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John @johnbull.wtf · 08/10/2026
John Wilson with an entire bar about ai and creativity said on @pablo.show show
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Best QB sneak ever took place on October 1, 1995 @rodger.bsky.social @robertmays.bsky.social @minakimes.bsky.social
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
good band name
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@rodger.bsky.social does @georgiafootball.bsky.social produce more nfl back up qb"s than any other school. They all look like versions of Chad Henning
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Shorsey
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Sorrow found me when I was young. Sorrow waited, sorrow won. The National
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s a party here in Guadalajara
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Viva Mexico
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Q-Tip & The Beastie Boys performing "Get It Together" at the 1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Worked retail one Christmas and the only album we were allowed to play was Boney M. I hate Christmas now.
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@sheaserrano.bsky.social
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/06/2026
Starting Thursday, there is — for the first time — an official YouTube channel dedicated to the work of Fred Rogers, the beloved children’s TV host. Eventually it will be a repository for full episodes, behind-the-scenes footage and compilations.
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Mister Rogers: Now on YouTube
On Thursday, Fred Rogers Productions started a channel dedicated to the beloved children’s host. Eventually it will be a repository for full episodes, behind-the-scenes footage and compilations.
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Some tv shows that I love I wish @sheaserrano.bsky.social loved as well so that in a few years he would write an essay about it. This is the case for the show Shoresy.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Hello! Getting closer to my goal of helping the most vulnerable Angelenos. Please help or RT if you can ❤️ fundraisers.hakuapp.com/molly-knight-1
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Hollywood Food Coalition
Hi friends and family-This is the org. I've been volunteering with for a decade, first as a Friday night dinner lead and now as a board member. We provide 300 hot, nutritious meals a night to our neig...
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Grandmaster Flash explaining the origins of his DJ technique and hip-hop itself.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
If you are over 40 years old and grew up in Canada, you’ll know the theme song better than our national anthem
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How much longer are we gonna allow billionaires to wreck everything good?
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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 02/02/2026
hell yes
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Hey friends- It’s really hard being alive right now for those of us who care about things like humanity, decency, the environment, democracy, etc, If you are here still fighting for what is right I love u. None of this is easy. Please take care of yourselves. Logging off sometimes is A-OK.
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Rudy Giuliani asked to leave Cuomo fundraiser because he keeps looking up “Tilly Norwood nude” on the iPad hooked up to the projector
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Woke is bullshit. It's horseshit. It exists as a false affront to assholes who just want to asshole. It's fascism that is the enemy of free and open speech. Fascism is and always was the great shut-up and shut-it-down censor of debate and discussion. Fuck all these corporate whores.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Wow Army is looking strong in Manhattan tonight. Don’t worry this is a college football post
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Any Packers conversation coming?
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I’m a foreign teacher in Mexico and it’s the same. American football is the only sport they would play besides soccer. Kids all have fav players and teams.
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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I wrote a little bit about Kerrville and Texas, a couple of places that are special to me that I'm still rooting for.
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Texas Deserves Far Better Than This
The recent flooding in and around Kerrville has exposed a number of failings in the state’s disaster preparedness and response. It also kicked off a widespread public blame game. Officials have long b...
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@sheaserrano.bsky.social thoughts on the trailer?
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Those look like the Facebook of sunglasses.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I’m racing home to walk Canelo and change my clothes before heading back to Dodger stadium to report on this all night. It would mean a lot if you would support my work by signing up for my newsletter or via Venmo if you hate newsletters. Thank you!❤️ Venmo: @molly-knight-1 mollyknight.substack.com
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The Long Game | Molly Knight | Substack
Join our community of smart sports fans who also care about things other than sports. Debate is encouraged, trolling is not allowed. Click to read The Long Game, a Substack publication with tens of th...
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I told you we’d be back
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Shorsey...season 4 may be one the best sports tv seasons ever.
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
@sheaserrano.bsky.social thoughts in A Working Man. It’s the best bad movie I’ve seen in years.
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God @skeetofgod.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Norm!
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
By all accounts you are deserving of an extra cookie...but it is an oatmeal raisen so chances are they literally have to give them away.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🚨 The Packers took a first round receiver 🚨 Absolutely love them getting Matthew Golden. Playoff loss showed they needed someone who could take the top of the defense and beat man coverage. Sharp route runner with terrific hands who wins at all three levels. My favorite pick of the draft so far.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 22/04/2025
Columbia University suppressed @karenattiah.bsky.social’s course on Race and the Media. So she’s taking it directly to the public, online. “In a moment of profound crisis, we cannot wait for elite permission or institutional approval to share knowledge and create learning communities.”
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Both Saints and Cardinals looking to trade up
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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
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Shea Serrano @sheaserrano.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
everybody who subscribes to GOOD MOVIE at the Founding Member level receives a movie-themed gift in the mail we start shipping the gifts out on wednesday don’t miss yours goodmovie.substack.com
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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I don't often actively root for podcast subjects but I am for Joon Lee. He got a raw deal at ESPN — specifically, it's dumb business to cut under-30 content people who are talented — and he's trying to create YouTube sports content that is curious and intellectual and fun. Good luck to him.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Sky Ladder, by @CaiGuoQiang, 2015
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Bon Iver @boniverwi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
'fABLE' is here. bon-iver.lnk.to/SABLE-fABLE @jagjaguwar.bsky.social
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Shea have you watched Shorsey? I know it's hockey based but it's got everything a sports show should have.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Alexander Ovechkin earned the goals record. He’s been an undeniable gift to hockey: charismatic, talented, joyful. If only that’s all he was. www.thestar.com/sports/nhl/a...
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Bruce Arthur: Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s unbreakable record, but his greatness is only part of the story
Ovechkin marched to the record as his friend Putin marched on Ukraine. It’s not as uncomplicated as the NHL makes it.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
America is solidly in our, “Scream ourselves to sleep, shit ourselves awake” era.
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
AI is actually short for April 1
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Ben @benhewson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Rog you have been on fire this week! Nailing it everytime
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