Joni, sharing a hug with lifelong friend James Taylor, backstage at the Hollywood Bowl 7 years ago this month 💙 Photo by Marcy Gensic

And suddenly the world is less smart, less insighful, and less funny. RIP Tom Lehrer

Orioles broadcasters Kevin Brown and Ben McDonald understandably had plenty to say about this egregious missed strike call from home plate umpire Brian Walsh. "I mean, you couldn't set it on a tee in the heart of the plate any better than that. How do you miss that?"

If you're not watching the Orioles and Blue Jays you're not seeing an umpire, completely fucking another team, with an absolutely horrific fucking strike call on a clear ball that was outside.

Bring on the ABS, MLB . Umpires have been AWFUL behind the plate this season. Bases loaded, two outs, full count and Vic Carapazza calls strike three on Baltimore Orioles Ramon Laureano on a pitch more than a ball outside. Embarrassing! #Orioles

Every single game the Orioles deal with bad umpire play How hard is it to find good umps? MLB

Just not a strike. Horrible call by plate umpire Vic Carapazza that costs the O's

If the umpire called this ball correctly, it would’ve resulted in a bases-loaded walk tying the game for the Orioles at 9 Instead, Ramon Laureano walks back to the dugout with the O’s still down a run.

'Make America Healthy Again' means eating French fries fried in beef tallow and drinking water that gives you cancer, apparently

When data gets you fired, you’re not in a democracy anymore. Just ask Venezuela.

I wasn’t even alive in 1985 and this video made me cry 😭 Was it really this great?

12 August 1941 | A French Jewish girl, Annie Nakache, was born in Constantine (Algeria). She lived in Toulouse. A daughter of a swimmer Alfred Nakache. In January 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her parents. She was murdered in a gas chamber with her mother Paule.

15 August 1919 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Susanne Loebel, was born in Amsterdam. In October 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

Former VP Mike Pence: “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want peace; he wants Ukraine.”

16 August 1927 | A French Jewish girl, Fanny Wozniak, was born in Paris. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was registered in the camp and perished on 25 October 1942.

22 August 1941 | Hungarian Jewish girl Beáta Donner was born. In May 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

About a dozen current/former *pro-enforcement* ICE agents tell Reuters the Trump Admin's arrest quotas are leading to detention of thousands of non-criminals, green card holders, and even citizens. yahoo.com/news/articles/…

The answer is fucking stupid . Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

27 September 1900 | A Czech Jewish woman, Alžběta Ullmannová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz form #Theresienstadt ghetto on 16 October 1944. She did not survive.

23 October 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Frouwke Swart, was born in Amsterdam. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber. His younger brother, Levie was killed with her. --- A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the