevens-El Sayed do so. Don’t abet their efforts.

Sunday - 1926 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/39675

Someone should tell him to ask Claude about the "principal agent problem"

Max P III@blackballer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Its embarrassing how many grown ass adults live in these fantasies where people work for some nonsense like the artificial cultures oligarchs manufacture over survival.

I did not have Gage Workman on the trade bingo card.

I’m surprised the Tigers haven’t traded Mize. The other potential trades would be hard to get much return on.

Watergate was a harmless prank, in terms of the scale of illegality & constitutional violations, compared to this. Again, this is the most basic "do we live under a functioning constitutional order?" type of stuff. The answer, sadly, is no, because this hasn't immediately ended his presidency.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Trump administration admitted that it terminated nearly 300 federal research grants 'solely because' the projects were connected to states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024 and had two Democratic senators in office, according to court filings." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

NEW YORK AG SAYS TRUMP'S NEW TARIFFS ARE 'IMPERMISSIBLY BROAD' AND BYPASS THE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED BY LAW, ADDING THAT THE LATEST TARIFFS MERELY REPLACE DUTIES SHOT DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT

Probably would've been nice to know this before the 2024 election, but sure

@GottaLaff@gottalaff.bsky.social · 2d ago

ABC has picked it up now. "Capital One says it closed hundreds of Trump's bank accounts in 2021 'for anti-money laundering reasons'"

And we wonder why the media fails at covering this adequately. We’ve just gutted the media.

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2d ago

oh yeah the broader newspaper industry is turbo fucked. down ~80 percent since 1990

Friday: Capital One reveals they debanked Trump debanked bc he was laundering money. Sunday: Acting Attorney General solidifies promise Trump's tax crimes won't be punished.

Since the Monroe Doctrine is in the news, I highly recommend Samuel Flagg Bemis’ biography of John Quincy Adams, the main author of the MD, who also sought more cooperation with South America. Also, you get a lot of coverage of his efforts against the gag rule and slavery post-presidency.

Heed the warning.

At least Yankee fans acknowledge that money gives them an advantage and are upset their management has done so little with it. Detroit Red Wings fans were fully aware of the advantage money gave them in the pre-salary cap era. (Detroit is a much relatively larger hockey market than baseball market.

Could we at least get an international draft in MLB? That would help a bit and if the NBA and NHL can do it …

Also the Republicans were screaming that Fauci helped authorize vaccines for children, which is something every goddamn parent I know was praying for every day for more than a year and have been thankful for ever since. These people are all self-centered idiotic sociopaths, nothing more.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d ago

if you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.