MSJ | Student | DFW

It will probably depend on how the World Cup goes and whether countries think their contingents are at risk.

We've already been arresting athletes and coaches and denying visas, and that *will* shut the Olympics down. (Unlike Russia, Qatar, and China, our current leadership is stupid as fuck.)

LOS ANGELES 2028: The temporary Olympic track in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum will surely send USC’s football team elsewhere in 2028 - The Sports Examiner LOS ANGELES 2028: The temporary Olympic track in the L.A. Memorial Coliseum will surely send USC’s football team elsewhere in 2028 - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports ne...

A question I hadn’t considered - where is USC going to play football in 2028 since a track will be needed in the Coliseum for the Olympics?

www.thesportsexaminer.com/los-angeles-...

Yes, *but* not with all of the infield requirements for the field events, and collegiate/professional tracks tend to have wider angles on the curves as well which could be causing problems here? Makes for faster racing.

They're also gonna have to repaint and redo all that grass at best.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

(Yes, I have seen this movie, it was the first rated R movie I ever went to.)

“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...

Man…man.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

The "antifa army" that Noem stared down 😂😂😂

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Headline from Washingtonian magazine.

Yoga for peace, knitting for calm, ax-throwing for when peace and calm stop working. DC is an emotional mess.

A small tabby kitten is killing a red fluffy mouse and you are NOT allowed near it. She has her ears back in full airplane mode, and she was growling at me the whole time. Sugar has an offset white splodge to the left of her nose (photo right) and little white toes. She is adorable.

I went looking for a photo of Sugar earlier, because she was one of my favourite fosters and @lfgryph.com shared a kitten who looked very like her.

I'd lost most of my photos in the fire, but this one, my favourite photo, was still in my FB messages with the rescue. Look at her! 2023

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

How much of this money doesn't actually exist and is instead hinged on bets that this is too big to fail because "who the hell doesn't derive value from AI" or whatever?

I have to imagine that the real Michael Burry is quietly screaming into the void by now

If you ask Zelda Williams...

GETTEM

BalancedWx Special: Tornado warnings, ratings and climatology A look at the Enderlin, ND tornado

With the June Enderlin, ND tornado having been upgraded to an EF5 by NWS yesterday, want to share my post from late June doing a deep dive on the evolution of the storm and why I suspected it was a violent tornado then.

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

Oh FUCK I just realized- I don't have a way to- oh I'm so stupid

Map plot snapshot from ECMWF model depicting the offshore low (NorCal) and the weakening Hurricane Priscilla (west of Baja CA). The field plotted is mid-level moisture (blues represent moister air) and mid-level winds.

After another fairly hot and dry spell across California, cooler and more active weather will once again return later this week as remnant moisture from then-former #HurricanePriscilla interacts with an offshore low pressure system. [1/3] #CAwx #CAfire

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Weather & climate office hour 10/08/25: Hurricane Priscilla's effects on Southwest & federal update - YouTube The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and...

I'll host a livestream on Wed, Oct 8 @ 3pm PT to discuss the likely impacts of weakening #HurricanePriscilla on U.S. Southwest (including southern CA), including who may see some thunderstorms. I'll also a new weather & climate-related federal update...

Update from the war zone in Portland.

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’ Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Not a particularly religious man, but I’ll pray for Dolly. Lots of good in the world due to her work.