Thomas Roberts

The NBA is back! Let’s goooooo

This is beyond alarming.

Hail Satan. www.404media.co/it-is-don…

oh hey, an ACTUAL threat to women's sports!

Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence

Tonight’s rewatch: Spider-Man 2. Verdict: still a masterpiece.

Such a bummer. Wonder Man was one of my favorite Marvel projects in years. ‘Wonder Man’ Canceled

We used to be able to buy things in this country

He’s the Last Great Land Artist You’ve Never Heard Of - The New York Times

Writing by Hand is Good for your Brain - Here’s how to do it

The Lost Joy of Music Piracy: WhatCD, Oink, and Spotify | Pigeons and Planes

ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers | The VergeMicro Note

This was a really fun read. “I Built The World’s Only 2026 WWII Jeep. It Nearly Broke Me” www.theautopian.com/i-bet-my-…

Mexico-England is officially off the rails. Still over a half to go!

The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/…

Not my best work, but felt like this was what's on the menu for Bsky today.

One of Elon Musk's most cryptic posts says this: "Whatever happens, we have got the spaceships, and they do not." We decode this here. It's a serious statement about the future he actually envisions: newrepublic.com/article/2119...

Salesforce’s Internal AI Leaderboard Has Teams Competing for Little Trophies

Calvin and Hobbes and the Price of Integrity therepublicofletters.substack.com/p/calvin-…

The USB drive in your drawer is slowly losing your data right now www.makeuseof.com/the-usb-d…

Revolting. Repugnant. Awful. Muslims at Texas GOP Convention told to leave party, country

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

Basketball is great.

Still just love the NBA on NBC broadcasts. Yes, I’m a child of the 90s so there is some nostalgia, all true. But it just feels like an important event in a way that TNT and ESPN just never have been able to really convey.

Go Spurs go!

Private equity is a destructive parasite on society and real reforms are desperately needed. rubbishtalk.com/economy/h…

Sonny Rollins, one of the most influential Jazz musicians of our time, died this afternoon. He was 95

Wemby. Holy shit.

Seriously though, who is Johnson trying to reassure here? Certainly not Trump, who does not give a hit. Not his caucus. And it’s not like he nor his caucus worry what their constituents think about it. Why is he even still doing the Sunday shows?

LOL. “Johnson says there’s still room for dissent in GOP even after Cassidy ouster” www.politico.com/news/2026…

“This is not to say, however, that David Sacks has no influence in the Trump administration: […] still a billionaire CEO, which is a better credential in Trump’s eyes than any kind of expertise.” Brutal, but fair, and explains a lot of what is wrong with the US these days.

I’m 6-4 and wear a size 16 (US) shoe. Try flying commercial or buying clothes (both are hell and/or expensive.) The only advantage I have is reaching for items on the upper shelves of grocery stores (for which my assistance is requested at least once per month.) The world is built for 5-9, 5-10 max.

No seriously, how can the Prime NBA broadcast audio still be so fucked this late into the post-season?? Why do they refuse to acknowledge the existence of the center channel? (Otherwise the broadcasts are great. Kevin Harlan is my spirit animal.)

Measure outcomes, not tokens. handyai.substack.com/p/your-ce…

Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh #retrocomputing #retromac stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker…

There’s a riot still goin’ on: 30 years of Evil Empire www.avclub.com/rage-agai…

Inside a rare collection of 10,000 concerts, from Nirvana to Björk | AP News

Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records - KFF Health News

“America,” Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, “has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.” www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pen…

Daredevil continues to be one of Marvel’s strongest franchises. Really enjoying Born Again, S2

Club and tots.

Great profile of Employee #8. What a ride it must have been! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/0…

LFG! Bring back our Sonics! 🏀 www.nytimes.com/athletic/…

My youngest daughter (age 16) has now finally watched The Shawshank Redemption, and she enjoyed it. I’m basically done parenting now, right? This thing is a wrap and I did good?

My Seahawks are for sale, and I’m kinda terrified of the future. Paul Allen (and his estate) was an incredible steward of the team and generally seemed like good people. The next owner is likely to be some kind of shady investment group (or worse, someone like Bezos), and that just feels gross.

This one is a wild ride. apple.news/ALgb4nnpY…