Mike Farnan

NEW MA BLOG POST: The Militant's Metrolink Beer Map! 🍻🚉
A guide to Metrolink-accessible breweries, taprooms and pubs! Don't drink and drive - Drink and Link:

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I was one of the columnists who left the Post after owner Jeff Bezos demanded the Opinion section largely focus on “personal liberties and free markets." Yes, they’re under pressure. But maybe these leaders kinda like what Trump’s doing.

— Perry Bacon, TNR's newest team member
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Made up baseball names from a 1980s baseball video game.

Google AI just told me Bobson Dugnutt and Sleve Mcdichael have just been called up to fill the #Twins now empty roster.

Install a red light camera at Fountain and Gardner Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Please sign this petition to demand a red-light camera at the intersection of Fountain and Gardner in #WeHo to improve traffic safety for all. chng.it/8gKBFf6JTq

Not only is this fascinating research about the actual mechanisms that allow our brains to maintain memories, but this is spectacular scientific reporting.

@ajdinahalilovic.bsky.social wrote an engaging article that clearly explains a very complex topic.

This campaign needs you now Call for the Resignation of Councilmember Lauren Meister

After yet another person is killed on Fountain Ave. in #WeHo, we need immediate action to fix this dangerous road. chng.it/LrKS2BSRR7

The Official Site of Major League Baseball Coverage includes audio and video clips, interviews, statistics, schedules and exclusive stories.

MLB.tv has been terrible this year. Long and frequent buffering hangs. Games randomly restarting. Today the Twins broadcast started in the 6th inning.

What’s his tipple?

Shohei Ohtani at bat Dodgers vs. White Sox

At every Dodgers game I’ve attended this year (all two of them) Ohtani has hit a home run so if they want to give me season tickets that would be great for all involved.

Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman album cover

Fantastic that not only is @underworldlive.bsky.social playing the Hollywood Palladium, but they actually have reasonably priced tickets, which is a rarity these days. Should be a great show!

Just a reminder going forward...

(cartoon from 2003)

@mnaurorafc.bsky.social What’s the deal with changing the time of the match at the last minute and then refusing refunds to the fans who can’t attend at the the later time? That’s no way to treat your fans!

Los Angeles Dodgers deny ICE’s attempt to gain entry to Dodger Stadium grounds, source says | CNN ICE agents attempted to enter Dodger Stadium on Thursday but were denied entry to the grounds by the team, a source familiar with the circumstances told CNN.

Way to go Dodgers!

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A sign on the Khyber Indian restaurant. The message is “if only I didn’t have bone spurs I would’ve led the parade.”

Local commentary on recent events.

YouTube video by Wes Swing Bjork - Unravel (cello cover by Wes Swing)

This is a fantastic cover of Björk’s “Unravel” by Wes youtu.be/od10dYyLufE?...

Alf Clausen, Longtime 'The Simpsons' Composer, Dead at 84 Alf Clausen, the longtime composer on 'The Simpsons' who scored countless iconic moments on the animated series, has died at the age of 84.

One of the greatest composers ever (and not just for film or television).

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Trump

Mon podcast app dit le vérité:

Love this poem by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social

(H/t @kottke.org)

Politely nodding at this idea:

YouTube video by mockerynj not souter

R.I.P. former Supreme Court Justice David Souter. With the downward spiral of the Court, we could use more nerds who actually respect the law.

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One of my favorite words remains « crépuscule »

Finally found my first tattoo.

If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So. Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead.

My latest for @liberalcurrents.com

We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat

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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

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Don’t you forget about me.

Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age Many complain the party is dominated by an older generation of leaders who have lost touch with Americans’ day-to-day struggles.

“It feels like, historically, the Democrats and Republicans are sitting down to play a game of chess, and the Republicans have set the house on fire, and Democrats are still sitting down planning their next move,” @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

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This is the best spam email I’ve ever received, especially since I actually work in the space sector and engage in dogfighting with Chinese satellites.

mRNA vaccines are the biggest breakthrough in disease prevention and treatment in decades. We're curing *cancer* with mRNA vaccines. To eliminate research in this field, at this moment, is fall-of-the-empire-grade stuff.

Who?