I have some unfortunate news they’ve dropped to 2nd place

At the risk of self promotion The greatest thing on the internet today

my husband is doing fantasy baseball for the first time. he does not follow baseball. his team is run entirely by our 10yo neighbor, who gets a split of his winnings if she helps my husband defeat the rest of the league. they’re in 1st place! but now, a problem: today she left for sleepaway camp

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BREAKING NYT: A New York City panel just voted to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments — fulfilling one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promises and handing the mayor a major policy win six months into his tenure.

If the World Cup can agree to stop calling it Turkey and start calling it Türkiye, you can call your transgender coworker the right name.

Always and forever #3 bc that’s where my heart is.

@flyrhi.bsky.social please send a pic of the church bus that kidnapped you and we will send help.

I want the Reds owners to fire the entire front office for one that can identify and win future drafts and develop that talent, consider whether the woeful payroll for players is part to blame and push that budget to the league median, and if that means sell the team, then by God, sell the team.

Jeffries has this whole thing completely backwards—as usual.

Congratulations to the young multi-racial coalition of New Yorkers who are demanding better.

I love this so much

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

I don’t know man, who is “the Democratic Party” if it’s not the voters?Democratic voters choose candidates, not party leaders. And party leaders need to listen to what voters are telling us - and right now they are demanding our party be bolder.

Read this great profile my colleagues @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social and @emmarjanssen.bsky.social wrote on @bradlander.bsky.social. One source told them: "He’s not the flashiest guy or the most dynamic orator... but he just does consequential work that makes a real difference in people’s lives.”

I am willing to include moderates in the tent and listen to concerns. I am not willing to vote for Dems who are happy to trounce my trans friends like that is a compromise over funding a road somewhere. Sure as hell not going to let them drive the bus off the cliff anymore.

Across NY & MD, I'm counting 12 Democratic incumbents who lost (or, in one case, are trailing) to a challenger to their left. —2 congressmembers (both NY) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —6 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD) A thread to break this down.

God. This. A million times this. Like so many infinite times this. Be effective. Do things. Stand up for real stuff for people. That's it. That's the whole assignment. The reason this worked in NYC is that the whole city can see Zohran doing stuff and standing up for people as a DSA guy.

Big props to Brad Lander on winning his primary. Dude has done the moral thing many times and put his body on the line against ICE. He even came to Minnesota during the ICE Occupation to see the injustice firsthand. It’s nice to see moral courage rewarded by voters.

BRB, gotta go pour a glass of wine and toast the future of "Blue no matter who" with the people who have been lecturing me about compromising morals for the last decade.

NEW: Former city Controller Brad Lander and Assemblymember Claire Valdez cruised to victory over mainstream Democratic opponents in a whopping victory for Mayor Zohran Mamdani in two U.S. House primaries on Tuesday night. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/m...

I will just say, from Oregon, that to me a big part of why Mamdani and Lander blew up on a national level was that their shared values, mutual respect and solidarity across faith traditions (even while running against each other!) was like everything beautiful about both New York and America

when I see "went on Fox News" I typically don't read the rest. btw Lander is great and she is just a has-been's toady.

I did not have Oklahoma taking the crown on my bingo card. Where did they finish in the SEC? 11th? Below .500 in conference? Just a wild result.

Say hello to Sőll for me!

That feels crazy. Inner circle HoF’er in my book.

I love Linda and I love this story 😂

No-he betrayed Labour. He has become Conservative-lite. If that is to be “electable,” but as conservative-lite, what even is the point? Is it really better than capital C Conservatives? Maybe? Barely? Dems throwing my LGBTQ+ friends under the bus for centrist votes—I am not voting for you. Ever.

five random things that I love black coffee the first moment my feet hit sand at the beach making a new friend unexpectedly sunsets in the desert silly little moments that are now memories of times with my friend @marciaherold.bsky.social

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Iran expects Trump to control Israel and just lol no. Close to a cease fire? Not anymore!

the USA should have a new political party just called "Science"

If you see this post a pic with no explanation

Great article. I think of this in terms of leverage and usage. Managers just want clean outings. If a RP goes 5/5 clean outings in low leverage no one on, he might graduate to more leverage/traffic. But only if also whiffs and/or high GB rate. Success there means 📈 but it is clean outings that do it

Running it back

As if the Rincones family isn’t likeable enough, they had a Realmuto foul ball hit to them and gave it to a little kid.

that was very very cool!

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Saw these at Mashpi in Ecuador

The people who have it the worst from Trump’s appearance at MSG tonight are the local workers, restaurants, bars, and other businesses. Tonight was going to be their best day of business possibly ever. Trump robbed them of that entirely. Very unfortunate, yet very on brand.

For a year the gerrymandering wars have begged the question, what would a fair map of all 435 congressional districts look like? Well wonder no longer, I provided a nationwide map at @heartlandsignal.bsky.social heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/09/w...

Bennet Durando is back covering baseball during the Nuggets offseason.