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Cartoon from NYer depicting baseball announcers in booth: "New rule this year - the pitcher or catcher may challenge the batter's walk-up music"

Police say 8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting The victims range in age from one to 14 years old. The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday, according to Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith. He said a total of 10 people shot.

Authorities say eight children were killed in a domestic disturbance in Louisiana. The victims range in age from one to about 14 years old. https://to.pbs.org/4sP7Cpv

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance | Defector I don’t remember the first time someone hit on me as a reporter. I believe this is because my brain has come to treat these events as unremarkable. For any woman in journalism, they pile up over the…

"I am not naive enough to believe that nobody will hold this against us, that women out in the field won't have to hear horrible jokes about it from sources for years."

Exclusive | San Diego Padres Nearing Deal to be Sold for an MLB-Record $3.9 Billion Private-equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones, would acquire the team for nearly $1.5 billion more than Steve Cohen paid for the New York Mets in 2020.

I was outbid, sadly www.wsj.com/sports/baseb...

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance Machine Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

For @wired.com’s April cover, we take you inside Madison Square Garden’s surveillance machine — which has allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.

Revelatory work from @noahshachtman.bsky.social & @robertsilverman.bsky.social that I’m proud to publish and urge you to read.

Photo of Jackson Merrill robbing a home run from Julio Rodriguez.

You can hang a star on that one.

#Padres @padres.com

You Can Never Let Them Think They Have A Chance | Defector I don’t remember the first time someone hit on me as a reporter. I believe this is because my brain has come to treat these events as unremarkable. For any woman in journalism, they pile up over the y...

I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about.

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Sonia Sotomayor apologizes for ‘hurtful’ public comments about Brett Kavanaugh on immigration | CNN Politics Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a highly unusual public apology to a colleague Wednesday, saying her criticism of Justice Brett Kavanaugh was unfair.

Very very very rare to see something like this - a public apology from a Supreme Court justice www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/p...

Ruby dreams of ice cream

I call this one: “Long Cat wonders how ice cream tastes”

Padres have the second-best record in baseball and are still 1.5 back of the Dodgers. Sigh.

This is how Ruby holds a grudge.

Taken just minutes after being put in the cone of shame to have her nails trimmed

Overlooked No More: Margaret Gipsy Moth, Fearless CNN Camera Operator

1/ gift link 🎁 for this better late than never obit on an incredible journalism badass who died in 2010. My new hero www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

Ugh Craig Stammen. Stop being clever and put Tatis in RF. He catches that one.

It would be so meta if Brian Eno were there.

After a walk-off grand slam, a walk-off 3-run HR feels just kind of meh

Thankfully he’s not in the starting lineup tonight

About an hour to get the astronauts out of the capsule so they can make it to the Padres game at Petco Park by first pitch

Exclusive: Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her | CNN A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated, an allegation Swalwell strongly de...

www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/u...

⚾ #Baseball #MLB

San Diego wins in the 12th on a walk off Grand Slam Home Run.

"BOGEY GOES BOOM!!!'

The local commentators enjoyed that.

Not the point, but it’s been harder to find the real Fox’s U-bet syrup lately.

That’s 5.

Nic Lentz having a bad day behind the plate - 4 ball/strike calls overturned and it’s only the third inning!

What if you do it on purpose?

In space, no one can hear you screen.

Austin, Texas metro information from December on the board at a DC Metrobus stop today

Austin, Texas, metro information from December on the board at a DC Metrobus stop today

At Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Slips and Stumbles (Published 2016)

Thank you to @drewmagary.bsky.social for reminding us of this absolute gem.

Gristle of the sea, indeed. www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/d...

A Super El Niño is coming. Here’s how a hotter ocean could change the weather near you | CNN El Niños happen when water in the tropical Pacific heats up, changing weather patterns all around the world. The hotter the water, the more intense the effects. Models suggest the oncoming El Niño cou...

A Super El Niño, because why not www.cnn.com/2026/04/07/w...

Too many secrets.