Melissa D. Hellman

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Hey @nbcolympics.bsky.social If our little D3 school can put together a broadcast team that’s all women for their hockey broadcasts, why can’t you? Shoutout to @sunyoswego.bsky.social and WTOP for doing what a big national broadcaster can’t.

Unreal press conference strategy from new IOC president Kirsty Coventry where she repeatedly turns to her PR team off stage and personally blames them for not making her aware of various Olympics controversies, saying that “maybe someone needs to be dismissed”

Wasn’t it marvelous?

At the Olympics, Drama on the Ice Is Not Limited to the Skaters

I drove a Zamboni for several years. And yes, the ice resurfacing machine I drove was an actual Zamboni, just like the ones in Milan. The giveaway is the sharp, rather than rounded, corners and edges. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/w...

This is a concentration camp.

Black Medics, Ahead of Their Time, Gain Belated Recognition

Some great things have come out of Pittsburgh, and the city has done some not-so-great things to suppress some of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

Tell me you didn’t do your homework without telling me you didn’t do your homework. Did the dog eat it?

Did you know there's literally one of us that makes an actual liveable wage covering women's hockey? (Spoiler: it's not me)

If you loved this, go watch the PWHL and NCAA and read the independent media that have been covering this game for a long time

I write at Victory Press.org and USCHO.com

Dewey defeats Truman

The last time Team USA lost a championship game, we were there. Clearly, we can never attend in person ever again.

The front windows at the Kalamazoo Ladies Library Association, depicting a woman reading books to children on the town green, the yellow roses of friendship in a library, a violin, and a plate of steaming tea and fresh cookies and scones, designed by Jamie Rife. Donation link for fixing the window: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/C2KN852KEBC7C/checkout/R7WUORLCJ5V7GWHWR7JDDQY7

Someone threw a rock through a stained glass window depicting yellow roses of friendship at our local historic Ladies' Library Association (now basically a lovely social club for books & tea) & it makes me really sad, even while recognizing that things can be fixed. www.mlive.com/news/kalamaz...

My watch after yelling at the OT goal!!!

I’m so happy for the U.S. women and so crushed for the a Canadian women. What a great game. EVERYONE WATCH THE PWHL NOW AND YOU CAN KEEP WATCHING ALL THESE PLAYERS GO AT IT!

YES!!!!!!!

After leaving WHO, Trump officials propose more expensive replacement to duplicate it HHS proposes spending $2 billion a year to re-create systems the U.S. accessed through the WHO at a fraction of the cost, according to officials briefed on the matter.

🚨 WaPo scoop: You've heard of Trump's "board of peace."

Now HHS wants to build its own World Health Organization that will cost exponentially more than the U.S.'s contribution to the WHO.

-- with the incredible @lenasun.bsky.social

This is flying under the radar:

Donald Trump FIRED the DOJ official in charge of suing Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolizing ticketing and hiking prices.

Then, their stock jumped.

If Trump's DOJ takes it easy on Ticketmaster, it'll be a slap in the face to every American.

You absolutely want this!!!!!!

I’d be fine with 3v3 if they added an over-and-back rule for center red, delay of game if you do it. If the point of OT is to get the game over with a goal before the shootout, that would help (and keep it more exciting). Also true for NHL and NCAA games.

How can NBC be so unobtrusive on their men’s hockey calls, and so godawful on their women’s hockey calls? Do better!

OMG OMG OMG! And nobody just won a medal or didn’t win a medal or anything like that!

I am somebody!

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

I keep hoping that Slovakia will be able to take the step up and be there in four.

Face-eating leopard eating faces

Could you ask NBC why they compelled to make their coverage of women’s Olympic events (especially hockey) into male-focused broadcasts? Not cool.

Save Yiddish at Harvard! Please join us in sending letters. Share this campaign as widely as possible!

Yo Harvard's being a little shit and trying to axe its Yiddish programme + refusing to bargain in good faith with the union. You can send a letter of support here (maybe edited a bit) saveharvardyiddish.org #yiddish #harvard

But she’s going to need someone to score now. She can’t do everything herself.

Braendli is doing her best to steal this game for the Swiss!

Don’t feel bad. I had all kinds of plans for today that involved taking the trash and recycling to the transfer station, going to the bank, and going to the post office…all of which are closed today. I’m just glad I remembered before I loaded everything into the car!