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Sorry, kids, it was all my fault. A reader was a little unhappy with something I wrote that clearly destroyed the entire media landscape when … this … was my job … And I also wrote a lot about cheese. Contemptuously, I suppose.

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Erik Halvorsen @erikhalvorsen.bsky.social · 17h

Tell yourself he is not a foreign asset

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 20h

Ow ow ow. All that brightness. It’s frying my eyeballs. (We just had the wettest September in like 120 years)

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 23h

The shoes launched today and got gobbled up. But there are launch events in Iowa City that involve the Iowa women's basketball team - the Hawkeyes, not the NBA Hawks. (From a social media account) (For alt text, scroll down)

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 01/10/2026

This *INCLUDES* tourism from the world's largest sporting event, and it was FIFA's biggest-ever World Cup.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just watched the latest Ted Lasso episode. Ouch. I did not see that coming

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m at a cafe for lunch and next to me is a table of dudes who work together (matching shirts) and they are all on their phones and not talking to each other. I’m not judging but I am sad.

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

it truly is just perfect that a republican — you know, the party that so badly wants to protect women athletes — used a senate hearing to confidently, and falsely, accuse a lawyer of perjury because he and his entire staff forgot that women’s sports exists

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He had all afternoon and this is the best he could come up with. Great ratio!

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is how you write a headline about the Eric Schmitt hearing debacle. @rollingstone.com

MAGA Senator Humiliated After Attempt to Corner Jack Smith Backfires Comically
Sen. Eric Schmitt thought he was nailing the special counsel on a conspiracy theory — but he mixed up his basketball teams

By Jack Crosbie

September 29, 2026

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That would be the same Caitlin Clark who while playing for a team called the Hawkeyes scored 38 points, including 7 3-pointers, and had 12 assists on Feb. 3, 2024, against Maryland in College Park, Maryland, which is near Washington, DC.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Taking america.gov for a test ride...

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Judd Nelson character works in the current administration. Emilio Estevez has a swanky restaurant where politicians hang out. Rob Lowe is a tech bro who can finally afford a case for his saxophone, which he never plays. Andrew McCarthy is still trying to write the Great American Novel and …

An image of the dudes in St Elmo’s Fire and a comment from Rob Lowe saying a sequel is in the works.

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Haydon @haydonmp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I did not expect the landing page to be a picture of a child face down (unsure if alive) on a frozen lake and a suggested prompt of “how can I invest in my child’s future”. This is higher level comedy than I am capable of on my own. This is incredible.

America.gov landing page showing a dead child and a chatbot prompt to figure out how to help them

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Banners in downtown Des Moines are just part of an entertaining and cheeky Nike campaign for the debut this week of the Caitlin 1 sneaker. janeburns.substack.com/p/just-a-nor...

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Just a normal giant image of a normal Iowa girl

Ad campaign for Caitlin Clark’s new signature shoe pokes fun at her accomplishments and all that attention

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Because reporters need all sorts of random information

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m glad that so many people are talking about the Cornell 7. If you’re wondering how we got to this point, don’t disregard the impact pro sports have had on telling young men that SA isn’t that big of a deal.

damemagazine.com

Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault - Dame Magazine

Within days of his election on November 5, Donald Trump, a man adjudicated liable for sexual abuse by a jury of his peers, nominated four men credibly accused of sexual misconduct for high-level cabin...

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think the biggest contribution I’ve made at the condo where I live is to suggest a recycling bin by the mailboxes.

A recycling bin full of political flyers

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely no reason to post this except it’s cool: The inside cover of the 1957 Mt Horeb (Wis) HS yearbook. Stumbled on it while doing some research. A new high school opened a few years later but that building, much updated and restored, is a grade school now

A blue-tinted image of high school kids on the lawn of a brick school building

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Molly belongs in the Hall of Fame. She’s been a finalist for Naismith twice. The fact she hasn’t even been a part of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (except with the entire WBL) is, quite frankly, embarrassing for a sport that should be better at acknowledging its history

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Julia Tagliere @juliatagliere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Four Porta Potties of the Apocalypse sounds about right for our end times these days

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s the playoffs for crying out loud. Leave the players alone. God I hate in-game interviews

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Cassidy Hettesheimer @cassidyhett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New ad across the street from Target Center this morning 🥽

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Imagine saying, “Wait, this person has been carrying auto insurance all year but hasn’t filed claims? Obvious fraud!”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...

youtube.com

Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I didn’t think my jaw could drop that far. Wow, Hawkeyes.

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ooooh I think I'm going to watch ESPN+ all day (or have it on in the background as I clean) because there are no commercials, just that whooshing sound, so I hear no political ads.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When are people in the sports world going to stand up and say “we would prefer the openly evil 28% approval rating president not attend our game in-person because it is a massive inconvenience for our in-person fans, a strain on local law enforcement, and harms the television product”

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

cuth pube

A sign that attempts to spell out "the Cube pub" by shifting the B in Cube down with the PU right before it and TH before the E.

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in Everyone Needs an Editor: Could you send some 11-point Calibri to room 717, please and thanks

A hotel lobby sign that says Font Desk instead of Front Desk

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this, the 737th rainy day in a row, the first song I hear is “Good Day Sunshine.” I’m being trolled by the Beatles

static.klipy.com

Imperador Paulo na Neblina

ALT: Imperador Paulo na Neblina

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Might as well put it on clearance. Nobody’s buying.

A photo of a display of sunscreen on sale at the grocery store

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Richard Deitsch @richarddeitsch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Best coach in the history of the WNBA. Worth reading if you are into the league.

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One thing I appreciate as the years go by is the continued capacity to make new friends. Lisa Bluder has a cool new recent friend who came through for her last weekend when it was time to get a pretty cool award. It was fun to talk to her about that. janeburns.substack.com/p/a-favor-fr...

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A favor from an idol, mentor and friend

Remarks from Billie Jean King made Lisa Bluder’s recent award all the more memorable

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Jane Burns @janeburns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh it’s a campus building. I thought something dreadful had happened to the queen

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Xi is like, "Who the fuck are these weirdos?"

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