If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

The same principles supporting boycotts or other remedial measures for the Qatar World Cup are again in place for games played in the US in 2026. Same logic.

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

Is there something in the water in Madison that makes people the horrible combination of insufferable and dumb?

Not a single picture of a person involved in this chat will surprise you. bsky.app/profile/junl...

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

Just finally watched Adolescence. I was underwhelmed by the story. Good acting, sure, in some roles, but a lot of things problematic about the script to me.

Just a reminder - the Salvation Army is a shit organization that you shouldn't support.

With that draw, @unionomaha.bsky.social retains its lead over "draw" in the head-to-head matchup with Greenville. Greenville wins come in a far third.

He said "never seemed like much of a rivalry to me, we just kicked their ass all the time." Anyway, Union Omaha vs Greenville next Wednesday, are you ready?

After the 15th inning it is time to replace one player with a dog until someone wins or it's all dogs.

@hipsterkibble.bsky.social about to watch a scary movie at a theater.

Come on, Knox, keep adding goals.

Cold weather will be here before you know it, and your neighbors could use some support

ICE is full of the most worthless cowards, man. Uvalde cop level. At least be a man and stand behind your actions. You can't even face someone's legitimate non-violent anger?

Heartbroken.

Seriously thank you to everyone who has reached out. Your support has meant the world to us ❤️

Did not expect this to be a year I had to have two animals euthanized.

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

Have to await further info tomorrow after a CT scan. But at least he's getting better pain drugs now.

Really long day, but finally made it to Ames so Audie can get some help. Likely surgical. Always appreciate good thoughts for him - he really is the sweetest guy.

There are few things in life more difficult than seeing your dog sick or in pain. I wish I could help him understand why we're doing what we are to help him, but that runs so contrary to his nature.

Also, so glad I don't care about baseball. Everyone on my TL, irrespective of rooting interest, seems to be in agony.

Audie likely had a severely slipped disc in his back (x-ray results hopefully tomorrow). His back legs are functionally paralyzed at the moment (hopefully temporarily) and, as a result, he can't control his functions. So we now are back to diapers on the Fox household.

Anyone know a good way to watch the Champions League without Paramount+? This company is becoming all that sucks about this country rn.

Will this be enough for people to realize that Dave Chappelle is a human piece of shit? Probably not, but alas.

Will this be enough for people to realize that Dave Chappelle is a human piece of shit? Probably not, but alas.

Those comedians are mascots of the LOLZ, who gives a fuck narcissism of the internet age in this country. It's a strain of selfishness unleashed by the replacement of community and decency with profits and hollow patriotism unleashed by the Reagan Revolution. Greed is good.

"This Court has listened carefully to the reasons given by Öztürk’s captors for masking-up and has heard the same reasons advanced by ... ICE. It rejects this testimony as disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable. ICE goes masked for a single reason—to terrorize Americans into quiescence."

Pretty perfectly stated.

This is not a complaint; this is the least I have ever hated NFL media as a genre

I find that result oddly satisfying. Can't root for the Packers (NFC North and, well, just yuck) but I also don't want Jerry getting the win, especially after the idiocy of that trade (and, well, just yuck). Plus scorigami. I'll take it.

Is it possible yesterday was the rapture and none of us were worthy?

Court of hacks.

Any team with a former Kansas Jayhawk on it. Not the Lakers.

Do we really think the Rapture would take that many people away? I mean, it's the *good* people that go, right? How many of them are there, really?

It's interesting. Being born in America may be one of the biggest factors in a person's lack of understanding of the values underpinning the American experiment.

Oops Atlético

Oops Liverpool.

Usually would root hard for UNL VB against Creighton. Not tonight, can't root for this UNL team with Rebekah Allick.

So happy that my pessimism was inaccurate tonight. What an incredible showing by Bud - and what a blast it was to watch with Truman. His first big main event he stayed up to watch.

we're on the precipice of a universal antiviral medication, mRNA technology is out here curing cancers every other month, HIV is cureable AND preventable, renewables generate more energy now than fossil fuels worldwide and and more cost-effective, coral reefs are growing back all over the world rn

Hard for me to see how he pulls this out, but let's fucking go, Bud.

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

Note. While I don't think today is good for marginalized people, neither is erasing what Kirk was about and his harms. We can be honest about him, even if we disagree about the likely or potential outcomes from today. He was a TERRIBLE person. I just don't want more bad to come from his life.

It is incredibly simple to acknowledge that violence in any form is awful and erodes society.

The loss of Charlie Kirk will not worsen the planet in any way. That being said, celebrating political violence in the current environment isn't likely to protect LGBTQ/BIPOC folks, it is likely to see more of them killed and injured. This isn't a moral position about Kirk, it's a practical concern.

Payback time. Ewing may have been very lucky to be the nominee at the perfect time. Not sure about his political judgment on this one.