I wish we didn’t have to find out the way we did, but we have a lot of heroes here in Charlotte.

Mascot Absolutely Reeks https://theonion.com/mascot-absolutely-reeks-1819576059/

15 years ago, this picture would’ve been on the front page of every newspaper in America. The Congressional hearings would begin tomorrow and the preemptive resignations would’ve already started.

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I love my city 🐝🐝🐝

Charlotte hasn't been this tough a road game since they had Zo

So Trump's Border Patrol invaded Charlotte, and then Raleigh, and other towns all over North Carolina. What did it all accomplish? 🤬

So Trump's Border Patrol invasion of Charlotte has succeeded in grabbing men, women and children off the street, widespread racial terror and destruction of personal property. But at least it's also frozen the construction industry in North Carolina's biggest city too? www.wbtv.com/2025/11/17/c...

Do you know how insanely corrupt you gotta be to make the PRESIDENT OF FIFA cringe at your bullshit???

I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte. ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018. We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:

Let's check in on the last time an unpopular tyrant sent his goons to try to take over Charlotte.

There is a darkness descending on our city. Armed goons targeted an international grocery store, barging in to chase down and kidnap teenagers.

Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...

Trump said he would lower drug prices by something like 800%, a promise so mathematically ridiculous that the only way to make it work would be for drug companies to pay Americans to get their prescriptions filled.

This was great news to wake up to. For all of my NYC hot takes, this was the vote I truly cared the most about, and I’m so glad my fellow Mecklenburgers chose to invest in our growth as a city and region.

The only thing this series was missing was a mid-clinching game Daylight Saving Time shift

Uni Watch wasn’t just the most comprehensive place to keep up with a specific niche I was obsessed with; it was infused with a thoughtful, sometimes provocative perspective on consumerism, advertising, culture, & capitalism that pushed us to be conscious of how we interact with the sports industry.

Grateful to Paul, his team, and the site's community for shedding some light on and giving some respect to sports design. I started specializing in this niche 35 years ago—there were probably 5 people total who were there with me. RIP Uni Watch uni-watch.com/2025/10/31/u...

Sports weren’t corrupted by gamblers. It got sold out by the people who made gambling central to the business model. New @nytopinion.nytimes.com column: how gambling became the engine driving American life — starting with sports www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

Having laid out my concerns around Mamdani a few days ago, there is NOTHING he has stood for or said that even comes remotely close to the hateful, divisive, overtly dangerous filth coming out of the Cuomo campaign over the past few days.

Was he wearing the hot dog costume or

This is a pretty fair article, but it doesn't go far enough to make the connection as to why Zohran's foreign policy views are relevant for a local race as more than just a matter of disagreement with a large constituency.

Goddamn, this sucks so much. I just took it for granted that he was going to show up every 10-12 years for the rest of time with a new masterfully-crafted instant classic. RIP.

This is such a fascinating, well-written story that adds yet another entry to the book of "things I should've known about already but didn't"

One of their defining qualities is that they think if they cozy up to the truly violent and venal members of the tribe, they'll be spared. They won't. It'll come for all of them, after it's come for the rest of us.

Every time a person or group kisses up to Trump and thinks they can use him to get what they want, they get burned and humiliated, and only Trump wins. Now it's Bibi's turn, and literally nobody on earth deserves it more.

Two people were killed outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. It disgusts me that so many continue to pretend that antisemitic rhetoric isn't resulting in antisemitic hate crimes. This keeps happening. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Art of the deal

This piece really speaks to me. I went through a similar journey that also started with not truly understanding Judaism or how I fit into it. I thought my doubts and cynicism towards God and religion were disqualifying, but I came to learn they were actually my most compatible connection to Judaism.

In a sign of how I’m feeling about this upcoming Nets season, my first thought seeing this post wasn’t, “lol these not very good players in their mid-20s are our vets?” but rather, “oh thank God MPJ isn’t on there.”

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

Most of us are actually pretty moderate! Some lean left, some lean right, but most people's politics are more of a hodgepodge that don't fit any neat axis and depend on the issue and situation. But that kind of content doesn't get engagement.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

I'm obviously not rooting for his team to win, but it's wild to me that Tajon Buchanan went from playing at Syracuse to starting a UCL match at Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Sure, we've sent plenty of players to the NFL and NBA, but it's kind of surreal seeing an alum in high-level European soccer.

I’m eternally grateful for everything he did for Tottenham, but I’m also so relieved that the sight of Ange in this exact pose on the sidelines is no longer determinative of whether I had a good weekend or not.

And giving Mamdani supporters a very potent argument to tell the establishment to fuck off the next time they demand that the left coalesce around a centrist candidate “for the good of the party”

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

I don’t know why I’m getting these Eric Adams SuperPAC robotexts but I never want them to stop. “Eric isn’t for sale” is literally the most untrue thing you could say about him, and the AI slop cartoon is so fitting.

Twice today where they essentially just said "Eh, what our special boy donnie wants, he gets" without any explanation and then Roberts will have the temerity to be like "Why doesn't anybody respect the Supreme Court anymore?"

fun little reminder that the Trump administration actively hates the American people and will seize every possible opportunity to make our lives worse

“Public transportation brought to you by FanDuel (one night only)” was the inevitable place the United States would end up, I guess.

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

America does not grow coffee because we do not have the climate for it. Except for a minuscule amount grown in Hawaii, no other U.S. state has the basic agricultural conditions needed for coffee plants. In this case, across-the-board tariffs do nothing but raise costs for American consumers.

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

Meant to post this video yesterday on first day, but the feeling is still very much in effect. This was also one of those seminal pieces of 90s culture, like the movie Office Space, that prematurely exposed me to the banality of adulthood.

"Lads, it's Man City."

"I even gave my life to Christ in a Cracker Barrel parking lot" is an Action Bronson line

these are not real problems these are people who are bored and comfortable getting mad at every little thing they don’t like and making it all of our problems. it’s exhausting. i’m tired of this shit