MJV

MJV

@mvaluk.com

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my gods, the hot takes on the Sports Hub afternoon show: Mazz just said that last night is going to be the best game going forward this season for AJ Brown, that was even too far for Felger.

Enshittification update: Reddit's new recommendation engine where it inserts "Recommended", "Because you visited", and "Similar to" into your feed is awful. I can't seem to turn it off. If anyone knows, please let me know.

I can't understate how dumb Nintendo was to drop the latest character reveal for the new Mario movie. I have tickets to see it with my kids and I would have legitimately cheered in the theaters if I didn't know this reveal going into the theater.

I know it didn't matter but there were no questions about Mark Andrews catching that ball? Looked like he trapped it. #patriots

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Dan Kelley@dankelley66.bsky.social

Huge kick for Andy Borregales there to make it a two-score lead for the Patriots. Bit of breathing room. Jets are due for a turnover too. Finish it off fellas!

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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

A Quibi 2 - The Reckoning

The New York Times@nytimes.com

A new app called MicroCo is the first Hollywood effort to capitalize on micro dramas, an addictive, bite-size entertainment genre that started in China. Shot vertically for viewing on phones, they are soapy, scripted and serialized — video romance novels for the TikTok era.

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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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Turns out when you acknowledge reality instead of trying to gaslight younger voters ("it's not a genocide" "capitalism helps everyone prosper" "housing crisis is because of red tape beaurocracy") they mobilize and sway elections after all

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I hate that the best marketplace is gated behind having a Meta account. Craiglist really dropped the ball by not pursuing any form of innovation/improvements when it was coming up.

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We were very happy to give this scoop to @marisakabas.bsky.social's The Handbasket because it is important to support independent journalists who are doing the hard work at this time. Giving this story to Marisa also guarantees it will be in The Washington Post verbatim exactly 48 hours later.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker. My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...

Had to argue with a boomer with a Patriots neck tattoo in Market Basket that Tatum isn't soft and that he's one of the most available stars in the game. Quintessential New England discussion.

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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.

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Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too? 🚮

U.S. Senator John Fetterman@fetterman.senate.gov

My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR. My YES vote is 💯 about refusing to shut our government down. I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos.   I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down.

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"We are deeply appreciative of all you do in the care of our students and community. Also we will be using your engineering class as a trap for students who protested a genocide before they're shipped off to a Trump blacksite, and it's not optional."

jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com

Columbia's Provost evidently sent this message to faculty forbidding them from moving classes offline or canceling them amid ICE activity on campus.

My son brought a Hockey Puck that was given to him by Brad Marchand to Show and Tell today. Gonna have to break the bad news to him and it feels bad.