Tracking every World Cup goal in the order it was scored, then finding a corresponding photo and doing all the things with it that make it fit for print, then laying them all out used to be a two page project. Not so much these days

Expecting a Republican senator to do the right thing is like expecting a banana slug to recite Polonius’ monologue from Act 1, Scene 3 of “Hamlet.”

ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...

Not to mention the millions of international faculty who are afraid to post or say anything critical of the government for fear of their immigration status. Somehow that never seems to enter the national discourse on free expression ....

Just noting again that this is all illegal.

Now, instead of human beings (which he fired), Hegseth is relying on a Palantir-created system. trib.al/oe4hmRD

Never gets old

SCOOP: After pardoning hundreds of allies over the course of his 1st 18 months back in the White House, Trump this month quietly rejected clemency applications from nearly 6,000 people who mostly lacked connections & had been waiting in a queue at the Justice Department.

Textbook safety squeeze. Beautiful

“Trump’s War has cost $113 billion and counting. Trump’s War has resulted in a collapse of U.S. credibility in the region and beyond. Trump’s War led to Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. And gas prices have gone from about $3 to $4 a gallon today.” www.thebulwark.com/p/spain-wins...

Good job Phillies and I'll see you tomorrow

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I recommend going through Amanda's whole thread for a detailed analysis, but suffice it to say that Cuba report is one of the most unhinged documents I've ever seen come out of a US government agency. And the nakedly obvious intent behind its fever-dream insanity should chill you to the bone.

The Trump administration issued a reporting lying.

This game is so freaking weird

LoL

Folks, a mama cat has given birth to four kittens in my bf’s Not At All Safe garage in oak cliff in Dallas. We cannot foster (leaving the country in 5 days), and I doubt my ability to capture any of them. If you are in Dallas and have experience fostering cats, please reach out.

That ball sure didn't hop as high as he thought it was going to

Derek Hill is 4th among Phillies hitters in WAR this season. He’s played 24 games.

Hill 💣

good article and, crucially, a good list at the end of cookware/kitchenware lines that are still quality (and family owned)

a lot of ideologies have now become purely eschatological, in that they tell people of a glorious time when the kingdom of heaven will open. because the person subscribing to the ideology will never see it, they spend their time cursing everything about the present in a way people of old would

I have increasingly noticed leftist critiques of economic analysis that just flatly ignores objective reality in a way I'm quite uncomfortable with! And it creates extremely bad policy incentives for legislators when you summarily dismiss the benefits of good economic legislation!

Bruce!

The latest maritime risk data show Strait of Hormuz crossings remained subdued, with only 30 verified transits between 17 and 19 July and continued fragmentation in route selection, reflecting ongoing uncertainty.

The costs of international student exclusion will be vast and permanent. It will harm all Conservative Americans and their children; it will harm all Liberal Americans and their children. It is the exact opposite of what our tech-driven economy needs. I summarize my research at @piie.com —>

Another error, another home run. Trea math.

Huh

Trea Turner tonight: Two homers, a double, 5 RBIs, three misplays at shortstop. No notes.

TRAE DAY for all it's ups and downs

Looks like Lamine Yamal didn't quite think that one through!😅 (via Yamalgalaxy_19/X)

Two weeks ago today, after Nasdaq willingly rigged the rules, somewhere btw $7-10 bil of passive money was forced to buy SpaceX at $160.42 Today, 10 trading days later, it closed at $119.85 It’s an unprecedented forced loss (at least $2b) for passive investors and our financial media is 🦗

No, that can't be right. Don't the Iranians know that if the US bombs, that means the US wins? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

double tater stotts

Brandon Marsh has tied his career high in home runs with his 16th. It's July 20

WET BOI!

🧵 All because the big dumb idiot made a huge miscalculation

Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Fire erupts on two tankers following an explosion as they attempted to cross the unsafe route south of the Strait of Hormuz

Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...

Hooboy Trae

This is a good example of the fear that ICE has engendered in so many. A man here completely legally with nothing (on paper) to fear from ICE took off running when they showed up at a gas station and was struck by a passing truck. Awful.

Don Mattingly didn't trust his All-Star starting pitcher to get one more, and then bringing in the reliever meant that the Dodgers swapped out Alex Call for another All-Star in Max Muncy, and it didn't work (for PHI). Being a manager must stink sometimes

The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.

Only one side here is acting in good faith, and it's not the US.

When a gang of masked men in camo cut off your car and point guns at your, shouting contradictory commands, is it clear they are law enforcement, or how to comply/?

Centcom initially said that all incoming missiles and drones had been intercepted and there were no casualties. Just thinking about that years-long freakout over Benghazi.

Scoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me

Rigorous and important Sky News documentary on Minab, where the U.S. bombed a school and killed 120 children. It combines on-the-ground reporting with 3D reconstruction, eyewitness accounts, archival footage, expert analysis and a Pentagon whistleblower. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Billionaire Trump backer Jeffery Hildebrand’s Hilcorp runs old, low-producing “stripper wells,” and is one of the country’s largest emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that can trap 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide. (Published June)

It’s never been easier to cheat at betting and investing.