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Lover of #mapoli, #jewsky. Celtics fan. He/him, views my own etc etc Love books, travel and a good cup of coffee. Gathering dreams at dreamsofthesetimes.com
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If it was so easy to win NBA championships against "firefighters and plumbers" in the 60s that Bill Russell's octopeat and 11 total rings shouldn't "count" how come nobody else could beat him?
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Respect
In honor of his birthday, here's Bill Russell going coast-to-coast at LeBron speed and then jumping OVER A GROWN MAN FROM THE FOUL LINE before laying it up with perfect soft touch:
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
So…hypothetically —HYPOTHETICALLY — North Korea could have a woman head of state before the US
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
THIS is Boston #Celtics basketball.
White gives it up to Queta. Queta hands off to Pritchard and rolls. Pritchard drives and skips it to White, who relocated to the corner. White catches and immediately swings to Hauser, who lifted from the corner into the space vacated by Queta/PP. Hauser drills the three. Beautiful basketball!
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Is this a variant of the great pagliacci joke?????
patient: doctor, i’ve tried everything i can think of!

doctor: have you considered reaching out to your elected representatives? that should do the trick

patient: but doctor i am chuck schumer!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Look at this beauty I picked up today!!!!

“The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief”
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Help a friend plan!!!
Who’s been to Switzerland in the fall who wants to help me with an itinerary for a trip??
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Kudos to my Congressperson @whipkclark.bsky.social for going to Burlington to check this facility out. Total outrage that she was not let in. #mapoli
Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the House, said she was turned away from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Burlington field office early Monday morning when she arrived for an unannounced oversight visit. https://bit.ly/46uuMck

'Lawless': Mass. Congresswoman denied entry to Burlington ICE facility
High-ranking House Democrat says DHS denial made her 'profoundly angry'
www.wgbh.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DO NOT RUSH IT

but also

IF IT’S TIME, IT’S TIME
From the Boston Celtics on Jayson Tatum:
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by mazel tov cocktail
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
So, I agree with this take, of course.

AND perhaps contradicting that, the performance *was also* squarely for the people mad about it. It was aimed at the bigots of the US to send a message: “we are here, we are joyful, we have a rich history & culture.” In that way it was for them.
i think people mad about bad bunny’s performance have never been forced to consider that not everything is for you
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
That was the saddest touchdown I’ve ever seen. I mean I’m glad Patriots have the points but like… this game is over
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Last year Drake got roasted at the Super Bowl halftime show. This time Drake Maye got demolished. Tough to be a Drake at the Super Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
When they call your Super Bowl performance a “learning experience”…..yeah
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Reposted by mazel tov cocktail
FYI: The little boy in Bad Bunny's #SuperBowl halftime show wasn't Liam Ramos as some have said, it was a child actor: Lincoln Fox www.instagram.com/the_lincfox/...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Phew at least it’s not a shutout.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Congratulations, that’s game.
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I feel like there are so many celebrity ads and like…isn’t there diminishing returns on this? Like, at some point does the value of associating a product with a celebrity diminish because there’s just so many???
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
That ad was CREEEEEPY
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.

Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
This is painful. #Patriots
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
OK this Ring ad is giving me the CREEPS!!! So much surveillance
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I’m switching to whisky
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Ok head to head, which was the better halftime show: Kendrick Lamar or Bad Bunny? I think I give it to Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Wait can somebody confirm that Bad Bunny gave the Grammy to Liam?????
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM