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If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.

Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”

We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger.

-James Baldwin

This answers almost as many questions as it raises.

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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Photo of the cover of Jordan Treske’s book ‘Building the Milwaukee Bucks.’

Got the last copy in stock at Boswell @jordantreske.bsky.social. Time to reload for the holidays.

Hi hello I wrote a whole book about AI and suicide, and my professional opinion is that this is very bad, and the way to fix it is by making quality mental healthcare free and accessible for everyone.

Relationship status: walking around listening to Robyn.

While we’re here — The Jonas Brothers performance with MasterCard mics mid game is another bag of garbage on this dumpster fire of a year. Pinkwashing minus the pink.

Haven’t been this emotionally invested in a World Series since 1989. And it’s not because Dalton Varsho is the first ever Major Leaguer from my alma mater.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Feeling that Maggie-Gyllenhaal’s-character-from-Stranger-Than-Fiction energy.

White men facing consequences for their actions isn't purity testing when everyone else faces consequences for crimes they're not even committing.

The ‘Enrico Palazzo’ chant makes me smile just thinking about it.

Imagine how desolate the universe would be these days without baseball.

Demanding money in exchange for healthcare is extortion.

If I send you this, it means I have no idea what just happened even though I was there the whole time and integral in making it happen

Defense wins championships.

My eyes are welling up for an 8-6-2 double play in game 1 of the NLCS. Such is the state of the world. Such is Mango.

A lot going on. Simply appreciating I have a job where a normal hallway conversation includes the sentences: “Last week was rough. My bearded dragon had to have surgery.”

Rob's knowledge and passion for all things "nerdy" made our humble little website a better place. He had the same effect on countless other communities. A huge loss. I can't believe he's gone.

“… and the mud slowly reverted to mud.” — Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory

All that’s missing is Jay Buhner jumping out of the stands screaming IS THIS YOUR KING and picking up a bat.

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

Let it fly. This is fun.

Three senior citizens in Chad Patrick shirts stand for the national anthem at game 2 of the NLDS between the Cubs and Brewers. On the far right is a tall man in a blue Chad Patrick shirsey. His family around him happily pointed out all night that was Chad Patrick’s grandpa.

We had SRO last night and settled on the railing at the back of section 103 in the right-field bleachers - behind Chad Patrick’s grandpa. The vibes were pristine all night, but after Chad’s inning, everybody showed so much love to the old man.

Sorry, he also cited deregulation being good for large companies as a contributing factor to each of us having nothing to worry about.

Relax, everyone. The rich guy in charge of a company that’s too big to fail says the economy is “still in pretty good shape.” Not a thing to be concerned about. Especially with the AI infrastructure he credits.