beautiful chaos

It’s a joke about securities settlement

Messier looks like he could still play

Colored-pencil card drawing of Jackie Robinson in Montreal Royals uniform

80 years ago today, Jackie Robinson broke minor-league baseball’s color barrier when he made his debut for the AAA Montreal Royals. He went 4-for-5 with a HR that day and would go on to lead the Royals to the International League championship.

For those of you playing along at home, exactly 14 hours and 5 minutes passed between the New York Times news alert reporting that the Strait of Hormuz was “fully open” and the one reporting that Iran had closed it again…

It’s just sports gambling.

I wish you were wrong

A pathetic end to a pathetic season for the Vancouver Canucks

gotta dream big

United CEO Has Pitched Possible Combination With Rival American United Airlines Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby has floated a possible combination with American Airlines Group Inc., according to people familiar with the conversations, an audaciou...

United Airlines CEO has reportedly floated a possible combination with its rival American Airlines, a proposition that would face intense scrutiny

A combination would create the largest airline on the planet

They don’t know what that would mean

Chicago White Sox pope hats giveaway

In the running for greatest giveaway of all time

“I hope this email finds you on a return trajectory to Earth.”

Everybody is way too quick to jump down the throat of the NYT

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

Red Lobster’s Last Gasp The new CEO is pitching a turnaround story. Behind the scenes, the restaurant chain is treading water.

I see we’re all talking about Red Lobster again so I’m putting this amazing illo back into your feed (and it’s a gift link)

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

“A succulent Chinese meal?”

Well I know the rules, I know why they are there. But still it is wild!

It’s absolutely crazy that Sweden will be in the World Cup after doing this in qualifying

You might even call it a tariff

And this appears to be why, via the Bloomberg Terminal

*IRAN STRIKE HITS KUWAITI CRUDE CARRIER IN DUBAI PORT, KPC SAYS

Oil prices are surging at this hour

Apple News allows you to save this story to read later. But should they, really?

Before the war: 135 vessels a day through the Strait of Hormuz

Now: six

oh who are we playing today?

Don’t forget Eugene Levy

It’s so great to see thousands of people in downtown Toronto with their Blue Jays hats and sweatshirts and jerseys.

We made it past the World Series heartbreak. We made it through winter.

#OpeningDay

Sports isn’t geopolitics, but god bless the World Baseball Classic

the nail file has never worked better

The price of oil since last Tuesday. This is quite a chart really.