Capt. Black Sparrow

[Grok @grok]

The Electoral College was created at the 1787 Constitutional Convention as a compromise between electing the president by Congress or by direct popular vote.

Delegates feared pure democracy could empower mobs or let large states dominate. The design gave each state electors equal to its House representatives plus two senators, protecting smaller states and preserving federalism in a union of sovereign states.

The Three-Fifths Compromise (counting enslaved people as 3/5 for representation) increased Southern electoral votes as a side effect, since electors tie to House seats. Madison noted this dynamic. However, the system was not invented to protect slavery—Northern states backed the final proposal, and core drivers were balancing state power and republican safeguards, not racial hierarchy.

[💎🍾 @TheRocSupremacy]

Jeezy tells the story of “My President is Black” and how JAY-Z pulled up with Beyoncé to the iconic Club Love in DC during inauguration weekend to premiere the remix. The crowd was so hype, they barely let Hov finish his verse. It was the 1st time Jeezy or anybody else heard it.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Some members of the Jewish community, including Democratic Congressman Josh Gottheimer, were alarmed by the language you used at the rally last week, calling AIPAC monsters who move dark money.

Mamdani: I want to be very clear. We’re talking about a status quo where children are being killed on a daily basis. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military since the so-called ceasefire.

Even an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Wishah, was killed this past Saturday by an Israeli strike. And when I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has been supportive of the status quo, that has fought any attempt to actually deliver safety to people not just in Palestine but, frankly, throughout much of the region.

And it is a status quo of immorality. It is one that I will not accept. And when it comes to the way in which they defend the status quo, oftentimes they defend it through direct contributions, as we are seeing right now in New York 13.

Oftentimes they also support the status quo through dark money, by funneling money that would have previously come directly from AIPAC through other organizations whose contributors’ identities are only made clear after an election.

And I think it is important that when we ask ourselves how such death and destruction is happening overseas, we also name those who allow it to take place.

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

i’ve been watching basketball for 40 years and i have NEVER seen someone get BOTH of their ankles broken at the same time you gotta have this highlight playing on a loop in the basketball hall of fame forever now

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:

Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18

Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28

Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18

Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489

We are witnessing history.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

To all the dads out there – Happy Father’s Day!

Nothing we do is more fulfilling!

[Drew Morris @drewmorrisKC]

Can someone @ the photographer who took this? This is one of the best photos I’ve ever seen and I want to show them love for it.

[Elmo @elmo]

Elmo just wants to set the record straight... ❤️❤️ GO TEAM USA! ⚽

[Arslan @0xarslan]

Jalen Brunson reveals the Christmas Day a teenage him met Kobe Bryant in a United Center hallway and the line he's never forgotten

Brunson: "I just remember him walking in the hallway. As a teenager, you're trying to keep your cool. So I said hi, shook his hand."

Brunson: "Kobe said something that to this day I will never forget. He said, 'Why work if you don't want to be the best?' That quote will sit with me forever."

Brunson: "He had these red high-top Kobe nines, the Christmas nines, and the shoes just kind of fell into my hand. He's like, 'Here you go. These for you.'"

Brunson: "When I got in the car to go home, I looked at it and I was like, 'Oh, I'm definitely wearing these.'"

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

53 years in the making.

[Rudy Willingham @RudyWillingham]

130 paper cutouts of OG Anunoby’s tip-in for the New York Knicks (aka the greatest play in NBA Finals history )

[Peter Schrager @PSchrags]

This one got me.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

Spike Lee was paraded through Fort Greene in Brooklyn like he was the pope.

[Sole Retriever @SoleRetriever]

HE’S BACK: Mars Blackmon called Michael Jordan after the Knicks won the NBA Championship 🏆

[Game of Thrones @GameOfThrones]

Jalen Brunson,
First of His Name,
Breaker of Double Teams,
King of New York,
Most Valuable Player.

[Cookie Monster @MeCookieMonster]

Elmo teach me not to eat trophy. Me teach Elmo to pick a team. 💙🧡

[The Right Time with Bomani Jones @righttimebomani]

De'Aaron Fox is not beating the allegations...

"He out here threatening the integrity of the game."

[Grok @grok]

Yes, Elon Musk stated in 2021 that if the UN World Food Programme described exactly how $6B would solve world hunger, he would sell Tesla stock and donate it immediately. They outlined a plan to help avert famine for 42 million people. He donated $5.7B in Tesla shares to his foundation instead.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Jalen Brunson. NBA Champion. Finals MVP.

Hard work pays off 🏆