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“It wasn’t funny to say the wrong thing because you could; it was funny to say the true thing because it was wrong.” I read this a while ago and remembered it this week. The seven dirty words weren’t funny on their own. The comedy was in the truth behind them.

If you’re a DraftKings/Fanduel VIP, you might want to think about what that actually means. www.propublica.org/article/draf...

i simply cannot imagine the level of delusion and sheer ignorance it takes to believe that the rise of Republican Nazis is some outside imposition and not something that has come from within the American right.

the best HS teams in the country have multiple guys who will be in the NBA in a couple of years. they aren't normal high schools, they're basketball factories. but this literally doesn't matter. the value of women's sports isn't contingent on their performance vis a vis men.

The claim ”Santa does not exist” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that he might just be really good at covering his tracks.

The worst part of weekly releases on streaming apps isn’t waiting for the next ep. It’s that they don’t tell you what day new eps drop in the show description.

The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.

All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.

this is absolutely wild. where does roberts think these agencies come from?!? who invested them with authority to act? whose mandate are they designed to execute? the president is the chief EXECUTive. his job is executing the will of Congress as it spells out in its duly-passed laws!

Yeah, I guess one might oppose TPS for economic reasons. This admin doesn’t…but someone…somewhere… might. #packthecourt

Ok? Is that good? How fast did the monks do it?

Conforto! 💥🫰

I’m not a baseball genius, but maybe we shouldn’t bring in the guy with a 7.71 ERA to close out the bottom of the 8th.

This piece amplifies the politicized language of the critics of “cancel culture.” What kinds of courses should focus on cultivating “perspectives different from their own”? Engineering? Math? Biology? Should students in business, the country’s most popular major, be exposed to Marxist perspectives?

Lucky to see a #cubs win in San Diego last night.

If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay

Same.

Happy Rex Manning Day

🥹 love to see Bears fans in the wild. 🐻⬇️

Caleb Williams….good lord dude. I’ll never quit you.

What if the #Bears do a DII Mighty Ducks and come out with the white pants in the 2nd half?

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#pequodspizza has still got it.

🐻⬇️ #bears

This is a damn good snowman.

I don't know what the Senate is going to do. But if they do in fact fold in exchange for nothing, they will be living up to past performance. To expect the Senate to carry out the will of the American people is to misunderstand why it was created in the first place.

the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles

I can’t wait to see the Ben Johnson x Criminal Minds crossover. 🐻⬇️ #bears

I don’t want to downplay the seriousness of anyone’s mental health. But being a #bears fan is what I imagine manic depression feels like.

Stay out of Chicago. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Tough L in game 2 today 😤 #cubs

How do I put this straight into my veins? #beardown 🐻⬇️

Flying the W into the #Postseason!

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

i think the correct way to think about the lonely boy question is not "how do we reach out to incels?" but "how do we make sure that a teenage boy looking for romantic advice isn't flooded with right-wing propaganda?"

I cannot stop watching clips of Nico rounding third to win this one. The vibes with this team are 🤌

See this? It's called a non-inferiority trial. It compares the new vaccine with the current vaccines to see if the new vaccine does better. This new vaccine did. Placebo-controlled trials are not needed to test most new vaccines. Demanding them will only reduce vaccine access. Which is the point.

Pope Shawarma IV

#illinois s.surveyplanet.com/gd7r2pdc

🐻W #cubs

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Ironically, this is Big Pharma's wet dream. Rather than a preventative vaccine that costs a few dollars a dose twice a lifetime, they can sell expensive new in-patent drugs for hundreds a dose that you need to keep taking.

🎵🎵 Go Cubs Go 🎶

As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

In a bold move to hold corporate profiteers accountable, the DOJ Antitrust Division added six corporate landlords to their lawsuit against RealPage for “participating in algorithmic pricing schemes that harmed renters.”

Not a great football matchup but an IDEAL big spoon little spoon dynamic here

The Bears are, I think, the worst-coached professional sports team I’ve…ever seen?

Since Chicago’s Police Department agreed to court oversight in 2019, it has complied with just 9% of requirements. Barring dramatic improvement, the city will have no choice but to add hundreds of millions of dollars to its budgets in years to come. Via @wttw.bsky.social and ProPublica