Not giving up my body count, but suffice it to say no cisdude I've slept with has ever complained.

1/ IMO @seeratsohi.bsky.social's piece about physicality etc. in the WNBA is spot on. I was a tall and thin (6'5", 185) long-time (male) basketball player who played until 52yo and I always detested the bully ball I see so much in the W, w Alyssa Thomas a big offender*.

The Price of “Efficiency” Read more about the devastating effects of the USAID cuts in my Substack newsletter. nickanderson.substack.com/p/the-price-...

I love this for them! Fvck oil and coal!

Oh, unfortunately, we think about it every day. A “faith director” in every federal agency isn't a victory for religious liberty. It's an attempt to weave religion into the machinery of government. That's exactly why we have church-state separation.

Even with all her accolades, I think we overlook how good a coach she is. Even sometimes with mostly nondescript rosters, Lynx have almost always been in the top 5 in the league. Can't wait to see Phee and Liv on the court together!

The founders, in the Treaty of Tripoli -- begun under Washington, signed by Adams, ratified by a Senate filled with other crafters of the Constitution -- said "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Tom Emmer is a dumb-as-dirt bigot.

I especially love this diagram.

(cartoon Dave Granlund) #politics

"Pool of Shame" While the green of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool sparks outrage, other, far more tragic pools do not seem to provoke the same reaction from those responsible. - Custodio (Brazil)

It amazes me that the antiabortion activists who want to prosecute women who get abortions ... appear not to be thinking that you need to have roughly a majority of the population agreeing with a policy before it can be enacted. Hard to imagine this achieving that. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u...

The SAVE Act is deceitful legislation. The GOP aren’t trying to SAVE America, they’re trying to overthrow it. stevesack.substack.com

Let's be honest, the news we Minnesota basketball fans are waiting for is when Phee and Dorka are back. That news is going to hit so hard.

4 years since the dreadful Supreme Court Dobbs decision turned back the clock 50 years and eroded reproductive freedom and women’s rights. Texans are dying from pregnancy complications and struggling to access basic health care. Restoring abortion rights must be a top priority in a new Congress.

Talk to me some more about climate change being a hoax…

I took my bike ride to work past all of the Giannis Antetokounmpo murals. I don’t know what happens to them next, but the civic pride they inspired was palpable.

I saw this referred to as the Strait of Warm Ooze. Very good.

"Never Whistle at Night" is delightful!

FYI: No, basketball is not "over" with the NBA season complete. The WNBA is a whole pro league too and those women are HOOPING. I'm sick of folks saying this - especially professional analysts/commentators who should know better.

"But the thing about bullies is that once there’s a hint of weakness, everyone piles on." open.substack.com/pub/chadbour...

Cartoonist: Drew Sheneman

Very interesting paper finds that when South Korea suspended its “low-skilled” guest worker program, the result was not a rise in wages for native Koreans doing those jobs, it was the opposite; current employees got reassigned to those jobs and took pay cuts and firms went under.

Kudos to Patricia Mutebi for her great new show about the background of MN immigrants, both recent and long ago, taking place in the aftermath of ICE's Op Metro Surge. @minnesotareformer.com minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/19/g...

77 Candles 🎂 today for this winner of 3 Academy Awards (nominated for 21), 2 BAFTA’s, 8 Golden Globes, 4 Emmy’s, 7 Grammy’s, and a Tony Award — the glorious MERYL STREEP

I don’t know who the artist/cartoonist is, but this drawing completely summarizes the stupidity of the MAGA movement.

I’m really glad President Zelenskyy is saying this out loud. More people need to realize this.

It’s always okay to make fun of flat earthers.

“THEY WILL LOOK YOU DEAD IN THE FACE AND SAY,, J6 RIOTERS WITH, GUNS, POLES, BATS, ETC WERE PATRIOTS, BUT AN ER NURSE WITH, A CAMERA, AND A REGISTERED FIREARM,, WAS A "DOMESTIC TERRORIST."

"My popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours.” --Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY THIS HERE,WAS,FOR MANY OF US, THE CELEBRATION WE NEEDED,AND A REMINDER, NOT TO GIVE UP HOPE ! THANK YOU, MICHELLE, AND PRESIDENT OBAMA...🎊🎉✨️ 👇👇👇

Juneteenth is an opportunity to celebrate freedom, recognize the history and contributions of Black Americans, and stand firmly in building a more just and equitable society. We’re proud to hold it as an official state holiday and a long overdue celebration of independence.

Today's cartoon by Michael Ramirez for the Washington Post: "OPERATION EPIC FAILURE"

These declarations are made out in the open, now with automatic translation. Western politicians and commentators who pretend not to notice these grotesque declarations by *the national security minister of a state which their countries arm and fund* are complicit in them.

Cartoon by Robert Ariail

The French editorial cartoonist known as Truant cuts to the chase: The U.S. wannabe emperor has no clothes.

“Diana was really throwing that thing up there, for real. It’s a testament to being great for a really long time.” Longevity, adaptability and ‘Housewives’ — Lynx’s Kayla McBride moves up the WNBA’s career 3-point leaderboard, for @stribsports.startribune.com www.startribune.com/minnesota-ly...

A quick reaction to this amazing Politico story in which the head of Europe's biggest data centre lobby group just.............................................admits it www.politico.eu/article/euro... Longer version here w/ reckons on why GenAI ❤️ fossi lfuels so much youtu.be/FjfTm5NoOUY

Cartoonist: Rick McKee

Tribute at the #WorldCup to the 168 innocent girls MURDERED by US forces under the command of #TrumpThePaedo.

@thomaslfriedman.bsky.social about the Iran disaster: "Surely something about this preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran must have felt familiar to America’s real-estate mogul president. After all, it reads like a real-estate bankruptcy filing." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...

Fabulous night for Kingfield #porchfest in the hellscape of #Minneapolis