I know it’s not factored into the ratings but Bad Bunny’s halftime show was a rare crossover hit between the 7th grade boys and 9th grade girls in Connecticut. Benito built a bridge no one thought was possible.

I saw Green Day for the first time as a preteen and just watched them play the Super Bowl with my 12 year old son. A great moment punctuated by my 14 year old daughter saying “Aren’t they older than you? Why are they still doing this?”

You know what would have been a better summation of the Bay than an outsider talking about bands and poets from 50 years ago? Marshawn Lynch just saying we don’t have to explain ourselves to you and then the video cutting out.

I’m a vegetarian so I cancel this out. Me and Bobby = 1 omnivore.

I never actually extricated myself from the Super Bowl after the sports department disbanded, because there was plenty of Styles stuff to do. But barring something happening that touches on election analytics, I’ll be watching the game strictly as a fan for the first time since 1999. SO WEIRD.

Twenty one years ago I posted a questionable Seth Cohen take on the internet and it led directly to me meeting the girl of my dreams, getting married and having kids. The lesson here: Never stop posting your takes, no matter how bad they are. The girl who calls you an a-hole might be the one.

Wrote this before the vote where he got 7.3 percent. Felt just as good about it then as I do now that he’s a HOFer www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/s...

I usually say my commute doesn’t feel long even if it takes a while. It turns out that doesn’t apply when Verizon is entirely out of service and I didn’t bring a book with me.

Season 2 of The Pitt opens with Dr Robby, an ER doc who has probably seen a thousand head injuries, riding a motorcycle with no helmet (but carrying a helmet) and wearing a fairly thick jacket on July 4 in Pittsburgh. What in the world?

Some personal news! This week I started a new role as deputy editor of Election Analytics. The quote Sam Sifton gave for the announcement summed up my career well: “Ben is at the very top of the short list of Times journalists who could move seamlessly from Sports to Styles to Election Analytics.”

Found out today that McDonald’s in Italy has Celiac-safe gluten-free cheeseburgers that come in a cross-contamination proof bag. Which is even better than Canada where the fries are usually safe. In summation: F you, American McDonald’s.

Same in CT. Chance of snow is 0. Precipitation is 0. Yet I have what looks like an hour of shoveling ahead of me if we want access to both cars tomorrow. I don’t blame @mccanner.bsky.social entirely but weather IS her thing, so …

Not sure what this is going on about, she was in Mallrats and after you’ve hit that peak it’s kinda downhill no matter what

Not going to Macy’s to see Santa for the first time since Obama’s first term was one thing, but I got a reality check on life with kids well into tween-teen hood when they told me what time I should make sure they’re awake by on Christmas. So I’ll check in with them at 9:45 I guess?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.