There are a handful of pieces of online journalism that have altered my perspective of existence. This is one of them.

Cubs?

We need a return to ads written earnestly by kindergartners.

Oh damn, Rest In Peace to the legend Oscar Schmidt! A Naismith Hall of Famer, the Brazilian GOAT holds the men’s Olympic scoring records for career points, game points (55) and tourney PPG (42.3 in 1988). RIP! www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba/1957...

All-Star outfielder and World Series champion Garret Anderson dies at 53 #usnews

“My girlfriend is the Dairy Queen AI chatbot.”

this is fucking unreal stuff from Noah Wyle on the magic of The Pitt. www.gq.com/story/noah-w...

Damn it. Perlah on The Pitt just making me tear up out of nowhere.

trying to post through it rn

AI could make my dad come back from going to get smokes

Haven’t heard from my son in two days and then he just drops violence like this into the group chat.

The Chicago Cubs, in last place in the NL Central, now have the 4th best run differential in all of baseball.

Glad he’s okay, but metaphors, portents, and whatnot…

I think about Ron Rapoport’s June 1972 interview of Jackie Robinson a lot, especially every April 15th.

I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:

The Texas Rangers have unveiled a controversial new statue modeled after Jay Banks, a former Texas law enforcement officer known for enforcing school segregation. The unveiling preceded the MLB’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the first African American MLB player.

Matt Shaw's bat has been healed.

a Mago happened.

More like "Loser-do."

Not that MLB would let you know.

Rooting for a Phillies dropped third-strike for the trifecta here.

Really happy that Hoerner wasn't traded this offseason.

Welcome back to Sweating While Eating Non-Spicy Food season, folks.

Last month in The Onion:

Or not.

I have pivoted to comfortable, sensible shoes.

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

one thing those of you not blessed with koala business brains aren’t thinking about: who is better positioned to pivot THAN A SHOE COMPANY. idiots

totally wrong. what would we do without the trib editorial board, chicago’s guiding light?

"Dancing The Revolution: From Dancehall To Reggaetón" celebrates music as protest at MCA. blockclubchi.co/4dTbBh7

Since the name change, the building has begun to self harm.

maybe the actual thing worthy of interrogation and criticism is so-called “insider” sports reporting

On hammers?

People forget that Amazon Prime has broadcast some of the greatest moments in NBA history.

Carson Kelly runs batted in

I don’t know if anybody can win a local broadcasting award for it, but it’s really great that Cubs Radio sponsors opponent errors with an adult diaper company.

Cubs?

The Spoon who sat by the Door

Lol poetry

I submitted my letter of resignation to The Athletic. Everything I have to say about it is below.

Today I learned modern Confederacy support has been a tax-free enterprise.

Better be.

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic.

Gonna smash a boombox today.

The Chicago Sky opted for a budding star with the No. 5 pick. They selected Gabriela Jaquez, who had a breakout campaign in the NCAA Tournament and is fresh off an NCAA title run. @maggiehendricks.bsky.social explains the pick. www.theixsports.com/features/gab...

SNL writers up until 4am only for this to just get broadcast straight up.

Something I think about a lot is that DMX waited until his third album to release a track that included the statement “I’m not a nice person”

it's time to admit the haters were wrong and ari aster was cooking with gas on eddington