Night Sand

I wish I had something to write here.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

His ex-wife committed suicide after she found his diary where he wrote in very graphic detail about 37 different affairs. He also rated his sexual encounters with a numerical scale in the journal. He’s not a doctor or scientist. Sure, he should be in charge of women’s health.

[Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman]

Nothing more humbling than choosing a Halloween costume based on what guys I already kind of look like.

[Rick Steves @RickSteves]

As a historian, I learn from history. As a traveler, I learn about my home by leaving it and viewing it from afar. And as a citizen of the United States of America, I vote with those lessons in mind.

When we travel thoughtfully, we gain a clearer perspective on our own nation’s challenges because we see how other nations have dealt with the same issues. We see the consequences of ignoring a budding problem before it balloons into a big one. And we see the beauty that results when a challenge is dealt with thoughtfully and successfully.

As a traveler, what’s been on your mind in these final days before our election? As for me, I’ve been thinking about Germany, where I learned how a generation can be led astray by a charismatic leader and how the German people paid a huge price for their ignorance.

Ninety years ago, Germany had a bombastic autocrat who, by mobilizing an angry base, derailed their democracy. And when he came to power, opportunists clamored for his favor. He gave a lot of medals to those loyal to him. The country was swimming in medals…heroes everywhere. Then, when it all fell apart, he retreated to his bunker, where he continued to egg on his base until, as the world closed in on him, he committed suicide.

With the leader gone, medals splashed like raindrops into lakes across the land. Suddenly, all those loyalists and heroes were nowhere to be seen — and medals proclaiming party loyalty were ditched and forgotten…as if they never existed. The adulation just vanished. And people no longer named their sons Adolf.

After years of lies, fear-mongering, and empty promises, Hitler had re-wired the brains of his base — the angry ones who followed him without question. Even when it became clear he was leading his nation into a devastating mistake, Germany had no escape.

In the end, Germany was destroyed, and the Russians raised their flag over the Reichstag.

The lesson for America? Today, Germans invest in educating their electorate...because they’ve learned from their dark history, and they see education not as a perk for society’s privileged but as a national security issue. (In America, some complain about “educated elites.” That’s a problem we can solve — not by dumbing down our society, but by providing a better education for all our citizens...before they become thugs ransacking our capital. Imagine a society where there’s nothing “elite” about a quality education because it’s accessible to all.)

I’d love to read your thoughts on how lessons from your own travels have influenced how you think about the challenges we face at home today.

[Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05]

Jokes aside… Colin Kaepernick sat/knelt in protest, was asked about it, and clearly articulated his position. Over & over again.

Bosa photobombed a postgame interview with a MAGA hat, was asked about it, and tucked his tail.

I don’t ever wanna hear bout no “snowflakes” again.

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

Billionaires know that Trump will exact revenge if they endorse Harris and he wins but that Harris will not exact revenge if she wins and they didn't endorse anyone. That's what these non-endorsements are about.

[metsfan04 @metsfan0431]

@athletelogos The Pete Alonso playoff pumpkin!!

[Casual Diehard @casual_diehard]

SCARLETT: I don't have a Mets hat
JOST: Just wear any hat
SCARLETT: Wait I got it

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“So which one of the players is your dad, kid?”

“I’m the best player in the NHL, Mr. Reynolds.”

“You’re a funny kid, good luck with puberty.”

[Ben Deutsch @BenLikesMovies]

Manhattan by Grimace light. LFGM. 💜🍸🍒

[Athlete Logos Apparel @athletelogos]

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[Mike Finger @mikefinger]

I wonder if Mike McCarthy ever thinks about how much happier he'll be the minute he's told he doesn't have to do this anymore.

[Symone D. Sanders Townsend @SymoneDSanders]

This is four minutes of Barack Obama being both completely fed up with the shenanigans and very effective.

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

The more I talk about the election the more shocked I am by how many people memory holed 2016-2020. Every day was a new horror. New emergencies popped up constantly. I fundamentally don’t understand how people seemingly forgot about all of it.

[I Smoked Lindsey Graham @BlackKnight10k]

Using the White House to kill an investigation into a Supreme Court justice that you appointed who goes on to bail you out of a criminal trial that could get you 20 years in prison seems like a scandal that should end your political career. We're in the dumbest possible timeline

[Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws]

There are so many outrageous angles to Trump providing COVID tests to Putin, but I'm most focused on the fact that Americans Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed were rotting in Russian prisons at the time, and Trump didn't even get them out in exchange for it.

What a despicable human.

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

There are 70% fewer women in CA prison now than there were in 2010

https://t.co/svBgbBbXsf

[Night Sand @NightSand]

@emmabaccellieri @jessica_smetana

[Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri]

The Mets have forced me to reconsider my stance that a team should only have one gimmick at a time. Coming around to the idea that actually the perfect baseball team is a tangle of fast-food mascots, roadside pumpkins, and journeyman infielders working on their music careers