this video from the bbc about texas bbq is frying me

Why the ungodly hell am I lining up to bowl at this godforsaken hour? Also, and out of curiosity, is the USBC a wee corrupt fiefdom, like some kind of bush league FIFA? Shoot this morning into the sun… #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhA...

Cast yourself as a villain.

Did it, did all right. 484 series and at an event where the oil is laid to ruin a good bowler’s game. I still throw a straight ball, so oil means nothing to me… Back up at (fucking) 7:00 a.m., which seems kinda evil.

Bowling at the USBC Nationals today. The comedy should be incredible. Rolling in dressy slacks and a polo shirt for the first time.🕺🎳💥💥💥💥

John Fetterman: Balogun totally deserved that red card, I'm the only one who will say it Sean Hannity: You are so right, and so brave

Is Bosnia’s strategy more complicated than ride it out? I mean this in a totalizing sense. I don’t see any kind of attacking concept in what they’re doing.

Elon’s legacy will be tens of thousands of stupid tweets, a mission to Mars that will forever be one year away, a car tunnel under Las Vegas, and hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths.

Watching that credit card commercial, finding it hard to believe anyone has ever gushed “Christian Pulisic.”

Happy U.S. Men’s National Team World Cup match day to all who celebrate! Gotta coordinate an arrival to catch the game, but the odds are good. Good thing, too. Big one. In other news, and I say this with love, few things make me laugh harder than seeing England get booted out of a tournament…

I’m not crapping on Lakeview, by the way, just noting that bars, restaurants and other elements of nightlife are struggling. Came down here for the Dark Sky experience and can assure you, it’s dark as fuck down here. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=y9m4...

Sit that critic down to watch “Disclosure Day,” which had a script that played like a table read of a first draft. So, yeah, coordinated misogyny seems fair.

Saw some pundits eye-roll about the accusations of collusion and lecture readers about “how capitalism works” like they were children, so this has been filed away.

Is Ecuador coached by an elf or is that some other dude? Also, yes, totally in the tank for Mexico, estatic about that goal. 🥳

In Lakeview, OR. Sums things up nicely. You see “permanently closed” more often than an “open” sign.

I say this as a fan of McMenamins…the overall aesthetic is under-sized and twee. And that’s fine. Keeping it going, with love. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlq...

It’s contempt. It’s him telling his voters he knows they’ll show up, even when he barely bothers. Code of the Old South broadcast from Queens.

If I had to say who looks more likely, I’d say Morocco…

Future generations will study the hubris and arrogance of the Roberts’ Court as the pivot for imperial collapse.

Had to go backwards through something like a maze, which wasn’t so bad until I got to that stone slide with the narrow aperture… Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Fq...

Lost my first game of Catan tonight. Feeling the sting of a 2-1-0(?) record. (Are there ties in Catan?) Somewhat related, we used to be a country… Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymHv...

OH, Canada.

Again, metaphors for the times abound…

Such exquisite pettiness. www.yahoo.com/sports/artic...

I am sleeping adequately, which is swell, but it means remembering fewer dreams. God only knows what’s going on up there… Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=GhCO...

So, Carlos Quieroz aged into a sociopathic henchman?

The reason conservative Evangelicals suck at reading the Constitution is the same reason they suck at reading the Bible: They think their own ideas are actually the Holy Spirit whispering the answer directly to them. They have no regard for history or context, just vibes & motivated reasoning.

“In practice, this gives political appointees a veto over any science that conflicts with the current administration’s ideology.” On a Project 2025 nightmare flying miles under the radar. You will wake up in the world’s largest banana republic in about 10 years. www.thebulwark.com/p/omb-will-p...

The thing Mamdani does and keeps doing is explain what government does and what it can do. Staggeringly simple, obvious politicking. This guy shows why it’s replicable. Democrats have been talking around government, if not outright hiding from it, since Reagan. Hasn’t gone great.

You ever have one of those days, then three more right after that? This is good days or bad ones. I think I’m asking whether you believe in luck. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=lNek...

Fuck it. Going all-in on Cape Verde stock. All chips in, gonna ride the longshot to the heavens. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKxh...

Finn!

Did a little investigating. Stealers Wheel are a pretty good listen. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Ko...

freedom

…………………………………..this isn’t me complaining, I have enjoyed the World Cup more than I expected, and so on… …but I do miss the rhythm of club soccer, even when they throw in the off-beat of the odd midweek game… …still nothing on the coach search, huh? Not even a silent fart? #MLS #rctid

America250 has the same energy as a dying shopping mall.

I’m struck by the will they/won’t they subtext of most news I read - i.e., will the country sleepwalk into strongman rule by a senile megalomaniac with an assist from eugenicist freaks and the world’s dumbest Christians?

Just realized my alarm has a similar tone…okay barely, but still. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=AffL...

Left the pizza place thinking they might run away with it, and yet here we are… …ooh, just in time for the hydration break… …how was Turkey’s goal? The TV’s not telling me.

Whenever I think the president's pardon power should be revoked, I'm gonna need someone to remind me about the bullshit that happened with the Prairieland cases. (The report comes from PBS, who take a soft line, but it's a free read, so...) www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

IKYMI, One Hit No More, Chapter 1: The Short Flight of The Crows, aka, "Gee" LINK: tinyurl.com/4mrwbvsw Reposting a wee series I used to run on one-hit wonders, which restarted with a post on a doo wop act called The Crows. Their story, their songs, etc. #Musicsky (hope the link works!) (1/5)

Oh, yeah. There’s a U.S. Men’s game today… …we can’t fuck up badly enough to fall out of first in the group, right?

“Clint (70s, MI) and his wife call it the ‘raging river,’ a cultural current so powerful it has pulled their own children from faith and conservative values into an amoral progressive agenda, fracturing their family in the process.” From the same piece. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-cletu...

Walked by a kid breezing through a cloud of cologne. You know how to find him, ladies. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=olGp...

So…you bought the team to bribe the city?

I would gladly have a (very) late-night beer with several World Cup personalities, but Switzerland’s head coach just went to the top of the list.

Ah, mon chere Maxime…

Imagine arriving at a/the peak of your career and having to publicly French kiss some weird old guy’s ass be a major part of your day-to-day.