So thrilled for ProPublica and the talented reporters who put together these pieces.

So Ohio State's President overruled the advisory committee on commencement speakers and picked the wacked-out Bitcoin weirdo who delivered Sunday's horrible commencement address, possibly because OSU's president has Bitcoin interests. Fun! rooster.info/p/ohio-states-…

If Joe Biden was performing like this in a dark blue state against an opponent who had already dropped out, the media would be talking about it nonstop

New: New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-yo…

The joint embellishment/penalty call is just nonsensical chickenshit. If it’s a real penalty who cares, if it’s not just call the embellisher

Another triumph for the Jack Welch management ethos lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/05/anothe…

there are thousands of people who think that the NHL rigged the draft lottery to get once-in-a-generation superstar connor mcdavid to western canada

My latest newsletter: an appreciation of Duane Eddy, whose passing last week prompted me to revisit such LPs as Duane Does Dylan, Duane A-Go-Go and The Roaring Twangies.

How many saves on 2-on-1s has Shesterkin made tonight?

No one could possibly crash and burn as spectacularly as Meatball Ron, right?

Kristi Noem: hold my beer….i need to shoot another dog.

“Christian ethics” must be when you accept a free private jet flight because the seat was otherwise unoccupied

the IDF is not deciding when to do war crimes based on the NYC social calendar and events the average person doesn’t even know about

“Three tickets to ‘Challengers’ please…”

ROFL

“No factual or legal reasoning”: the jurisprudence of Aileen Cannon lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/05/no-fac…

'Over the last two years I have begun the journey of dismantling trauma from my past that have been present since my childhood.'

Powerful words from #Flames blueliner Oliver Kylington:

There are plenty of holes in the desert

“the protestors are ugly” has traveled through the digestive systems of the tucker carlsons and the bill mahers, been passed to the streamers and groyper posters, and finally the anti-woke academics have picked it up off the forest floor and are digging in

New survey finds three times as many college students blame Hamas for the current situation in Gaza than they do President Biden

college students ranked the conflict in the Middle East as the least important issue facing them out of nine options

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“Don’t respond to emails from students when you should be doing your job” —the academia knower