Jay Slater

The streak continues! And thank God it's the running streak running1000.weebly.com/blog/its-my-...

I called into a doctor's office and was answered by a clearly AI woman's voice. Ok, fine. But then there's the sounds of typing in the background, trying to, I guess, make the experience feel 'real' somehow? We don't need to do this. If you're going to give me fake, just give me fake.

I'm so unplugged from the NHL that I couldn't even call myself a casual Flyers fan but man, it's clearly a good day to be in the city of Philadelphia if you're into hockey. Congrats to all those angry white guys with missing teeth who made it to Rd 2 last night.

I say we let any of the LIV golfers back into the PGA but they have to sign their scorecards in scarlet red for the next decade. I mean, Jesus, you know how messed up of an organization you have to play for to make the PGA look like the good guys?

A living wage is becoming less attainable for Philadelphia-area residents, even those who work full-time.

If you're on the extreme right, this SCOTUS is why you tolerate a pointless war and soaring gas prices and aggressively stupid tariffs. The supreme court might be the most radically right part of the government, at least in terms of impact

Brining back the firing squad is MAGA in a nutshell. Brining back needlessly cruel and inefficient means because of an imaginary sense that 'things were better when I was a boy'. It's dumb and selfish and for fucks sake we're literally trying to bring back firing squads.

Making my way through some old Palahniuk books and just finished 'Shock Induction'. Now, I really love the secret spice CP puts in his work but this one felt like 80% spice and I am just confused now. There's a very good chance I'm simply not smart enough to follow it but man, I'm disoriented

Infowars being purchased by an openly fictional news outlet is equal parts ironic and delicious. I don't know exactly how they'll do it, but I rest easy knowing they'll burn whatever semblance of a legacy Alex Jones had left to the ground.

Finally saw the LaMelo replay - I don't think it's fair to call that dirty exactly, but it's crazy that something like that can't be looked at. Feels flagrant-ish a a minimum

Why Pope Leo should go on Joe Rogan.

What I wouldn't give for a reporter to ask Trump which Pope he would consider especially tough on crime. Or to just name another Pope. What a ridiculous timeline we all live in.

Chicago being able to move a disinterested young star and get 2 first round picks in return is a pretty good haul. And Angel Reese seems like a great fit in Atlanta. Is this one of those rare 'everyone did this correctly' trades in professional sports?

Look, I'm never going to cheer for Iran's media machine but I'd be lying if I said I hadn't gotten a couple of chuckles from how they've absolutely owned our President recently.

Now I kinda wish UCONN had made it to the Championship because if UCLA did that to South Carolina, the drubbing they would have given Connecticut may have triggered Geno to punch the mascot and claim it wasn't being respectful enough.

morning

Quick reminder that a non-insignificant portion of accounts on any social media site, especially those instigating conflict, are bots created by opposing countries helping along our national pastime of hating one another. The next time someones a dick to you online, ignore and block their robot ass

Welp, if anyone needs a quick pick-me-up....

Obviously ICE is useless in the airports for anything other than intimidation but maybe this is a good thing. They have to show their faces, they're being recorded/reprimanded by angry citizens and if they're taking up airport space, they aren't hunting fellow humans. So, maybe keep 'em there?

Even in death, Mueller is exposing Trump for the sociopath he is.

Another Update. We're now 510+ days into the 1000 day challenge :) running1000.weebly.com/blog/socal-s...

Obviously, you take what you can get, but it's disheartening that the cost of gas going up is what seems to be the final straw for so many Americans. Not the lying or the cruelty, not the stupidity or the grand gestures of the insecure. It's the digital number on a gas screen that's finally too much

This robot delivering Uber Eats in Philly is getting more and more attention recently and I'm gonna put the Over/Under on how many days until someone destroys that thing at 13.5 days. I suggest taking the under.

It’s official: There are now 3,000 protests planned for No Kings Day. That means there will be more protests on March 28 than any previous day in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

@stephenking.bsky.social Just finished The Long Walk for the first time. 1) Great read - Thanks for that. 2) I now need a nap and/or a very stiff drink

Look, proud to be an American (a lot of the time) but I couldn't help pull for Venezuela to win the World Baseball Classic. Just seemed to mean more to their fans. Really enjoyed seeing those reactions. As an aside, I know the US offense struggles but what a bomb by Harper 😮

Agreed. This is one of the better impressions SNL has put out there in a long time.

