Jesse Couture

Story headline that says Cracker Barrel backlash: Americans 'sick of having our culture and heritage stripped from us,' Starbuck says

Referring to a mediocre breakfast restaurant as your culture and heritage is one of the whitest things I've ever read.

Why is there a green filter on the Fever v. Lynx game? Distractingly terrible color on the broadcast. #WNBA #IndianaFever #ion

The Supreme Court’s Trans Sports Ban Cases Are About Much More Than Sports For decades, trans athletes have been fighting to compete on teams that are consistent with their gender identity. Next year, the Supreme Court could put an end to it.

Before today's politically-confected anti-trans hysteria, "the sporting landscape was not always so hostile to trans athletes."
@sydney-bauer.com breaks it all down as the Supreme Court readies to take on two cases concerning trans athletes @ballsandstrikes.org ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/supre...

both things are displayed on the court in the fever vs storm game right next to each other

lol lmao @ climate pledge arena sponsored by fucking copilot

When people talk about "legitimate concerns" about trans athletes I like to remind them that many sports governing bodies had existing policies based on scientific/medical evidence that were working just fine until a bunch of bigots got mad and forced those organizations to reverse their policies.

Happy “Holy ****, it’s August already” to all who celebrate. #academia #AcademicSky

That white guy who can't get a job at Tim Hortons? He's AI | CBC News A series of AI-generated videos that show a white man complaining about how difficult it is to get a job in Canada have been taken down by TikTok, following inquiries made by the CBC News Visual Inves...

That white guy who can't get a job at Timmies? He's AI.

And this is just the start. Easy enough to scrape photos and activities of a targeted individual, create an AI online persona of that individual, then have that AI fake say/do things that implicate that individual.

www.cbc.ca/news/ai-gene...

Aari McDonald is SUCH a good fit. Plays smart, fast, aggressive ball. Timing couldn’t be better, too, while CC is injured (or has the yips). #WNBA #IndianaFever

"On diet culture’s greatest-hits album, the “before and after” is the lead single, an earworm that’s hard to get out of your mind." 👇🏾

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Generational change is coming: Since Zohran Mamdani won on Tuesday night, more than 1100 young people have reached out to @runforsomething.net to explore a run for local office -- one of our biggest spikes of the year yet.

Riley Gaines: New York City is so screwed. evan loves worf: Did Zohran Mamdani also beat you at swimming?

If you read only one article today, read this one

From “Clean Beauty” to Extremism: Sunscreen Truthers and Their Conspiracy Theories The rise of “sunscreen truthers” on social and extremist platforms is fueling dangerous conspiracy theories rooted in chemophobia, pseudoscience, and antisemitism. This deep dive unpacks how clean bea...

"Big Sunscreen"? When misinformation fuels extreme & harmful beliefs beautymatter.com/articles/big...

E.g., the manosphere BS that the sun doesn't cause skin cancer? Huh?

Me: “No amount of manly man vibes can protect you against skin cancer."

The appalling smearing of Zohran Mamdani as 'anti-semitic' It's Islamophobic. It's racist. It's also completely untrue.

I got mad and I wrote about it.

U.S. rejects visas for Senegal women’s national basketball team members, staff The training camp, which will now take place in Senegal, is in preparation for the Women’s AfroBasket.

This should be a massive red flag for organizers of the 2026 World Cup & 2028 LA Olympics ➡️ "US rejects visas for Senegal women’s national basketball team members, staff." Trump has assured Gianni Infantino & Casey Wasserman that everything will be fine, but... www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...

Why do alpine communities remain committed to skiing tourism in the face of climate change?

In our June issue, economic sociologist @vapunkt.bsky.social @univie.ac.at speaks with locals about the conflict over the meaning of sustainability in an age of climate crisis.

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We act like medical science has FAR more answers than it actually does. The wearables obsession many people have is simply an extension of an addiction to being connected to technology and an obsession with individual bootstrapping philosophy.

In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find - Alberta Politics In a classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of CO...

In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-c...

Canada currently has almost 40,000 climate refugees, and it's only June.

Manitoba: 18,000
Saskatchewan: 15,000
Ontario: 2,300
Alberta: 2,700

(~38,000, and growing daily)

Wow. #OhNoOno

The card collector to #birder pipeline could be studied. I expect I’m not the only one.

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Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery? A new study is among the first to look at whether cold or hot soaks help women’s muscles rebound from extreme exercise.

Reality: little more than placebo theatre.

Do cold-water plunges really speed post-workout muscle recovery? www.sciencenews.org/article/cold...

"Compared with the control group, neither the cold- nor the hot-water immersion groups differed much in muscle strength, soreness or swelling."

Found my Bird of the Day! - Yellow-shouldered Blackbird Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

As expected, birding in Puerto Rico has been amazing so far. #BirdSky merlinbirds.org/species/yesb...

How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you

good morning to academics rolling towards the end of term on nothing but fumes.

i see y'all and find y'all inspiring af. 💜