Do yourself a favor, if you don’t know much about U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl, and search his name here. See the response to his death yesterday at the World Cup in Qatar, at 48. It is overwhelming. His death is overwhelming. His life was overwhelming. A thread on that: 1/

Want to briefly thread out few pieces from some great writers on Grant Wahl—because the stories are good but also because it still feels surreal he's gone. One of my favorites, Chris Jones, was one row behind Grant in the press box when he collapsed. cbc.ca/sports/soccer/…

Apparently Twitter owner / “free speech champion Elon Musk is going full Internet dictator. He is suspending journalists for doing journalism.

I always tell my patients, the only people who are allowed to look at your genitals are your parents or doctors, and both of those are contingent on YOUR permission. Required genital exams to participate in school sports is a violation of children’s bodily autonomy. End of story.

Still my favorite television listing of all time:

First Los Angeles storm season successfully completed ✅ latimes.com/california/sto…

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American cars are uniquely big, expensive, and inefficient. Here's the best-selling car in America last year (right) vs. the best-seller in Europe (left). So why are American cars so big? 🧵

“At a bar, Matt Damon and one of the Afflecks (the one you like less) both order a Sam Adams, the only beer legally allowed to be served on tap in Massachusetts.” nyer.cm/1k7AopW

It’s back to school again for Dutch kids as well!

BREAKING: The IRS is hiring thousands of new workers to crack down on wealthy and corporate tax cheats. Remember that the richest 1% cheat us out of $160 billion every year. This is what happens when you give the IRS the resources and funding it needs. forbes.com/sites/kellyphi…

Trump confuses Bush brothers, demonstrating again why Biden is too old to run for reelection. DougJBalloon

The Supreme Court will soon hear what could be the most important tax case in decades. Moore v. US could permanently shield billionaires from a wealth tax. This is why billionaires give luxury gifts to Supreme Court justices. For this exact moment.

She later added, ‘what are ethics?’

You’re not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic. donald gets it.

As the horrific details come in about victims killed and wounded by a white man with a semiautomatic rifle in a college town in Maine tonight, remember that THIS IS TERRORISM. We're giving weapons of war to civilians with no guardrails and then setting them loose on society.

Has anyone checked with Michael Lewis? He must feel Blind Sided by this.

Today is the 11-year mark of Sandy Hook and still nothing has changed. We just released this video Mothers 4 Democracy with our partners called Thoughts & Prayers. We hope you follow us there and donate to the cause to help us get this on the air. #gunreform secure.actblue.com/donate/m4d-gun…

New report: recycling plastic is not economically or technically viable at scale, and Big Oil has known this for decades, but it has nonetheless led an enormous propaganda campaign to convince the US public otherwise. climateintegrity.org/plastics-fraud

Trump guilty on all counts.