I will try to teach it but it will be in vain, s’why I’ll end up in a shack praying and being cool and singing by my wood stove making pancakes. - Kerouac
The Messi versus Ronaldo debate ended years ago. The problem is one side cannot accept the verdict.
Ronaldo is one of the greatest athletes ever produced. Disciplined, physical, relentless. A monument to what willpower can build.
But Messi does things that willpower cannot explain. Things that should not be possible at that speed with that many people trying to stop him. Things that make experienced footballers stop and watch with their mouths open.
You do not compare a great man to a genius. They are not the same category.
Ronaldo arrived at greatness. Messi arrived from somewhere else entirely.
Miles ahead is actually underselling it.
Not sure there ever been a man who made playing football look as easy as Maradona. Some of the things he did on a football pitch were utterly remarkable, enjoy 9 minutes of the man doing what he did best
Thirty years after the publication of his nonfiction best seller “Into Thin Air,” Jon Krakauer reflects on how Mount Everest has changed: https://t.co/CWrskeOhTy
Katie Phang and Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky visit a new exhibition space in Tribeca where the Epstein files are bound in 3,237 physical volumes.
“Look at the sheer volume. The fact that people are still saying there is nothing to investigate—it’s just insane. To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”
"Maybe I was confused." 😮💨
Throwback to this Pep Guardiola dressing room speech to the Man City players after a 2-0 loss to Southampton in the Carabao Cup in 2023. They won the treble that season.
Arguably the best coach of all-time for a reason 🐐
So far, this Iran operation is a cascade of worst‑case outcomes.
• Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, collapsing tanker traffic by 80–90% and sending oil prices from about $65 to over $110 in just over a week.
• U.S. operational costs: ~$1B per day.
• Iranian drone and missile attacks have killed 7 Americans and wounded 18.
• A likely U.S. strike on Feb 28 hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, killing ~165–175 civilians—mostly schoolgirls aged 7–12z
• Kuwait was expected to have ~18 days of storage before cuts, but began reducing oil output within 2–3 days of the blockade.
• Iraqi oil production from its main southern fields has collapsed by 70%.
• Qatar's Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi warned Gulf exporters may halt production within days, potentially spiking oil to $150 per barrel within 2-3 weeks.
• U.S. embassy evacuations collapsed into disaster: State Dept delayed approvals 1–4 days, facilities struck, thousands stranded amid closed airspace/airports, slow military/charter rollout.
• Treasury issued a 30‑day OFAC waiver allowing India to continue purchasing Russian oil, reversing years of U.S. pressure discouraging those imports.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader has been replaced by his more hardline son, Mojtaba Khamenei — and with Iran likely heavily protecting him, Trump’s likely push to remove him could take time, prolonging the crisis and its costs.
• The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow estimate for Q1 2026 growth plunged from 3.0% (Mar 2) to 2.1% (Mar 6) — a 0.9 pp drop in just four days.
• U.S. gas prices jumped from about $2.95 to ~$3.40/gal in a week (≈40–60¢, one of the fastest increases ever), while diesel surged ~50–75¢ to ~$4.30–$4.50.
• U.S. stocks have fallen since Feb 28: S&P 500 −2.0%, Dow −3.0%, Nasdaq −1–2%.
• Despite hopes the strikes might trigger regime collapse, protests so far are nowhere near the scale of the January 2026 nationwide uprising.
• The Fed’s ability to cut rates is constrained even with weak jobs data, as surging oil has pushed up inflation expectations.
One of the single most powerful scenes I’ve ever seen in a show or movie. For all the quick-witted, millisecond comebacks Omar had up his sleeve throughout The Wire, it’s in this moment where Bunk leaves him speechless. You can’t get sarcastic with the truth. What a show, man.
This pit bull impregnated the neighbor's dog.
When she gave birth, her owners brought the puppies to show them to him, and he denied being the father. 😂