Just got back from a trip to the west coast and I always forget how much easier and harder it would be as a sports fan out there. On the one hand, the 'late' games start at 7p. That's awesome. On the other hand, it's March and 80 degrees so let's go outside and not watch sports. (Also awesome)

Will it be: a) No, your eyes are wrong, gas prices aren't actually skyrocketing b) Yes, they are, but that's the price for a Holy War c) Yes, they are, but it's because of Trans athletes d) Gas, along with all of existence, is just a construct. Free your mind and don't forget your MAGA merch

Now officially halfway through my 1000 Days of Running Challenge. Pretty cool so far but a LOOOOOONNNNNG way to go. running1000.weebly.com/blog/halfway...

Finding that perfect balance of really dumb and really funny is one of The Onion's greatest superpowers

I don't bemoan Daniel Jones for getting whatever money he can - good for him. But I'm struggling to think of a QB who has made more cash because some GM perpetually thinks he's probably going to be good enough next year or maybe the year after than this guy has.

Ever see a random basketball highlight where some random dude happens to catch the highest vertical of his life and dunks all over 3 guys, causing the crowd of 30 people to lose their shit? That's how I feel about Tom Tillis right now. I'll forget he exists tomorrow morning but right now, gawd damn

Anyone who grew up in an area cold enough to have a high school hockey team is registering 0% surprise at this story of the men's post game call with POTUS.

More like U-S-Eh Amirite, Canada? Note: I don't actually care about hockey, heard it was a good game though.

I can say from personal experience that Putin is threatened by strong women. As I argue in a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com, he and his fellow autocrats have reason to fear us: Defending women's rights and combating authoritarianism is the same fight. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

I made an innocuous comment on a post yesterday and someone responded by telling me I didn't "know what the fuck I was talking about" (slight rephrasing) and I can't tell if I'm happy to see some of the Twitter aggression make it's way over here to liven things up or if that's just a bummer

Cam Girl Has Ash On Forehead

If, like me, you're always looking for fun, mindless escapism, let me suggest that anyone who hasn't listened to 'Smartless' go subscribe and start from he first episode like I have. It's not perfect but there's not an episode where I don't laugh and the chemistry from the 3 hosts is pretty charming

Latest entry - feel particularly relevant now and here: running1000.weebly.com/blog/yucking...

The Patriots only had 4 more first downs in last night's first have of the Super Bowl than I did.

The fact that Anthony Davis was just shipped off to the G-League in DC is a testament to both that, yeah, every athlete gets old and their value to the league drops off but also HOLY SHIT that trade for Luka has to be the worst in sports history. Pretty sure Luka killed Nico's dog or something

Read the room groundhog - just lie to us, we need this right now

I'm sure being a garbage man is always a brutal job but I'm exponentially more grateful to them this week as the blistering cold and the endless piles of snow make their job, I'm sure, 10x more complicated than usual. From the dude hiding inside his warm house, thanks

I haven't seen 'Sinners' yet but I often find that a movie with a million Academy Award nominations is slightly overhyped. Anyone seeing this have feedback on Sinners?

The thing about the Bill firing Sean McDermott, which is the same thing anytime a successful but not championship team fires a coach, is what exactly is the upgrade option out there? Would having Tomlin at the helm make Allen not throw those INTs? I mean there's bad coaches, but SM isn't one of them

It's embarrassing, sure, but it was absolutely the right thing for her to hand over the Nobel Peace Prize. Who gives a shit? She's not actually bestowing any kind of honor to the big dummy - it's a trinket. And if patting him on the head makes it more likely she can RUN A COUNTRY, you do that.

I want to roll my eyes at the Dodgers but then I remember I was a Yankee fan as a 90s kid so instead let me just say we did the whole 'we're going to buy every piece of talent and make the game no fun for a decade' first!

Random thought but the way Netflix nailed the characters of Daredevil, Punisher, Jessica Jones, etc needs to be studied and duplicated as much as possible and for every genre. Give me a gritty GI Joe series as seen by Netflix