Putting gambling on the phone might be one of the worst ideas ever. I loved going to the sportsbook in AC and Vegas but the fun of going was the atmosphere and hanging out with other people. Kalshi and Polymarket saw how insane people were and made gambling for people who don't like sports

This ESPN mini doc about how "Seven Nation Army" became an arena anthem is so good www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8B...

My takeaway from Trump’s speech is that they ought to take Trump away.

England stops short of advancing to World Cup final

The president refuses to rule out, as does his cabinet, sending in uniform military.  He's obsessed with it. That's why I introduced the Protect Our Polls Act.

Pete Hegseth's announcement of mandatory testosterone testing — even for women, apparently — is weird and stupid, so on brand for MAGA. It's also rooted in the deep insecurity that fuels MAGA men. And about bullying women. An analysis. www.salon.com/2026/07/17/p...

Page One in Indy.

An engaging #jazz find on my streaming service today: "In The Uncommon Market" by the Duke Ellington Band. Live recordings from European tours in the 50s and 60s, tunes you don't often hear en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_...

"What do billionaires want and get? Money isn’t their only object. Some of them genuinely believe in causes beyond their own further enrichment. Unfortunately, these causes are on average loathsome." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/democracy-...

From my post last year, my 4 favorite sources of wildfire smoke forecasts: 1-3 day from NOAA: airquality.weather.gov?element=apm2... rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmo... 3-day from Environment Canada: weather.gc.ca/firework/ 5-10-day from NASA: fluid.nccs.nasa.gov/wxmaps/chem2...

RFK Sr. legacy: Championed civil rights, fought poverty and organized crime, opposed Vietnam War. RFK Jr. legacy: Runny shit and measles. prospect.org/2026/07/16/h...

"...some of the drugs that generate the most revenue for Pfizer are not offered at a TrumpRx discount, according to financial filings. Those include Eliquis..."

Trump Demands an AI Data Center in Every Pot talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...

"for no doubt complex sociological and psychological reasons lots of elite actors have to pretend to themselves and everyone else that what is happening is something other than what it is, which is to say complete madness" www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/07/new-...

I just ask everyone to compare two elections. One where we let X drive the narratives. Or one where we build this site as the best way for people to get news without all the Nazism and child sexual abuse material and Barstool babbling.

When a heat wave threatened NYC’s grid earlier this month, these New Yorkers could run their AC units off a battery backup.

It really is just so disgusting how much Republicans rub their lawlessness in our faces. Todd Blanche nomination hearing??? The guy who is blocking the Epstein files and cut a deal with Ghislaine? That guy??

The Republican food parasite is causing food writers to retool their salad articles. "The hottest summer salad" becomes "The hottest summer salads are cooked so you won't get sick"

Solar installation innovation: "The new tracked machine is built around an automated arm attachment for picking and placing W-beam piles, aiming to speed up that process and make it safer for crews on ground-mount, utility-scale solar jobsites" www.equipmentworld.com/construction...

More evidence that billionaires are as dangerous as rogue nukes. Protecting the planet and democracy requires that existing billionaires be disarmed (via fair tax rates and campaign finance reform) and future ones prevented via similar nonproliferation measures.

"...balcony solar in the U.S. has a long way to go to reach the scale seen in Germany. There, plug-in solar installations grew from roughly 40,000 systems in 2017 to as many as 4 million in 2025." www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Krugman: "there is no legitimate use case for crypto. They’ve had 18 years to come up with one. ... Every one of them has turned out to be baseless. The only real use for crypto is tax evasion, money laundering, and crime." open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Two (Apparently) Impossible Steps to Resuscitate the Democratic Brand 1. Call out the AI bubble. 2. Punish the malefactors.

To kickstart the market for plug-in solar, a nonprofit is selling kits at no markup -- around $300. Get yours while you can!

Curious where plug-in solar legislation stands, state-by-state? Our tracker is linked in this article! Updated daily by Bright Saver---we work directly with the bill writing and coalition efforts. 🙃 www.techradar.com/home/energy-...

Balcony solar-loving nonprofit BrightSaver is offering a deal to help more Americans afford plug-in panels.

Trump Fired Pam Bondi the Day After DOJ Agreed to Share Epstein Files with New Mexico emptywheel.net/2026/07/13/t...

Graham during the Clinton impeachment. www.rev.com/transcripts/...

Röyksopp released ‘The Understanding’ in the US 21 years ago on July 12, 2005 | Listen to the album + watch the official videos here: album.ink/RoyksoppTU

On this week’s “Big Interview” podcast, actor-director Ben McKenzie talks about the rise of crypto, why he finds it dangerous, and why it benefits from having a mysterious creator. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...

A few of the many remarkable scrap-metal sculptures at Lansing, Michigan's Scrapfest, which is happening today from 11 to 7 scrapfest.com/scrapfest-16...

Conspiracy Theories Around Lawmakers’ Health Are Going to Keep Spiraling

I know we can get inured to this admin's wanton destruction of enviro safeguards, but this latest proposal drastically weakening truck engines slated to go into effect in six months (!!!) is just patently absurd. www.epa.gov/regulations-...

As always, Every Republican Accusation is a Confession.™️ This time, it’s “after-birth abortion.”

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

The authoritarian, senile, racist strongman with delusions of grandeur has racist hit squads that kill minorities in multiple cities and towns without consequence. - how the mainstream media would be covering trump if it were any other country and he wasn't the engine in their gravy train

Wrong Fork is real!

"A $250 note would make it easier to dodge tax, simply because cash transactions are easy to make anonymous", and they'll make life easier for criminals www.npr.org/2026/06/23/n...

TPM is doing it's annual journalism fund drive. This money helps pay for nearly every thing we do, but it also allows us to create free memberships for students and people who might not otherwise be able to subscribe.

Scrapfest returns to Old Town Friday.

NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morris called reports that self-driving cars had driven into emergency scenes and blocked ambulances and firefighters “unacceptable.” www.wired.com/story/self-d...

Killing mosquitoes without sprays using Homegrown National Park's Mosquito Bucket wildones.org/mosquito-buc...

"If companies that have adopted AI are now rebelling against the repricing, then the AI business model has a fatal corruption." prospect.org/2026/07/08/g...

The rest of the world now recognizes Trump as the demented jerk we all know as our president paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pathetic-i...

one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5884... @andrewhickey.500songs.com Great interview of Peter Asher on the Beatles, Carole King, James Taylor, etc.

Rather than debunk Trump’s wildly dishonest, unhinged, and inflammatory new rhetoric about Democrats being godless communists who want to kill Christians, our major news organizations have responded largely with mild stenography – effectively amplifying his lies. presswatchers.org/2026/07/trum...

Cannonball Adderley Quintet feat. Joe Zawinul #BOTD (Oslo, 1969) #Jazzsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICa1...

Michigan Voters who changed their mind and have already voted: