If “AI” is a fundamentally a labor saving technology, what use does Wikipedia—which runs on the freely-given labor of its editors—have for it?

Very sad to see that Jonathan Liew is still suffering from Ange Derangement Syndrome. Hope he recovers soon. www.theguardian.com/football/blo...

USMNT is greying Poch like he’s the president

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

TRUMP VS MUSK will be a disappointment. Deep down we know this! nymag.com/intelligence...

Your Saturday morning read: my Baffler essay on the reactionary futurism of the Enhanced Games thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...

Very good post mortem

RIP Ange you did the impossible. Forever a Tottenham legend.

"The darkest prospect for literary studies is not its wholesale dissolution, but its residual subsidy as a loss leader for a few elite schools that can afford it." www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/rev...

A Fine Gael senator on the Seanad agriculture panel didn’t declare more than €16,000 in farming income while serving as a county councillor last year. Paraic Brady was elected to the Seanad on the agricultural panel in February 2025. www.ontheditch.com/fine-gael-se...

Jesus Christ man

in this essay: the ideology of amateurism and the development of modern organized sports; the history of PED use and their regulation; transhumanism and Silicon Valley's obsession with death; athletic labor and the body thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...

Incredible blog here. This is a gift link: defector.com/what-world-d...

I know it's old hat by now but I would be curious to read a genealogy of this idea that a particular state has a "right" to exist. is it specific to Israel? to settler-colonial states? where/when does it come from and how has it spread?

one thing about a historical/hegemonic bloc is that it is cemented by more than personal affinities!

"Bathroom attendants offer two flavors of Zyn for the discerning gentleman."

in this essay: the ideology of amateurism and the development of modern organized sports; the history of PED use and their regulation; transhumanism and Silicon Valley's obsession with death; athletic labor and the body thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...

Last week, the Thiel-backed Enhanced Games announced that it had secured a venue in Las Vegas for 2026. Today, I have a long piece on the ideological currents running through the venture, and what I think it reveals to us about Silicon Valley’s vision for humanity. thebaffler.com/after-the-fa...

People will say that players almost always say nice things about their managers but this really does seem different

Four days in a row

one common denominator in all the situations described here is the French police

remember when a couple elections went their way immediately after Trump was inaugurated and American libs convinced themselves that a global repudiation of right-wing politics was imminent www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...

Graph looks like a fish

There are risks in both keeping Ange and sacking him. The only guarantee is that getting rid of the guy who promised and delivered a trophy would destroy the squad’s morale and unity www.football.london/tottenham-ho...

Ugh, fine

Betis have completely bottled this

Leg day after a weeklong break from the gym feel like I’m gonna sweat and puke and die

The right wing of the left wing of the right wing of left wing of the actually existing movement to abolish the present state of things

Israeli soldiers gunned down Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy who was born in New Jersey, last month in the West Bank. His death has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability. nyti.ms/3ZzbQ8Q

Fucking love this guy #THFC #COYS

Ange should walk out on Sunday to “Many Men”

WE FUCKING DID IT

Scrappy hustle chaos goal? Yes please

DO IT FOR HIM

Bizarre article. Man needs an editor.

not sure how I am supposed to think about anything other than Europa League final this week

This was such an emblematic story for our era, the paranoid delusions of people with Nextdoor Madness that it was politically untenable not to humor

“They also discussed Project Esther and concern over a decline in Israel’s public image among younger Americans, a trend that has accelerated since Oct. 7. It is reassuring for Israelis to hear that the largest conservative think tank in the United States is on the case, Ms. Coates said.”

Not mine!

Honk shoo sleep on that thing

Palace have just won their 1st major trophy. Mcllroy Kane Newcastle Bologna Crystal Palace Curses lifting everywhere #ItsTime #COYS

Palace :’)

The logistical impossibility of an operation like this is how you end up with death camps

Every paragraph of this is 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️ www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain

Can’t believe I’m missing the NJ transit strike gothamist.com/news/nj-tran...