Zach Hoppes

[Hector Resendez - Trade School Secrets @TS_Secrets]

I'm sorry that this will piss off half the parents reading this:

Your 11 year old probably doesn’t need a $8,000-a-year travel team.

Meanwhile, mom and dad haven’t had a weekend alone in 8 months because every Friday afternoon the SUV is packed for another tournament 4 hours away.

They need to just play sports (if they want).

There’s a difference.

$3,000 team fee.
$2,500 hotels.
$1,500 eating out.
$500 uniforms.
$500 entrance fees

Every weekend gone, and somehow we convince ourselves this makes us better parents.

Then we wonder why marriages struggle. Put the kid in rec ball and let them play with their buddies.

Take your wife to dinner. Take a family vacation that doesn’t involve a Marriott next to a sports complex.

If your kid is truly THAT good, you’ll eventually know.

But I think a lot of parents are sacrificing their marriage, money and entire family calendar chasing a scholarship that probably isn’t coming.

I agree that most kids need sports.

I’m just not convinced they need travel sports.

That's me - the one who forgot their $5 hat for picture day on a team that cost $20 for the season.

[Brent Terhune @BrentTerhune]

Lake of America 🇺🇸

[revolvermag @Revolvermag]

30 years ago today: SOUNDGARDEN released the single "Pretty Noose."

[Alice in Chains @AiCLayneStaley]

“Man in the Box”

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Imagine hearing this in 1970 after a decade of The Beatles and the Stones

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Rick Astley & the Foo Fighters perform "Never Gonna Give You Up" in the style of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", after Dave Grohl spotted Rick on the side of the stage and just pulled him up to do the song

[🎼🌺Music Love♥️ @ThoNg676733]

This song is a perfect example of 'less is more'. Slow rhythm, calm voice, beautiful melody. Just magic.

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

Prince with literally the greatest 'hold my beer' moment of all time.

I'm out of words.

[INEVITABLE/DBLOCK🎙️🥊 @AdrianReyn79551]

🚨 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 Sugar Ray Leonard ended Marvin Haglers 11 -year undefeated streak‼️👀

[Pop Music ⭐️💎 @DITR_Pop]

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Tears for Fears (1985)

https://t.co/Ky03OZ2YnQ

[U.S. Department of the Interior @Interior]

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” — Ansel Adams. 📷

Born on this day in 1902, pioneering photographer Ansel Adams’ work continues to serve as tremendous inspiration.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite photographed together in 1903..

In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt spent three days camping in Yosemite National Park alongside naturalist John Muir, sleeping outdoors without tents or formal security. Muir intentionally led Roosevelt through Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point, and the Mariposa Grove to illustrate the impacts of logging, grazing, and private exploitation on America’s wildlands. The journey was meant to persuade, not merely symbolize, and Muir used it to argue for permanent federal protection of these landscapes.

Roosevelt emerged from Yosemite profoundly influenced. As president, he became the most proactive conservationist in U.S. history, safeguarding around 230 million acres of public land. He created five national parks, 18 national monuments, 150 national forests, and strengthened federal authority to preserve natural areas for public enjoyment. This encounter is widely regarded as a turning point in American conservation, helping establish the national park system as a lasting cornerstone of U.S. policy rather than a temporary initiative.

[Shubhvani @shubhvanii]

A unmarried man can live his whole life like this.

[All Rock Music @allrockmusic]

Chris Cornell covering “Nothing Compares 2 U” is one of those performances that just stops you cold. Raw, fragile, and absolutely timeless.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

What a glorious Wolf howling.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

A primary theme of right-wing politics throughout the 1990s and into 2000s (not GOP politics, but right-wing politics) was vehement opposition to armed federal agents on US soil acting against US citizens (things like WACO and the Randy Weaver shootings illustrated that).

Then a GOP administration exploited 9/11 to create DHS, and now armed federal agents under DC's control on US streets, operating against Americans, is a staple of right-wing politics.

[Zach Hoppes @Zach4523]

@bennyjohnson @grok Where is this?

[Zach Hoppes @Zach4523]

@DanCrenshawTX Who the fuck is Qaddafi?

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Ranking the Top 50 Boxers of All Time 🥊

50: Canelo 😮
18: Manny Pacquiao 😤
11. Roy Jones Jr. 💪
8. Floyd Mayweather Jr. 😳
3: Muhammad Ali 🐝

FULL B/R RANKINGS HERE: https://t.co/zYPfy4ZgA1

[Zach Hoppes @Zach4523]

@czabe Yeah, man. I watched the game and didn’t even see a missed FG in OT! Whoa!! What a conspiracy!!!