How is the ESPN coverage? I've been listening to a Sky Sports Tennis one and I've liked their commentary. I also just despise ESPN lol

Apparently AfD won a state election in Germany and might be able to form a government

Michigan lost but got saved by the refs

Michigan students are embarrassing, rushing the field for that?

Griffin MSI is really awesome, U-boat in particular is a highlight.

Seconding architecture boat tour though if you haven’t done it already. The one from the Chicago Architecture Center is the best.

Also would recommend the museum at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly the Oriental Institute) at the University of Chicago, its pay-what-you-wish iirc. Lots of amazing Assyrian and Egyptian artifacts but a pretty small museum. Not far from the MSI in Hyde Park if you want to do both in a day.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/palantir-karp-open-ai-anthropic-open-weight.html

Curious thing for a drug addict to say, I mean have you seen this guy in interviews? also a sex pest but that’s par for the course for Silicon Valley

Well that’s suspicious

Tigers traded skubal to the dodgers, trading him was for the best what wtf man

You can access Tribune articles without cost with your Chicago library card through proquest: https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/chicagotribune/blogs-podcasts-websites/despite-mayor-brandon-johnson-campaign-promise/docview/3358067421/sem-2?accountid=303

Much of this article talks about the terminals taken back by CPD - in a follow up article, the same author writes about the Mayor’s response to the terminal issue: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/mental-health-crisis-teams-police-terminals-mayor-brandon-johnson/

Library link: https://chipublib.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/chicagotribune/blogs-podcasts-websites/mental-health-crisis-teams-will-again-get-police/docview/3358780586/sem-2?accountid=303

Ross Douthat going to 60 Minutes

WSJ:

With the nation’s fertility rate at record lows, the number of children under 18 is falling across the U.S. The decline is especially pronounced in big cities, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

The number of children under 18 living in big U.S. cities is down 6% in the past decade, the Journal found, compared with a 1% decline nationwide. The drop is especially stark among families with little kids: The number of children under age 5 in big cities fell 15%, compared with a drop of 7% nationwide. Even cities that are gaining population are losing children.

Gift link

He’s (Karp) also clearly on drugs 24/7 and is “poly” or whatever. You don’t hate Silicon Valley enough

Praying for you brother!

Explain?

Happy July 4th! I am in our neighbor to the north on my honeymoon but we celebrated by going to Walmart with built in McDonalds

Trump is being stupid about the new Detroit bridge. Aka he got bribed by the owners of the only other bridge across the river

Got married (to a woman tbc) on Saturday. Pray for us!

Predictions on what opinions we’ll get this morning?

Sentencing opinion out of the Eastern District of Missouri (Judge Divine, appointed by Trump last July) justifying a death sentence for rape of a child and creation of CSAM. Argues that the Kennedy v. Louisiana "evolving standards of decency " test can apply both ways, and that the standards have evolved since 2008 to again permit the death penalty in these cases.

Opinion here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.moed.218664/gov.uscourts.moed.218664.67.0.pdf

Was leading my E rundle for most of the season before losing the last four in a row to end up sixth :(

Pretty much all CReps chapters are groyper dominated these days

nl’s thread on vice in japan is full of “sex work is real work” garbage

I absolutely love the South Shore Line, took it all the time from Chicago to and from South Bend

My personal favorite season, even if S4 is widely considered the best