rivers cuomo should have gotten his ass beat more

not really the point here but what bums me out the most is that like…this guy gets a wsj profile and even if people use it to just make fun of him, it’s real estate and attention devoted to highlighting somebody producing slop instead of like somebody doing important or cool work

Something I've noticed about all of these "This is a slippery slope that's going to wreck the open internet!" arguments is that they take as a given that the "open internet" of 2026 is good or a status quo we should want to preserve.

The Netflix broadcast "would have been forgivable if...the broadcaster had not been actively at war with the concept of showing a baseball game."-Kathryn Xu in an excellent post on @defector.com

Oh man Netfix can't get the green screen ad tech right on their broadcast and it's screwing up the view so bad

yeah, that's kinda how i feel about the country right now, good job

I believe in prison abolition, except for the two people behind home plate in loud ass Kalshi t-shirts

Do I want to turn in at 8:00 only to watch an inexplicable delay? Not at all

As the billionaires owners of MLB baseball team begin asserting their power over players and fans, it’s worth asking whether these failsons and finance brokers actually like the game the fans hold dear, writes Matt Kreisher. https://bit.ly/40TcJto

It's opening day! I wrote about baseball owners and their current collective temper tantrum for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

You are laughing? The worst person in the world is failing at the job she isn’t qualified for and you are LAUGHING?

I’m at ICE HQ

Earlier this week, I had the honor of breaking fast at Rikers Island with New Yorkers in custody. It was a night that will stay with me for quite some time.   In a system too often defined by what it takes, I was reminded of what it means to give—mercy, dignity, and humanity. Eid Mubarak, New York.

Tax, paid

oh i see so AI is just ‘the mechanical turk, but sexually traumatizing’

bullying is bad, yes, but it could have also solved this child's dangerous levels of self-assurance very early on

Looking to interview/chat with some or one of the folks at @redlettermedia.com about VHS tape grading (and collectibles in general) for something I'm writing, if anyone has a direct contact or can help put me in touch.

a useful explainer of International Women's Day by Cinzia Arruzza

The way Seixas got no help from Del Toro in the breakaway and still dropped him on the final climb was incredible

FIFA is using the hydration breaks to bring commercials to the World Cup games. Infantino is so damn shameless and money-hungry. www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

Never trust anyone from Greenville, North Carolina with your money

The first deaths announced from the US-Israeli strikes on Iran: dozens of school girls. They hit an elementary school in Hormozgan.

“Eat a dick” www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvan...

Sideways (2004)

Michelle Bowman wants banks to do more crimes

They beat a blind refugee who speaks no English for failing to obey police commands he could not understand. Then instead of apologizing, they charged him with possession of a “weapon”—HIS WALKING STICK. Then they dumped him miles from home without notifying anyone, after which he was found dead.

The guy who staged a failed coup last time is building a massive personal militia staffed with lawless thugs. At this point it’s just naïve not to see where this is going.

One of in not our most principled politicians and I was proud to vote for Omar when I lived in Minneapolis

welcome to the resistance Kash Patel

I do not believe millennials are in anyway better or worse than other generations. But I am grateful that I knew a world where the internet didn't exist, and I worry for the generations who are stuck with the internet my generation has built.

This woman’s apathy is sickening

This is Neal Katyal. He argued for Nestlé's right to profit from child slavery without consequence before the Supreme Court—and won! Thank you, Neal. ===============

The power of artificial intelligence is changing the world

Bombing Muslims to increase shareholder value

the year is 2026. the most important person in politics is the guy from Home Alone, the most important person in media is the guy from Fear Factor, and the most important person in technology is the owner of MechaHitler. what we need now, more than ever, is to defeat the left

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Once again

They want a fascist takeover of all media

"Blaming the voters" is something a lot of liberals like to do and it never, ever makes you look anything other than stupid when you do so

put it in the Louvre

MEGAN KELLER YOU GODDAMN CHAMPION

I WOULD DIE FOR THE USA WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM

Definitely over 55 and totally not AI

Hilary Knight, queen of America

GOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL

We’re on to the threatening version of this

THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL

An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

Barry, Season Two, Episode Five, ronny/lily