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Grim but fair. Baseball for the USA Today.

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Iconic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot at Dallas police headquarters.

Iconic photo of Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot at Dallas police headquarters.

A Cowboys trainer tends to an injured player on the sidelines.

A Cowboys trainer tends to an injured player on the sidelines.

From escorting Lee Harvey Oswald to police headquarters just as Oswald was shot to serving as a member of the Cowboys training staff, James R. Leavelle is truly a witness to history in Dallas.

05.12.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can almost hear the consultants: "Dammit, people are coming to the games again.....guess we'll do Fanfest. Sighhhh..."

04.12.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

man, there are Twins fans on here who said the exact same thing. Price doubled, but "all you can eat ballpark food."

04.12.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
NWSL commissioner setting league back by rejecting Trinity Rodman deal NWSL commissioner reportedly rejected Washington Spirit's landmark contract offer for Trinity Rodman. The move is shortsighted.

tell 'em, Nancy
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

04.12.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House renames building the β€˜Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’ The change comes as Trump officials tout his peace deals and prepare to host leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign an accord.

ctrl-f: venezuela (0/0)
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

04.12.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm perfectly fine with multiple years passing sans inductees. Pass the hat for Cooperstown's chamber of commerce if we must.

04.12.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

would be so easy to finish off the headline with "...after months of targeting highly-ranked Black officers' or whatnot

04.12.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Rod Serling

Rod Serling

There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys

02.12.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3820    πŸ” 777    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 22

If time travel existed, we could go back to 2012 and pass the hat and buy Instagram before Facebook got its mitts on it. Because sans IG, Zuck would be significantly more irrelevant right now.

04.12.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"We'll have to tack another $500 million onto your stadium costs to unsubscribe you.."

04.12.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that revenue sharing % is insane and the other major sports unions should be pointing this out in solidarity.

04.12.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmmmm. I’d say that’s ok so long as it’s on a slightly higher level than hot dogs and nachos!

03.12.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from linked article: 

In fact, the military sector is the second-largest industry in Albemarle County. In 2023, the county spent $58 million to purchase 462 acres of land adjacent to the existing Rivanna Station, a military campus outside of Charlottesville that is home to the National Ground Intelligence Center. The expanded site, known as Rivanna Futures, is being marketed as a way to attract high-wage employees and jobs while allowing Albemarle to become a β€œhub for intelligence and national security innovation and economic growth.” The land will become part of Virginia’s developing Defense and Intelligence Industry Corridor, which will run the 60 miles from Fauquier County in Northern Virginia to Charlottesville in central Virginia. This statewide economic project includes a defense production zoning overlay district in Greene County, where incentives seek to lure defense contractors, and campuses for Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.

Screenshot from linked article: In fact, the military sector is the second-largest industry in Albemarle County. In 2023, the county spent $58 million to purchase 462 acres of land adjacent to the existing Rivanna Station, a military campus outside of Charlottesville that is home to the National Ground Intelligence Center. The expanded site, known as Rivanna Futures, is being marketed as a way to attract high-wage employees and jobs while allowing Albemarle to become a β€œhub for intelligence and national security innovation and economic growth.” The land will become part of Virginia’s developing Defense and Intelligence Industry Corridor, which will run the 60 miles from Fauquier County in Northern Virginia to Charlottesville in central Virginia. This statewide economic project includes a defense production zoning overlay district in Greene County, where incentives seek to lure defense contractors, and campuses for Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.

Just an utterly bleak but well-done piece that illustrates how data centers will further feed the war machine.

And on the books: Linking Charlottesville-to-NoVa in an endless β€œnatsec” and data center corridor.
datasociety.net/points/situa...

03.12.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also describes the quandary Orlando faced in 1992: "Do we draft Shaq _____?"

03.12.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is nuts. Do they feed you and give you gear for that price?

03.12.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is the way.

03.12.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.

got me through five seasons of The Sopranos in the year 2023.
www.404media.co/the-last-vid...

03.12.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

imagining a realigned world where he ends up with the most unpalatable division (Colorado, Salt Lake, the Rangers, maybe).

03.12.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fisher keeps talking about all the great opponents. I am guessing he will request to MLB that their home opener is against the Yankees.

03.12.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations β€œThe truly progressive position on immigration” is β€œextreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company’s chief executive.

palantir says the 'truly progressive' position on immigration is to choke it off. this story is nuts and perhaps best illustrates the grim intersection of tech brain and burgeoning fascism. (gift)
wapo.st/43ZPRuc

03.12.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘πŸ» πŸ‘πŸ»

03.12.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Font size on plants gotta pop a little more

03.12.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mouse! Elly!

03.12.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I Think Her Party Should Be Making Statements In Her Defense And The Greater Somali Community

03.12.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3371    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 7

Anyone casually weighing in on this race needs to understand this.

03.12.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 982    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

Man, when spring lineups were legit! Gunning for that Grapefruit title.

03.12.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thought bader would be a little bigger tbh!

03.12.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senator Mark Warner tries his hand at vertical video, saying: "β€ŠJFK wrote an impressive book called Profiles in Courage ... You know, the Trump administration could write their own book: Profiles in Lack of Courage."

02.12.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 9

make it seven; what a deal!

02.12.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what if "Ollie" was short for "Oligarch" all this time?

02.12.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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