Hamm’s … the beer refreshing!

A chorus of "I Wanna Be Sedated" for tonight's pregame ceremony at Fenway commemorating Pharmacists Appreciation Night.

Happy birthday to Elizabeth Clark Phair, better known to fans as Liz, girly sound alt rock idol of the 90s, singer, songwriter, guitarist and actual person writing about her unvarnished lived and imagined experiences in the modern world. Born on the rock 4/17/1967. #LizPhair #RockHonorRoll

Early Gen X was listening to New Wave, old school rap, and punk … a great time to be into music. Grunge was at least a decade away.

Todd is a good follow

It’s a good question, let’s clear the air:

1) Disco is awesome, like 25 all-time classic tracks in a 4 year span,

2) Disco was hated because it was queer, brown, and black,

3) Disco was hated because it paired women and men in a different power dynamic.

4) “Disco Sucks” was a “ MAGA” test run.

Dave Grohl Inspired By Disco Drum Beats YouTube video by Vocal Vibes

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Pharrell's realization makes it.

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“In this context, the fiscal contribution of immigrants deserves particular emphasis. A recent study by the Cato Institute showed that the taxes paid by immigrants have greatly exceeded all the benefits they receive from federal, state and local governments”

The Iran War Just Broke the Petrodollar The virtuous loop that has seen America underwrite stability in the Middle East in exchange for Gulf states recycling their dollar revenues into US Treasuries has been broken.

“The petrodollar loop requires two moving parts: dollars earned and dollars invested. Both have stopped.”

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When it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose.

AI will never fill that void.

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Ping Pong (Single Version) by Stereolab on Apple Music Song · 2005 · Duration 3:03

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Seems like an appropriate song for current times …

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.

If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.

Everyone give this a share after.

The KenPom ratings rule: all men’s NCAA basketball champs since 2002 have been within the top eight of his ?final ratings or a UConn team (final ranking of 10 and 15 in 2011 and 2014, respectively).

Caster Semenya, and the myth of the uneven playing field South African track and field superstar Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion in the women’s 800-meter. She may have run her last race at the international l...

Back in 2019, I wrote about the tendency of media to botch reporting on women athletes with DSD by lumping them into discussions about whether trans women should be allowed to participate. It does these women a huge disservice and leaves the public less informed.

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This is a lie on a scale of Elon Musk saying he would cut the deficit to zero. Just insane. Not just untrue, but the opposite of the truth, which is that immigrants are lowering the deficit.
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United States' Nathan Martin crosses the finish line to place first during the L.A. marathon on a last-second sprint as Kenya's Michael Kimani Kamau dives and falls to the pavement.

From @theathletic.com: Nathan Martin, a high school running coach, won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday by the closest margin in history after chasing down the Kenyan race leader from over a mile and a half out. nyti.ms/4sxcAaB

Brands are stepping up. This Flavor Flav ⏰ Vegas party celebrating our Olympic and Paralympic women athletes is going to be epic.

world-historical levels of wholesomeness

We are like 9 months out from the election, a lot races don’t even have candidates yet. But instead of dooming about how they’re going to steal the election or how it’s a fait accompli, the only actionable path is to start organizing now.

In addition to their concerns about the conditions in which ICE detainees would be held, local leaders warned that an ICE warehouse in their town of about 30,000 residents could place a heavy burden on emergency services and tarnish the community’s public image while reducing property tax revenues.

for better or worse, this will probably be the most successful and compelling argument by communities against ICE concentration camps being built:

(from this piece: archive.is/eGsQf)

Graduate student with advisor after defending his dissertation.

Thankful for these Olympians!

Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"

RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.

Really thorough and interesting piece. As the story mentioned, Tillman was in the FBI for 8 years before resigning.

A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line

Race as a construct is so powerful that only now are many people saying ‘they are killing us’.

They have been killing us. We have all been us the whole time.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

Mood in minneapolis right now