more soon

in many, many other contexts [see: family guy skin tone chart] ramming a car into a crowd of peaceful student demonstrators would be called "terrorism"

Been in a writing and editing hole (more to come 👀) but *scans bluesky* kinda wild that voting rights, as my parents generation knew them, are dead?

When you’re umpiring and Jazz Chisholm calls for a challenge

can’t believe he has picture with the man who broke megan’s heart!

Thragg is like if Planet Vegeta elected Broly to be president

I saw the other Splash Brother and his wife walking down 5th ave. I only got a quick glance but everything seemed monogamous

last year, I wrote about a Palestinian woman that ICE arrested during her honeymoon and locked up for months. Today, I ran into her at the cafe!

Honored to speak to @aishaharris.bsky.social for a very special episode on Michael Jackson, his estate, and his legacy as a new authorized biopic opens tomorrow

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

monthly demand for a Circles-type feature on here

some [eyeblack] milestones: 500 free email subscribers 50 paid(!) partners I launched [eyeblack] because I was weary of pursuing sports stories I knew mattered but couldn't publish. every new reader and partner makes this sustainable. THANK YOU for helping me help you keep your eye on the ball.

When the president is a heinous abuser, when many of the most popular celebrities are heinous abusers, when the richest people in the world are heinous abusers, when the people developing new technology are heinous abusers, well that’s how you get a culture that incentivizes abuse

Featuring some very important quotes from @amykmtl.bsky.social. Please read.

Many good reasons [eyeblack] doesn’t run on Substack. The latest? @beehiiv.com selected us for its Media Collective: a two year residency supporting independent journalists build sustainable publications. Our complicated DV in sports story wouldn’t be possible without beehiiv’s partnership!

Respectfully clarifying: [eyeblack] is newly reporting MLB was told Mike Clevinger abused women who dated him during his time with every team he played for before the Pittsburgh Pirates. Those teams? Los Angeles Angels Cleveland Guardians (then Indians) San Diego Padres *and* Chicago White Sox

"After [eyeblack] reached out in March of this year, MLB also did not answer questions regarding any of Finestead’s allegations of threats or harassments that she said happened after the league closed its investigation on the baseball star."

THREAD: for [eyeblack], here are five (5) domestic violence accusations against a former MLB star that league investigators allegedly reviewed before allowing him to play without any discipline. www.readeyeblack.com/p/your-life-...

had an issue with the latest [eyeblack] about MLB's domestic violence investigation where some of the video footage documenting alleged DV reported to MLB weren't loading on the web version. it's resolved, and I hope you read: www.readeyeblack.com/p/your-life-...

I appreciate @bwd.bsky.social for engaging thoughtfully with the complexities of domestic violence. Every time we focus on a Survivor’s reaction to abuse, others watching take note and stay silent. Trauma is messy. That doesn’t make abuse less real.

From the article: the pirates did not respond to repeated requests for comment www.readeyeblack.com/p/your-life-...

Since 2015, Mike Clevinger is one of two players MLB probed under its domestic violence policy but didn't suspend. His ex-fiancée says MLB enabled the former star to keep harassing her, including this call where she says he threatened her. issa new [eyeblack] www.readeyeblack.com/p/your-life-...

It me!! I’m the one making way more money on Beehiiv! Detailed breakdown (including hard numbers) tk

Nü-Scrubs has me tear-adjascent every episode

the viltrumites sent reginald vel johnson

I had this realization a couple of weeks ago 😭 5 years…and I had no idea 😭

just finished s4 e3 of Invincible. can you even terminate a viltrumite pregnancy? don't answer i'm still watching.

plainly true

the premise of this column on diana russini resigning — that she underscored the trope that women only want to work in men’s sports to hook up with the men in them — is absurd to the point of parody and, i’d argue, far more damning to women working in the space

from the NYT/Athletic article, @samblum3.bsky.social lists all the MLB and Texas Rangers execs he contacted. most everyone, including Rob Manfred declined interviews or comment. the Rangers brand and monument is ironically appropriate. the franchise projects strength and courage none of them have!

[eyeblack] cited in New York Times/The Athletic (again), this time referencing our story on the Jim Crow-era monument revived by the Texas Rangers. www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...

with a strong recommendation for some reading by @bwd.bsky.social included mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/holly

The Angels and Diamondbacks sued Cremily, a froyo company, for non-payment. The Athletic reviewed dozens of court documents and spoke with more than 20 former Cremily employees and business partners on the situation. Free to read: www.nytimes.com/athletic/718...

total cultural victory

Friends, I am thrilled to introduce you to Valkyries Beat. This is where I will be writing about the Golden State Valkyries this season, running a full beat and -- with your help as subscribers -- back on the road. www.valkyriesbeat.com

This controller was crazy. Sega flew too close to the sun

could be me!! But i think Zach Lowe has been sneaking in "6-7" references on his podcast. Every episode the sequence shows up. Could be me!!!

hello today I wrote about something that's been driving me crazy lately: the proliferation of beloved local businesses turning to off-putting AI slop. I sat down with one of them to ask why nygroove.nyc/local-busine...

The relative absence of Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel jokes, clips, and jokes riffing on clips, is one dimension where you really feel the difference between Bluesky and Twitter. do not pancakes/waffles me!

imagine Tracy Morgan saying "it's not what it looks like! Dr. Epstein is my optometrist." If this is your kind of joke, you gotta watch Reggie Dinkins

i had a pretty intense "big back" moment. buying a dubai chocolate milkshake from...baskin robins

There is a growing section of shirtless Rockies fans at Coors Field chanting "Take it off, take it off!" the group is getting bigger as more topless people join

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

"but her emails"-sky DNI but she wasn't all the way wrong about The Deplorable Basket!

ICE shot a man today in California. "Lyons said as ICE officers approached the car, "the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over.' The ICE agents fired at Mendoza Hernandez..." Every time ICE has made this claim, it's been a lie.

sportswashing 2.0: The Babylon Bee using OK baseball jokes to gateway drug readers into their flailing attempt at "satire for fascists"

a complete betrayal from institutions that ought to be allies.

(via r/videogames on reddit)

we did it, Joe