Beers at a Hells Angels bar, a meeting in the chancellor’s office… Happy Fourth, everybody!

Beers at a Hells Angels bar, a meeting in the chancellor’s office… Happy Fourth, everybody!

A couple months ago I saw something at Mount Vernon that stuck with me. When I sat down to write about it with July 4th on the horizon, it led me to retrace my eventful journey with James Cates and a lot that I never publicly revealed. stonewalls.substack.com/p/emmett-til...

Read @lollardfish.bsky.social on damnatio memoriae: "It is the perfect moment to resolve that if we win, when we win, we’ll tear down all Trump’s works and blot out his name behind a black curtain." www.startribune.com/trump-banner...

Mexico should advance a couple more rounds on the strength of their jerseys alone

DR Congo welcomes you to Africa's World Cup: defector.com/dr-congo-wel...

Such a great time at the World Cup in Atlanta this week. The whole experience, from the games to the fans from everywhere, Fan Festival and the city, was a joy. One of the coolest sporting events I’ve ever been to.

Uzbekistanis trying to talk friendly trash with a Congolese man who doesn’t speak English as they figure out how to work the hotel elevator together. #WorldCup

lol the NY Post is so desperate to try to make him look bad. They even reported out the reason why the dress code exists! The socialist mayor is contaminating the pool! Scary!

With the General Assembly's override of @ncgovernor.bsky.social's veto of the so-called "Border Protection Act," @aclunc.bsky.social and El Pueblo are hosting a virtual town hall on June 30 to discuss what the bill will mean for North Carolinians. Learn more here: www.mobilize.us/aclunc/event...

When Haiti scored its first World Cup goal in 52 years in Atlanta last night. One of the coolest sporting events I’ve been to.

Danny McBride is so funny man www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/m...

Thousands of Haitian Revolution refugees came to Philadelphia in the 1790s, most of them enslaved. The enslavers who brought them thought they’d get around a manumission law, but got outfoxed and ended up helping create the US abolitionist mvmt. Sometimes unexpected things happen is what I’m saying

Terrific interview. I'm excited to see this doc.

An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)

If Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed

I’m so excited to cheer on Congo and Haiti, both playing in their first World Cup since 1974, in matches next week in Atlanta.

Just incredible by Messi, who turns THIRTY-NINE next Wednesday. A hat trick to tie for the most career World Cup goals ever. His availability for the tournament wasn't even confirmed until a few weeks ago. What?

One of my favorite assignments in my years as a sports writer was not at any game but watching 2010 World Cup matches on TV at weird hours with expats and immigrants in neighborhoods all over NYC for New York magazine. Brazil, South Korea, Ghana, Algeria, England, Germany, Uruguay, Netherlands.

The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1667-70, 📸 by Ethan Miller

2006, Linda’s Bar & Grill. 2026, Lapin Bleu?

Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

New Yorkers singing Empire State of Mind

Pretty much sums up last night

Absolutely ridiculous. The team's name is the Grenadiers, literally soldiers. Their revolution is at the center of Haitian identity and was a turning point in world history. Imagine telling the US they couldn't celebrate their historic revolutionary war.

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: When the Iran team landed in Mexico for the World Cup, players wore pins that read "#168." The design commemorates the number of children killed at a school on the first day of the U.S.-Iran conflict. nyti.ms/4vDgEI6

When there's so much that divides people about whether or not racial and ethnic minorities should have basic rights, it's great to bond by watching a majority-Black sport's athletes performing for our entertainment without acknowledging that obvious reality

They seem like they’re really enjoying themselves!

she just saw a rapist and pedophile on the jumbotron!

“the president was loudly booed in the countrys most populous city we traveled to this small town in south dakota to find out why”

I know non-NYC people don't like to hear this, but big games at the Garden really are different, speaking as someone who has been fortunate to get paid to sit courtside at some. It's just true.

Friend waiting to get in to MSG reports that when the motorcade rolled by Trump was waving out the window to “the loudest set of boos I’ve ever heard”

Not gonna help in a Reggie Jackson scenario

Raymond 🤝KAT

Noticed a huge For Sale sign on an interior window of the old Linda's Bar & Grill. Seems the building is now for sale after failing to rent the space since it closed 2 1/2 years ago. It seems from the ad that an owner/operator could buy the building and the biz name. www.loopnet.com/Listing/203-...

[stares at camera]

Still laughing at the header on this sign

What happens when politicians pretend to care about sports cc the Frums of The Atlantic

"AI has Tinderized hiring. Workers are applying to hundreds of positions & never hearing back; companies are receiving thousands of resumes & struggling to respond. More than that, AI has Amazoned hiring. It has scrubbed the uniqueness out of applications..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is the reality. Any politics or politician or movement that isn’t saying this plainly is a false god, inviting you to your own destruction. America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...

“Gary have you ever watched co-ed adult cheerleading? Are you familiar with the sport?”

Game 1. Stanley Cup Finals. 1st goal, 30 seconds in. Lapin Bleu, Chapel Hill, NC.

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

It’s pretty amazing

Trump’s push for his $250 bill amid high inflation brings to mind this $10,000,000,000,000 bill I got in Zimbabwe

1.) Jack prices way up last year 2.) New coaching staff makes a mockery of the program 3.) Despite selling out the whole season only the first game is full 4.) Now offering discounted ticket gimmick to “celebrate” 100 years 5.) Head coach still making $10m per year 6.) 🤔

A bit of trivia: Adam Stein worked on the 1970/71 James Cates murder case pretrial as a private prosecutor. Sometimes w a Black victim & white defendant, family hired a pvt prosecutor due to lack of trust in the public prosecutor. The DA took over the case, barely tried and the defendants went free.

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

have we considered that flo rida and vanilla ice might be locked in a deadly game of chicken where both performers have their entire net worth tied up in elaborate parallel kalshi bets that they will be the last act to drop out? I am asking us to consider it

48 hours later and 6 of 9 featured acts have backed out. Get hype, America, it’s your birthday!