I've never seen such a cranky bunch for an AL leading team, lol. But a lot of non-baseball folks are now interested, and of course the weight of expectations. Somewhat expected it to go this way! Just glad we're good again and set up to be good for a long time.
This feels like a spot of good news
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Thanks Jim. Jack has dealt with plenty of shoulder and back issues going back years. The last two have been his healthiest seasons since the beginning of his career. So I think there's always something but he's learned to maintain through a season better. Might explain some of the rough stretches.
All-Star Ball Crew 2025 Frankie Boyd, Tigers Adam Crognale, Phillies Pictured: (Left) Frankie Boyd on the field. He wears a white Tigers jersey and navy cap. (Right) Adam Crognale in the dugout. He wears a white pinstriped Phillies jersey.
Your voice has been heard! The two All-Star Ball Crew members headed to Atlanta next week are Frankie Boyd (@Tigers) and Adam Crognale (@Phillies)! #AllStarGame
You'd like to think so, but most of them will do as they're ordered as always.
You're not wrong. I think I've used both and should get it together! Thanks.
I heard they took the markets upstate to live on a farm and play all day with other markets
The government's detention of Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights should raise alarm bells for anyone who cares about the First Amendment.
Two of Mahmoud's lawyers break down the free speech implications of the case on the newest episode of At Liberty.
I’m old enough to remember being told giving water away charitably in Georgia was a grave threat to election integrity.
High school students - "How a 1968 Student Protest Fueled a Chicano Rights Movement":
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
The Third Reich moved swiftly in the 1930s to close or geld any newspapers critical of the regime, and the rest simply became eager mouthpieces.
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
A debt of gratitude is owed to the data archivists who collected all of the CDC data before it could be deleted.
Winnie the Pooh tuxedo meme with normal Pooh reflecting on the creature from the black lagoon and fancy Pooh regarding The Creture from the Bläch Lugyoun
Robert Eggers
Monarchy speedrun is already at “meddlesome priest,” pretty good time
This bit in Laura Dern's letter to Lynch gave me joy
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Respectfully (and I genuinely mean this), I’ve never heard a single regular person ask for “bipartisanship.” That’s inside nonsense.
They want things to work.
If the other party refuses to work for people, be the ones who will. Fight for people. Make it plain who isn’t, and who THEY’RE for.
Stalin biographer and world historian Stephen Kotkin (Stanford, ex-Princeton) has an A+ take on the notion that Trump is “not who we are.” www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
A sampling of his EOs on day 1:
- Withdraw from the Paris climate accord & WHO
- End constitutional birthright citizenship
- Reclassify federal employees, making them easier to fire
- fed policy recognizing only two genders
- pause the TikTok ban
...
this is the whole thing, they will denigrate you, they will demean you, they will insult you, they will demand you bend, and then they will mock you for bending. do not comply in advance and do not comply at fucking all if you are not forced to.
TRUMP: I have issued an executive order for all Democrats serving in congress to be executed by firing squad
DEMOCRATS: can we compromise on only killing the House Democrats?
GUYS! FELLAS! DUDES!
This is on us.
To acknowledge the inauguration of a rapist & his rapist filled cabinet, I will once again point out to all my fellow men that this applies to your mother, wife, sister & daughter more times over than you will ever know.
Well that was rough, Lions fans. Back to baseball. www.blessyouboys.com/2025/1/19/24...
An important anniversary
What a paragraph.
Arizona man who led a polygamous sect is sentenced to 50 years for his role in conspiracy to transport children for sex.
"...claimed more than 20 spiritual 'wives' including 10 underage girls..."
www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-...
Seriously if you are nondisabled CALL YOUR REPS.
We need you to help speak up with us right now. So badly.
I rely on telehealth for my care now. I can’t use stairs anymore, so leaving home is dangerous and painful.
I also lack the spoons to be as active as I want & need to be:
I need your help.
