I have a small number of friends from pretty much every significant phase of my life. And some of them even know each other now, which is cool

Somehow even more relevant now

Really good (if unsurprising) point by @joshtpm.bsky.social on the @talkingpointsmemo.com podcast: media conversation is largely refusing to acknowledge or engage w/ Trump's deep unpopularity. Some of this, I think, is that ongoing crises are simply bigger stories. But Rs are headed for a wipeout

sheeeesh

“my ‘we’re not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process’ shirt is raising a lot of questions that are answered by the shirt”

Thomas Frank to Palace in the summer would be cool IMO.

Had to screenshot and alt-text this part because it's too long for a single post but...yes, this is the whole ballgame:

I have a pile of unread books that grows larger every day, but the urge to re-read @byzantienne.bsky.social’s “A Memory Called Empire” yet again is growing stronger

If Arsenal win their next two games (v Brentford & Wolves) they will be 33 points clear of Spurs. The next match would then be the north London derby and a win for Arsenal would see the early celebration of St Totteringham's Day who would be 36 behind with just 11 games to play.

new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...

Sowwy, the rules say you can't hurt my feewings!

this sport truly gets more fascinating the further you dig into it

i can't think about this story for more than a few seconds because if i do i get so mad my brain resets and i gotta lie down in a dark room for an hour

Now from a Pats fan perspective... what a fun year! Even with the SB loss, that was pretty awesome. Way ahead of schedule. I feel good about this team for years with Drake Maye, even though he'll need to be better against good defenses. I have faith in him and in the young OL getting better.

didn’t scream bloody murder at the television just grew more sullen on the couch instead because I’ve got kids now and I can’t be a sports shithead personal growth, yay

Big ooof

Good to see Malcolm Butler representing today.

Let’s go Patriots

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is so good, and this latest episode is magnificent. It’s so much better than House of the Dragon, but I disagree with those pointing to the HotD showrunner drama or (lack of) fidelity to the source material as the reason for the differences.

I worked on the Chris Dodd re-elect in 2010 and shared office space with the folks doing opposition research on her…just awful awful stuff

What a strike wow

Aaaaaaand breathe

whewwww almost

just saying if i were a billionaire i would be so much better at it than most of these losers

Love every moment

Jeff Bezos has enough spare change under the seat cushions of his rocket to keep this newspaper afloat. Can't he just pretend that the Washington Post is, like, a $75 million vanity documentary

I love Kai 🥹 #Arsenal

Rodri whining about referees, Pep complaining about spending...just an unbelievably unlikable club, that

if this is his last season at City, he's got a future in stand-up comedy

Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE. Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.

multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Oh that was lovely

lol corner again olé olé

Nice to see a period of sustained pressure result in a goal!

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

I don't know, seems like a bit of an overreaction to me

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

these are significant asks that would make a big difference

"bringing these state and local prosecutions could produce deterrent effects that are so desperately needed now"

an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars

I am consumed with rage

Escaping the horrors for a while and seeing Two Towers in a theater for the first time in 20 years.

Local police have refused ICE orders to leave the scene. Good.

What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

It’s going to be hard for whoever the next president is to do this - nobody wants to forgo a forward-looking agenda for truth and reconciliation. But we have to demand it. And history will remember it.

Witnesses say a man was shot by a federal agent in south Minneapolis this morning. The Minnesota Star Tribune is on the scene: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...