And another thing: We are in alignment. Please don’t put in the newspaper that we aren’t in alignment.

This article from me isn’t just about the “lol he’s vegan” thing. It’s about how Trump started this explicit manhood-as-qualification stuff a decade ago, and now it’s pervasive.

I love this Boards of Canada / Tiny Desk / Black Music Month crossover

this is not true, and this guy doesn't speak for me! nymag.com/intelligence...

Sebadoh fans, let’s show up for Eric gofund.me/9baf4d6e2

The Society of the Speculate

It’s been a very hard day at NPR. Support your local stations, please.

Candidates who defy accountability are, sadly, aspirational to a lot of folk.

A.I. lending credence to the Infinite Monkey theorem

The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. n.pr/3Q2hMWr

No better time to donate, imho. donate.npr.org

RIP to my favorite dive bar beer, a true legend, the beer that made Milwaukee famous. This is a genuine bummer. www.jsonline.com/story/money/...

“We’re gonna keep watching … it just becomes harder to explain why.” “You wake up and you’re in a compound in Waco, Texas. And you’re like ‘I don’t think this is exactly what I signed up for, but I have to stay.’ ” This is why the ITM Podcast is the best Boston Red Sox podcast. They get it.

Surest way to put me in my feels is waxing sentimental about members of the ‘04 Sox

Spec Bebop

I was initially shocked at the lack of interest by YouTube’s audience in the Oklou tiny desk. Now I get it.

I have entered my All Them Witches phase.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap of the Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap about their new album Fenian. n.pr/3QEd2q5

Racehorse Receives Carrot Every Time He Wins $2 Million For Owner

This is a benifit for @jenpkelly.bsky.social all money to her for the Drs. Side A is a 14 min version of Faust’s Jennifer with Singing from @thescrvnr.bsky.social Meg Baird, Elisa Ambrogio @dadadrummer.bsky.social and Naomi Yang. hermithut.bandcamp.com/album/six-or...

“When I heard James say he was going to pick up some groceries, that was one thing, but when he told me he also wanted to do his laundry, I realized he was pushing himself way too hard,” said roommate Aaron Steiner

Guys, I have the solution to the sports gambling crisis: A series of gambling help hotlines, available to people in certain states, to be placed at the bottom of gambling ads in tiny fonts or read as a huge block of text at the very end of podcasts Surprised nobody has thought of this yet

As someone who witnessed MJ’s ascent and fall in real time, and who was DEEPLY obsessed with him in the 4th and 5th grades, this episode was so well-done: nuanced, honest and FULL of friction. Y’all should listen to it

The Rock Hall's inductees will include eight acts who have all been eligible for at least a decade. In its "musical influence" category, the hall nods to Latin and African pop for the first time. n.pr/4cl9U9E

Listen to "Brimful of Asha" in her honor please

A literal legend, heard but rarely seen.

For years now, every time I see the name John Steinbeck, I instantly lose the ability to recall the name William Faulkner, and have to google one of his novels to remove the block. Afterward, i think to myself “that’s gotta be the last time,” and yet.

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“What are the best and worst Morrissey lyrics?”

Mystery solved.

#NewMusicFriday Actress and Suzanne Ciani, 'Concrète Waves London' Literally just hit play after @spotieotis.bsky.social dropped it in a DM. I am already in another realm, ready to ascend. werkdiscslondon.bandcamp.com/album/concr-...

Aryan a**hole

It’s big ball chunky time

I was never a "Dynasty" fan, but had I known Carrington Manor was a death trap I would've probably watched this show.

Bend the knee, they ask politely.

It's Keith's birthday y'all. A good excuse to put on a record of his that you haven't put on in a while. Going with this.

the United States needs to become even more morose about baseball if they want to win on the biggest stages

I don't know about you, but for ME?!?! I love to see guys hit a forever-memorable home run and then celebrate by looking like they are absolutely furious and annoyed that such a good thing just happened. It fits into the one allowed emotion (anger) that we men are allowed to have.

In all sincerity, I think it's rad that America hosts a big baseball tournament where absolutely nobody roots for them

The Board of Hormuz

Congratulations to All Songs Considered and @robinpr.bsky.social on winning Best Music Podcast at the iHeart Podcast Awards at SXSW. It’s a relief to see good guys come out on top once in a while.

Mark DeRosa just wished Albert Pujols better luck tomorrow.

“With all newspapers in Germany being told what to publish and how to write the news and editorials, it was inevitable that a deadly conformity would come over the nation’s press.” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 406

The first amendment says Congress can’t prohibit the freedom of the press, so unfortunately this is just another case of our forefathers failing to anticipate the majority party’s apparent disinterest in wielding the power afforded it in the Constitution.