Infinite ERA 😀

SAWX.

Crochet is unreal. And Bregman is a vacuum at third.

WELCOME TO THE POSTSEASON, MASA.

THE RUNNING RED SOX

A C-SPAN x ESPN type of night. Let’s go Sox!

This is going to cause people to die (if it hasn’t already). Why not bring back those who they fired or pushed to take the DRP as other agencies have done? And good point about how new extraneous questions on all applications will discourage people. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Finally got around to reading @jasmine.bsky.social's piece on China and I'm glad I did. It's rare to find a piece that opens so many rabbit holes + links. I've been wanting to return to China (my last trip was 2019) but in this moment and in this job... 🤷‍♂️ jasmi.news/p/china-2025

I would hate to be someone in Detroit, Cleveland, San Diego, or Chicago trying to get anything done this week.

It'd be a great day for @mlb.com to start posting here.

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Us Kuangs have to stick together! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Hard agree. But missed opportunity to open MLB.tv for red zone-style viewing

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Trump is ordering the military to use “full force” against an American city, while the Supreme Court declares him the Sun King and Congress hides under a pile of coats. The checks and balances only work when the institutions aren’t run by utter cowards and the complicit

Co-sign

Losing Merici and Victor, and SO many feds, is a loss for all of us: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Bleacher Bar: elite pregame stop (no ticket required!)

Power of friendship. 🫶

YOUR BOSTON RED SOX ARE POSTSEASON BOUND!

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... @timothysnyder.bsky.social

TIL a long-lost unsportsmanlike conduct penalty: “disconcerting signals” www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/... @kalynkahler.bsky.social

Belated but incredible sunrise this morning @capitalweather.bsky.social

Oh pray tell — WHY are the farmers having a tough time!?

It’s such a wonderful and not stressful feeling watching Bregman play 3B instead of Devers.

The Birds Flocking Back to the Fresh Kills Dump www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I grieve for everyone who was fired illegally earlier this year. This also shows why SCOTUS was wrong to stay the injunctions of lower courts because this feels like a hollow victory to people who otherwise would still be serving. @govexec.bsky.social www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Make it make sense.

The president has informed me that reporting on his longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein is not in the public interest. by Brendan Carr

An early look at next week’s cover: "Remote Control,” by Barry Blitt. nyer.cm/6ApBXER

Seems not good

this is super cool! hackathons aren't solutions, but well structured ones are a great way to bring inside/outside community together - people have been trying for this for years (& the other branches *really* need civic tech work 🏛️💻 ❤️)

Have recently been really enjoying @gabe-lerner.bsky.social's "Democracy Notes" substack: democracynotes.substack.com/about

After accidentally killing his toddler son, the pediatrician Greg Gulbransen poured himself into helping others. “He didn’t overthink it,” Joshua Rothman, whose children see Dr. Gulbransen, writes. “In a way, not thinking was the point.”

Just had a nice chat with a couple of National Guardsmen from Ohio in a DC metro station. They think DC is really nice! They’re not sure why they’ve been pulled away from their families.

The President of the United States should not be doing play by play on the federal criminal investigation

This may get overlooked in the news cycle this week but is another worrying instance of Congress abdicating its constitutional role, further eroding our system of checks and balances. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

“ATF investigators … may review thousands of images in a search before they find the weapon they are looking for. That’s because dealer records are required to be “non-searchable” under federal law. Keyword searches, or sorting by date or any other field, are strictly prohibited.”

Matches IRL experience today — story by @capitalweather.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

A concept…

Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.

I am not old enough to remember 9/11 but every time I walk past the memorial I am struck by the scale of loss and suffering. May we never forget.

24 years ago, New York City and our nation were forever changed. On the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we mourn the innocent lives lost and honor the brave first responders who answered the call in the days, weeks, and months following. We will never forget September 11, 2001.

I’d think what you’d want during a highly volatile, politically polarized time marked by violence is a president who can appeal to our common values and humanity and inspire calm and unity, rather than promising revenge. If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is

I have been quite numb about the Charlie Kirk assassination. Violence of any kind should never be the answer and I grieve for his family and for our nation—where political violence is becoming all too common. We cannot continue down this road.

So cool to hear from @jay.bsky.team today about her vision for an open internet!

NEW: We are suing to block the unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to DC. Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil. The forced military occupation of the District of Columbia violates our local autonomy and basic freedoms. It must end.