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Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting Nighthawks Explained in a 7‑Minute Video Introduction

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That's it. I’ve seen enough: Neera Tanden has officially won. She is the world historic GOAT of shamelessness. Absolutely untoppable. The Michael Jordan of her craft.

NEW: What I made of Brad Stevens' press conference, why I give him a lot of credit for his handling of it all, and 4 things that stuck out to me from 45 minutes of Q&A: www.celticsblog.com/boston-celti...

Got a complementary room upgrade, so between this and the England win, a smashing start to things.

Get on with it, ffs. I'm leaving later today on my first holibobs for two years (decided the only way to have a life & deal with an ageing parent is to pay for home nursing), and this delayed kick off is not conducive to the vibes.

‘We all have forests in our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.’ ~ Ursula K. Le Guin. 🖼️ Moonlight in the Forest, Joséphine Bowes.

The track record speaks for itself 🙄

Imagine a night out with Best and Maradona. Best will be lining up the birds, and Maradona will be lining up the lines. 🚀

In the 24 hours since Taylor and Travis tied the knot in his home city, Zohran Mamdani has not held a single solo press conference.

Sort of horrified, low-key kinda want. store.manutd.com/en/c/fashion...

💦 66% of 2026 World Cup watchers have reacted negatively to hydration breaks yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

He's never been more relatable.

When your brand is being pompous know-nothings pontificating on topics you're too lazy to even Google, well... I guess you might as well lean into it.

I don't necessarily think Yglesian centrists are the dumbest people in the world, but you'd really have to search to find people dumber than this

This is a sort of clear-eyed analysis I can do in my day job, but can't do when it comes to sports fandom. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...

All us Cs fans are just Miyazaki ghosts blankly roaming the internet searching for meaning

Personally, I'm still incredibly upset by the trade, but some of the more level-headed takes by fans are starting to appear. reddit.com/r/bostoncelt...

Tried to talk through the Jaylen Brown trade and make some sense of what looks like a horrible deal. In a nutshell, it feels terrible, we should all work through our emotions, but there is a "wait and see" element too Watch: https://youtu.be/MfzhcL6aF28 Hitting audio feeds shortly.

The best summary of where the Celtics currently stand.

My leftist political brain is crossing over to my sporting brain, and I want to say something about Brad Stevens looking like Pete Buttigieg, and why you should never trust liberals.

This is all because of fucking H. Irving Grousbeck Another example of an old, greedy geriatric fucking up things for all of us

A quick check on Celtics reddit.

I was going to wait a few days before publishing this, but alas. Jaylen Brown means so much more to the city of Boston than most will realize, and I had a front-row seat to it for the past 3 years: www.celticsblog.com/boston-celti...

United doing nothing in the transfer window and this. WORST OFF-SEASON EVER.

I'm torn between "Yank nonsense", and the fact there's clearly a valid and important point being made. www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

The Guardian’s '100 Best Novels of All Time' list "is a peculiar hybrid, a legacy-media lay canon that inherits the authority of professional consensus while flattering the contemporary belief that collective sentiment, once aggregated, becomes judgment". lareviewofbooks.org/article/cano...

In a discord, participating in a pile-in on Muse, but also making the case that Glycerine by Bush is a fantastic song.

I think it is bad to lie and in general it is good if politicians feel compelled to apologize for lying. I also do not think this will matter as much in 2028 as some may think.

An appropriately Clinton(H)-esque misreading of the political moment. edition.cnn.com/2026/06/25/p...

‘The Bear’ Ends With Continuous 45-Minute Shot Of Carmy Screaming While Stirring Tomato Sauce https://theonion.com/the-bear-ends-with-continuous-45-minute-shot-of-carmy-screaming-while-stirring-tomato-sauce/

Naturally, I'm the only person on time. A functional cocktail menu (mostly Martinis) for a hopefully authentic Chinese restaurant, so I'm inclined to lay off the pints for.once, and play at being Bond, while killing time.

Was it a coincidence that it was during this period I stopped actively seeking new music? No, it was not. www.vice.com/en/article/t...

Evening drinks, and thinking about how Jaylen is still a Celtic.

French poster for THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (1928) Written and directed by Jean Renoir Starring Catherine Hessling (Renoir's first wife) - BOTD in 1900

A good album to play back in the day, when, for example, perhaps, you had a young lady over, didn't want to be too obvious, and wanted to display eclectic, but accessible, taste in music.

Never forget

Genuinely incapable of getting any work done until there's some resolution to the Giannis situation. I'm so emotionally attached to Jaylen, too, which makes this much more than a potential blockbuster trade.

Beautifully written. andscape.com/features/len...

Spending the nervous energy I have waiting to see if Giannis is going to be traded to Celtics by looking at the profiles of the morons who liked this post, and eye-rolling.

It's almost like the immigration issue isn't just about "immigration" 😐

Libraries could be community centers that offer more than just books.

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

This might seem excessive for a Real legend who didn't win anything that matters at United. But, he really understood & connected with the club on a level the other, paid-too-much & past-their-prime players, who United have bought, never did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Aj...

This is fantastic by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Really one for the political nerds. www.vanityfair.com/story/the-ne...

Oh look, the centrists are fighting.