Joel Mathis

Watching STELLA DALLAS on Kanopy and I have never seen a movie so determined to humiliate its title character. Stanwyck is great but the movie makes me angry! #filmsky

The Curse of Tyronn Lue.

U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues

Growing up, was taught that the U.S. proposed and then more or less sabotaged the League of Nations which was partly how we got to WWII.

Thought of that today for some reason.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...

Kenobi by John Jackson Miller

Spoiler: No. 1.

If you just want the 5-star tier, start around 1 hour 47 minutes in.

Based on who is actually pushing for a convention, I assume it's going to be the bad stuff.

I saw Kobe in a preseason game before his second season. TV didn't capture what it was like live. Shaq and Shawn Kemp were on the floor, but Kobe just had a different level of athleticism like he was floating between people. Otherworldly. Kind of like what you're saying.

I've thought a lot about Persepolis this year.

Statehouse leaders twist rules to abuse Kansans in grotesque spectacle of prejudice • Kansas Reflector Without a single public hearing, overwhelming majorities of Republicans in the House and Senate voted to force transgender Kansans.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Statehouse leaders twist rules to abuse Kansans in grotesque spectacle of prejudice #ksleg

21st century revelations about Ken Starr like learning that Javert had a side gig stealing loaves of bread.

Rufo wants a white nation, but maybe not toooooo white.

Literally doing the "your blood is tainted by generations of race-mixing with Laplanders" bit from Community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QF...

The American major sports leagues are the best in the world (soccer excluded) partly because they draw from a global talent base.

Is that really going to continue to be the case under Trump?

It's easy enough to see a scenario where Trump denies American and Canadian hockey teams permission to move across the border for NHL games, which I take to be the implicit threat here.

Canadians'lll keep playing hockey no matter what we do.

I read the Brooks farewell column the way I read most of his columns: I got about four paragraphs in and was too bored to continue.

(I'm aware: Glass houses etc etc)

Edgecombe brought more excitement and hope for Sixers fans than there's been in a couple of years, so it would be the most Sixers move imaginable to trade him for an injured superstar.

They pick the low-hanging fruit that people will be tempted not to defend, making it easier to take the next step.

So yeah, we have to speak up for Don Lemon because we have to speak up for Don Lemon, but also for when they come for the rest of us.

*Through gritted teeth* Je suis Don Lemon

You might call it a war by presidential whim. daniellarison.substack.com/p/war-by-pre...

He wants to make big ‘splosions but isn’t quite ready to do it in Greenland. The world will let him have his splosions in Iran, right?

If Trump goes to war in Iran it’s not to address a humanitarian emergency or an imminent threat but because he feels like it.

Both Kansas, Missouri Republicans use abortion to try to change justices | Opinion On both sides of the state line, GOP politicians seek to alter judicial selection after court rulings on abortion and ballot language. | Opinion

My latest, gift link: www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Can you believe he compared it to Venezuela??? Yeah, I very much can. Everyone here can. Because it’s an obvious military invasion.

My very normie mother-in-law reads his pop-sociology books. Might work.

My friend Leslie is brilliant.

Capture the feeling and meaning of our state, in all its wild glory, this Kansas Day • Kansas Reflector We all know Kansas as a place. But Tom and I wanted the book to be about Kansas as feeling, Kansas as meaning.

Opinion from Leslie VanHolten: Capture the feeling and meaning of our state, in all its wild glory, this Kansas Day #ksleg

CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground |Will Bunch Two iconic U.S. newsrooms slash reporting and stress opinion writing even as Minnesota proves the need for factual journalism.

I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves

CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...

Yeah, I'm down a bit myself.

Will Sharice Davids run for U.S. Senate from Kansas? She's not saying no, and signs point to yes. • Kansas Reflector She's not saying it, not yet, but U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids sure looks like someone exploring a campaign for Senate.

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: Will Sharice Davids run for U.S. Senate from Kansas? She’s not saying no, and signs point to yes. #ksleg