Lord Guardian of Gastown

Anyhow, thanks for bearing with me worrying and dismay

Taking the opportunity to TY for the great reporting. Looking forward to the stretch run

For sure, definitely needed to bolster

But we needed to improve about 11-15 minutes. And to optimize that for a 1st and top prospect. Let alone one that is 33 and known for being hurt? Not sure what to say

(There's a reason people said Murphy, 86th percentile defensively, would have been a 🎯)

People are now wondering what Jarmo might have been offering for RT lol

As a Sabres fan re this trade: 😣

Wait, age 33-37. Aren't those the prime years?

Age cliff hits around age 43, right?

/s

The good news is Parayko turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

GMKA had flaws of course, but trades/asset mgmt were strengths. And, often underappreciated, but he avoided truly bad moves, like disastrous FA signings that can cripple the org

That’s a huge reason we’re positioned well now and later

Can't stress enough that I loathe being critical!

But from an asset management standpoint, this would be a rough decision

And the bigger worry is what it signals for future decisionmaking

The good news is Parayko turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

The good news is Parayko turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

The good news is Parayko turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

Ugh. As you can tell, I'm dismayed

It'd be one thing to overpay for a player when they're say 27. But that age cliff. Yikes!

Just rough asset management

(Not even mentioning his not quite as bad as Norris back problems)

The good news is Parayko turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

The good news is he turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime yrs!

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up /s

(Pray he stays!)

The good news is he turns 33 in May, so we’ve got him through age 37, aka the prime years!

Meanwhile other teams are overpaying: Weegar for three 2nds, Murphy for a 2nd

So when you get the chance to pay a 1st plus a top prospect to juice your third pair, you can’t pass that up

/s

I like the proposal. Not sure that's enough. Depends on whether they care/value Quinn and it Ellis much. But seems like a good starting point

I asked as I see some Sabres fans on Reddit saying give em Benson or Ostlund along with Helenius and Mrtka

I'm like, what? 😣

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

What would your exact give back to STL be? Just curious what either of you envision as the specifics

Trump has done that twice with ZM now

Some theorizing ahead of their first meeting:

bsky.app/profile/dark...

Yeah good find. I remember this

So damning

Screenshot of excerpt from opinion that reads: "Despite this, the New York courts refused to stay the trial court’s order. After that highly questionable injunction was issued, the applicants filed appeals in both the Appellate Division (the State’s intermediate appellate court) and the Court of Appeals (its highest court) challenging the trial court’s order on federal constitutional grounds. At the same time, applicants asked both courts to stay the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division refused to issue a stay, and by order issued on February 11, the Court of Appeals sent the appeal filed in that court to the Appellate Division and dismissed applicants’ motions for a stay."

With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls within that category.

1/9: In the New York redistricting case, Justice Alito's justification for why #SCOTUS even had *jurisdiction* to issue a stay is based upon a remarkably misleading portrayal of the state court proceedings.

I realize this is technical, but I wanted to write a short thread to explain the shadiness:

Primary voters (me included) love a fighter. But in a general election, I suspect a lot of voters will want someone who reads as upbeat, steady, and broadly unifying (a la Mamdani)

Anyhow, some inexpert thoughts for my personal BlueSky diary

Chances are much of this will be incorrect

+ Trump-like instincts that can be positive, but also cut the other way:

like attacking journalists, and sometimes playing loose with the facts

TX: Crockett argues she can win the general w/out pulling any GOP votes. Experts say you can’t win TX that way

I liked Crockett, but the more I’ve learned, the more concerned I am:

+ Pro crypto posture
+ Some rough rhetoric toward parts of the Latino electorate
+ PAC money (at odds with the brand)

It’d be pretty disheartening if we get a blue tsunami but still miss the Senate because of candidate quality

Maine: we’re looking at either an uncharismatic geriatric, or an unproven failson with real baggage

Americans Stranded in the Middle East Aren’t Getting Help from the State Department “Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it.

We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

meanwhile not even a SINGLE standalone story on the main page of the NYT website right now about the deaths of the six soldiers--or the fact that Trump has made it very clear, he is indifferent to any military deaths.
impossible standard for Biden. no standard for Trump

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

Trump Administration, in Apparent Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms

FLAG NYT:

The Trump admin just indicated that it plans to renew its defense of executive orders it had leveled against law firms that refused to capitulate to Trump — a sharp reversal a day after indicating that it would drop that fight in court. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...