Feels like every game without Joel is unwinnable again. How did we get back here.

Truly Platonic Pegging.

very upsetting

way too much equivocating for comfort here!!

I finally listened to this the other day and I LOVED it! @augetoffmygold.bsky.social and @marissarmoss.bsky.social are two of my favorite people that I follow online. 🥰

longshot taking it here, but...looking for someone to do some in-person library research for me in NYC. one or two day project with fast turnaround, obviously paid. is this you, someone you know, a student of yours? lmk!

Willow Smith, every single time www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5fG...

'A Face in the Crowd' rules and I love that "Jellysburg Address" is spreading to common parlance www.dontrocktheinbox.com/country-cine...

Not in his career top 30, but one of Robert Duvall's last roles was in 'Hustle' as the Sixers' gregarious, local-Philly-boy-made-good lifetime owner who inspires One of Us fan grieving upon his death. Duvall making this character feel even slightly plausible tells you all you need to know about him.

if people only remember him for Who's More Grizzled, he'll be remembered well.

This is such a small ask. People saying otherwise are, frankly, liars.

A song and video that has informed much of what I have looked for in songs and videos during the 30 years since

whoops

fucking up Ludacris' mic audio is a jailable offense in most states

Would signing Corey Maggette put the Sixers over the luxury tax?

Very surreal for the three-point contest to be on while it's still light outside

Apparently I did not know what either "Take Your Mama" or "Grace Kelly" were actually about! Educational. open.spotify.com/episode/7But...

you know All-Star Weekend is going great when even the dunk contest *judges* need last-minute injury replacements

The perfect Valentine's Day song, in large part because "Valentine" is basically the only legible word in the entire song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=49lL...

Hits the free throw, walks right over to Tyrese, totally ignores all of his teammates trying to celebrate with him. That's true love right there.

We have abandoned the principle of “trust your gut” in all the places where it works and now only use intuition to make decisions in the exact settings it is most dangerous. We tried to turn everything into science — except science, which is now vibes

Apple Music posted this thank you video from Bad Bunny. It is full of joy and the beauty of America’s melting pot. You may want tissues nearby. Cc: @beckyhammer.bsky.social, Benito Ambassador

I'm looking to interview some non-American musicians or bands who've decided not to tour in the U.S. this year because of ICE. Please hit my DMs if you are willing to chat about this decision.

Chris Paul, after dragging a wildly overmatched Hornets squad to 2-2 in the first round against his pal Kobe and the defending-champ Lakers in 2011. "I don't care if my momma was out on the court, I'd hit her too." youtu.be/yoYSqakN0MU

chris paul forever

Duck the tax T-shirt! (Come back to Bluesky @digrupert.bsky.social!!) shibevintagesports.com/collections/...

America: choosin' Ella Langley! -Country history repeating itself -Reckoning with the ELLA FELLAS -Secondhand Miranda Lambert chart saltiness -How much Rocking the Country can a country-pop star get away with? with the great @marissarmoss.bsky.social ! megaphone.link/PMC5178225872

this was so much for thank you for having me @augetoffmygold.bsky.social!!! I love to go on podcasts and chat thoughtfully about country music but also scream "why are men weird" several times!!!!!

Do not let SixersAdam's anti-Castellanos agenda sway you! He is of course mostly RIGHT but he is also partially WRONG

He was a playoff riser!! He was also a playoff shrinker but occasionally he rose!!

There will never be another

Whatever poor on-or-off-the-field decisions he made and ill will he engendered in the fanbase along the way, I love Nick Castellanos dearly and will think back on his years here fondly.

America: choosin' Ella Langley! -Country history repeating itself -Reckoning with the ELLA FELLAS -Secondhand Miranda Lambert chart saltiness -How much Rocking the Country can a country-pop star get away with? with the great @marissarmoss.bsky.social ! megaphone.link/PMC5178225872

Feels IMPOSSIBLE that this was only Naughty by Nature's third-most-perfect pop single. And like a distant third! Would be pretty much any other '90s rap group's No. 1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLSb...

This Wiki description of the video for Tracy Lawrence's '90s country hit "If the World Had a Front Porch" makes it sound so mind-bendingly, perception-alteringly awful that I don't think I could ever watch it and risk ruining the perfect image of it in my head

Please subscribe to Jonny's newsletter if you don't already! It's a great read and this week's is one of his best yet!

This NBA All-Star Weekend is gonna be so boring and juiceless but maybe we'll get a FUCK ICE chant popping spontaneously out of it somewhere

"Josh Homme-style" is one hell of a punchline

I swear this Sixers team beat the Knicks twice this year. Once without Joel!

Loved James Van Der Beek in 'The Rules of Attraction.' Messy movie, was never gonna be the hard pivot he wanted, but he had several absolutely perfect scenes. He did scummy-but-slightly-sweet really well. Incredible facial expressions throughout too.

Finally put my finger on it: The riff to "Choosin' Texas" is a slightly countrified "Two Tickets to Paradise" (complimentary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTqC...

YOUNG MAN what’s that thing that you found, I said YOUNG MAN it’s a leaf on the ground, I said YOUNG MAN it will make a cool sound, when you PUT IT IN YOUR LEAF HOLE [WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP WOMP] It’s fun to eat a cool LEAF FROM THE GROUND

oh absolutely

Jonny wrestling with 'Where Are Your Boys Tonight?' and emo in general = everything I hoped it would be. Hope he ends up liking Thursday!

voice on tape: HELLO DIPSHIT you: oh no. i got captured by Mean Jigsaw voice: DO YOU WANT TO PLAY A GAME. OR ARE YOU TOO BUSY BEING POOR you: Mean Jigsaw stop

Happy 84th birthday to my songwriting hero and GOAT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfmn...

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl on Greatest Pop Stars! -Bad Bunny's first No. 1 next week? -Salsafied "Die With a Smile": Kinda good? -Hell yeah "El Apagón" -Brantley Gilbert: Not looking to be divisive by playing the most explicitly divisive concert in recent memory megaphone.link/PMC5978859689

Maybe the greatest alt-rock one-hit wonder of all time, in terms of how awesome the one hit was and how immediately obvious it was that they would never have another.

From @augetoffmygold.bsky.social: "Joel’s play wasn’t enough, Joel’s health wasn’t enough, Joel going on the record and essentially begging the Sixers not to do what they always do [...] wasn’t enough. The team saw all that and said 'not this year.'” www.rightstorickysanchez.com/p/are-the-si...

The normies are going to be drinking cafe con ron by mid March