In all the time it took to set up that promo on the Sphere why didn’t Timmy think of something better to say?

Every week I stand up in front of kids and we say, and mean, these words. On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to god and my country and to obey the Scout Law. To help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.

It kinda looks like Iggy has drained the life force out of Jack White to power himself for another 20 years

Post you from a different era

I think Hamilton is the ultimate proof that social media is not real life. Everyone hates it. It’s cringe. So much backlash. Can’t say good things about it or else. Also it’s been making millions on Broadway for a decade, tours nationally and LMM became like the default musical guy.

Not saying Yamamoto isn’t in the conversation but putting that stat line out as evidence is hilarious since Madison Bumgarner was better in each of those categories in the 2014 postseason. 7g, 5-1 with 1 save, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 45 strikeouts, 0.65 WHIP

More day games, cheaper beer

Lady at high school football game’s merch stand: “Who’s your player?!” My wife: “… the pep band?”

I finally watched the new Superman (I am very busy, ok?) and … I was not expecting it to be a two-hour explainer on E Unibus Pluram that’s perfectly digestible for kids and adults alike. James Gunn really is a treasure.

You can almost picture Trent Reznor and Rick Rubin sitting there like “You know who would do a devastating cover of ‘Hurt’? This deeply uncool dork.”

Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.

(Guy who did a lot of radio and music production in college here. The way around this is you redline the recording of the commercials, losing a little quality but resulting in something that feels far louder at the same volume.) www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The happiness I got from spending three years telling people, with a straight face, that there was absolutely nothing unusual or bad about KD joining the Warriors is something @thefarmerjones.bsky.social can never take away from me

I'm not saying Metallica and some others didn't come off very poorly in the Napster era, but the internet has always believed everything should be free (music, movies, news, books) and has never had anything resembling a plan for how the people who create that stuff will get money for food or rent.

I'd like to think LeBron doesn't need the money. Though that would lead to the hard-to-fathom belief that he found the ad, and its rollout, compelling or clever. So I actually kinda hope this was to cover gambling debts or something.

Saw this as a subject line in an email from SFGate and immediately knew they were talking about @calpolyhumboldt.bsky.social.

Sad to see that Marilyn Hagerty, the woman who wrote a review of her local Olive Garden, died. It still baffles me that anyone had an issue with that column, which was earnest, accurate and made no attempt to be anything it wasn't. Also she spelled ambience correctly. apnews.com/article/mari...

Remember when Paul Ryan got mocked for claiming he'd summited 40 of the 14ers? Kilian Jornet is about to climb 60-plus of them, connecting each by foot or bicycle. And he plans to do it in about a month. Seriously. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

I saw Fugazi a dozen times (or more), was at the Eddie Vedder walkout show during the Ticketmaster mess, was at the second to last Ramones show, etc. But I’ve never seen a crowd more locked in than when I saw Laurie Berkner play to hundreds of toddlers.

With the AJC dropping its print edition, I feel compelled to share one of the greatest moments in print design history

Yes, the millionaire NFL superstar and future Hall of Famer who is 6-5, hosts a wildly popular podcast and is dating one of the world’s most famous women (who is a billionaire) has a real masculinity problem. Hard to figure out how he can recover from this.

When I was a kid, the only things I was told I couldn't watch were WWF and You Can't Do That on Television. Naturally I watched both constantly. Hulk Hogan was a big reason I started watching. I immediately realized he was the least interesting of all the wrestlers, but, hey, thanks for the intro?

Injuries in sports can be so cruel. A few years ago Trout was talked about as possibly the most talented baseball player ever with people flatly assuming he’d finish with Mays/Aaron-like numbers. Now he’s 33 and MLB Network is excited he has almost as many homers as Andres Galarraga.

11-year anniversary of Shaun Livingston signing with Golden State and me making it the front of the sports section

Spent some time trying to learn more about the aura farming kid. He’s 11, his nickname is Dika, he’s been a Tukang Tari (boat dancer) since he was 9 and his province made him a tourism ambassador this week. And he is cooler than all of us. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...

Someone should probably explain to the Superman marketing people that the glasses are kind of an important thing for Clark Kent unless you’re trying to dox him

Last week Wes and I watched Gleaming the Cube. Today we’re watching Rad. He needed new shoes and he picked out Vans. Having kids is the best.

Just saw a woman slap the window of a cab that drove through a crosswalk with a walk signal. New York is back, baby!

This is how I’m going to remember @scottmillerbbl.bsky.social. In the middle of the action on the biggest story in baseball, looking SoCal cool and being Midwest charming.

My wife bought me two giant canned cheeses from Washington State U (IYKYK) for Father’s Day. She hid them in our refrigerator. For the last three weeks. I quite literally never saw them.

Americorps canceled the President’s Volunteer Service Awards and my daughter spent the weekend volunteering anyway. My son is done with his service for his next rank in scouts but spent the whole weekend on other peoples’ service projects. It’s nice to be associated with these tiny good humans.

but if i'm not allowed to feed artists into my artist killing machine it's going to be basically impossible for the machine to keep killing artists. is that what you want?? and before you answer keep in mind this is a very expensive machine

That's why the day before I decide I want to retire I'm going to post "stocks are so good right now, very good time for stocks" so I can just sit back and watch the money pour in

Similar vibes between these photos

I’d probably be excited about the bottom few lines of bands if my eyes could still read type that small

I can help. When you were a kid they just shamed anyone “weird” into a life of shame and exclusion without any thought about it at all rather than diagnosing them and helping them find ways to thrive.

The world has a lot of JK Rowlings but there are also some Conner Ives www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/s...

I love when college sports people try to trash the modern game and its players by explaining that players these day care about … very reasonable things to care about.

In 2018, as their careers were winding down, I wrote this as a reaction to the hate I saw on social media. Got a LOT of emails about how dumb I am. 😎

Gonna be wild when Jadyn Fielder retires with exactly 319 home runs

Every once in a while I see a post over on the Bad Place and wonder if the people who actually left-left would want to see it here. This was v. good work from Chet.

the thing about kim mulkey's outfits is she is a fucking deplorable person

"Thank you so much for taking the ONE TIME I messed up at baseball and turning it into an incredibly long poem. What a wonderful use of your creative faculties. You seem like a very chill person."

These look like the answer to the question no one was asking: What if Kanye tried to design a refresh of the Kobe Two

Over at NYT Styles, we talked to Teen Vogue about how their terrific interview with @thevivllainous.bsky.social came together and why it resonated with so many people www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/s...

I rarely post on X because ... of everything about X ... but I still check it for work stuff. In my following tab currently there are seven consecutive retweets about Dogecoin from a Doge account I don't follow, all of which are encouraging people to buy the coin. Seems very legit.

A long time ago I was working on prep for what the NYT would do when Willie Mays died. A big part of that was reading all our old coverage. I was amazed at how much emphasis was made on his immaturity and how many quotes were intentionally NOT cleaned up. It was … not subtle.

I love Steph. But this is one of the dumbest headlines I’ve ever seen. Steph’s record isn’t even the most unbreakable NBA record by a guy born in Akron, Ohio.