Teams with multiple players with 30+ home runs & 30+ stolen bases in a season: 2025 NYM Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor 1996 COL Dante Bichette, Ellis Burks 1987 NYM Howard Johnson, Darryl Strawberry

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Travel Mode not only hides your most sensitive data—it acts as if that data never existed in the first place. www.wired.com/story/1passw...

Remember when we thought “at least Mullins can play defense”? Those were good times #LGM

More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

Every semester I hide Easter eggs for students to gauge their (or their parents') taste in music. Let's see what happens this year.

It’s not “making history” if it’s not from the 2006 region of Shea Stadium; it’s just “sparkling ugliness”. #LGM

If you get to NYC, and you haven’t been to the museum, you should go. It’s very painful and very moving.

All I want for my birthday tomorrow is: * a #Mets win * a #Giants win * leaders who are smart and kind * neighbors who want leaders who are smart and kind

I don’t pretend to know anything about acoustic #drums, let alone electronic drums, but I do stand next to a drummer a bunch, and this seems promising. Of course I’d like to know what real drummers think. youtu.be/DN8lTE74wRA?...

I don’t think I can take more #Mets wins like that #LGM

Every now and then I can fool people into thinking I’m smart Wordle 1,538 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@thechrisbarron.bsky.social Dude Purple Rain sounded killer. Sorry for your loss. What a great video.

Hey quick question who’s running the country right now

Juan Soto, after a grand slam and a two-RBI triple, has the difficult half of a cycle completed #LGM

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filling an IV bag from a murky puddle near Trump National's sixth tee. "The president needs parameciums," he tells the assembled media. "It's the only treatment proven to work in real testing." His golf cart is piled high with dozens of dead birds.

Long Island folks: I’m considering driving up to PW to take LIRR to the Mets game tonight, but will there be anywhere to park around 5:30 or 6:00?

I’ve been to two Mets games this season (8/2 and last night), and they scored 25 runs in those two games. I’m going again Thursday. #LGM

Dear @mets.com, You got this wrong. It should always be Piano Man. Thank you, -Reality

Have you been struggling with how to determine whether the activity you've been enjoying is a sport or a game? I have also faced this challenge. I am pleased to announce that you need not struggle any longer. I'm ready to present: The Merlo Sports Taxonomy chrismerlo.net/post.php?id=...

it has been very disappointing to me how many academics (who should know better) are falling for the nonsense. i created this resource to respond to admins at my institution calling me "emotional" for being skeptical of llms: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

When BlueSky allowed us to use our domain name as a username, I decided to stop being embarrassed by my site, and I've been rebuilding it from scratch. Today I wrote a blog post to honor one of my favorite basslines on that bass player's birthday. #XTC #ColinMoulding chrismerlo.net/post.php?id=...

The Polar Bear stands alone! 253! Congratulations Pete Alonso! 🐻‍❄️ #LGM

The #Mets play tomorrow at 2:10 pm so at least it won’t ruin our evening.

A hot and windy August afternoon has the trees in constant motion…

What can I say? When it absolutely doesn’t matter, I got the gift. Wordle 1,509 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

at this point, telling people not to use gen AI feels exactly like telling them to wear masks apparently, protecting human lives is not a good enough to maybe slightly inconvenience yourself

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Jinxes don't work, and I hope he doesn't get it anyway, but every no-hitter has a defensive play like Kayfus just made in RF. Now for the love of all that is holy, please get a hit #Mets offense.

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

I was at Citi Field for #250! #LGM

😢 Rest in Peace Nectar's.. 🍟

Referring to 69ing as "two-factor authentication"

Yes please more Dave Brubeck on ballpark organs please

A go-ahead RBI single for Mr. Smile, and maybe, just maybe, balance is being restored to the universe. #LGM

Dear Pete Alonso, Someday, a long time from now, you’re either going to be David or Jose. Please choose wisely. Thanks, Mets fans #LGM

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Sadly, you have to be crazy to want to visit the US these days: Irish tourist jailed by ICE for more than three months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’ Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation.

Maybe I’m weird, too. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"

I know you’re new to Congress, Mr. Fine, but we don’t call our colleagues terrorists here. It just makes you look idiotic. At a time when MN Democrats have been targeted for assassination by a right-wing extremist, your rhetoric is seriously dangerous. Apologize now.

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

Immediately.

1. Interleague play was dumb when it started, and it has run its course. 2 Mets v Yankees is no more compelling to me than Mets v Angels or Mets v Rays. 3. If they’re going to keep doing it, they should do it on 9/11.

@baseball-reference.com Anthony Siegler just batted for MIL in Game 2 of today’s doubleheader, after making his MLB debut in Game 1. I wonder how many other players have played two games on their first day in the bigs?

Many of the most accurate descriptions of American politics can be found in the comments on Balloon Juice. This one, from commenter Davis X. Machina (from about 15 years ago), is particularly apt today.