Cup of coffee: July 12, 2022

All-Star uniform hate, some dumb, unvaccinated Phillies, a threat of All-Star Game labor unrest, Dane Dunning to the IL, my radicalized mother, and how dehumanization leads to violence

Good morning!

As a programming note, I am getting in my car this morning to drive to visit some old high school friends in the-middle-of-nowhere Virginia for a couple of days. My plan is to still publish as usual — we’ll mostly be sitting around a pool, drinking wine, and talking about the ancient times (roughly 1988-91) — and that is not inconsistent w…