Zach Ager

That is why there is public funding for the treatment lf addiction to drugs and alcohol. No such thing for gambling (or other process addictions).

The bathroom should have a trough, and be cleaned monthly at most.

if you haven't watched "Too Funny To Fail", you really need to. The Dana Carvey Show was ahead of its time.

Nir Eyal wrote the book teaching silicon valley how to build addictive products, and the fusion with gambling guaranteed disaster. Those of us who argued for setting aside funding for treatment were laughed off in favor of inaudible boilerplate warnings.

Nina Simone

Very good thread

Trump is shocked Iran didn’t surrender out of the gate, because he cannot put himself in the mind of a soldier (American, Israeli, or Iranian) willing to die for their country.

“But he ran again despite being shot at!”

It was get re-elected or die in prison.

It was about him, not his country.

Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

Buddy Bell alert, never say it can't get worse.

Worked great in Libya, too

Expecting Reza Pahlavi to run a lemonade stand is insane

Getting in the muck over JT's harmless Collin Allred comment was a bigger error than she realized, too.

Operation Epstein Fury nee Epic Failure

Operation Epstein Fury feels like an Epic Failure in the making

Call it what it is: Operation Epstein Fury

Operation Epstein Fury, or something else?

All AIPAC supported, or are we forbiddento ask?

The Line Between Affinity and Conspiracy Epstein relied on Jewish in-group bonds to cultivate the network that facilitated his crimes.

This is a pretty good illustration of how to talk about the "Jewishness" of Epstein and some of his network.

It's important to do this because antisemitism thrives on the claim that you "aren't allowed" to talk about when Jews in powerful positions commit crimes.

Room to go deeper on gender, tho.

Not an expert on Iranian society, but I remember what happened in Iraq after the U.S. ejected Saddam's army from Kuwait in 1991. The Bush administration encouraged minority Kurds and Shia to rise up, then refused to offer support as they were all massacred and the Ba'ath Party retained control.

Depends entirely on the state.

It did not sound like Duke panelists rose to the occasion, from reports I saw at least.

I realize I am safely out of range for now, but this is the sort of situation where you do not comply, you hide your friends and neighbors and rules generally go out the window.

A society that tolerates this will tolerate anything. Gotta draw a line somewhere.

We are way too tolerant of everything the Trump administration is doing and we're going to regret it

Sending good thoughts. Be gentle with yourself in the days ahead.

We got a real DING DING DING on this one, imo. (Washed up high school player speaking here.)

"Hockey culture is, in many ways, the epitome of American white people believing anything they do is neutral by default."

Thanks for a great piece. I cannot claim to have watched every minute of Olympic hockey, or anything close, but from the broadcasts I am not sure there was even acknowledgement Heated Rivalry exists. That stood out even before this nonsense.

Need a follow up story on how MJ's Grove XXIII golf club handles reptile control.

Unpopular opinion.

Hegseth is fit and he shows it off under the pretense of setting a standard.

Criticizing or dissecting his workouts is silly. He’s strong, can bench a lot, and those making fun of his pull-ups have never attempted a Murph.

He’s still a terrible leader and person. Focus there.

Rodger's Wide World of Sports, who says no

Kobe something something girldad something something