Dwight Schrute talking in to a megaphone

Donald Trump on the White House roof

“Depression? Isn’t that just a fancy word for feeling ‘bummed out’?”

That should’ve been Royce Lewis instead of Freddie Freeman hitting the walk off grand slam against the Yankees in the World Series.

He struggled for quite a while the past few seasons but has had a pretty good season in Minnesota so far.

YouTube video by youcantdownloadvinyl Billy Joel flips out in Moscow in 1987.

I’m assuming none of the 5 hours is better than this clip though. youtu.be/O3cBp_Bf43M?...

Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll OMAHA, NE—Subliminally influencing those who have purchased the 1971 album to sit back and enjoy the music, a hidden message discovered Wednesday when local heavy metal fans played Black Sabbath’s Mas...

Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll

Bright Eyes Go Ska On New Single "1st World Blues": Listen Conor Oberst has been busy lately. Last year Bright Eyes returned with their latest LP Five Dice, All Threes, not long after the band reissued all nine of their albums each with companion EPs. Earlier...

@brighteyesband.bsky.social go ska on new single "1st World Blues"

"A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”

This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.

Since we're cycle chatting... "Up! Back! Gone! a grand slam for Kubel and the cycle is complete!"

Final Score Graphic (July 12, 2025) Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (38-58) vs. Minnesota Twins 12 (47-48) Pictured: Byron Buxton doing the “Buck Truck” celebration after hitting a home run to complete the cycle while wearing a home white Minnesota Twins uniform, multi-colored Minnesota Twins helmet and shades (left). A bobblehead of Byron Buxton doing the “Buck Truck” celebration while wearing a home white Minnesota Twins uniform, multi-colored Minnesota Twins helmet and shades (right).

Byron Buxton hits for the cycle on his bobblehead day as the @Twins defeat the Pirates.

BYRON BUXTON CYCLE POST CURSED BUCK TRUCK

WALKOFF BUNT

ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC‼

hunter2

Did it work?

The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West, Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska – Karp is the CEO of Palantir. I read this to help inform my reporting on the company. I have a piece about that coming, comparing what he writes to the leaked material I got from Palantir about its work with ICE. Really worth reading to better understand the company. Code Over Country, Matthew Cole – About Seal Team 6, their myths, and their crimes. Incredible reporting on an incredibly difficult story to break into Character Limit, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac – One of a couple of Twitter books on here. Initially I started this when it came out and I had to stop because I wasn’t in the headspace to spend my free time also listening about Twitter. But I came back, finished it, and the reporting is excellent. Rise and Kill First, Ronen Bergman – The definitive account of Israel’s assassination program. Can be difficult to tell what is truth from bombast but, similar to Seal Team 6, that’s a symptom of the organization. Great read.

Today we published my Not Very Fun But Important Summer Reading List, if you're looking for something to read. First few in the screenshot, more in the post: www.404media.co/behind-the-b...

As an Iranian American, it feels like I need to help explain something:

A friend recently expressed confusion as to why those in the Iranian diaspora (liked myself), who hate the regime, would be opposed to the attacks on Iran.

I’ll try to explain my thoughts/feelings.

🧵

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Harrison Bader's three-run home run (7)

Harrison Bader hits a three-run home run to right center field to give the Twins a 5-4 lead in the top of the 6th inning

Byron Buxton robs the Reds of a HR, then hits one of his own to the same spot

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

With almost no exceptions, every single cybersecurity breach occurs via mechanisms the technology industry knows how to fully and robust defend against, but didn't

On November 18, 2019, Noem released a meth awareness campaign named "Meth. We're on It". The campaign was widely mocked and Noem was criticized for spending $449,000 of public funds while hiring an out-of-state advertising agency from Minnesota to lead the project.[219] She defended the campaign as successful in raising awareness.[220]

I get that we're like a decade beyond "pitcher wins and losses don't matter much," but also, haaa.

Chris Paddack

2024: 5-3, 4.99 ERA
2025: 2-5, 3.55 ERA

The Onion: Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

they never miss

Them: “LA is a full on insurrection”

Us at the protest:

3:15pm pst
power to the people
#dtla

Colorado Rockies showing all their future All-Stars in a graphic because they couldn't choose who to highlight among so many worthy candidates

This year should be the 1st time the Rockies send 9 players to the All-Star Game. Vote, it's duty!

He could become a full time pilot and just film his day job. I’d watch multiple seasons of that.

Carlos Correa hits a 2 run nuke

The Colorado Rockies mascot, a large purple triceratops in a baseball hat and jersey, behind glass in a press box.

Patient zero of “Rockies Fever” in quarantine (2025)