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Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

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Eugenio Suárez had his U.S. citizenship application canceled The Cincinnati Enquirer ran a story yesterday about Latin American ballplayers who are concerned about Trump's authoritarian crackdown on immigrants. A lot of the story is stuff you've read before, with players and team officials talking about "being careful," and making sure they carry their work permits and other documentation with them, as if there is some level of reasonable precaution someone can take to stave off an arbitrary and capricious secret police force. I mean, they're arresting and imprisoning citizens, so I don't know what makes anyone think that a ballplayer, even one carrying their visa, is immune from Trumpist brutality. But honestly, what else can they say? To speak up more loudly likely puts a target on their back. I mean, it's not crazy to think that someone like Stephen Miller or whichever sadists are calling the shots at ICE and Border Patrol these days might want to make a special point of going after a high-profile critic of the Regime, especially if they are a Mexican, Dominican, or Venezuelan ballplayer. Meanwhile this from Reds third baseman Eugenio Suárez is truly screwed up. After talking about how one of his family members had their TPS status revoked, he said this:

Suárez said he himself was scheduled to go through his U.S. citizenship processing in December until he was informed his application was canceled. His wife, who also is from Venezuela, had already completed hers, he said. “They shut down everything, so I couldn’t have it. Because of the Venezuela thing,” he said. “It is what it is. I respect the decision.” I'm not sure how anyone can "respect" that decision but, again, what the hell else can someone in Suárez's position say to the press? That's especially when the players are being hung out to dry by Major League Baseball, which seems more concerned about upsetting Donald Trump than it is about its players being subjected to brutal and lawless federal agents. Get a load of Rob Manfred here:

“Look, obviously I worry about anything that could be disruptive to the very best players in the world being out on the field," Manfred said in response to a question from The Enquirer. "But the prospect of that disruption, given that our players all had visas, it’s speculation at this point.” The Enquirer has reached out to the commissioner's office twice in recent weeks to see whether anything has changed but has not received a response. I'm not sure how anyone could read the news over the past two or three months and think that the brutalization of Latin Americans in this country is the stuff of "speculation" or that if someone has their paperwork in order they're all safe, but that's Rob Manfred for ya. In contrast, an anonymous MLB employee is quoted in the story saying that MLB is not doing enough and that he fears that it will take a high-profile incident involving a player – “something bad” he said – before the league gets more proactive in protecting its personnel. Unfortunately, history has shown us over and over again that this person is correct. MLB only reacts to problems. It's never proactive when it comes to anything negative or controversial. The league, led by Ostrich-in-Chief Rob Manfred, loves to bury its head in the sand. I too hope nothing bad happens. But I am nowhere near as optimistic – or is it deluded? – as Rob Manfred is on this score.

In today's newsletter: MLB seems content to tell Latin players "if you follow the rules you'll be OK." I'm not sure how you can say that when an arbitrary, and capricious authoritarian government is unleashing its secret police force.

Also: fuck Rob Manfred. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

been tamping down a lot of guttural screams lately. gonna need to go find an open field or some woods and really let it rip

Slay the Spire 2 is gonna end up getting its hooks in me, isn’t it

sewer socialists rise up

lol, lmao, and other similar sentiments

Meme that says “all dogs go to heaven, except for those class traitors in the paw patrol”

[Kyle Schwarber hits a home run]: I love the American man Kyle Schwarber. He is shaped like a fire hydrant and does bad things to baseballs.

[the camera cuts to a crowd of Arizonans hooting and/or hollering]: Death To The American Swine

Running for Congress on a platform of sneaking into Polymarket HQ and unplugging all their stuff. Overflow crowds at a local Knights of Columbus hall roar with delight as I promise to pour Florida's Natural Grapefruit Juice (with pulp) into the USB-C port of every computer in the damn place.

It has now been several days since radio host Dan O'Donnell posted on X advocating for the assassination of a Democratic leader. His employer, @iheartmedia.bsky.social, has been silent in the wake of his vile statement.

under the jail would be a fate too kind for hegseth. manufacturing misery for misery’s sake and gleefully enabling the killing of innocents.

Nice of him to make it clear who ought to bear legal responsibility for everything that happens.

This is the exact same Guy you could find 2,000 years ago as a Roman senator gleefully listing the number of Germani slain and sold into slavery, 900 years ago exulting in the sack of Jerusalem, or 100 years ago celebrating 500 yards taken on the Western Front. Timeless chickenhawk scum.

Alt text is important for accessibility but what we don’t talk about as much is that it’s also a great opportunity for joke density

Teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork % of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they do all or most of their schoolwork with the help of AI chatbots U.S. teens — 10 Household income <$30,000 — 20 $30K–$74,999 — 15 $75,000+ — 7 Note: Those who did not answer or gave other responses are not shown. Source: Survey conducted Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025. “How Teens Use and View AI” PEW RESEARCH CENTER

According to PEW, teens in households making under $75K are more likely to use chatbots for help with all or most schoolwork. I read a comment on another platform that said this is amazing news because we are "finally going to close the achievement gap." That is not how I would interpret this data.

yes and thank you for the excuse to share one of my all-time favorite tweets (from @longwall26.bsky.social)

Milwaukee Film buys Downer Theatre, launches restoration campaign “Owning the Downer Theatre is a dream-come-true for Milwaukee Film.”

Milwaukee Film buys Downer Theatre, launches restoration campaign

welcome to the WarnerParamount+ app, your home for every movie kathryn bigelow can pitch to the DoD. i'm your AI help bot, basedy. i'm not one of those woke chatbots. you wanna watch the sopranos again? i have a version that adjusted the volume level so the homophobia is louder than the rest

the real question is

how can the nationals best serve the lord

I’m actually not sure we can come back from “prediction markets for war crimes”, as a society. I think this might be it for us.

Nope. We don't have to do this. The courageous act would be to refuse. Jingoist slop like this is an enormous factor in why the US has been terrorizing the world for decades. There are no heroes bombing Iran.

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

scrawny 18-year-old about to fall out of an army helicopter over tehran: this is so epic. this is totally sigma, right babe?

AI e-girl operated by a balding intelligence officer in virginia: that's right baby, Iran is totally cringe

retire you dusty old bitch

i was 11 years old on 9/11. i've spent pretty much the entirety of the life that i can remember living under the fallout of that. i hate it.

other people can make inroads and find common ground with regretful trump voters, in my personal capacity as a private citizen i am committed to hating those dumb motherfuckers for the rest of my life

And amazing that this is the guy who once twote this

Not to be a bitch but after watching this video I have concluded this bird seems dumb as hell. Don’t dig around in your own torso, pull out one of your own feathers, drop it, and then look at ME like “What happened.” Like do we NEED a tall duck?

Ellen popped up in a YouTube reel on my friend’s phone the other day and my friend did not believe me when I said “Wait, I know them!”