It’s always enjoyable to see an @darthbluesky.bsky.social post take off, especially a hibernation post. This one anonymous social account is often the source of communal joy; people respond in the most positive of ways. An antidote in These Times. What a weird and wonderful thing to experience.

How is it the people in charge who ostensibly study this shit never learn from previous terrible military decisions? Do they not study at those military colleges US failures in Iraq/Afghanistan or Vietnam?

Im sorry, what?

the 11yo came home today upset bc at lunch her friends (also 11) were talking about 'the epstein files' and how epstein ate babies. (my kid's an empath) when we asked where did her friend get this info she said: "tumblr". so now i have to explain to my kid a) epstein; b) tumblr i hate all of this

Translation: Trump is watching the TV and seeing people yell at him for causing the market to tank for a war he started for no reason other than to not have people on TV talking about his relationship with Epstein. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

When Jay-Z came out to play with Phish in 2004 in Brooklyn, it was one of the wilder concert-going experiences I had. Turns out, same was true for Phish's guitarist Trey Anastasio: www.gq.com/story/jay-z-...

Email from my kid's middle school reminding everyone about Transgender Day of Visibility tomorrow. It's just so easy to do the right thing.

MLB doing everything it can to piss off people who wanna watch the game, but also doing everything it can to tap into the content game across platforms. It's a bold strategy, Cotton! Let's see if it pays off for 'em. www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2026...

Aaron Judge went all of 2025 without striking out four times in one game. In the first game of the 2026 season, he has struck out four times. And the Yankees are up 7-0. This sport is glorious.

The “what if” of Barry Bonds playing the Bronx is a w i l d.

MLB announced a partnership with Polymarket last week. Opening night has two people seated in a strategic location wearing Kalshi shirts They’re on camera for every pitch. Wonder how long they stay.

Been waiting for this moment since October. Let’s go, Yankees 👏-👏-👏👏👏

I like how you can mute threads here but would like to be able to mute a thread but still see mutual responses. @joshuajfriedman.com as mayor of these here parts, can you make this happen?

“Not some niche service” was clearly not the point. Baseball is local. It doesn’t matter how many people subscribe to Netflix.

The Athletic found that it would cost about $800 to be able to watch a telecast of every Yankees game this season. I miss WPIX. www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

It's quite amazing how much MLB hates its fans. Opening night, two storied teams, only available on ... Netflix. What a giant fuck you to millions of people who love baseball but don't want/need/have Netflix.

Just watched the Harry Potter trailer and I am...confused. Did they just remake the movie? It looks like they remade the movie.

Meta just laid of 700 people after burning almost $100B (including changing its name from Facebook to Meta!) on a technology nobody but the top execs (who just gave themselves a $1b/per exec pay raise) thought was a good idea. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

oh. really.

A jury finds that Meta and YouTube are bad for you. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

This is an excellent @edmundlee.bsky.social piece, and highly recommend reading/sharing to understand how journalism works. While I agree w/most of it, I do quibble w/this bit. A half century of academic research about Agenda Setting Theory show as such. There is no "the media" but there is agenda.

Happy Opening Day to all who celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJH...

These beings are the best kind of weird

This seems like a torture sentence but I am also very tired. So why not: “Trump ordered about 2k paratroopers to the ME to give him options as he considers diplomacy with Iran” Can even add “sources say” at the end if you wanna be cautious.

It's seems as if Booker is running unopposed in the Democratic primary? It's a crisis of conviction, indeed. www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/...

Verdict is in for the New Mexico child safety case against Meta. Goes against Meta on every question. Jury finds Meta liable for ~37,000 violations. Maximum liability of $5,000 per violation.

Rawr

Normalization of calling idiots and assholes as anything but is a leading moment to why we're here. (eg, 16 grafs in...a dry understatement instead of "are you fucking serious")

of all the mlb records to never be broken (511 wins; 1406 stolen bases; etc etc etc), this is the one i always come back to as the most improbable to ever happen again.

Timeline cleanse. Band humor.

"The story would be baffling, except that there’s an obvious explanation: Somebody close to Trump knew what he was about to do, and exploited that inside information to make huge, instant profits." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...

Two years ago today we welcomed this idiot into our home and he never left. We are all the better for it. Happy gotcha day, Bodie/Bo-Bo/Boga Toga!

One of the common lines throughout Musk's ownership of X is that he continually tries to get advertisers back by offering, essentially, discounted/free inventory. And brands still ain't buying. Ad revenue is down half since 2021, from $2.4 bill to $1.25 bill. www.adweek.com/media/x-dang...

I don’t get how someone lost this much money in the market between 2021 and today. You had to have worked hard to lose money during the bull market of 2022-2026. From r/wallstreetbets

Chocolate, peanut butter, and pretzel rods. The Devil’s Triangle of snacks. So good.

But then gas prices go up and all of a sudden it’s “I can’t believe I voted for this guy three times. I guess I’m an idiot” ca.news.yahoo.com/3-time-trump...

always fascinated by regular joes who talk about their finances www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial ​intelligence companies court buyout firms to form joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and accelerating adoption of enterprise AI products" www.reuters.com/business/ope...

the president lying about high level peace talks taking place with the country were at war with, all to juice the stock market, is a gigantic scandal but also its just kinda another monday

Reuters's Ottawa bureau chief was laid off, forcing him to move back to the US. Now driving for Uber "In Canada, I made about $130k/yr. In America, driving for Uber, I’m unlikely to exceed the $38,680/yr that is the federal poverty guideline for a family of five" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Would be good, I think, if there was a line in coverage of Trump's "postponement" of raining bombs on Iran for five days, to just state an obvious truth: the five days coincide with the work week, aka when the financial markets are open.

If ::waves arms:: is what Trump and the GOP believe “winning” is, can someone ask them what losing looks like? Because we are in 2008 Detroit Lions territory.

Coaching my 8yo’s little league this year and sitting in a 90-minute meeting right is going over rules and guidelines and my jaw is on the ground. I played high school baseball and the rules (eg pitch count) weren’t as stringent. Again, these are 8yos. Times have changed.

why is chris christie on tv? he has proven to be a liar. yet he's always on ABC. five years ago researchers found cable news networks and network news programs give more airtime to members of Congress who have the most extreme views. media never learn. medianut.substack.com/p/news-netwo...

From a business perspective, I imagine airlines and airports are not thrilled with this. Ticket prices are up because oil prices are up. And now fear of being deported … or worse will cause people to not fly. Yet another way to crash the economy.

Al Gore wrote a book in 2007 called “The Assault on Reason.” “The point of this book is that our nation is so shockingly vulnerable to such crass manipulation” 2007!! www.npr.org/2007/05/25/1...

Marking this kind of coverage to see how American press reports on 3/28, when millions of people protest throughout America against the policies and plans of the American government led by President Donald Trump.

Alex Bregman lying about his height to manipulate the strike zone created by the Automated Balls and Strikes system. Shorter player gets smaller strike zone. Is Bregman smart or cheating? www.chron.com/sports/astro...

Watching Return of the Jedi with the 8yo and I forgot they took out the original jizz and replaced it with new age jizz. Lapti Nek was a banger. youtu.be/dV0LD-QAzg0?...

We really need to be saying, "What a piece of shit this guy is" more often.