Schedule the “Officially eliminated from playoff contention” tweet for late August

Yeah public disorder and quality of life stuff doesn’t get reported anymore, it’s coded as anti-establishment. It’s like Rep. Auchincloss said recently, “…every time a customer has to ask the CVS clerk to unlock the shampoo, Democrats get less popular.”

Welcome to Massachusetts

Report: Second disgraced Karen Read investigator reassigned to Mass. State Police unit that does scratch tickets on side of I-95 all day

The District of Massachusetts is really becoming a one stop shop for this stuff now. The next time there’s a Democratic president they won’t even be able to unlock the front door of the White House because they’ll find a judge in Texas to do the same stuff back

Report: New ‘Madden NFL 26’ video game to feature emote of Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel throwing up on the sideline every game when Drake Maye takes 17 sacks, Pats get blown out

The “I bought my Tesla before Elon went MAGA” bumper stickers I see around Cambridge have to be the most insane form of in-group status anxiety I’ve seen, even recognizing we live in an era that’s full of that stuff

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Please, make it stop

“Seems like Karen Read has turned her back on Aidan Kearney, she should be thanking him 30 times a day, he’s the reason she is free.”

Where “national security” just means rolling up neoconservatism, establishmentism, and Palantir stock price worship into a magazine section

Report: After doing away with airport shoe removal, TSA will no longer require passengers to walk through metal detectors as Americans have become too fat to fit through them

Opinion | The Red Sox are hitting better without Rafael Devers. So why does it feel like they’re hitting worse? by Mike Felger

Weird flex but ok

I’m not on the “Karen Read turned her back on Aidan Kearney” bandwagon. Getting your life back after 3 years of hell deserves grace. But there’s no question his work kept her out of prison—and his impact on MA criminal justice is so significant it lacks historical precedent