Zach Pennington

dawg

Like I was saying yesterday. The Mariner's Tortuga.

"Number must go up" is a treadmill we need to get off of. Twitter didn't get better at 200MM or 300MM. Quality over quantity.

Not that growth is bad. But the expectation of hockey stick growth or GTFO is the worst lesson of the last 3 decades.

'Sodefector' tag needed.

I can't read the piece, but did he actually say "significant step to AI"? I'm afraid "AI" is already here. It sucks, is underwhelming, dishonest, and only moderately useful, and not actually intelligent. But "AI" has already been Kleenexed because it made for better marketing.

Baseball wins are still one of the worst stats in sports.

The immortal Pud Galvin was the other, who amassed a 121-110 record with the Pirates, in somewhat pedestrian second half of a HoF career (365-310 overall).

TIL that the Pittsburgh Pirates have had 14 players that pitched for them get to at least 200 wins. Exactly 2 of the top 10 in Pirates wins are among those 14, numbers 1 and 10. And only Wilbur Cooper managed to get 200 wins while a Pirate (obv No. 1 on the list).

"Bongino ... is not playing ball. He’s defiant. He’s seen the files, read the transcripts, and knows the truth about Epstein. The documents. The flight logs. The dirty connections. And he wants no part of the cover-up Trump is orchestrating now. That’s why there’s tension inside ... Trump’s DOJ."

They should, but what was _everyone_ thinking prior to the election?

Josh Naylor is basically Willians Astudillo, except with power and speed. And average. But other than those things, the same kinda dude.

When the Icebergs Came to Town A few weeks ago, a pair of icebergs drifted close to Innaarsuit, Greenland. Photographer Dennis Lehtonen captured the visit — you can see the photos on Instagram or in the Arctic gallery on his website. From Colossal

When the Icebergs Came to Town. A pair of icebergs drifted close to a town in Greenland, “dwarfing the fishing village’s modest wooden houses”. [kottke.org]

How every blue state can counter new GOP gerrymanders For many, fighting fire with fire won't be easy, but it's always possible

www.the-downballot.com/p/how-every-...

Guess the plate is 24" wide at T-Mobile Park tonight. #mariners

The Second American Revolution had more in common with the French Revolution than the first American one.

Indeed

TnT - N/A
Dr. Feelgood - S
Slice Of Your Pie - C
Rattlesnake Shake - B
Kickstart My Heart - S
Without You - B (3rd best, on another album: A)
S.O.S. - C
Sticky Sweet - C (riff: A)
She Goes Down - D
Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) - C
Time For Change - D

Gave Dr. Feelgood (the album) a re-listen. Two S-tier tracks and not much else, aside from a couple riffs and the overall production. The guitars and drums sound great throughout.

Phenomenal alt text.

While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.

https://trib.al/ayccoO7

To sum it up:

Greg Abbott filed a bad court thingy with the TX Supreme Court.

Ken Paxton, Abbott’s AG, told the court that Abbott got the law wrong—but said not to dismiss the case bc he plans to file his own bad court thingy.

Abbott replied: Paxton’s wrong, let me do the bad court thingy plz??

As instructors we must deal with this before it's too late. "Don't use AI" isn't really a sufficient guardrail.

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Not intro with "p-p-p-podcast business"? Feels fake. Who hacked you?

As of 2024, Democrats outnumbered Republicans in Texas by nearly 1.5 million voters

Plus, the state used to be blue

But the real story here is the arrogance of Texas Republicans

They are "entitled" to nothing

It's the VOTERS who decide elections

NOT politicians

Trump and Johnson face escalating GOP revolt on redistricting A House Republican said Johnson "needs to step up and show some leadership" on the issue.

I'm putting this in the good news column.

www.axios.com/2025/08/05/t...

It was mad. Some guys get an idea in their head, and you can't tell them it's not gonna work. That gets cranked up 10x if they have money or status.

Both the Netflix and HBO docs are totally worth watching, if you haven't seen them.

I would like to thank the White Sox for coming to Seattle to give the Mariners some batting practice.

Wait, this actually counts as a win? Huzzah!

Lotta homers, some timely hitting (nice!), and a helluva start from Woo. M's win!

Video 1/18 - Fox News has decided to ignore the Epstein Files scandal. I went through my archives to find every clip I could on the sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his relationship with Trump since Feb. 2022 until July 2025. Receipts!

HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN EXERCISE.

/sobs into the void

We didn't create regulators to make life or business difficult for entrepreneurs. We created regulators because, without standards, and without consequences, know-best rich people will get people killed.

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