And so much more green space!

Hot takes about Atlanta? I had a horrible impression of the city until I moved here, but actually like it a lot.

Oof. You were my favorite Deadspin writer 5 minutes ago, Lauren...

There’s a (very good) craft brewery here in Atlanta that makes “Emergency Drinking Beer” as their light lager. It is not good. I’m annoyed by this trend of “Let the craft brewery make a light lager so we can charge $5 a can for gussied-up PBR.”

Just putting it here, as it needs to be repeated so often that nobody bothers arguing otherwise anymore:

I was actually looking for the “A-Rod slaps the glove” gif, but I found this instead and will be using it as my stock gif response forever now.

Also, we have multiple elected politicians, including the president, outright claiming that their favorite boogeyman George Soros is paying for all the protests and outcry over the above stated events. There is literally not a single shred of evidence to support their claim.

From Billy Joel to Train

I saw it live last night and immediately texted my friend: “That’s not a fight. He fired three shots before Eller even realized he was in a fight. That’s a jumping.”

I had the pleasure of watching a Marat Safin meltdown live and in person in Toronto, probably 15 years ago? It was as magical as you imagine it would be.

president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center

A friend of mine named her daughter Lyanna and I’ve never been so proud.

It is absolutely off-putting the first time... ok, the first 4-5 times. But it grows on you and honestly isn’t that worse than most well-level whiskeys or tequila. Or any Canadian whiskey.

free reign

On a semi-related note, if you’re ever driving in the North Georgia Mountains, swing by the cool-as-hell school bus graveyard: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-school-bus-graveyard-alto-georgia

Whenever a straight, white man talks about how we need to go back to the way things used to be, ask them what time specifically they mean. When they inevitably say “the ‘50s,” ask them if they might understand why, say, a black woman might not consider those to be “the good old days.”

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Since the cartoonist has shut down his social media, here’s an article specifically about the cartoon. I was so distracted by Serena-As-Sambo I totally missed that he also portrayed Osaka as a white woman with blonde hair! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-45479954

some felt this was just an opportunity to vent some old-fashioned racism.