
Pete Alonso on Statcast saying his home run last night only went 429, "I think the computer is wrong."
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Pete Alonso on Statcast saying his home run last night only went 429, "I think the computer is wrong."


Vincent Orange, Former councilman & current mayoral candidate @OrangeVo40 is in court today representing his son, VO Jr who was arrested by federal task force on weapons charges including unregistered 9mm and a sword while driving unregistered car. @nbcwashington

I put the Declaration of Independence through the LinkedIn slop generator. Incredible.


New: Opportunity DC, the business backed group aligned with the Federal City Council, is endorsing @kenyanmcduffie for mayor. Probably no surprise here (they backed him in 2022) but notable as they can spend heavily to support his bid. Here's what ED Malcom Fox says about why:


NEW with @sierraclubdcpac: While a CM, Kenyan McDuffie took five times more private meetings with Pepco than any other CM (2 times more than all of them combined), and consistently promoted Pepco and Washington Gas-friendly amendments Details 🔽 sierraclubdcpac.com/updates/mcduff…

Pritzker helped a Black woman become senator. Some Black leaders are still mad at him. dlvr.it/TRZd1c

"Nearly five years." Investigative journalism takes years and years. The investment is immense, and always worth it, and, in the era of "hot takes" and ephemeral "content," rigorously reported journalistic work is needed more than ever. We must keep supporting investigative journalism. From @mannyNYT, lead reporter of the blockbuster piece on Cesar Chavez ⤵️

Pressed by Sen. @ossoff on whether the intelligence community's had assessed that Iran posed "an imminent nuclear threat", as claimed by the White House, Gabbard said: "It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat."

"I think the people that say it's bigger than the World Series never played in a World Series." 😂 – @derekjeter on the WBC


Announcing NVIDIA DLSS 5, an AI-powered breakthrough in visual fidelity for games, coming this fall. DLSS 5 infuses pixels with photorealistic lighting and materials, bridging the gap between rendering and reality.

Walt Disney TV exec Rob Mills says they are going to look at how to handle Oscar acceptance speeches differently. “Do we need to look at it and say, ‘okay, designate one person to speak.’ Maybe you continue it backstage, and we have a feed on social or something like that.” (Source: variety.com/2026/tv/news/o…)