I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.

The largest school district in Colorado Springs is removing pages from text books: www.rmpbs.org/blogs/educat...

Interestingly, the guy on the left, Blake Neff, was fired by Tucker Carlson in 2020 because he was revealed to be gut bucket misogynist and white supremacist. www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/m...

Zero bald men in the Denver season of Love is Blind. Smh.

Sublime www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

“In the absence of governance, or just in its place, the state has taken up a grim and shameful kind of content creation.” Great piece from @davidjroth.bsky.social defector.com/the-united-s...

"Not everyone should be running a donor-funded nonprofit, is what I'm saying. Some people—the people who have lots of money, say, because they own an entire baseball league—should stick to spending their own money, instead." defector.com/the-official...

This slump from Cowser is… concerning. Working a count full and getting blown away by 92 right down the middle is not what you want to see from your CF of the future

Guys, be nice to Brent Pry. All those notes he’s taking are updates to his resume

Cano and Akin are NOT invited to the 2026 parade

Dylan Beavers

What’s that about free speech on college campuses? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

I think limiting the definition of “political violence” to mean “bodily harm from a single assailant” helps downplay the many ways in which governments brutalize people. Is starving children not political violence? Is forcing a woman to carry a high-risk pregnancy to term not political violence?

being totally comfortable speaking this way to millions of people is one of many signals that we're in an extremely dark place

Yennier Cano 🫣

Orioles magic

Jackson Holliday stop rolling over to second base challenge

Remembering some Baltimore guys @davidjroth.bsky.social

Dean Kremer should try staring down his catcher again

Dylan Carlson learn to run the bases challenge

Adam Friedland is demanding more moral clarity and conviction from elected officials than any interviewer I've seen at national outlets (Chotiner is an exception). This is worthwhile: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Ee...

Keegan should not have been back out there but the O’s offense tonight was gross. First five batters got on base one time and Cowser/Mounty combined for 6 Ks

Well hopefully that’s the last time a Barstool personality throws out a first pitch for the O’s

Video of a scary scene in Adams Morgan last night is making the rounds on DC listservs. The feds (presumably ICE) seemed to be making immigration/traffic stops. When protesters started shouting, one pointed his Taser at them until other protesters tried to deescalate things...

“I doubt that’s feasible for everyone, but I suspect that these reviews will be done in a discriminatory manner targeting immigrants with certain backgrounds and in certain visa categories or specific people they want an excuse to revoke.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Lmao incredible

As of late last month, the investigation—led by US senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat of Georgia—had unearthed 41 cases of physical and sexual abuse; 14 involving pregnant detainees and 18 involving children.

Gunnar Henderson revenge homer

It’s a shame that Jordan Westburg, one of the best players on the Orioles, is made entirely of popsicle sticks and glue

watching baseball @jonbois.bsky.social

Tony Mansolino gets to do his favorite thing tonight: give a shoutout to the other team’s pitcher while ignoring the fact that the GM is making him work with a minor league lineup

Colorado Republican Rep. Ty Winter on syringe service programs, which are proven to reduce overdose deaths: "I do not believe in junkie kits." www.rmpbs.org/blogs/health...

Buttigieg is frequently praised for his communication skills but I have no idea what this means

Bump.

Orioles looking really sharp today for a AA team

not sure how many different ways these guys can demonstrate their utter contempt and disrespect to artists

Not for nothing, the photos in this article are terrible. Everything looks like store brand Myles Hendrik.

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet releases a statement condemning Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City. Last week, Bennet (and Hickenlooper) voted against a resolution to block the sale of U.S. weapons to Israel.

This is how it's always been TBH. There's a ruling class and you're not in it.

And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:

Where else do I remember seeing a group of masked men arriving via moving truck? www.latimes.com/california/s...

“Officials have begun separating children from their families in small numbers across the country, in what appears to be a more targeted version of one of the most explosive policies of President Trump’s first term.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...

Looking forward to a future where I don’t see Keegan Akin pitch for the Orioles. A better world is possible.

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

“Banana Ball, outside your phone, is a slog, with issues that stem from both the challenges of baseball as a sport and the Bananas' inability to think beyond Hype House aesthetics.” defector.com/the-savannah...

The through line of this and the public media cuts is that if you write something the president doesn’t like, he’ll try — often successfully — to shut you down. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A reminder that some GOP members of congress — such as Rep. Don Bacon — voted for the rescission bill because they received "reassurances" that PBS would be funded in 2026. Well, that didn't happen. And now the CPB is shutting down. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

I don’t really see how any of these Orioles trades help them for 2026, unless Elias flips some of these prospects for major league arms.

Would be really cool if Cedric Mullins won a World Series

I'm very excited that BAD COMPANY entered its third printing this week! You'd better buy it now before you're relegated to a copy from the fourth printing...