THREAD: Across the city’s downtown district, Black-owned businesses are at the forefront of the neighborhood’s revitalization. In interviews, they said their hope is simple: seeing a bustling downtown again. baltimorebeat.com/black-owned-bu…

Weirdo Christian Twitter is not a good lens onto how most Christians do things but it is funny how many men on here are told by God that they should have a hot wife who doesn’t work but also never asks for anything and is always sexually available, what a weirdly specific thing

There’s legitimately good gas station food, especially in the south. Could prob do a TV show around them all. but you really have to be piped in and know where to go. because none of these spot advertise and none of their social media has been updated since that one time Dale

Right after the broadcast put the perfect game in a chyron, I knew it was over. Same at-bat, Happ doubles

Crockett: When it comes to SNAP benefits, rural America uses more SNAP benefits than urban America. The majority of my Republican colleagues serve rural districts. When I say I’m fighting for a bill that includes making sure that people in this country don’t go hungry.. I’m not

You can do this, media. Full piece: youtu.be/qmxzQJt80XI

NYT buried this all the way at the end of their article.

For those of y'all who don't have a dad around anymore, or never did, I love you and I'm proud of you. You are special as hell.

My friend H R Venkatesh is a helluva writer with some lovely thoughts about fatherhood and redefining masculinity. mediabuddhi.substack.com/p/fathers-mant…

Good evening.

We're almost there, folks.

If Dems think their Black support is dwindling now, if they pass over VP Harris, that shit is gonna fall off a cliff. Black women are the backbone of the party. Listening to rich, out-of-touch donors is self-sabotage. Once again: A Democratic presidential nominee hasn’t received

To be clear, if you're saying "We can't run Kamala bc other people (not me) are racist and sexist [and we have to go along with what racists and sexists think]," that is itself racist and sexist. Urging us to abide by what racists and sexists want is racist and sexist.

Toughness alert: Baltimore Orioles catcher James McCann, who got hit in the face by a 95-mph fastball in the first inning, with trainers trying to stop the blood from pouring out of his nose, winds up playing all nine innings with gauze in his two nostrils and a swollen right

If anyone wants to maybe give their NABJ dues to some outlets run or founded by Black Women, I have a starter list. mississippifreepress.org and baltimorebeat.com and mlk50.com and outliermedia.org

Shazam but for the name of the person who literally just introduced themself to me

I like to watch the Olympics and guess how far into each event I would die.

I am a single issue voter, and I vote against these people with their genocidal policies directed at transgender people.

Yes we had the governor of Maryland Wes Moore on the show, and yes we are now the official fantasy football show of Maryland. He fit right in after destroying Heifetz for living in D.C.