Avi Zollman
@avi.zollman.com
I try to get people to do stuff online that makes a difference offline.
hang on one sec while I close these barn doors
Breaking News: Major League Baseball put a $200 cap on wagers for individual pitches after two Cleveland pitchers were charged with rigging bets. nyti.ms/4o7ELdT
M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges
Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
hang on one sec while I close these barn doors
so mote it be
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
so mote it be
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Insane Clown Posse: this, heroes, is your time to shine.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Insane Clown Posse: this, heroes, is your time to shine.
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please. My wets
Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in the U.S. too costly.
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
please. My wets
hyperlocal news is the best news. @westsiderag.bsky.social with a fantastic piece of reportage. (laudatory)
UWS Fairway Market Has An Error in Its Storefront Signage
Can you spot the typo? Photo by Gus Saltonstall. By Gus Saltonstall Fairway Market is a beloved Upper West Side
www.westsiderag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
hyperlocal news is the best news. @westsiderag.bsky.social with a fantastic piece of reportage. (laudatory)
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The New York Giants are said to have fired coach Brian Daboll amid a disappointing 2-8 start to the season. Daboll finished his tenure with the Giants 20-40-1 in three-plus seasons.
Brian Daboll fired by Giants after nearly 4 seasons amid losing streak
Offensive coordinator/assistant head coach Mike Kafka takes over as the Giants' interim head coach.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
someone's already writing a take about how making light of this offends the vast majority of americans who aspire to look like their faces were rendered using the super fx chip
D.C. plastic surgeons see surge in "Mar‑a‑Lago face" requests from Trump insiders
"[They] want to look like they had something done."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Only half joking when I say this is affirming care and the gender is “asshole.”
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where is this idea coming from that zohran mamdani believes that israel is the greatest evil in the world? what has he ever said or done to give the impression? it's completely delusional. it's a worldview ascribed to him with no basis in reality.
![To quote Rabbi Donniel Hartman in his podcast (with Yossi Klein Halevi), “For Heaven’s Sake“:
I believe that the level of vilification of Israel, by the mayoral candidate Mamdani, is a moral corruption …
Hate [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu from now to kingdom come! Some of my best friends hate Netanyahu. You want to distance yourself from Israel until the government changes? Call Israel genocidal in its war in Gaza? All of the above. But the level of obsession with Israel as the great evil of the world is morally corrupt. And so that’s why Jews are so upset.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zju7gpf2woz5vwegmzdg2acl/bafkreidmanmxdulgamurzv4n6oobvhjxzdmmxj3qlhi2mw5cspgthplwya@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
where is this idea coming from that zohran mamdani believes that israel is the greatest evil in the world? what has he ever said or done to give the impression? it's completely delusional. it's a worldview ascribed to him with no basis in reality.
Tonight's pizzas:
Duxelles / Mozzarella / Escarole / Boursin
Marinara / Mozzarella / Pepperoni / Parmesan
Duxelles / Mozzarella / Escarole / Boursin
Marinara / Mozzarella / Pepperoni / Parmesan
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tonight's pizzas:
Duxelles / Mozzarella / Escarole / Boursin
Marinara / Mozzarella / Pepperoni / Parmesan
Duxelles / Mozzarella / Escarole / Boursin
Marinara / Mozzarella / Pepperoni / Parmesan
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Democrats are extremely fortunate that people still showed up to vote for them in force despite their disgust with the party. That's something that might not last forever.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democrats are extremely fortunate that people still showed up to vote for them in force despite their disgust with the party. That's something that might not last forever.
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Chuck Schumer’s decision making this week alone (between Mamdani and this CR debacle) should be absolutely disqualifying to leadership. I dare one rank-and-file Senate Democrat who believes this to say it out loud.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Chuck Schumer’s decision making this week alone (between Mamdani and this CR debacle) should be absolutely disqualifying to leadership. I dare one rank-and-file Senate Democrat who believes this to say it out loud.
The are 72 games in an @echl.bsky.social season.
The Solar Bears have already lost 8 of them.
They've played 9.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
The Solar Bears have already lost 8 of them.
They've played 9.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The are 72 games in an @echl.bsky.social season.
The Solar Bears have already lost 8 of them.
They've played 9.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
The Solar Bears have already lost 8 of them.
They've played 9.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
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Joe lieberman bucked the Dems and tanked a public option, John McCain heroically bucked the GOP to save Obamacare… which of these two votes looks better these days?!
