This letter written by Max Scherzer’s daughter, Brooke, to the Blue Jays, hoping they would re-sign her dad 😭😭😭😭😭
Amazing! Baseball is the best 🥺
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In 2026, I am committed to shining a light on some of the more despicable things social media companies allow, such as paying people overseas to make up quotes attached to celebrities that rile up and divide people.
If you could, please give a read, and if inclined repost
Unreal stick save by Hellebuyck on Toews
forget USD I’m only paying for shit with Hellebuycks today
Hello, mother dear.
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Atta boy Luis
'God does not need papers': Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families www.ncronline.org/news/god-doe...
There's a newly issued AI policy for the Chicago Public Media Newsroom (@wbez.org and @chicago.suntimes.com) that you can read here www.wbez.org/ai-policy
My pleasure, Jay. I find your online contributions to be earnest, principled, and grounded. Thanks for sharing so consistently.
Rings resonant and true with, me, a moderate with various liberal and conservative tints, too. Good contemplation here.
Decent take
Isn’t it likely the deferred amounts will lower the CBT-relevant AAV under $35m?
in baseball, we call this a wheeeeeeeee!
Are you pro or con color rush all navy tonight? Feels edgy with the “no alternates as a tribute to Virginia” season…
Thanks for reporting on this sort of things, as always, Jack. Stay safe.
On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.
Thanks for your great work, Nathaniel. You do a great public service.
An unusually personal article from me today, on my origin story as an elections nerd and journalist. www.votebeat.org/2026/01/02/h...
Thanks for tracking these all year. Great stat.
As a big Kmet fan who hoped he’d remain impactful with Ben’s offense, your counts always reinforced how Cole had a sizable role and how much Johnson loved using all 3 or a mix of them.
New Year’s is a time when many get introspective and make resolutions. Don’t overlook intentional inaction, giving space or time to someone or something, as another way: substack.com/@thisladdan/...
Leave people their guilty pleasures — keep with your perfectly cromulent watches
Our Viatorian Voices podcast is your neat and tidy way to be formed and informed, bringing reflection and faith formation on your way. After 5 years and 121 episodes, where could you begin? How about these most listened-to episodes of 2025: #AdoredAndLovedBeJesus www.viatorians.com/2025-recap-m...
Pope Leo said he’s “very disappointed" by the approval of the assisted suicide law in Illinois. He has therefore invited “everyone this Christmas to reflect on the value of human life. God became man like us to show what it truly means to love human life.”
You’re really gonna like him, Fr. Jim. We’ll miss him here in our diocese.
He's from the Chicago area, speaks fluent Spanish, spent significant time in Latin America and is known as a nice guy with moderate views. Sounds familiar
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A Thanksgiving tie?
Playing on Substack with an idea that lives richly in my brain but would never be actualized by me, a beer-loving, theology-consuming, non-entrepreneurial/risk-averse fellow. danmasterton.substack.com/p/a-differen...
“People are still worried things are going to get worse before they get better.”
In a year of high prices, economic uncertainty and other jitters, Americans are united in uncertainty — and poultry — this Thanksgiving.
Moleman football in the groin
Watching the Bears try to protect a double digit 4th quarter lead:
