Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.

Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.

JFC. I was just in Belfast with some students. Fuck DUP, Reform, & Tories

I'm starting to get DMs from parents and educators about Lumi and AI usage in schools. If you're a parent, educator, or tech worker, I'd love to hear more and I'm easy to find. Email me, DM me, or text me securely using the Signal app: 646.481.0859.

“’For the remainder of the government occupation, we will function as a free and donation-based restaurant’…The original intent of the change was to stop paying sales taxes to a government ‘actively inflicting daily harm on its citizens.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/d...

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

People have to accept this is him saying the n word

That 'power of football' to unite people that FIFA bang on about doesn't seem to override the power of an oppressive and racist nation state.

When I had students ask me why they should take US history in college when they took it in high school—“I got a 5 on the AP!”—I would tell them it was because now I could teach them things that they wouldn’t have been allowed to learn in high school because someone’s parents would’ve been mad.

Men's complaints today: we are horribly oppressed because a woman translated Homer. Women's complaints: see Heidi Blake's utterly horrific report on the Tate brothers' long campaign of rape, violent physical and psychological abuse, and trafficking of, apparently, hundreds of women.

Cheapest tickets are what? $7500? Sports sure do bring all kinds of people together

We are reaching Onion levels of racist discrimination by US authorities in advance of the World Cup. Africa’s best referee denied entry apparently because he is Somali. JD Vance probably personally took care of that case.

Loved getting to hear Andy and @julesboykoff.bsky.social, a great scholar (& even better person), discuss pro indoor soccer, politics, & more! (Reminded me of seeing Preki play at the old St. Louis Arena for the Storm)

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

The persistent, now universally-accepted GOP assumption that people don’t care about or do anything unless they’re paid for it. Speaks volumes about how they think about society (as does their constant recycling of this decades-old, racist, anti-civil rights mvt trope of the paid outside agitator).

Celebration capitalism in action: socialize the costs & privatize the benefits. In Canada, Vancouver & Toronto are paying for 13 World Cup matches with more than $1 billion in public money. There was never a public referendum on this. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Fans will now be allowed to bring in “one, soft, plastic, 20-ounce" water bottle.

i also have very little to add to this other than if you fell for this extremely artificial panic, fucking shame on you, and it got you absolutely nothing and nowhere and now your life is worse too.

Trump’s narcissism is transforming an epic NYC occasion into a total nightmare for fans. TSA-style screenings, two hour wait to enter etc etc

James Dolan invited his friend Donald Trump to watch Game 3. In order to do that, they have to ban the organic, historically joyous parties happening outside MSG for fans who can't afford to be inside. Modern sports in a nutshell

I recently published an article on an esoteric historical subject. It took me years. AI could not have researched and written it, and even if it could, relying on AI to do these things would have deprived me of the knowledge and joy I gained doing something I love to do and is worthwhile.

Israel has abducted 20-year-old Palestinian women's national football team player Rand Halawani, abducted former national teamer Natalie Abu Diyeh, and imposed a travel ban on Musab Abu Salem. This is another facet of the ongoing athleticide, likely emboldened by FIFA's refusal to apply sanctions.

The basic schtick of Heart of Darkness is "what if, rather than making other people civilised, doing imperialism just makes us more barbaric?" This is an old worry. I think you can find recognisable precursors to it in St. Augustine and Tacitus re Roman imperialism, for instance. Fair worry, really.

I really think Trump II is going to rock up 20th century dictator bodycount when all is said and done and all accounted for, Leopold in the Congo kinda stuff here. Just wildly evil.

I made this meme some years ago and it just popped up in my phone photo memories and… welp.

We are a half century into assuming uncontrollable labor conditions can proxy education quality, which coincidentally absolves business leaders of any responsibility for the market. I will never understand why people blame higher ed for “not teaching relevant skills” when this is the reality.

You can see the size of the crowd for yourself on the livestream. There are practically as many performers as there are people in the audience. Right wing media will try to fool you into thinking this was a huge event. Don't fall for it www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ9o...

My latest @theguardian.com on how FIFA is a shameless purveyor of greenwashing. The 2026 World Cup is not only the most politically combustible tournament in modern history, but it is also on track to be the “most polluting” World Cup ever.

That's precisely what Third Way is meant to do, to undermine anyone left of Republicans and to help lock-in Republican dominance. It's a MAGA group through-and-through, the sole difference is that they bother to keep the veneer of not being Klan members.

"In some of his greatest songs, the Godfather of Punk explored LGBTQ+ lives. But the story of his trans partner Rachel Humphreys remains an unsung part of rock history." Lou Reed — Rachel Says: tidal.com/magazine/art...

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Really love this IT interview, feel like men aren't allowed to be emotional, vulnerable, and cry which is reinforced by men themselves. Look at how people reacted to Wemby crying, suddenly everyone has an opinion. I hate stereotyping and defining genders, just be secure and happy with who you are.

Stephen Colbert and David Letterman throwing things off the Ed Sullivan Theater. Colbert: “Anything you’d like to say, Dave?” Letterman: “In the words of the great Edward R. Murrow to CBS: ‘Good night and good luck, motherfuckers.’”

CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕🇺🇸 (From @andertoon.bsky.social )

Well put: “[the Chronicle of Higher Ed’s job] is providing moral support for administrators” 🎯🎯🎯

"A girl boss is a boss first, girl second. And, bosses aren’t very popular right now."

Academia relies on good faith. It cannot be done otherwise. This is precisely why plagiarists, people who fake data, people who deliberately ignore counter-evidence, and fascists need to be driven out. Full cordon sanitaire against this crap.

This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...

I doubt I know more about reconstruction than Trevon. What I do know is that Reconstruction wasn’t some shadowy, back room event. It was then as it is now — plain as day, obvious to all, boastful and unrepentant.

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Here is Jason’s essay about being the first active player in one of the four major men’s U.S. sports to come out as gay. What an absolute hero who will never be forgotten: www.si.com/more-sports/...

RIP to former NBA player Jason Collins, the first openly Gay, active, male pro athlete. Hard to explain what a big deal it was in 2014 when Collins signed with the Nets. He took number 98 in tribute to Matthew Shepard, the Gay teen murdered in a horrific hate crime. JC was brave and will be missed.

RIP

Rich guy thinks he *provides* money to workers rather than he pays them for their time and labor.

My friend who used to say the final stage of corporate greed was demanding to be loved is never, ever proved wrong.

There's only one way politics is covered in the United States, and it's with an unshakeable presumption that everyone – including those who admit to operating in bad faith – is acting in unsullied good faith. badfaithtimes.com/fascism-depe...

CORRECTION for @financialtimes.com: People are not “elite” just because they are wealthy

”Moderates” willingness to compromise with white supremacists bent on destroying Black political power destroyed Reconstruction and led to a century of Jim Crow. Democrats need to play hardball, not compromise with segregationists.

Ok so when we say each GPT prompt costs "a bottle of water" this is why