🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfection

Nope we’re done here. Enough. It’s over. Toss it into the Hudson.

Do. Not. Want.

Stealworkers

We know that Billie Jean is fiercely protective of her legacy. The chaotic theatre of the original Battle of the Sexes is a cultural touchstone and a key event in the women's sports revolution of the 1970s. She said don't associate me with whatever this is. www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...

Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.

Racism. The answer is racism.

Hastening the desertification of the Amazon rainforest so that people can create mpreg videos of Olaf and the dentist from Finding Nemo

Hitty Hat says: “it’s too damn windy for me to be outside!”

Not hyperbole: using generative AI -- and encouraging students to use it -- supports MAGA and authoritarianism.

they'd rather spend a literal billion dollars on this shit than, idk, just to cough up one example, pay animators decent rates

…..

Oh dear god

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving, state health officials said

Oooof. As I was saying…

Another cold day coming up. Coffee and today a lollipop.

Was waiting to see what BJK would have to say

Perimenopause and menopause can manifest in so many more ways than most people know. I took a look at the full-body spectrum of effects.

He apparently didn't read this story he cited. www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...

Jose Morgado saying "she never said such a thing" is a lie.

Yeppppppp

This is very cute and sweet, and French supermarket chain Intermarché is rightly getting a lot of praise for this ad featuring beautiful 3D animation created by a French studio (Illogic Studios) that required the work of about 100 people instead of using generative AI. youtu.be/Na9VmMNJvsA?...

Such a gloomy day here. I think I need to walk to coffee to wake myself up.

Seems a good time to recommend Tested, Rose Eveleth's podcast about the ugly history of sex testing in women's sport www.tested-podcast.com/listen/

And now this stupid, contemptible ignorance www.reuters.com/sports/tenni...

If only she were significantly less problematic….

ATP/WTA commercial merger a step closer towards completion as ATP votes in favour of non-binding short-form agreement. WTA meanwhile agrees landmark title sponsorship deal with Mercedes, and expected to vote on short-form agreement by end of the year www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

WTA's big press Mercedez-Benz sponsorship conference underway in Stuttgart. Billie Jean King and Roger Federer both in attendance.

Everyone associated with this exo between Kyrgios and Sabalenka is just…sigh. Why is this even happening?

Treat delivered via advent calendar.🙌🏻

This is an old photo of our beloved Waldo, but it’s how I feel about this week. I need a treat and a nap!

jesus christ

“When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more. I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent.”

her colleagues are enjoying their free vacations in the Maldives or cashing in on exhibitions / she's hanging out with scumbags and giving interviews to disgraced hacks and will eventually lose to a retired man who hates women's sports

Siiiigh

Winter walk mode activated

🥶🥶

Very cold this morning but I have my coffee and advent calendar chocolate so all is well. This mug has little flecks of gold throughout.

@cbsnews.com is advertising an Erika Kirk town hall moderated by Bari Weiss under the tagline: “Can she unite America?” I want us to think about all the whys here and their implications.

#AusOpen entry lists: Women: #64 Danielle Collins and #76 Ons Jabeur out. Protected entries: Karolina Pliskova Wang Yafan Mananchaya Sawangkaew Men: #15 Holger Rune out. Protected entries: Jerry Shang Zhang Zhizhsen Emil Ruusuvuori Thanasi Kokkinakis

Sure, it’s early December, near freezing with a colder wind chill… ❄️🧊 But today's also the earliest sunset of the year. Starting Tuesday, sunset gets later -- and DC gains a precious 3 seconds of extra daylight. 🌇✨🥂

The Supreme Court seems poised to hand Trump autocratic power by allowing him to fire independent agency officials for any reason

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.

Some interesting news about Mercedes and the WTA: www.hard-court.com/p/mercedes-b...

Panicked this am because was sleepy and couldn’t locate door 8 on my advent calendar!! 😱😱😱

Monday made more bearable by a coffee and a morning advent calendar chocolate.

Gift link: Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid