The XFINITY form to close the account of a deceased person has a “best contact number” for the current account holder. You cannot make this s*** up.

Me every year: “I’m not gonna go long.” Mmkay. Anyway, here’s a nearly 5,000 word team-by-team ACC preview, and I didn’t come close to emptying my notebook from Tipoff.

Yeah, Otter, I don't think a reporter or Shawn Poppie said my name while discussing Rusne Augustinaite and her recruiting/visa. Thanks though.

Scenes from Tipoff

There is not a single un-awkward way to say "well, it hasn't been the best year, I lost my stepdad, secondary maternal figure and mom all before mid-June." None.

Notes on 36 athletes attending ACC Tipoff: - 13 are in 1st year at current school. Only freshman, though, is WF’s Milan Brown. - 15 juniors, most of any class. - 4 grad students, all in 1st year at current school. - Clemson’s Demerara Hinds, a WF transfer, is only intra-ACC transfer attending.

Pardon the supremely awkward selfie, but is it really a WBB event in charlotte if you don’t travel there in an Ally Tipoff shirt? See you soon Queen City/ACC Tipoff/basketball season

👋🏻, especially to my numerous new followers. As y'all may have noticed, I all but disappeared from here since ~April. That's when my mom was diagnosed with glioblastoma, & she passed away in June, not even making it 2 months from her diagnosis due to how terrible/advanced/fast-growing her tumor was.

Live at the ACC WBB Tournament welcome reception at the Westin next to Gas South Arena, where the tournament will be held next spring. Opening comments by Morgan Shaw-Parker, president and COO of the Atlanta Dream.

Glioblastoma can f*** all the way off. As can anti-vaxxers. Didn’t think “managed to get my kid to his first MMR without him contracting measles” would count as any sort of accomplishment in 2025, but here we are. This is a heck of a proof of life post, but I’m too overwhelmed to care.

So I just got food delivered to the hospital, and my DoorDasher brought me flowers. Small gesture, but it meant a whole lot.

$5k doesn't even cover rent, utilities, and perishable infant expenses (diapers, formula, wipes, etc.) for the average American family for a month, bffr

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

I do not like hospitals.

I know this is 3 posts in 24h, but y’all, the news is devastating & I’m struggling. Please, please pray/vibes-send, etc., especially to my 5yo & 1yo, latter of whom might not get to remember grandma much. She’s still here, but it’s bad. Probably less than 18 months bad. She was fine 6 weeks ago.

This is so minor, but it's been an absolutely s***ty week and the (semi-literal) cherry on top has been that my husband has gone to places that have shakes for two days in a row and both have been having issues with their vanilla soft serve/base and FFS why.

Ah, it's April 19. Right. 30 years. Might as well import this thread over from the other place. (My dad's Saturn finally died like two years ago.)

Former OK resident, and I’d forgotten what today was until I saw a post on IG a few minutes ago. This thread is worth your time.

Y’all, it’s bad.

One of my sports journalism professor’s maxims was to always bet the under on Jumbotron proposals.

A penny for each of the 2,183 points Naz Hillmon, the only current Wolverine in the W (🤞🏻 Jordan Hobbs can join her) scored at Michigan, plus fees, because W season is nigh. @hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social

Any of my prayer/vibes/etc.-sending people, we could use some for my mom. Thanks.

It’s not a coincidence. It’s government failure.

I have now completed my random nightly “should’ve gone to bed at least 40 minutes ago, but found a random internet task to complete or rabbit hole to fall down” revenge bedtime/doomscroll for the evening, so I bid y’all good night.

Stepdad died in January, mom is currently in the ER with significant memory loss and confusion, plus *gestures vaguely*. 2025 can eff alllllllllll the way off.

BECAUSE WE HAVE A VACCINE. AND, UNTIL RECENTLY, ALMOST EVERYONE TOOK IT. Remarkably, nowhere in the article does the word "vaccine" appear. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/w...

Me: trying to dress more like an adult. Nike:

Saniya Rivers' fact that she wants fans to know about her that they might not is that she's a hugger. On brand.

Yes, the people that voted for him are who got us into this mess, and they should be held to account for that, but there is a house I have to drive by regularly that had a Trump yard flag. I have checked on multiple recent trips to be sure, and it is gone. I‘ll take it.

Also, shoutout to the teams, besides Dallas/Paige (cuz duh) that had draftee gear ready to order.

Okay the video FSU posted of KK getting drafted is adorable but I have two questions: 1. Who's the baby? 2. Why are there 3 women in identical (non-sports/shirsey) shirts? For reference (I know, I know, but until teams move over here, I'm a bit stuck): x.com/fsuwbb/statu...

Y'all I'm hyped for Saniya and Aziaha and all the ACC players that got drafted, but Harmoni Turner getting drafted has me 🥺. Heck yes.

KK and CC in Indy.

But also, TAN?!?!?!

They did get Wes in a blazer.

Be sure you (and those you love) are up to date on immunizations. Our littlest patients aren’t eligible and are most likely to die from these diseases. Please help protect those babies.

Can someone explain to my old self what the obsession with Essentials is? Like it’s sweats, right? Overpriced sweats?

Tonight, Saniya Rivers will have her WNBA Draft moment. But there was a period during Rivers' collegiate career where she thought she didn't want to become a pro. On Rivers' journey and what led her to recommit to her dream – one which she'll now realize andscape.com/features/nc-...

This is my mantra every time I’m cooking in the kitchen: sauces add flavor and texture to dishes, while dressings are used to protect wounds

BUT WE WANT YOU TO HAVE MORE BABIES. I. Just. Cannot.

Requiring REAL IDs and passports and birth certificates to vote?!? Imagine if these were required to buy a gun.

Husband has call this weekend. Two of his three cases have been cancer-related. F*** cancer, and that goes (at least) double for pediatric cancer.

Broke out this oldie but goodie. (Yes, BU used to be Nike)

Go BU, IMO. Also, WAY better jerseys than Thursday night.

North Carolina voted 47.8% for Kamala Harris but if you look in these replies you will see joy and jubilation for their suffering because it’s a red state and therefore everyone is bad

My drink tonight had Red Hot/cinnamon-pickled cucumbers as garnish. They were delicious.

I wish there was a way to tell the ESPN app just to never try to sell me UFC fights. Or even show me pop-ups about it. Because it’s never ever ever going to get clicked on.

With both Aziaha and Saniya going to the draft, does Wes go and does he wear a suit?

UNC WBB posted a job for a "Assistant Director Creative Services/ Women’s Basketball Videographer," if anyone knows anyone looking, I am not qualified but it sounds like a fun job. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/299...