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@pedal_exchange @helenlewis You are right that people don’t like bullies. You are just mistaken about who the bullies are in this case.

@helenlewis But more than anything the ceiling is that most people don't like bullies. And bullying such a small minority of people is unattractive. People may be taken in by the arguments and their apparent popularity initially but their lack of substance sees that wane in time

I’ve never thought about it like this before, but the TERF wars of the late 2010s were as radicalising for a cohort of feminists as the Salman Rushdie fatwa was for the liberals of a generation earlier. People that you assumed cared about free speech just … backed away.

Afroman's defamation victory is a win for all Americans who cherish the right to cuck the police in song

@Tom_Maguire americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2… Bad things were known, but they weren’t so Epstein adjacent

Cesar Chavez cancelled for abhorrent behavior. nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/… FWIW, Cesar Chavez view back in the 1970s was that illegal immigrants were strikebreakers who brought down wages. That's wildly out of step with contemporary Progressive thought. humanrights.fhi.duke.edu/chavez-ufw-and…

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

@mattyglesias Obviously @AliceFromQueens

What are some good anonymous accounts?

It is really important that we don’t forget the risks and harms of irrational pessimism.

@dilanesper Which way would you say it leans?

Elon Musk is maybe the most impactful combination of wonderful and terrible humanity has recently produced.

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE! 🖼️ Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves might be the most clutch duo in the NBA right now 🔥

@dilanesper Don’t forget about Al Jolson.

One generally not known piece of American history is that a significant number of white people rebelled against segregation in any way they could: Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman including Black musicians in their bands; Sinatra insisting his shows be integrated; stuff like this.

This will be remembered as the one good thing Trump did in four years.

I was Honored and Humbled to be invited by Congressman Jonathan Jackson, to be at the homecoming celebration of his father, Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson; this past weekend. I plan to do my part to “Keep Hope Alive!” #IAmSomebody

@dieworkwear If only someone could have helped him. hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-…

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

Little known fact is that Renee Richards no longer believe she should have been allowed to play. She believes if she had been younger(she was in her 40s when she started) she could’ve beaten them all. She doesn’t say too much because she’s a private and knows how this idea would be treated by TRA.

Correction. Not Renee Russo, the actress. Renee Richards the tennis player!

Oh please. 1. People did care. Just like they cared about “Renee” Russo. Everyone likes to pretend no one cared then. But they did. 2. There were no girls teams so that is why the girls wrestled on the boys’ teams. There are now. That’s better. There shouldn’t be boys on them. They can wrestle on the boys’ teams. 3. We care now so enough. Girls shouldn't have to wrestle boys. And boys shouldn't have to wrestle girls - we hear all the time when boys have to play against or with girls in a combat or contact sport they don't feel they can go all out. Not fair to them either.

Open your brains not your veins. #Jesse

Someone just tried to explain this new trend “frame-mogging” to me…

Buck O’Neil shares his thoughts on Ty Cobb.

"Babe, it's not clutter. It's the Japanese practice of tsundoku."

There are moments in life when words just aren’t enough. Losing Coach Holtz is one of those moments. Coach was so much more than a football coach to me. He was family. I still remember the day he came to my house to recruit me. He didn’t just sit down and talk to me about football or what I could do on the field. He talked to me as a young man. And he spoke to my mom the way a man should speak to a mother who was trusting someone with her son. He looked her in the eye and promised that I would be taken care of at Notre Dame. That moment meant everything to us, and it’s something I’ve carried with me my entire life. Coach Holtz believed in people. He believed in building men, not just players. He welcomed my entire family into the Notre Dame family and always made sure we felt that love and support. That’s who he was. He cared deeply about the people around him, and he made every one of us feel like we mattered. The lessons he taught me went far beyond football. His faith, his discipline, his belief in doing things the right way shaped who I became as a man, a father, and a leader. My heart is broken today, but I’m also filled with gratitude for the time I had with him and for the impact he had on my life. Coach will always be with us—in the lessons he taught, in the lives he changed, and in the love he gave so freely. Thank you for everything, Coach. I love you. You will forever be in our hearts. Go Irish ☘️

@helenlewis @dilanesper You have to keep the “secret” from your own parents in case they may reveal the “secret” to your friend’s parents.

@dilanesper It’s quite a thing to tell teenagers “keep this secret from your friend’s parents and if you slip up, they might die”.

i have seen this talking point a lot, and it is false. these kids ARE "out". they aren't closeted. Their friends and teachers all know they are trans. and it's an enormous libel of the parents to presume the parents will kill their kids ("lives at risk") or make them homeless.