Awesome 20/20 episode! Keep it up guys. Y'all are the best, still the OGs, and I really appreciate you.

The Tennis Channel just aired a hateful political ad trashing Joe Biden, Jill Biden, and the Muslim community. #tennischannel

Great episode. Really fun! You be you, guys! 💙

Thanks for exposing ignored/sugarcoated issues in pro tennis with humor and humility. If men had periods, you'd better believe it'd be a big deal. Great analysis of PTPA/ATP/WTA actions. Much appreciate your candid views on the atrocious behavior & political leanings of some male tennis players. 💙💙💙

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Now everyone can be happy

Only the body of water in red below is technically named Gulf of America since the other countries of Mexico and Cuba do not agree. The US only owns 200 miles (13 miles from shore) of the 600,000 nautical sq miles,… so the below map in red (not to scale) is giving more than the US deserves.

Night check

One of the best experiences of my entire formal education was doing an NSF funded REU and it's safe to say that I wouldn't be working in the sciences without it.

Sen. Mark Warner: As we see now some of the Republican budget proposals coming out, they clearly will cut Medicaid. Unfortunately for Mr. Kennedy, we had an individual during testimony who didn't even understand the difference between Medicaid and Medicare...I will be voting no on Bobby Kennedy Jr.

When North Korea thinks you’ve gone too far with crazy shit.

And now is the time when we see what companies REALLY gots women’s backs,,, the world is watching 👀

Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Trust me, bro.

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

This could win a Pulitzer

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

January 1 // January 31

Tweet from the White House Press Secretary: “This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented.”

Thanks. This clarifies nothing.

Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth

ON TRUMP’S TRULY INSANE (SECOND) FIRST WEEK AS PRESIDENT (Part 1 of 3)

Cold comfort

#OpenOccitanie | Christopher Eubanks is through to the second round in Montpellier after taking out qualifier Alibek Kachmazov 7-5, 6-4.

Up next for Eubanks, making his debut at the ATP 250, top seed Andrey Rublev.

Echoes of a Voice An interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open.

New at Bounces: An in-depth interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev during the #AusOpen trophy ceremony with five words:

"Australia believes Olya and Brenda"

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Sinner vs Zverev: AO Final Recap middle backhands — transition game — deep returns — clutch serving

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