When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.

The Mets have played 12 extra inning games this season (they are 7-5.) They've played 60 games total. So, one out of every five contests has involved "Free Baseball."

I’m at a point with the 2026 Mets where I think they’re a ~78-80-ish win team, maybe a hair below, once they get their guys back. Which sucks but I’ve seen a lot of worse Mets teams so I’ll just try to enjoy the wins and not get too bummed out about the losses

@paulframe85.bsky.social well we hung in there longer than I expected with the pitching matchup, gg

The Mets are bad but I do not get tired of having a speedy young plus defence outfield* *and Juan Soto, who gets a pass by being Juan Soto

“I may have to follow the 2026 Mets for my mental health” is perhaps the most Down Bad any baseball fan can be

JARED YOUNG HIVE RISE

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something I've noticed in the comments and back and forths I've had is that a lot of people have just given up on rationalizing it. they just talk about how things feel in the face of facts, etc. Even the league's arguments constantly refer to the "perception" of imbalance, rather than reality

@abradacabla.bsky.social A Second Matt Chapman home run!! (Also some other stuff but that doesn't matter)

ehhhhh. in general I think the disposition of fans is middling compared to years past (not as good as 2022, better than before that), but I also wouldn't give Manfred a ton of credit here. I think people are just frustrated in the face of the Dodgers and latching on to the simplest thing available

Underrated hilarious part of the current Platner mess is that the whole reason it became a thing is that it turned up in their own vetting. In other words, this is how they act when they’ve had months to *prepare* for a scandal getting out!

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

The thing is that Tolkien had a lot of very conservative beliefs but one of them was that the state should not enforce his or really anyone else’s beliefs, which is a rejection of a central tenet of the modern right

it's pretty funny that tolkien *is* a conservative artist and the modern right *is* obsessed with him but they still absolutely do not understand lord of the rings

This but for left wing political parties

Australia is a dream for visiting as the parent of a very small child because you know exactly what to bring them as a present. There's no pressure, there's no tension, that baby is getting a stuffed koala and everybody knows it

At last

Ah yes, the left of centre political staffer who issues incredibly clumsy threats which he clearly thinks make him sound cool and only ends up alienating the person he's attacking and making everything worse This is a type I mostly associate with the post-2000 British Labour Party tbh

Planter’s advisor turned an off-the-record source into an on-the-record source. The best and the brightest.

Wild to watch the limits of the imagination of the human race shrink in real time.

(Belatedly) Juan Soto

Roma fans to Arsenal fans devastated by losing a European final in Budapest on penalties after taking a first half 1-0 lead

@jonnelledge.bsky.social I was catching up with my brother today and he started talking enthusiastically about the great books he had read and wanted to strongly recommend this history of the world in borders book which was the first non-fiction he’d finished in years!

RIP Marcia Lucas, whose skill as a film editor and storyteller made a clunky independent film called STAR WARS greater than the sum of its parts. Rightly referred to as "Lucas's secret weapon," Marcia had an uncanny talent to see a film from the perspective of an audience--and won an Oscar for it.

Interesting to wonder whether there’s a world where they do manage not to fumble the bag quite so catastrophically. In principle, it’s fairly easy to sketch a post 2016 path which does enshrine a soft Brexit consensus I think… but was it ever viable with the particular personalities involved?

I remember a Tory confidently telling me "In a decade, everyone will say they voted Leave even if they didn't".

It’s very weird for anyone who remembers how the Pod Save guys started out to see them now seizing a poll showing a Dem ahead in a key senate race as an important opportunity to… dunk on other Democrats who care about his Nazi tattoo?

a fun part of this tour is suddenly hearing old lines in a new context - "oh right, "No Dictators Were Crowned" is a line in Death To My Hometown, yeah of course he's playing that one"

Springsteen. Moments ago. Washington DC #nokings

@abradacabla.bsky.social one day without the Thanos gif as we somehow, improbably, miraculously win a game where the Reds left 17 on base including bases loaded one out in the ninth

never in doubt Devin Williams

conservative pundits (sneering): actually our christianity is more a set of ideological views about race and gender than anything resembling faith or observance everyone else: yes we know, it's not a secret

Sorry, I actually think the sub sections are better?

Home is behind, the world ahead And there are many paths to tread Through shadow to the edge of night Until the stars are all alight Mist and shadow Cloud and shade All shall fade All shall fade

This is absolutely right, and a key skill of politics is working out which archetype you can plausibly fill which best appeals to your audience. Different audiences love different stereotypes! (Eg I like to note that US Democratic voters fucking adore ‘Bright Young Things’)

Damn, I wish I'd thought of this. You see it with how all successful politicians, in basically any era, are playing a role - the role generally has to have a grain of truth to it but it has to fit the stereotype.

As a relatively recent Baseball Sicko, one thing I am still grappling with is how to follow and enjoy a sport for 162 games when my favorite team makes me insane with rage on a daily basis. How do you guys do it and stay mentally healt—wait, okay, I see the answer.

"He's a menace ... I WANT SPIDER-MAN!" J.K. Simmons is at the Mets game tonight and ran into a familiar face 😂

It hurts me to say it, but Mets should probably try very hard to trade Francisco Lindor this year

In the Dem primary that the GOP tried to make as high-profile as possible, Maureen Galindo is losing to Johnny Garcia 60/40, with almost half of the vote reporting

well frankly now I'm suspicious of the congressional candidates who *don't* tell me this. What are they hiding?

instantly iconic

religions with an explicitly transcendant basis can weather disappointments pretty well but when you start basing your entire creed on specific, falsifiable predictions and then those predictions fail to occur even the revealed religions can falter. leninism has no such transcendant claim.

tankies feel kinda like millerites in that im not entirely sure why they continue to exist

Serious point though: almost literally every specific policy solution in the Blair thing is bad and often delusional but we would be in a significantly better place if most leading British politician could write a similarly coherent articulation for their overall approach (again, delusion and all)

Tony Blair on the Labour government's difficulties, absolutely correct, I think: institute.global/insights/pol...