Blake Eskin

Hope Everton have some scouts at the legends game as could well be a few bargains to pick up here

Have you taken (or given) a news test before getting a job in journalism? Would you like to share an old copy with Your First Byline to help students learn what to expect? DM me!

If you don't want to watch the video, basically, Birbiglia asks him who he's jealous of & he says "people who still have small kids." When he was being an active dad to small kids, he says, he understood his purpose; he understood how to be part of the world; his choices were clear. Ever since ...

An intellectual publisher infiltrates the events that drove him to leave his domineering mother.

have you ever applied to the NYC housing lottery?

I'm reporting out a story and looking to talk to people who got a golden ticket (an actual call back on an affordable apartment) but for whatever reason decided not to take it. I know you're out there! reply and/or DM, thank you!

Another series, another Achilles

DOGE Days My experience joining the United States DOGE Service as a software engineer, and what I learned along the way.

The evidence here is very simple: if you go into DOGE actually trying to improve efficiency, and then try to work transparently and report the truth that existing government teams are functioning very efficiently already, they will can you. sahillavingia.com/doge

I figured The Last Of Us season finale would be less upsetting than watching the Knicks.

Helps the Knicks but such a shame

“The six Achilles tendon tears suffered this season marks a new high for the devastating injury, passing the previous record of five set during the 2014-2015 season.” instreetclothes.com/2025/05/13/u...

Just saw a fledgling bird in a puddle having a great time flapping and was reminded everything is terrible except birds and the Knicks🏀

Omigod

Plus I saw Mitchell Robinson take the worst free throw I have ever seen in the NBA

Knicks came back from 20 down again, glad I kept watching

you would have preferred Leicester-Southampton? That was the only other option this week

A flighty heiress infiltrates a starring role on Broadway.

“Virtually every detail of Mr. Witkoff’s announcement, made during a conference panel with Mr. Trump’s second-eldest son, contained a conflict of interest.“

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

Pistons fans rn

Whatever he did earlier he's made up for it

@anakanaschofield.bsky.social I missed the Clippers-Nuggets fight, did you catch it?

Trump is an authoritarian kleptocracy obviously transcript circa 2016

It's amazing the shit I took for giving this obvious prognosis in 2016 -- back before you were allowed to say it, and now it still gets me banned, because I told the truth too early on national TV and that makes it hard for officials to feign ignorance!

I wish all these "OKC came back from 29 down to win!" headlines acknowledged that this happened only after Lu Dort took Ja Morant's legs out from under him.

Just as when you unexpectedly take someone's queen in chess, things can turn around very quickly.

NBA players sound off on league’s gambling partnerships and their impact Terrible, great, black eye, opportunity — those are just some of the words players used to describe the complex topic.

“I hate people sending me threats because I messed up their parlay.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...

Until Thursday

It's been a very physical game. Could happen.

I came in late, but not that I remember

Pope Fat Joe I

Knicks down 10 to the Pistons in Game 2

And caught the celebrity montage on both. Only MSG showed Michael J. Fox.

Switched from TNT to MSG in time to hear Clyde say: “That’s the Knicks’ problem: ineptitude.”