Dr. Berto/Rally Lamb
@bertoinpublic.bsky.social
Bay Area sports, linguistics. Minority, minority owner @oaklandballers.bsky.social, Ballers beat writer?
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COOL STUFF THREAD!
I am going to start a thread of all the cool stuff I’ve done in my life. This isn’t bragging. It’s reminding myself that I’ve had a good life.
I encourage all of you to post a similar thread and/or reply here with your cool life moments.
I am going to start a thread of all the cool stuff I’ve done in my life. This isn’t bragging. It’s reminding myself that I’ve had a good life.
I encourage all of you to post a similar thread and/or reply here with your cool life moments.
Let’s go Oakland!
SHE’S SO GOLDEN 🥇
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
February 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Let’s go Oakland!
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SHE’S SO GOLDEN 🥇
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
February 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
SHE’S SO GOLDEN 🥇
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
Alysa Liu wins GOLD and becomes the first U.S. woman to medal in figure skating since 2002.
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One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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I somehow got on the “Don’t vote because Dems have never done anything for anyone” algorithm and I want off.
That’s just too much stupid for anyone to have to read.
That’s just too much stupid for anyone to have to read.
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I somehow got on the “Don’t vote because Dems have never done anything for anyone” algorithm and I want off.
That’s just too much stupid for anyone to have to read.
That’s just too much stupid for anyone to have to read.
I put money into a certificate of deposit this week as my last step to being a real adult.
February 19, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I put money into a certificate of deposit this week as my last step to being a real adult.
I’m stoked to go to this.
The Oakland Ballers and San Jose Giants have announced their Battle of Bay 2.1, set to take place at Excite Ballpark on March 31. Cal League champs square off against the Pioneer League champs. And an incredible poster once again.
February 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I’m stoked to go to this.
Happy to share my second story for Dispatches from Raimondi.
How the #OaklandBallers partnered with a veterans charity to pull off a surprise flyover for Game 3 of the championship series.
dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/hrmf...
How the #OaklandBallers partnered with a veterans charity to pull off a surprise flyover for Game 3 of the championship series.
dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/hrmf...
First Flyovers: The B’s and the Memorial Squadron — Dispatches from Raimondi
How the Ballers Pulled Off the First Flyovers in Pioneer League History by Roberto Santiago
dispatchesfromraimondi.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Happy to share my second story for Dispatches from Raimondi.
How the #OaklandBallers partnered with a veterans charity to pull off a surprise flyover for Game 3 of the championship series.
dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/hrmf...
How the #OaklandBallers partnered with a veterans charity to pull off a surprise flyover for Game 3 of the championship series.
dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/hrmf...
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Me, normally watching figure skating: Yeah, I don’t know, this sport is so subjective.
Me, watching a skater from Oakland: NICKEL AND DIME, BABY
Me, watching a skater from Oakland: NICKEL AND DIME, BABY
February 18, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Me, normally watching figure skating: Yeah, I don’t know, this sport is so subjective.
Me, watching a skater from Oakland: NICKEL AND DIME, BABY
Me, watching a skater from Oakland: NICKEL AND DIME, BABY
Is Gen X the last generation that will be low key obsessed with the Beatles?
I’m watching the recent Disney docuseries and remembering how much loved them when I was a kid and through high school
I’m watching the recent Disney docuseries and remembering how much loved them when I was a kid and through high school
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Is Gen X the last generation that will be low key obsessed with the Beatles?
I’m watching the recent Disney docuseries and remembering how much loved them when I was a kid and through high school
I’m watching the recent Disney docuseries and remembering how much loved them when I was a kid and through high school
Just finished facilitating a training for the first time in a long while.
Man, I miss teaching. I’m good at it and I like it.
Man, I miss teaching. I’m good at it and I like it.
February 17, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Just finished facilitating a training for the first time in a long while.
Man, I miss teaching. I’m good at it and I like it.
Man, I miss teaching. I’m good at it and I like it.
