“For a while now, the World Cup games have commenced with each player stepping out onto the pitch holding hands with a random child, but we never told anyone to start doing that,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino told reporters

Gotta admit this man looks damn fine with gray hair. (also he kinda stole the show in stop that train)

It's impossible for the Democrats to credibly claim the anti-racism mantle when this open bigotry toward Muslim and Arab candidates is accepted within the party.

Met this guy at the metro this morning, anyone know anything about him?

Dudes rock

One out of every eight Americans watched this game.

Between this and the national guard in Memphis it’s kind of disturbing me (yes I know I’m a member of the media) the degree to which these killings aren’t really breaking thru rn

It's true that "good character" is often used as a cover by the wealthy to punish the poor, which is why, rather than abandoning the concept of good character, we need to redefine it to exclude those who use their wealth and power to punish the poor.

When the most corrupt president in American history meets the most corrupt organization in global sport, beautiful things happen.

Our current anthem is fine, I guess, but really we should change it to Party in the USA

Coolest dog in america

Can't overstate how much every flyover sounds like a missile is falling on my home.

Many of our third spaces are dying because they are being sucked dry by private equity. We have fewer bowling alleys because they are almost all owned by one private equity firm, that drove up prices and killed bowling leagues to pursue more profitable birthday parties and corporate events.

If you want better Democrats, gotta fund better Democrats. secure.actblue.com/donate/bab-s...

Give money to @beth4ma.bsky.social, who wants to do something about the fucking problems we face instead of hiding under a table and texting you about how scared they are.

For conservatives, the one and only definition of "societal collapse" is when they have to share power with the people they see as their inferiors. Anything that decent people would see as bad for society is only of concern to conservatives if it threatens white christian cis-het male supremacy.

Ahead of its 250th birthday, I make the case that the greatest work of American art ever produced is made of garbage and was assembled at the behest of God by a Black man working the night shift as a janitor in DC johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/americas-g...

I have already maxed out. I need all of you—ghouls and goblins, freaks and weirdos—to donate. Let's get a fucking trans socialist to Congress. secure.actblue.com/donate/bab-s...

NEW: Workers say their bosses are becoming obsessed with AI and essentially turning the entire workplace into an exercise in AI psychosis -- making absurd pivots, communicating only in AI slop, and even asking ChatGPT who to fire futurism.com/artificial-i...

It's true that urban redevelopment doesn't directly lead to displacement, but it's also true that institutional investment in urban neighborhoods often comes alongside aggressive policing and other predatory tactics intended to harass poor ppl and PoC out of those communities.

“Uncivil, a consortium of scholars and researchers of which Moreton is a member, found that 20 out of the 23 foundations most active in the pluralism and depolarization space also fund conservative policy networks or pro-Israel organizations.”

From Josie Stratman (NY Daily News): “Mayor Mamdani on his "Talk with the Mayor" twitch stream reveals an old username: airnova2112 (after Mars 2112) Apparently a 15-year-old Mamdani used the username to come to the defense of his director mom, Mira Nair, from haters on online film chat boards”

As I was saying: bsky.app/profile/escd...

“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights. And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job,” Brad Lander said.

This is not the way you respond to a situation where a few of your players did some homophobic shit. This is the way you respond when you personally approved of the homophobic actions in advance.

AI boosters treat AI skeptics with contempt because AI boosters want to devalue human labor and human creativity. This is why I will never be an AI booster even though I recognize there are certain things it is genuinely useful for (art is not one).

Black Watch Series III, by Gene Davis, 1974

This makes it a lot more likely that Canada participates in Eurovision next year

These people are both very very stupid and very very evil

Are raisins widely enjoyed? Because raisins are an abomination. Why would you do that to a perfectly tasty grape?

Really appreciated this on queer urbanism and Albuquerque open.substack.com/pub/abqurban...

Why is no one trying to stop Elon, he wonders, as he spends a full day insisting that people shouldn't oppose data centers.

The U.S. is one of the most unique and diverse countries in world history and it would rock if we stopped sucking ass and actually were a good country! That may never happen in my lifetime but that hope is the literal entire point of my political beliefs.

The United States is my home and I desperately want it to be a good country someday that I can be proud of. That’s kind of the whole point of a left-wing worldview!

"I immigrated to one of the most diverse countries in all of human history, and now I'm sad that I share a country with people who don't think exactly like me. The obvious solution is to deport all the other immigrants--but not me, of course."

What Will is ignoring here is that American governments have a long history of addressing externalities in wealthy and white areas but not in poor and PoC areas. A data center in Loudoun will be built to minimize negative impacts, one in a low-income part of Memphis won't.

A good reminder from @jamellebouie.net about the history and power of popular constitutionalism before the era of what Aziz Rana calls “constitutional veneration.”/1 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...

I see a lot of people praising this piece, but this is an argument for writing Jewish people out of American culture entirely. If reading Night or performing Fiddler on the Roof is unacceptably Zionist, there is no element of Jewish culture that could be acceptable. stevesalaita.com/the-ugly-exi...

Hetero Pride = car traffic

I realized recently that I almost never hear politicians talk about trans people the way that most people I know would talk about trans people, as friends and family we love and care about, as routine presences in our lives. It's just one more way in which so many politicians feel so out of touch.

How has no one mentioned Heathers yet?

For all that this interview is damning of Bari Weiss, how is a high profile journalist so unaware of her record that something like this comes as a shock?

Diva's in Northampton MA (diva down 😢)

This is a symbol of how deeply ingrained Jewish culture is in New York City, even for non-Jews.

Does the report post feature on this website actually work? Nothing ever seems to happen when I use it.

Commentary: I’m So Sad You Didn’t Think You Could Tell Your Father And Me You Were The Santa Fe Slasher

This would be bad, but I'm not convinced it would be any worse than Elon Musk or Sam Altman having that power.

Manchester UK Barcelona ES San Juan PR Houston TX Baltimore MD and of course my hometown Stamford CT lowkey the best city in New England

The first time I visited Chicago with my parents, we landed at Midway at 9 AM on a Friday and my parents were shocked to discover that a little provincial city like Chicago has rush hour traffic.