Rick Porter

Read the replies and the other quote posts on here, please. They’re gold, Jerry.

Oh, and like 15 games max. Wilt would go off and win a few just by himself, but otherwise it’d be all Elgin Baylor dunking Lennon into oblivion and Jerry Lucas getting 30 offensive boards a night over Ringo.

Hall of Presidents-ass rendering

nice

Having seen only the title before today and not knowing of Jo Nesbo, I legit thought this was a comedy/parody, like it’d be Cunk on Murder or something.

No one in Chicago uses that. Like there’s a point where Illinois, Indiana and Michigan all meet but it’s in the middle of the lake.

I kind of handwaved this in the story as “differences in how they measure” so as not to get too in the weeds, but Myles is absolutely correct on this point.

HBO Max Says ’Heated Rivalry’ Is Huge — So Why Hasn’t It Registered With Nielsen? The answer may come down to how the ratings service classifies the show in its streaming ratings.

HBO Max says “Heated Rivalry” is averaging 9 million viewers per episode to date, but it hasn’t yet made a streaming top 10 chart. That’s probably due to how Nielsen classifies the show - I break it down here.

I really, really thought hard about trying to do a “Dewey Defeats Truman” riff with the first part of this headline, but there’s nothing that I know of in Stranger Things that would’ve fit. If only the big bad from that show had been nicknamed Goo Man.

‘Bluey’ Defeats ‘Stranger Things,’ Everything Else to Retain Title as Most Streamed Show in 2025 Nielsen also crowns ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane as a “Streaming Icon” in its year-end tallies.

Bluey > Vecna, KPop Demon Hunters >> every other streaming movie last year. The final totals for 2025, per Nielsen.

I make myself a chai latte most mornings. Today the carton of chai concentrate and the carton of oat milk ran out at the same time, which for whatever reason felt like a really pleasant outcome. It’s the dumbest thing but it started the day off on a nice note. Small w’s where we can get them.

one of the more unfortunate developments of the internet age is the explosion of the notion of "okay here's what the experts say but here's an unqualified person saying the opposite and they have a large audience so let's hear them out"

CONTEXT: The "Cronkite Slide" was, for the kids in the audience, the least popular dance craze of 1972. Walter Cronkite appeared on "Soul Train" to debut his moves, but Don Cornelius literally laughed him on the stage. Until now, it was the most embarrassing thing ever associated with CBS News.

On the firing of Alan Sepinwall, the scary place we're in, and attempting to de-stupid the media The past decade or two has not been a good one for members of the media. And it keeps getting worse on a lot of fronts. Cultural coverage in particular has been stomped pretty thoroughly, in dribs and...

This is a pet peeve for me, but I do get the anger about “why isn’t the media doing this or that.” It has either been captured by ghouls or is gone. I am begging people to let go of the idea of news industry or media you had when you were younger. let’s all adapt pls: www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

Side benefit to axing DHS would be the end of contracts with assorted tech ghouls. Ws all around.

While we’re at it …

What happened up the street from me is nothing compared to Minneapolis or Broadview or other parts of Chicagoland. It’s just the most visceral memory I have. We’ll continue the fight wherever it comes next and keep standing up for our neighbors. But once again, eat shit, Greg.

A herd of CBP goons tried to abduct a gas station clerk a few blocks from me in October. The clerk got away and these clowns spent 2 hours circling my neighborhood and trying to intimidate us while “searching.” Gregito wasn’t there but it was his op. I won’t forget. Eat shit, Greg.

Greg Bovino will finally be able to focus on his production of Springtime For Hitler at the marionette theater.

One of my more admirable traits* is that when someone says “whoa Aaron you went a little too far” I take that as a signal to go further.

That is the energy we need now. Do not let up. Celebrate the small win, then keep it going, go harder. We are going to win

* yes my wife finds me annoying

Hell yeah. I know @thefienprint.bsky.social asked the final question b/c I was sitting next to him, but I couldn’t remember which show he referenced.

Fuck that guy, fuck that guy, and also, related: fuck that guy forever. Save up for your Nuremberg trial, you tiny nightmare goon.

Seems appropriate to play the world’s tiniest violin for our country’s tiniest fash getting yeeted back to Imperial County. May he be bowled over by a tumbleweed, for starters

Have told this many times, but in 2015 he was at the TCA press tour for Celeb Apprentice, 5 months before announcing his run. He bragged about being No. 1 in ratings; 3 or 4 reporters flatly told him he was wrong. He said “Well that’s what I was told” pretty sheepishly and it didn’t come up again.

Yep! I’ve made it, possibly from this very recipe or one very similar. Keeps for a surprisingly long time in the refrigerator too.

The carrot-ginger dressing standard at your local sushi restaurant is the champion of all salad dressings.

First paragraph of a press release that reads, “LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2026 — Arena, the professional network reimagining how sports, media, and entertainment industry leaders connect, officially launches today. Founded by Parul Khosla, Adriene Bueno, and Olivia Schwartz — veterans of the NFL, NBA, Disney, and LinkedIn — Arena has evolved into a community-first professional network built for top leaders across sports, media, and entertainment.” I have circled “launches today” and highlighted “evolved” and put a big ol’ question mark after evolved to highlight the lazy, sloppy writing.

We need to study the out of control evolution cycle of this, uh, Linkedin for media and sports people before it escapes contain.

Y'all
this brought me joy and I hope it does the same for you.
I needed it.

A detailed analysis from Bellingcat

Duckworth’s voicemail boxes are full and Durbin only has a recorded message on both lines. Gonna keep trying this weekend but in the meantime emailing and will start calling again Monday morning.

Screenshot of my weather app showing a temperature of -9 Fahrenheit and a “feels like” temp of -22. The high for the day is 5, which happened overnight. During waking hours it won’t be above -2

Good morning from Chicagoland.