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Liverpool FC and Toronto Maple Leafs supporter, Washington Spirit season ticket holder. Various video game and DC comics fandoms. Birder, painter, reader. 40ish, Maryland, infrequent poster
Met up with one my birding groups and to my dismay Wicked was the topic of conversation. The horror on everyone’s face when I admitted to walking out of the show during intermission. Then everyone admitted they’d only listened to the soundtrack and never seen the musical before the movies came out.
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Met up with one my birding groups and to my dismay Wicked was the topic of conversation. The horror on everyone’s face when I admitted to walking out of the show during intermission. Then everyone admitted they’d only listened to the soundtrack and never seen the musical before the movies came out.
Not going to lie, I’d definitely use a cheese plate to communicate my displeasure. I once bought souvenirs for every co-worker (except one) while on vacation just to enjoy the moment he realized he was the only one without a gift. It did inspire him to actually apologize to me, which was a bonus.
one of my uncles is banned from thanksgiving after he brought a giant spread of artisanal cheese, engaged in a planned confrontation with my cousins who were hosting and called them assholes, and then left and TOOK THE CHEESE AWAY
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
the Murray's Confrontation has never been forgiven
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Not going to lie, I’d definitely use a cheese plate to communicate my displeasure. I once bought souvenirs for every co-worker (except one) while on vacation just to enjoy the moment he realized he was the only one without a gift. It did inspire him to actually apologize to me, which was a bonus.
If you’re interested in labor or music history, this is fascinating. As someone who listened to Billy Bragg’s album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry a thousand times in high school, I couldn’t click on the articles fast enough.
110 years ago today, Utah executed labor organizer and songwriter Joe Hill, whose critique of capitalist greed continues to inspire artists and galvanize activists to this day.
Learn more about Hill and his impact through this project The Tribune launched to mark the 100th anniversary of his death.
Learn more about Hill and his impact through this project The Tribune launched to mark the 100th anniversary of his death.
The Legacy of Joe Hill
The Legacy of Joe Hill: Did Utah execute an innocent man by firing squad on Nov. 19, 1915? A century later, Joe Hill inspires artists and galvanizes activists.
local.sltrib.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you’re interested in labor or music history, this is fascinating. As someone who listened to Billy Bragg’s album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry a thousand times in high school, I couldn’t click on the articles fast enough.
Absolutely my favorite player to watch this season. What a game! Only downside is it’s the last Audi home game this year (I wish we’d stop doing neutral site Finals).
LIGHTNING QUICK⚡️
Rosemonde Kouassi goes COAST-TO-COAST and sets up Gift Monday for their FIFTH duo goal of 2025
Rosemonde Kouassi goes COAST-TO-COAST and sets up Gift Monday for their FIFTH duo goal of 2025
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Absolutely my favorite player to watch this season. What a game! Only downside is it’s the last Audi home game this year (I wish we’d stop doing neutral site Finals).
An on-screen interview with Brittany Mahomes during play is such a middle finger to NWSL fans on multiple levels by ABC.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
An on-screen interview with Brittany Mahomes during play is such a middle finger to NWSL fans on multiple levels by ABC.
Rooting for KC to defeat our evil rivals Gotham in this match.
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rooting for KC to defeat our evil rivals Gotham in this match.
That’s our keeper!
37.5% - In penalty shootouts in all competitions for #NWSL teams, Aubrey Kingsbury has saved 37.5% of the on-target penalties she has faced (9/24). All other goalkeepers have combined to save just 17.2% (20/116). Different.
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
That’s our keeper!
My voice is completely gone. Nothing in the world like the relief of winning in the penalty shootout.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My voice is completely gone. Nothing in the world like the relief of winning in the penalty shootout.
Cheney’s in the mud!
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Cheney’s in the mud!
I love that baseball is such an orderly sport that I can record the events of a game on a sheet of paper and also the sport that produces the most insane combinations of events to the point where players, announcers, and the most fanatical spectators get utterly bewildered.
October 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I love that baseball is such an orderly sport that I can record the events of a game on a sheet of paper and also the sport that produces the most insane combinations of events to the point where players, announcers, and the most fanatical spectators get utterly bewildered.
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ABSOLUTE CINEMA.
