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One of Belichick's worst qualities, especially in his later years, was hiring people he had experience with instead of better candidates.

I don't know Bowen, but I don't see how not promoting Kuhr to a role he shined in is a good idea.

A screenshot of a receipt for a donation of $134.55 to LUCE Hotline

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of MA

Because of Robert Kraft's awful politics, I will be donating $10 for every point the Patriots score tonight to lucemass.org. #AGoodGame @joshgondelman.bsky.social

In America we call it a buck pro quo

DVOA Explainer An explanation of DVOA, DYAR, and Aaron Schatz's other advanced stats.

DVOA adjusts for opponent quality: ftnfantasy.com/nfl/dvoa-exp...

Me, week 10, when DVOA says the 8-2 Patriots are a bottom-half team: this is obviously wrong, look at their record

Me, now, when DVOA says the Superbowl-bound Patriots are a top-two team: yes, of course, advanced stats are always better

My college roommate turned it off five minutes in because Also sprach Zarathustra was cliche. This was 25 years ago.

Except zero points from them

Pierce Whoppered

Al Franken

Al has no idea what it’s doing, but it’s threatening us all

I agree with all of those, but do you have any examples of ones that succeeded?

Every time Michael posts about this, I can predict with perfect clarity what the replies will say

Twitter had many problems but anyone who suggests X isn't much much worse in every way is simply mistaken

I am begging for everyone to stop calling it Twitter. Every time you do, you're reminding people of the site it used to be. It is X, it is a hate-filled propaganda dumpster, and that is all anyone should think of when we talk about it.

My favorite part of this photo is that one of them can jump over the other one

Ringle Bock Jell A remix of PinkStainlessTail's classic holiday anthem Jingle Bell Rock. I had such high hopes for this when I started, intending it to be even more annoying than original, but I kind of lost the...

music.metafilter.com/426/Ringle-B...

Spotify Wrapped season really reveals which of your friends give money to a company that has given J*e R*gan a third of a billion dollars and advertised for ICE

* 3 and out
* 3 and out
* Interception (after a fumble recovery and a couple first downs)
* 3 and out (two were fumble recoveries)
* 3 and out
* Fumble on the first play
* Interception
* 3 and out
* 3 and out

More fumbles (4) than first downs (3). More penalty yards (25) than rushing yards (15).

It's a good sign that three of those years ended with Lombardis and the fourth was the Matt Cassel year

I'm saying maybe don't criticize the Patriots for an easy schedule when the Broncos have lost to 2 of the 3 best teams they've faced (Colts, Chargers)

Of those you listed, only the Eagles are in the playoffs. The others are 5-5, 6-5, and 6-5.

Broncos victories are against teams who have averaged .375
Patriots victories are against teams who have averaged .381
Come on

Your Broncos have beaten exactly one team currently in the playoff picture. Let's chill with the "Charmin-soft".

It would help if you would call it X, which is a disinformation platform. By continuing to call it Twitter, lots of people imagine the place it used to be instead of the place it is now.

A bar chart showing my best and average times by day of the week: Bests: Mon 4:20, Tue 5:01, Wed 5:18, Thu 9:57, Fri 10:04, Sat 14:34, Sun 21:29 Averages: Mon 6:08, Tue 8:18, Wed 13:17, Thu 18:40, Fri 26:07, Sat 36:50, Sun 41:38

My stats for the year

Today was my 365th @nytimes.com crossword puzzle in a row. This streak began when last year's tech strike ended.

I will not be doing the crossword tomorrow, and I will allow my subscription to lapse when it expires.

The worst thing about @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social is they have trained me to open alt text expecting an extra bonus joke but almost everyone on this site sensibly uses it for a straightforward description of the image

Sheet music with a + above one staff, alongside the note "indicates a left hand pizz."

5th grade lunch is more prescribed than I remember

5-4'33"

A new low for the Titans

What's that you say? The Patriots? Oh no

That's a really busy bus stop. I hope no one was hurt!