Walt Mankowski

Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so.

NJ has early voting, and today I drove over to Piscataway and cast my ballot. It was busy but they had a lot of volunteers and machines, and I didn’t have to wait. Unlike a lot of other states, none of my local races are likely to be close this time around. Still, it feels nice to get it done with.

Say you’re in a Jersey diner without saying you’re in a Jersey diner

Showing this to investors next week. I am going to be so rich.

Looks like one of my neighbors is approaching retirement

Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Things That Can Fly

Feel like I’m coming down with something… #PlayoffFever

I just turned on today's Phillies game. There's an ad behind home plate for Hatfield pumpkin spice bacon — "It's back!" Is this something people actually want to eat?

He imposed Shania Law

rough first week for humans at the intergalactic council. everyone was really nice but we spent a lot of time at orientation trying to figure out what made us unique among all the galaxy's species. turns out we're the only ones who thought to deep fry cheese. that's it. we're the fried cheese planet

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

Good cricket commentary always seems like it might be describing illegal and/or immoral acts.

As a Phillies fan, I'm now rooting for the Braves to use up all their wins in the regular season, as usual.

If my Pennsylvania constituents would like to speak directly with me, they are welcome to join the staff of AIPAC or Fox News. by John Fetterman

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Go Birds! theonion.com/jets-hope-to...

Say you’re in an Irish pub in New Jersey without saying you’re in an Irish pub in New Jersey

Post your getaway vehicle

A small dog is carried through the woods and pulls back a curtain.

This is great news. All forms of cancer suck, but pancreatic cancer is particularly nasty because up to now it's been so difficult to treat. My lab at Columbia has been talking to Dr. Manji about collaborating on another project of his that involves imaging. www.cancer.columbia.edu/news/columbi...

In his Second Discourse, Rousseau talks about how man was born free and able to live off the bountiful food that surrounded him in nature and then he was plucked from this state and introduced to society, where he was forced to labor. IG riverreachconstruction

Photos via Instagram riverreachconstruction, which has turned into a cat account.

Big bearded Mexican guy opened his Met jersey on camera to reveal a Dolly shirt, place went nuts

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

The Phillies are the only team in the baseball reference db to score at least 6 runs in a 9-inning walk-off win after being scoreless and down to their last out

I’m getting a banana caramel affogato right now but definitely have to come back for a sundae…even if just for the name. 😂🍌

NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.

Kerry Wood, Behind-The-Back Eephus 😮

I drove back down the the Philly area today and stopped by the Barnes & Noble in Valley Forge. By chance Lisa Scottoline, who lives nearby, is doing a reading of her latest book. The store is filled with women of a certain age.

As I was driving along the PA Turnpike this morning, a group of 8 Harleys passed me, and all of the riders were wearing Pagan Motorcycle Club jackets. Life hack: Give the Pagans plenty of room.

A problem with working at Columbia is the existential angst of getting emails like this on Friday afternoon: business.columbia.edu/insights/90s...

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

Secret Panel HERE 😩 tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/07/23/old

I'm living dangerously — I had a salad for lunch today.

This is the best opening paragraph in history. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

There's a lot we can learn from museums. For example: imagine how much better England would have been last night if there had been a dry-stone wall in front of Pickford's goal.

Honestly, the way the entire pub chants "wanker" any time Infantino appears on screen is truly heartwarming.