A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥
A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ABSOLUTE CINEMA.
A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥
A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥
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Let ‘em know the Spirit IS IN 🗣️
September 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Let ‘em know the Spirit IS IN 🗣️
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"Oh it's Nats-White Sox at the end of September, who cares--"
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BASEBALL OR TIME ON EARTH WE HAVE LEFT YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT, LOCK IN
soxmachine.com/2025/09/preg...
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BASEBALL OR TIME ON EARTH WE HAVE LEFT YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT, LOCK IN
soxmachine.com/2025/09/preg...
Pregame notes: Last stop - Sox Machine
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The last two series, shellackings though they were, involved the White Sox facing playoffs teams, which lent a sort of pre-installed intensity to the preceedings. Not the case here ...
soxmachine.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Oh it's Nats-White Sox at the end of September, who cares--"
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BASEBALL OR TIME ON EARTH WE HAVE LEFT YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT, LOCK IN
soxmachine.com/2025/09/preg...
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BASEBALL OR TIME ON EARTH WE HAVE LEFT YOU UNGRATEFUL SHIT, LOCK IN
soxmachine.com/2025/09/preg...
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Both broadcast reactions to the best replay angle of Jacob Young's kick catch
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Both broadcast reactions to the best replay angle of Jacob Young's kick catch
Jacob Young’s center field play is my favorite part of this absolutely cursed Nats season.
WHAT A CIRCUS CATCH BY JACOB YOUNG
FEATURING A KICK SAVE AND A BEAUTY
FEATURING A KICK SAVE AND A BEAUTY
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Jacob Young’s center field play is my favorite part of this absolutely cursed Nats season.
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This is the apotheosis of what I've called "the concentration camp tendency": the politically generated drive to remove from society and even murder whole groups deemed undesirable.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is the apotheosis of what I've called "the concentration camp tendency": the politically generated drive to remove from society and even murder whole groups deemed undesirable.
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Spectacular from Szoboszlai
August 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Spectacular from Szoboszlai
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
ktla.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Grimsby?!!! Every time ManUnited’s woes threaten to be boring instead of funny they find a hilarious new angle to reinvigorate my schadenfreude. Congrats to Grimsby!!!
August 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Grimsby?!!! Every time ManUnited’s woes threaten to be boring instead of funny they find a hilarious new angle to reinvigorate my schadenfreude. Congrats to Grimsby!!!
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The horror journalist Mariam Dagga photographed in the last months of her life. The last one is from the hospital where she was killed today. Curated by @apnews.com editors apnews.com/photo-galler...
Photos by journalist Mariam Dagga
Mariam Dagga, a visual freelance journalist for The Associated Press, chronicled the stream of wounded and dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital, where she was often based.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The horror journalist Mariam Dagga photographed in the last months of her life. The last one is from the hospital where she was killed today. Curated by @apnews.com editors apnews.com/photo-galler...
As an early aughts graduate, I’ve always had such dissonance between my love of the Core/faculty and my hatred of the administration. They were obviously evil then and every revelation since I graduated reveals that they were/are even more evil and incompetent than I believed in ´03.
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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August 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As an early aughts graduate, I’ve always had such dissonance between my love of the Core/faculty and my hatred of the administration. They were obviously evil then and every revelation since I graduated reveals that they were/are even more evil and incompetent than I believed in ´03.
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No one likes John Bolton but this is about intimidating the president’s critics
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
No one likes John Bolton but this is about intimidating the president’s critics
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United.
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Washington Spirit seize the moment as DC United stumble in city of unrest
The rise of the NWSL’s Spirit and fall of MLS’s United are emblematic of the two ownership groups’ commitment to fans and the culture of a unique city
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about the contrast between the Washington Spirit & DC United.
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In DC, the Spirit haven't just narrowed the gap in terms of popularity & relevance, they may well have eliminated it.
United, on the other hand, are worse than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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NEW: A Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff found more than 500 credible reports of abuses in ICE custody, including alleged mistreatment of pregnant women and children. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/senate...
Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody
Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEW: A Senate investigation led by Sen. Jon Ossoff found more than 500 credible reports of abuses in ICE custody, including alleged mistreatment of pregnant women and children. @dell.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/senate...