Via James Montgomery: St James’s Park #London this #spring morning. Blossoms frame the lake. Absolutely stunning. As you can see, London is an absolute hellhole.
Via James Montgomery: St James’s Park #London this #spring morning.
As you can see, London is an absolute hellhole.
A quote from me - “it’s pretty insulting to see scholarship used this way when the academic humanities are currently under attack from every possible angle — as though the actual people who do the thinking and produce the scholarship are reducible to their work itself, and can be removed entirely from the equation”
Went on record saying, essentially, “AI sucks, fund the humanities” today
BREAKING: DC Circuit, 2-1, reinstates Biden appointee Rebecca Slaughter to FTC despite Trump attempt to fire her without cited cause. Majority: Millett (Obama), Pillard (Obama). Dissent: Rao (Trump) www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Aryna Sabalenka had a supportive message for Marketa Vondrousova on IG after she was forced to pull out of the US Open.
Very classy. ❤️
BREAKING: Trump has fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
Elina Svitolina and Naomi Osaka will face each other in the quarterfinals of Montreal.
Blockbuster match.
Naomi leads the head to head 4-3.
Every time they’ve played, it’s been on hard courts.
Both are playing exceptional tennis right now.
Who wins? 🇺🇦🇯🇵
For it not existing, there is a shit ton of evidence.
You'd think the US Attorney General would understand that.
Pam also shouldn't have released volume 1 & said the list was on her desk.
We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island | WIRED youtu.be/PjPHq-Ez0nc?... via @YouTube
the only other woman to drop a double bagel in a wimbledon final over 100 years ago looks so rad. i hope she did it while wearing the cozy cardi.
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Iga Swiatek enjoyed the lower expectations people had of her on grass:
‘I could really focus on getting better as a player rather than everybody just asking me to win, win, and nothing is good besides winning’
(via Wimbledon Press)
One of the good things about this TNT broadcast is they are giving adequate time for the postgame in both finals.
Ben’s RG coverage has been wildly astute - picking up on narratives before they even break out. But here, I just really loved this Bublik response:
Psssst!
Babs Krejcikova comes back tomorrow! 👏🤞
João Fonseca will play 2025 Laver Cup.
One of the biggest young talents in tennis.
So excited for this.
🇧🇷💛
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
Confirming @nytimes reporting that @SecDef Hegseth created a second Signal channel that included his wife and brother -- and shared the sensitive Yemen strike details with them there as well, according to @AP source familiar with the chat. It had 13 people on it total, source says.
AP's Tara Copp reports that there were 13 people on Whiskey Pete's family Signal thread.
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Ford $F has said they will stop shipments of their F-150s and their other models to China due to tariffs, per WSJ
I jad a feeling this was why he ditched Peyton Stearns seemingly with no warning. Shady stuff.
Reminds me of when Kamau Murray dropped Monica Puig to go back to Sloane Stephens.
Unhinged Shit RFK Jr Has Done This Week
🤪 Prattled to FDA about the deep state; used disability slurs
😡 Intruded on a child's funeral (passed from measles). Told father, "You don't know what's in the vaccine anymore"
🙃 Committed to spend taxpayer dollars investigating debunked causes of autism
📸CHRIS SMITH
Ben Navarro just announced on Tennis Channel that the Charleston Open will be paying equal prize money to that of the men’s ATP 500 events starting in 2026.
Fantastic news. ❤️
(via Tennis Channel)
This is the first time ever the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,500 points on back-to-back days.
🚨Big News!🚨
Daria Kasatkina has announced on Instagram that she has been approved to receive Australian citizenship and will start playing under the Australian flag.
Pretty major announcement considering the personal and political implications.
Wild times: Sofya Tartakova on the other site reporting for Bolshe that Marat will join Andrey’s team for the clay season.
In Miami this year there were 4% more women coaches than the previous year. How is progress being made? Is it enough? What are the remaining barriers? tennissweetspot.substack.com/p/women-coac...
BREAKING: The Federal Reserve has held rates, no rate hike.
Will miss Courtney’s voice and insights. But wishing her the best in what comes next.
You made me love tennis even more. Have followed you since the FortyDeuce days. Wishing you the best.
A Lot on the Line
Maria Sakkari's woes have been well documented over the last couple of years.
But, this week, it all comes to a head as she attempts to defend 1/3 of her ranking points at Indian Wells.
With the potential to drop out of the top 50, Sakkari routs Viktoriya Tomova, 6-0, 6-3.
Brooksby's Back!
Suspended for about a year after missing 3 doping control tests, then injured for another year, Jenson Brooksby is finally on court again.
The American surprises #17 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 6-2, to reach round 3 at Indian Wells.
Brooksby moves on to face Jack Draper next
THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Lance Davis, the savior from the bee invasion last year, is back for Carlos Alcaraz and Quentin Halys’ match at Indian Wells 😂