My goal for the day is to reach the same level of optimism as AAA’s drive time estimator

I unironically love the shit-eating grins on Bronxville native Bader (age 28) and Jersey-raised Volpe (21), both obviously still pinching themselves that they play for their favorite team and hang out with its biggest star

Just got a Microsoft Office notification that says I have unread Office notifications

One of the nicer touches in Microsoft Teams is how meetings spawn matching chat threads, making it easy to continue a conversation via text after the video session has ended

"chud moat"

Hey Devils! Catch fire! #NJDevils

Talk about ends of eras: diveintomark got taken over by an overseas sports betting spammer diveintomark.org/hello-world/

I leave talk radio on in the background while I'm working (ersatz office white noise!), and there's a commercial running that includes a background sound effect of a phone ringing, and I perk up and listen for a second ring every. single. time

In my neighborhood, many buildings cover their awnings when scaffolding goes up, and the temporary address numbers that appear are much more interesting than the ones they cover up

"He’s the ideal [interview] subject. He’s locked up in his house an hour from my house with an ankle monitor. He can’t go anywhere. ... So, as long as he welcomes me into the house, it’s fine." amazing nytimes.com/2023/05/16/boo…

Business fact of the day: in a typical cable bill, fully $9.42 goes to ESPN, vs. an average of 49¢ for other networks wsj.com/articles/espn-…

The single biggest problem with the Yankees is that Cashman repeatedly acquires fragile players thinking they're value plays, and then the Yanks' strength and conditioning team can't keep them on the field mlbtraderumors.com/2023/05/yankee…

Digging that James Holzhauer is writing his name in the Iron Maiden font on #JeopardyMasters.

A look at The Wall Street Journal's decision to drop courtesy titles like Mr., Ms., and Mx., leaving The New York Times as the most notable holdout remaining (AnneBranigin.bsky.social / Washington Post) washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023… mediagazer.com/230523/p1#a230…

My BlueSky feed has pep. It’s upbeat, sassy and good-natured. Mastodon is earnest; the discourse there is often Very Serious. Meanwhile what’s left here is almost entirely journalists and breaking news—useful but not fun. I think bsky is where the fun has gone, and where I’ll be