BREAKING NEWS: This huge internationally beloved star of prep school cafeterias just canceled his appearance at the big Trump 250 show, and I don't know how to handle the disappointment youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?...

If only Americans really WERE united by "shared convictions:" the convictions of Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Todd Blanche, Kristy Noem, Pam Bondi, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jim Jordan, Howard Lutnick, that guy who "bought" Zorro Ranch, et alia et alia et alia

Be the subversive your parents didn't want you to grow up to be

We are living through some bleak, parlous times right now. But we're also living in an era in which we get to see Shohei Ohtani and Jacob Misiorowski play baseball. I hold fast to that. (I also love "stats o' the day" - the contraction just makes me giggle.)

The actual "regime change" effected by the war with Iran will be the one right here in the USA when voters have our next chance to throw out every damn legislator who's stood by and done nothing while basic living expenses skyrocket and our status as leaders on the global stage sinks like a stone.

We shouldn't be surprised to learn that brilliant people often have a streak of gentleness and softness underpinning their genius. They wrestle with their consciences and produce poetry, like Cécile Butticaz did. From our resident DC smart guys, we get "The Art of the Deal" and "Hillbilly Elegy."🤮

The light is beginning to dawn

She stood up to Joe McCarthy when no one else would, and her singular act of conscience began the sequence that toppled his empire-within-an-empire of hate and fear. Where are the Margaret Chase Smiths of today?

I'm with the old guy Hell, I AM the old guy, standing with the other old guy and all my LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters

Why just tubas? Players of portable instruments of all kinds should be lining up for this too! Maybe a few pianos on floats, but that would probably require a permit... so yeah, tubas and pennywhistles and drums and fifes hey ho!

The simplicity of these images belie the complexity of emotions they evoke, and Yaroslava Antipina, who chronicles wartime life in Kyiv, wants us to feel all of them. Ukrainian art will outlast Putin's war, as will the extraordinary courage and spirit of the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini!

New York City, we have no excuse to be bored this summer. The map at Nyc.gov/summer is full of free and affordable stuff to do -- sports, music, arts, movies, video games and more -- in every borough.   The city is your backyard. Get out there and enjoy it.

We are doomed

When the best women baseball players on the whole damn planet are gathering in the midwest this summer for the Women's World Baseball Cup but hardly anyone knows about it because, well, men are always the default. But now YOU know!

I don't buy it. "Misled" - about what? No way was Martina McBride or any other musician "misled" about what signing up for Trump's big concert meant: a quick payday and the humiliation of cheering for the dismantling of democracy. Now they're stuck with their choice, only without the payday.

Today, Ukraine marks Heroes’ Day. A day of remembrance honoring all those who fought and continue to fight for Ukraine’s freedom and independence. Paintings from the exhibition The Archetype of the Ukrainian Hero, 2025.

New Yorkers are saving money on daycare, groceries, rent, and repairs under the scary socialist policies of our scary Muslim mayor while MAGA crushes Americans under soaring costs of gas, food, and health care. ⬇️

One of my favorite scenes in all of filmdom: "I think you're the saddest girl I ever met." "I'm usually told how happy I am." "That's because you make a man FEEL happy." youtu.be/QCstxjm7KAc?...

The conflation of violence with true "power" is one of many egregious miscalculations by the current administration. "...the war has revealed extraordinary weakness at the core of his presidency, the true puniness of his power," writes Lydia Polgreen in the NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o...

RIP Dennis Locorriere, my teenage dream with a heart of gold and a voice so powerful it gave me chills. He recorded my song "Stuck on the Wrong Side of Love" with Dr. Hook, but released it on "Hits and History" after the band split up. Farewell, dearest DL💔 www.letras.com/dr-hook/6030...

No more begging for funding by New York City libraries. They're essential city services providers, and we finally have a mayor who gets that.

Physician Matilda Evans was born 160 years ago today. Receiving her MD in 1897, she moved to North Carolina, where she became the first Black woman to establish a practice in the state, using the income from treating wealthy patients to treat the poor Black population for free. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky

Thing I learned on "Jeopardy" today: "Unchained Melody" was originally written for a prison movie--hence the title.

