Since this recommends giving flowers while the recipient can smell them: When I think about writing with voice -- how you communicate to the world not just what you think, but what you are, who you are, how you are -- I think of Spencer. He writes in a way that makes me grateful I know how to read.

Maybe next time you’ll listen

This one spoke to me: Games are so, so important. They let people fight without fighting, talk without talking, and feel love they otherwise would not feel. They show you what people are, and more importantly, what they could be if they were asked to be their best, and lived up to that request.

So many good things in this one but this one. Man. I tell people I never thought I’d live past 18 and no one believes me. I still don’t and I cannot make plans for the future bc I still don’t think I’ll live that long and I’m somehow now 42

Update: A spokesman for the Reg's has thoughts after last night

@channel6.bsky.social This broke me. Well done.

It was @edsbs.bsky.social's birthday this weekend, and he wrote a wise and humble list of things he has learned. I feel very grateful for Spencer: I still remember the first time I read his wonderful work, and I feel very lucky to have known him over the years. Happy birthday.

Feel these two in my bones.

✨THING NOT-ONE✨ Last week's report to Channel 6 stakeholders is now available to subscribers of our free email list: channel-6.ghost.io/celebrating-...

✨THING ONE✨ WELL, WELL, WELL. channel-6.ghost.io/notes-at-50/

icymi, Thing Two is mostly true channel-6.ghost.io/internationa...

There are some normal people who coached in the World Cup, and @channel6.bsky.social we’re going to talk about the other kind channel-6.ghost.io/internationa...

fourth, and most entertainingly for me, you can spread the virus of @channel6.bsky.social into unsuspecting minds by giving someone a gift subscription channel-6.ghost.io#/portal/gift

Anyway, good morning, your annual @channel6.bsky.social report to the shareholders as written by the big fella: channel-6.ghost.io/celebrating-...

You’re gonna spend your money on something way dumber, I assure you. Do this, instead. It does what it says on the box. [box is jauntily on fire, with letters cut from magazines declaring “TWO THINGS A WEEK”]

I’ve been here since the beginning. Jump in y’all, the water is great. And maybe you can say “Hi” to Petunia.

the best time to subscribe to channel 6 was five years ago. the second-best time is now

This isn’t true for anything else but if you bother us about this ONE thing enough we might actually do it

This was the easiest $10/month decision I made 5 years ago and continues to deliver nothing but bangers twice a week. It's been therapy, comedy, education & community--sometimes in the same post! Happy birthday and thank you, @channel6.bsky.social.

I love the new @channel6.bsky.social logo/summoning circle.

my favorite news channel turns 5 today (7/7). proud to be an elder paid sub, and man, if you love college football and really good Thoughts and Ideas, sign up and maybe sub. happy 5th bday 🙌🏽

H̶̠͝Ẽ̸̦̇L̵͕̬̒̚Ĺ̶̫O̵͕̾̚ ̷̙̙̄̆ ̵͔͙̔N̸̨̹̐̚Ö̴̝̙W̴̨͊ ̸͉̦̓W̵̳̯̃̽E̴̤͓̿̾ ̵̱̄A̶̮̅R̶̢͎̈́͛E̵̼̘̓ ̵̧͙̀F̶͉̄Î̵̘V̸̞̇̽ͅE̶̺͊̎ channel-6.ghost.io

✨THING TWO✨ No TRL this week, in lieu of finally finishing The Pitt Power Rankings like y'all have been hollering for us to do. Just in time for the fireworks, the Season 2 top 25: channel-6.ghost.io/the-pitt-sea...

"hooligan-curious" This is absolutely perfect use of the English language.

As another Dave (with the same name), I concur...

Reviews are rolling in!!

✨THING ONE✨ A taxonomy of English soccer fans we have encountered this week: channel-6.ghost.io/notes-on-eng...

if we can find somebody to pay for it, sure 😅

Extremely bummed to miss everyone at the @channel6.bsky.social event tonight, but if you're so inclined you can catch me playing bluegrass afterward a few blocks away at The Ark.

Always put the prettiest ones at the merch table

✨THING TWO✨ this week in TRL: ✅ gospel bandleading rabbit hole ✅ beach read for parents of orphaned tiger cubs ✅ Slayyyter ✅ more??? channel-6.ghost.io/trl-give-tha...

I need to start reading not on my phone again but I don’t know how to start. Thankfully I found a @channel6.bsky.social good reads list tonight so I’m going to do a summer reading challenge. Tracking them here. If I can finish at least 3 this summer I will get a personal pan pizza

✨THING ONE✨ On hollow men at the World Cup channel-6.ghost.io/guys-i-dare-...

a week out from the @channel6.bsky.social live show in Ann Arbor and we are having a perfectly normal one in the office, thanks for asking

✨YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED✨ to the library with the victors valiant for ⚓ SHIPWRECKS, RANKED 🌊 an EDSBS Charity Bowl celebration with honored guest @brianphillips.lol 🦉 channel-6.ghost.io/dont-give-up...

I'm reading whatever @channel6.bsky.social recommends. So far: Shah of Shahs, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, and Anansi's Gold. Nothing but bangers, I recommend them all. Gearing up to read Carry Me Home next. #summerreading

oh god i’m feeling things (complimentary)

The ending got me like

✨THING ONE✨ September/October is the generally accepted sweet spot on the sports calendar, but this year is making an inarguable case for May/June: channel-6.ghost.io/everything-h...

I'm in Spain right now watching their 1st game, and "they don't need your help" is definitely the vibe of this outdoor terrace, watching as God intended (from loud normal-sized TVs inside the restaurant). @channel6.bsky.social tells no lies!

✨THING TWO✨ This week in TRL: ✅ Earth ✅ Wind ✅ Fire ✅ more?? channel-6.ghost.io/trl-wheres-y...

at @channel6.bsky.social we bandwagon World Cup teams scientifically channel-6.ghost.io/every-countr...

✨THING ONE✨ Step rrrrrrright up and claim your 2026 World Cup rooting interest: channel-6.ghost.io/every-countr...

the free @channel6.bsky.social TRL this week adds a new world cup anthem to the canon channel-6.ghost.io/trl-give-eve...

✨THING TWO✨ This week in TRL: ✅ Scotland has, somewhat improbably, gone and produced a better patriotic song than Flower of Scotland ✅ the perfect Channel 6 book (what does that mean? find out!) ✅ why we're not updating our World Cup jersey rankings ✅ more?? channel-6.ghost.io/trl-give-eve...

subscribe to the free @channel6.bsky.social newsletter about to drop today and you'll get one (a really great one this week, actually)

✨THING ONE✨ We have corrected the college football calendar. You are welcome (part 1 of 2) channel-6.ghost.io/channel-6-on...

Give you joy, shipmates, and would be delighted if you would call upon our particular Fullcastrine friends upon the evening of Jun 27, with perhaps a tot thereafter.