The homogenizing forces of 20th century American culture emphasized speaking English only, but for various reasons were much less likely to touch Christian denominations

It is a very complicated story, but lot of white ethnic parents discouraged their children from speaking their native tongue in the deracination wave of the 20th century. My grandfather spoke Polish, but he didn't want my mother to speak Polish.

I'm debating on Reddit as to what would be the most chaotic WTA Slam finals matchup if there are no new finalists... I think Jabeur vs Muguruza or Ostapenko vs. Brady

Great list! I hope that Iga is guest judge on a Top Chef episode dedicated to fruit pastas, Aryna the Tiger becomes the official mascot of LSU Womens' sports, my local sports bar gives at least one TV to Mboko vs. Alea at IW, and Kateřina Siniaková gets more media attention than Morgan Riddle.

robot vs human comparison?

Bishop visit but no costumes that I saw (which is good, I like bishops and I don't love dressing up for Halloween)

Plot twist: Djokovic is the tennis commentator

Weird that she cites energy drinks (rather than, you know, tea) as coffee substitutes

OMG! Where did you get that mug? I want one

4 of Iga's last 10 sets have been bagels

Have you seen the Iga booklet? x.com/persimmaud/s...

The latter. I think of the Caucuses + central Asia specifically, mostly places that were formerly in the Soviet Union

Peng Shuai looms over every women’s tennis event held in China since ‘22. If I were a woman playing there I would feel horrible about the abandonment from the WTA of Shuai, whose torture China barely bothered to cover up. @martinanav.bsky.social should speak out on it but she is too distracted

Wiktionary is somehow even better

(Unfortunately Wikiquote is a bit of a mixed bag, but still fairly fun)

Are you anti-Pulaski or pro-Pulaski?

Hey me too! More like the Wimbledon Women's Final got me interested in tennis for the first time since my parents would take me to tennis matches as a child

(Pedantic point: he looks like an Episcopal Bishop. Typically, bishops wear purple, not priests).

(It's my first time following a grand slam ever and I'm enjoying it!)

Raised UU, and they actually gave me recommendations on different churches to attend when I said I was considering converting to Christianity

*Sweating from my forehead due to my knowledge of weird psuedochristian cults* oh gee, I hope they mean Large Language Models