The best endorsement of Mamdani’s policies yet. Vilify away!

If, like me, you are trying to de-Amazonize your life, @libro.fm has been an awesome substitute for Audible.

We need to tax this MFer into penury just for kicks. An instant front-runner in this year’s Captain Oblivious tournament. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Cubs organist playing the “Rawhide” theme for Spencer Steer is perfection. 💯#Cubs

Wow

Rainbow over Wrigley—but it’s still raining. #Cubs

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Tonight Barbara Hannigan gave one of the most astonishing performances I have ever witnessed, conducting, acting, and singing, all simultaneously and brilliantly. If you can get a ticket for Saturday, go! #NYPhil #ClassicalMusic

Meanwhile, hotel rooms in Toronto during the World Cup are hard to find and really expensive. It's almost as if Canada is more welcoming.

Not unexpected, but still, ouch. RIP.

CIA pulling off another regime change with the underhanded dirty trick of all living and voting there.

This looks... absolutely disgusting.

Without stating your age, post your favourite film released the year you turned 18. Missing is a close second, but:

A very good ballplayer for a long time. A damn shame—RIP.

Day 1 of 5 of our NYC culture week: Jordi Savall, one of the great musical geniuses of the last 50 or 60 years, at Carnegie Hall. Feeling very lucky to be here. #ClassicalMusic #CarnegieHall

Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!

Super column by Ezra Klein. It reminded me of Mark Shields' line that politics is about looking for converts, not punishing heretics. My fellow Democrats spend *way* too much time heretic hunting, and cut themselves off from opportunities to talk to the persuadable.

Well, rats. A really good ballplayer, and a *great* older player. He stole 47 bases for the Cubs in 1985 and was caught only 4 times—at age 40! RIP.

About sums it up

It happened to a boy from Hibbing, so why not?

A beautiful morning in Puerto Rico.

Cynics abound in Puerto Rico, apparently.

As am I. Let's hope the men's team responds similarly.

A first, in my experience: The Orchestra *sang* the first piece a cappella—and pretty well, too. Vengerov superb in the concerto. Can’t wait for Brahms. #ClassicalMusic #CarnegieHall

18—no Orlando or Honolulu. And I’ve driven from NY to 13 of them.

“Heaven, I’m in heaven…”

About sums it up.

Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title Tom Clancy’s Sexual Politics

Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy’s to the title Team of Tom Clancy’s Rivals

So many US (and British, and Irish, and…) need to adopt versions of this type of development. No wonder @mattyglesias.bsky.social likes DC. #YIMBY Welcome to the YIMBYest neighbourhood in America economist.com/united-state... from The Economist

Cubs win! #FlyTheW Final: #Cubs 4, Brewers 3.

If only more "leaders" showed the leadership of Mayor Wu.

@stephenjnesbitt.bsky.social 's map shows an *excellent* realignment plan, assuming MLB expands in the regions predicted. Of course, MLB will continue to screw everything up by a) getting rid of the AL and NL altogether and b) adding more playoff teams, further weakening the importance of divisions.

Cubs trail the Pirates 1-0 in the fourth. Chicago is hitting so poorly right now that it feels like 8-0. #Cubs #Misery

What gif pops up when you enter your name?

I foresee a dismal future pitching on the North Side of Chicago.

Ya think?

Slightly diminish a band: The Fine Young Pescatarians

@utopianturtle.top Hi Kara! Turtles not bunnies? I'm so confused....

I'm in Louisville for the first time right now, which makes 47 for me.

Ryno waving to the crowd at the dedication of his statue outside Wrigley Field. So happy I was there, and so sad he's gone. #Ryno #RyneSandberg #Cubs

I was 17 when Ryno debuted with the Cubs. He's the last baseball hero of my childhood. What horrible news. May he rest in peace.

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered...." — Thomas Paine

Worth reading: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

@joshlanghoff.bsky.social If that’s you on the keyboards today, “Poisoning Pigeons” was inspired. 😊

A fabulous Verdi Requiem tonight from Riccardo Muti, brilliant soloists, and the Chicago SO & Chorus. #ClassicalMusic #Chicago

WT absolute F? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Sorrento, Italy on a beautiful late-spring day is very heaven—so lucky to be here.

Trump administration in a nutshell