Caving on a deal that doesn’t fix health care is, and always has been, a giant betrayal of the American people.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
Hold the line. Save health care. I’m a NO on anything that doesn’t extend ACA subsidies.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Joe lieberman bucked the Dems and tanked a public option, John McCain heroically bucked the GOP to save Obamacare… which of these two votes looks better these days?!
9 games in, and the Solar Bears are working hard to make the playoffs a mathematical impossibility as fast as possible.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
9 games in, and the Solar Bears are working hard to make the playoffs a mathematical impossibility as fast as possible.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
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Nearly two decades after my book on Cheney, I took a shot at assessing his legacy. It’s more complicated than you might think. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What I Learned About Dick Cheney
The former vice president was certain he knew better than the citizens he served what was good for them.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Nearly two decades after my book on Cheney, I took a shot at assessing his legacy. It’s more complicated than you might think. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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No kings, only this queen
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
No kings, only this queen
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The Apple Has Rotted.
geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-impend...
geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-impend...
The Impending Death of New York City
— Greetings from New York.
geneweingarten.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Apple Has Rotted.
geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-impend...
geneweingarten.substack.com/p/the-impend...
Embarrassing.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
Swamp Rabbits down Solar Bears, 3-2 prohockeynews.com/swamp-rabbit...
Swamp Rabbits down Solar Bears, 3-2 | Pro Hockey News
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Carter Savoie’s empty-netter proved to be the difference late in a tumultuous showdown, and along with Dante Sheriff’s debut goal, Tim Lovell’s first goal as a North American profes...
prohockeynews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Embarrassing.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
Fire Matt MacDonald.
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At least some USG statements have described the strikes as taking place beyond the territorial waters of any state, ie beyond 12nm.
So strikes could be taking place in various states’ EEZs, but beyond 12nm.
One legal implication is that beyond 12nm, the US murder on the high seas law applies.
So strikes could be taking place in various states’ EEZs, but beyond 12nm.
One legal implication is that beyond 12nm, the US murder on the high seas law applies.
Why does the media keep repeating the lie that the illegal killings in the Caribbean are in international waters?
They must know there's no such thing in the region. See link & map. Blue areas are international waters.
People are dying in their own waters.
www.marineregions.org/eezmapper.php
They must know there's no such thing in the region. See link & map. Blue areas are international waters.
People are dying in their own waters.
www.marineregions.org/eezmapper.php
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
At least some USG statements have described the strikes as taking place beyond the territorial waters of any state, ie beyond 12nm.
So strikes could be taking place in various states’ EEZs, but beyond 12nm.
One legal implication is that beyond 12nm, the US murder on the high seas law applies.
So strikes could be taking place in various states’ EEZs, but beyond 12nm.
One legal implication is that beyond 12nm, the US murder on the high seas law applies.
Silly, foolish, disappointing Solar Bears.
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Silly, foolish, disappointing Solar Bears.
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Wait, does this mean a full scale sprt of rationing, bond and scrap drives, and victory gardens? Is this going to make war something borne by all of society, not just the uniform services?
Is Trump II's popularity and societal regars so low that a wag the dog rally 'round the flag is the only way?
Is Trump II's popularity and societal regars so low that a wag the dog rally 'round the flag is the only way?
Hegseth: "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO."
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wait, does this mean a full scale sprt of rationing, bond and scrap drives, and victory gardens? Is this going to make war something borne by all of society, not just the uniform services?
Is Trump II's popularity and societal regars so low that a wag the dog rally 'round the flag is the only way?
Is Trump II's popularity and societal regars so low that a wag the dog rally 'round the flag is the only way?
<mouth farting noise>
There you go -- no need to read the article.
There you go -- no need to read the article.
Zohran Mamdani “managed to win in an overwhelmingly Democratic city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues:
Democrats, Mamdani Doesn’t Point the Way Forward
He won by a modest margin in a deeply blue city not because of his radical commitments, but despite them.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
<mouth farting noise>
There you go -- no need to read the article.
There you go -- no need to read the article.
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Here's the actual sign at that interstate exit
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here's the actual sign at that interstate exit
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It seems easy to misunderstand this phrase so let me be clear:
"Nuremburg trials is the moderate position" was also the reading of the situation the first time.
"Nuremburg trials is the moderate position" was also the reading of the situation the first time.
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It seems easy to misunderstand this phrase so let me be clear:
"Nuremburg trials is the moderate position" was also the reading of the situation the first time.
"Nuremburg trials is the moderate position" was also the reading of the situation the first time.