Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@Catelli Chad Green still needs to grow a beard.

@petergleick Scenario one obviously would have been for the better. Some kind of death toll in the Australian War of Independence.

@davidtoddmccarty My neighbour is currently blowing some shit up next door and I can’t be bothered to look out the window. Extra innings.

JK, I obviously didn’t do it.

My neighbour won't understanding why I'm cutting the grass tomorrow on the holiest of days, but I can tell all of you that it's an act of revenge for him doing his on Canada Day during the middle of the #BlueJays game. I don't give a shit that we're in the US--you don't ever mow the lawn when someone nearby is watching baseball. #elbowsup #canada

But the cookout and fireworks are still on tomorrow, right? #uspol

Wish me luck on my first border border crossing in 2025 next week. If it all goes south, it sure was was nice knowing you.

I just got my uni HR department's 58-page UK travel advisory in advance of heading off for a conference in London next week and it's taking some restraint not to ask whether they're aware of the current state of trump's America.

The American right seems unfamiliar with or disinterested in the philosophical underpinnings of Red Toryism in the UK or Progressive Conservatism in Canada, i.e. the idea that you have to give the poor something or they will rise up against you. I want to think that passing the bbb will send them into the political wilderness for a generation, just like the Hoover presidency, but it could very easily break so much worse for everyone. #uspol

I'm no pacificist and don't have an issue with taking military action against Iran if the circumstances are right. Doing so because Israel boxed the White House into making a quick tactical decision that does not serve American interests is quite another matter. We've already been defeated if we're this easy to manipulate.

Netanyahu in 2001: "I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in our way."

#war #uspol

Yeah, that makes perfect sense...

"One theory is that Trump is exacting petty revenge because his son, Barron Trump, wasn't admitted to Harvard or Columbia. While there is no proof this happened, it is worth noting that the Trump family are very thin-skinned about the rumour."

The Manchurian Candidate Goes to Harvard

Trump shuts the lights out on learning

(charlieangus.substack.com)

#uspol

Normally before taking the kiddo to Nashville on a Saturday to buy books and records and do some fun stuff, I'd check the weather. This time I'm checking how close violent counter demonstrations and jackbooted thugs will be to First Horizon Park. Here's to a memorable Father's Day weekend outing.

@rejinl

Probably both...

The thin paper covers on those old LIFE mags do not hold up well over time and the areas around the staples will be very weak. Be careful while you're handling them; speaking from experience, it's very easy to accidentally rip a cover off.

@rejinl

Most university archives will have loads of these already and if you brought this stuff to mine I'd very politely suggest putting them on eBay. Good luck!

@bojacobs

Smart money is on enough compliance for dozens of people to be killed.

Anecdotally, my uncle was working in Detroit as a junior exec at GM in July 1967. One day on his drive home from work he saw a National Guard tank roll right over a civilian car with three Black guys in it. Blood and viscera everywhere. All told, there were 43 killed, 1000 injured, at least $100 mil in property damage in today's money.

Multiple versions of that would not surprise me.

@georgetakei

Fixed.

Buildsubarmines.com ads on #baseball sites are even weirder than the ones for sports gambling.

@ChrisMayLA6

The US spends twice as much per person on health care as Canada and the average life expectancy is about 3.5 years shorter. I'd call that a fail (for people who actually use the system, that is). But socialism!

Whatever your plans this Saturday...

#RTJ #nokings