writing this feature about the legendary cardte hicks for @defector.com made me feel more connected to the heart & soul of women's basketball!
as a player & person, cardte was singular - but her experience of systemic racism in wbb was not. i hope this piece helps crack open more convo about it <3
NBA media talks about "small market" owners like they are a protected class
White supremacist
The practical effects on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms are so gruesome. It fucking rocks
One of the biggest problems that NBA media ignore when talking about tanking is that regular season games don't matter at all. Who cares if teams lose on purpose when the games are basically irrelevant in the first place
Adam Silver becoming the worst commissioner of the 4 major American men's sports is a legendary underdog story. One of the worst to ever do it truly
doctor doctor
gimme the news
ive got an
unworn pair of baby shoes
it's really weird seeing people in the comments saying you can't tell anyone how to pronounce their own name and then hand waiving away the mispronunciation of immigrants' names
TV is so good right now. The Pitt S2, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Jujutsu Kaisen S3, Frieren S2, and Journal with Witch
It's clear that the majority of the Democratic party's only issue with ICE is that they killed a few white people and they have no real problem with the racial terror that the organization is built for
Every Derrick White stat line:
5 pts, 2-15 fg, 4 reb, 3 ast, +30
The Pitt - Season 2 Episode 4 - Anime only discussion
It's gotta be nice for Aronofsky that stealing other artists' work has been automated
Poster for “The Smash ICE Friendslopathon” featuring members of the Goo Crew smashing a big block of ice. Thursday Jan 29th at 12 EST 9 PST twitch.tv/team/goocrew Donate: tinyurl.com/goocrewsmashice
Tomorrow we’ll be raising money for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota with our friends in the Goo Crew! We’re gonna be playing Lethal Company, Peak, REPO, and a bunch of other fun games all day - drop by to watch and help out!
Wow the 34,908th consecutive "good" democrat turned out to be a piece of shit. What an unlucky run
It looks like apple cinemas cambridge still has some showtimes this week
The NBAPA agreed to make the combine a requirement for being drafted. I'm not sure why the NBA/WNBA are pushing for it now, when it seems to be declining in importance and popularity in the NFL
A thread of things I'm enjoying:
I really liked this album by Jamie Weil. A great singer songwriter album that I've been listening to nonstop jamie-weil.bandcamp.com/album/years-...
A storefront that says “Ruth’s Christian Bookstore”
I’m headed to Ruth’s Chris, y’all need anything?
Hello human resources meme with attractive man saying "Cleaning the Glass excluding heaves" and the unattractive man saying "NBA excluding heaves"
NBA media when stats exclude heaves from shooting statistics
Tomlin and the Steelers every year
Wilyer Abreu's HR is one for books (via NESN)
SUBWAYTAKES GUY: So what’s your take
ME (SWEATY, SHIVERING): They should… ugh… lemme have the antidote
SUBWAYTAKES GUY: 100% disagree
Philando Castile in glasses, a blue shirt, and red lanyard over his neck.
Rest In Peace to Philando Divall Castile who was taken from us by police on this day in 2016. (7/16/1983 - 7/6/2016).
The Dodgers told me their pitchers keep tearing their UCLs so I asked how many pitchers they have and they said they go to the minors and get a new pitcher so I said it sounds like they're just feeding pitchers to Tommy John and then their daughter started crying
Then why did you vote against impeachment??
"While tantalizingly intelligible, there is sadly no way to know what 'en penischock' translates to. I do not speak Swedish. No one does. Similarly, there is no way to know what the story is referring to further down where it says that 'Robinsons penis hängd ute.'"
defector.com/hurdler-wins...
This came up in my reels a few days ago & I haven't been able to stop thinking about it