The one nice thing about being self employed again is I can take my kids to Seattle for a Pokemon tournament next week and I don’t need to ask anyone for permission.
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The one nice thing about being self employed again is I can take my kids to Seattle for a Pokemon tournament next week and I don’t need to ask anyone for permission.
How I got into every band I was ever in.
February 17, 2026 at 3:46 AM
How I got into every band I was ever in.
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I will say that I am skeptical of the sincerity of a person who in the Year of Our Lord 2026 is spending their presumably limited mental energy inventing scenarios where actually it’s Good and Principled that they don’t vote against fascism and also it’s Not Their Fault
February 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I will say that I am skeptical of the sincerity of a person who in the Year of Our Lord 2026 is spending their presumably limited mental energy inventing scenarios where actually it’s Good and Principled that they don’t vote against fascism and also it’s Not Their Fault
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
Wow. I really liked #WonderMan
My biggest take away is that it’s one of the most tender and authentic portrayals of the kind of friendship between men that I’ve experienced with my friends.
My biggest take away is that it’s one of the most tender and authentic portrayals of the kind of friendship between men that I’ve experienced with my friends.
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Wow. I really liked #WonderMan
My biggest take away is that it’s one of the most tender and authentic portrayals of the kind of friendship between men that I’ve experienced with my friends.
My biggest take away is that it’s one of the most tender and authentic portrayals of the kind of friendship between men that I’ve experienced with my friends.
Wow.
Over the last 10 years, the homeless MLB team has spent about $350M in total salary.
Over the last 5 years, the Dodgers have spent about $350M per year.
Over the last 10 years, the homeless MLB team has spent about $350M in total salary.
Over the last 5 years, the Dodgers have spent about $350M per year.
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Wow.
Over the last 10 years, the homeless MLB team has spent about $350M in total salary.
Over the last 5 years, the Dodgers have spent about $350M per year.
Over the last 10 years, the homeless MLB team has spent about $350M in total salary.
Over the last 5 years, the Dodgers have spent about $350M per year.
Excellent movie night with 16y/o:
1. Memento
2. Reservoir Dogs
1. Memento
2. Reservoir Dogs
February 12, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Excellent movie night with 16y/o:
1. Memento
2. Reservoir Dogs
1. Memento
2. Reservoir Dogs
Y’know, I went to school with Perry Stalsis.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Y’know, I went to school with Perry Stalsis.
The kids know the truth now, but when they were little they were taught that the West Side Story lyric was, “every Puerto Rican makes real good chicken.” 🇵🇷
February 11, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The kids know the truth now, but when they were little they were taught that the West Side Story lyric was, “every Puerto Rican makes real good chicken.” 🇵🇷
Somebody done made a statue of Drake Maye anyway.
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Somebody done made a statue of Drake Maye anyway.
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if you are looking at Trump's plans to steal the '26 midterm and saying to yourself "Trump can't do that" you must ask yourself "who will stop him?"
and if your answer is the military, you are *also* predicting a coup to end democracy in the United States, you're just predicting a different coup
and if your answer is the military, you are *also* predicting a coup to end democracy in the United States, you're just predicting a different coup
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
if you are looking at Trump's plans to steal the '26 midterm and saying to yourself "Trump can't do that" you must ask yourself "who will stop him?"
and if your answer is the military, you are *also* predicting a coup to end democracy in the United States, you're just predicting a different coup
and if your answer is the military, you are *also* predicting a coup to end democracy in the United States, you're just predicting a different coup
That body shaming Mike Tyson ad last night was super weird. I thought it might be uplifting at first and then it took a phobic turn. Knowing it was from Kennedy helped it all make sense.
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
That body shaming Mike Tyson ad last night was super weird. I thought it might be uplifting at first and then it took a phobic turn. Knowing it was from Kennedy helped it all make sense.
I know it’s Walker, but I really want the kicker to win MVP. He’s a record setter.
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I know it’s Walker, but I really want the kicker to win MVP. He’s a record setter.