The bartender across the street from me in Corktown Detroit is Amelia. She told me she is from Bulgaria so I threw out the one city in Bulgaria I know, Sofia. She then spent 15 minutes describing how beautiful that city is. She brought me beers. I asked about her hometown. This is America.

MrBeast Co: “We have finally created the 100% liable corporation from the annual HR training, ‘Don’t Create the 100% Liable Corporation’!”

On the day Gritty was unveiled—when he emerged from the depths beneath the old Spectrum, I think the story goes—he took to his social media and promised to kill the Penguins’ mascot. I am not joking.

Kinda feels like this whole thing merits more coverage by the main stream media. Beyond just me posting it about it at ny times dot com. I dunno, just seems like an interesting thing. CC the media www.edsbscharitybowl.com

me the day kd tweeted this masterpiece

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

Joe Kernen wraps up the interview with Trump after 40 minutes: "We could talk NATO, but I know you've, uh, obviously got a lot to do"

Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you @pablo.show for letting me talk so openly about this.

EXCLUSIVE: @theonion.com tells me they've struck a (long-awaited) deal to take over Infowars. New PTFO on how America's finest (fake) news source trolled Alex Jones, with the blessing of Sandy Hook families — and what @bencollins.bsky.social is planning next — will be up soon 👀

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars. We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director. Please stand by for more.

LOL. #NBASky #SkyHoops

Me: let’s quit shooting these fucking threes Me 90 seconds later: shoot a three every fucking time

Jalen Duren with the angry dunk.

Back off Donald

Richard Jefferson is so fucking annoying.

AJ Hawk is inconsolable

Pat McAfee has died

still the best btw

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

I’m quite certain that he’s no more fit to command a whale-ship than a St. Jago monkey. In fact, tell him from me he’s a baboon.

that beep beep beep sound you hear is the president and his family backing a truck up to the US treasury... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Stephen pulling up from range ☔️

We reviewed an 18-page report detailing the second-by-second surveillance of a trans woman. They followed her as she went in and out of the bathroom, even though she posed 'no threat." It's one of a bunch of new details in this deep dive that @robertsilverman.bsky.social and I took for @wired.com

TMZ setting up in DC to follow politicians around is FINALLY the appropriate lowbrow "news" coverage this administration has merited all along.

Stephen Miller almost says that Trump is seeking a "final solution" in Iran but then catches himself

PLAY IN STEPH CURRY!!!!!

Chef curry with the pot boyyyy

I know elections are expensive, but we'd be better off as a society if less money went toward elections and more went toward any number of other things.

honestly it’s hilarious that he’s trying to fight the pope and the pope is like “I don’t think about you at all”

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I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:

Daredevil Born Again was fucking fantastic tonight. Getting some Jessica Jones next week?

y'all don't make me regret this

Watching Viktor Orban concede an election is another reminder that Donald Trump is a convicted felon who appears over 30,000 times in the Epstein files and is a delusional, incoherent, traitorous toddler who is destroying the country and a threat to the entire world.

OZYMANDIUS IS WEAK ON HISTORICAL RECORDS

Viktor Orbán created the global blueprint for authoritarian populism and became a MAGA hero. Today, Hungarian voters sent him packing after 16 years in power. There is nothing inevitable about these guys. Organize. Vote. Fight back. It works.

Rich Eisen on SportsCenter just feels like home. Old school intro….Old school set. Sometimes simple just hits different.

Hungarians celebrated the landslide defeat of Orban by singing "We Are the Champions" out in the streets

The Pope is WEAK on crime is so gd funny; I am HOWLING

They’re never going to stop trolling.

I won’t stop fighting to protect Social Security, so you don’t have to work until you die.

A lot of left criticism of Biden on this website seems to elide that he had the narrowest legislative majority in history, with which he managed to confirm a record number of judges, do a massive fiscal stimulus, and get an $800b climate bill passed with a literal coal baron as the deciding vote

Rory trying to keep it a little exciting...

From new Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar's acceptance speech tonight. This is the absolute BARE MINIMUM platform for any Democrat running for President in 2028.

Rory a cool 350 at 13