Of all the things I've ever done or accomplished, being an identical twin was always the best part of everything. Thanks, mom, for the greatest gift I've ever gotten (You gave me the second best gift I'll ever get too, by encouraging me to become a baseball umpire.)

The defense of liberty requires constant vigilance. We can rest, but we must never oversleep.

Today a #histmed🧵of Scottish female medical pioneers. 1st Sophia Jex Blake, who completed Dr training but couldn't graduate cos of her gender. She helped set up London School of Medicine for Women in 1874 & donated her house as a women & children's hospital in Edinburgh. Legend.

This is my dream

Once in a while I have to tip my cap to AI and human ingenuity. (Mostly to human ingenuity.) Let's here it for us little guys!

Ukranian art and solidarity refuse to bend to the demands of war. The People endure. Slava Ukraini!

I love this for us Noo Yawkahs

Mayor Mamdani Is Not Going To The Met,Instead He's Spotlighting Those Who Sustain New Yorks Fashion! Mamdani Says "The REAL Glamour,Are Garment Workers, Laborers,Union Organizers And The Delivery Drivers" end quote!

NYC mayor keeping campaign promises he made, to make New York affordable for EVERYONE. Working with Ritchie Torres, a born and raised East Bronxite, is a win-win. I may not agree with everything either of them supports, but the two of them working together to improve lives is a good thing.

I've never been asked to show ID in a restaurant either - unless I order a drink, which I don't, ever (non-drinker here,) so Blanche's justification is not only looneytunes, to me it's an indication of a drinking problem if every time he goes to a restaurant he has to show ID. ID, as in I-D-I-O-T.

John Sterling provided a voice on one of my long-ago demos for a song I'd composed titled "Baseball." He was the opposite of a diva, came to the studio, did the vocals, thanked me and went back to being famous on the radio. A total pro. He probably never thought about it again, but I have. RIP, John

End ALS. Bench it. Relegate it. Demote it. Send it down. Tear up the contract. Get rid of the clubhouse cancer. Bounce it back to the minors. Just end it already!

To be blunt, this is the way. Gotta roll, friends.

Right, when a team issues a public declaration of loyalty to a manager, they might as well break out the pink slip. I'll take Calcaterra's week and raise him a weekend. Three days.

If anyone can help Matt get back on steady footing after he’s had so much taken away, please know what an act of kindness and good you’d be doing. 🙏🙏

Why wouldn't EVERYONE be excited about this plan? Housing Authority apartments in Chelsea are in states of disrepair so bad they can't be saved, so a schedule of orderly demolishing and re-housing makes absolute sense. Yet, detractors gonna detract - but why? The answer is always $$$. Follow it.

It’s the original Helmet of Memory, with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by russia. Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to compete with it at the Winter Olympics. He was disqualified. I saw it today and want to show it to the world.

For the people in the back who couldn't hear the first time

Today, we honor and remember Virginia Roberts Giuffre on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Her courage has allowed countless survivors to be seen, heard, and to be believed. Sending love to her family on this difficult day—and to all the survivors out there still on this journey for justice.❤️

One day, being "The First" will no longer be a thing for women or Black people. Today, I celebrate Jessica Watkins!

Dave Mason came to a party at my apartment in New York a long time ago as the plus+one of an invited guest. That was our only interaction, and I was enchanted to find out he was just a lovely, regular, unassuming guy. I still get a thrill out of remembering, 50 years later. Safe journeys to him 💔

Putting human constructions upon the mystery of how or why a baseball team collapses is entertaining, but ultimately pointless. The ebb and flow of a team's fortunes are the only real constants, and "not winning" is a test, not a testament. Let's Go Mets!!! ❤️⚾ www.mlb.com/news/mets-fa...

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Little sis wearing a Jake Mangum jersey, so Mangum throws big bro a baseball for her - and bro GIVES IT TO LITTLE SIS. Doesn't keep it for himself, no asshole adult steals it out of his glove, people around them are just happy to feel the happy that comes from baseball and a little sweetness.

A plate of steaming... shoe for their suppers is how we show our troops how much we respect them. We have endless supplies of money to buy, sell, and operate lethal weapons of war, but not enough to feed the wielders of those weapons.

He sold his soul to the Devil at a Mississippi crossroads in return for a gift the likes of which we'll never hear again. So yes, I'm listening