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[Jamison Hensley @jamisonhensley]

The Ravens have five players not practicing Thursday:

WR Zay Flowers (hamstring)
OLB Trey Hendrickson (finger)
LT Ronnie Stanley (toe)
G John Simpson (groin)
CB T.J. Tampa (knee)

Like Wednesday, Simpson is watching off to the side.

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@InternetH0F 17

[✨BIG SUNNY 👩🏾‍🍳 @sunnythacreator]

I'm never deleting this app!!!

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@BmoreCityDOT Where are the guys with the sandbags on Broadway and Thames

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@StacyLattisaw Happy Anniversary

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Me waiting on Deion’s postgame press conference.

[Alex Caruso @AlexCaruso]

Every household in America next Sunday

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

Mrs. 731 Festool Track Saw Giveaway https://t.co/LwhC8IdAPq

[Joe Gibbs Racing @JoeGibbsRacing]

It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms that Coy Gibbs (co-owner) went to be with the Lord in his sleep last night. The family appreciates all the thoughts and prayers and asks for privacy at this time.

[T A R I Q @localmenaceeeX2]

No way…….LMAOOOOOOOOOO

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

Is he really back

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Brady is back….

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Brady is back….

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@RickeySmiley you see the sister Erin Jackson win the Gold in speed skating
#ErinJackson #thickerthanasnicker

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Ravens fired DC Wink Martindale with one year left on his contract; he now is expected to be one of the hottest assistant hires out there.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Peyton walked into the back area of that Casino like Stone Cold Steve Austin with the glass break.. he looks at me & goes how about that red 18

18 hits & the whole place goes BANANAS

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@Ravens @budlight #TakeSummerByTheCoolers #Sweepstakes I really want this cooler.

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

@JoyTaylorTalks New England

[tim armstrong @beonca112]

I just don't understand.