M. G. Daskivich
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Chess IS played in 4 dimensions! (x, y, z, and t!)
The first fake punt in football history must have been confusing as hell.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The first fake punt in football history must have been confusing as hell.
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I feel like I’m winning when I’m losing again
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I feel like I’m winning when I’m losing again
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fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
fifty years to the day since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down and was immortalized in song forever
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
"Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" is an all time banger of a lyric
Sixers breaking out the throwbacks from a truly glorious era… the 2008-09 Iggy/Thad/Elton team that took the Magic to 6 in round one!
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sixers breaking out the throwbacks from a truly glorious era… the 2008-09 Iggy/Thad/Elton team that took the Magic to 6 in round one!
XTC, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (1992)
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
XTC, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead (1992)
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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ELCA is the ONLY GOOD church logo with a globe on it (as far as I can tell), and it uses strong primary colors — it’s less distinctive that some of the other mainline logos, but it’s good!
7/10
7/10
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
ELCA is the ONLY GOOD church logo with a globe on it (as far as I can tell), and it uses strong primary colors — it’s less distinctive that some of the other mainline logos, but it’s good!
7/10
7/10
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
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DOWNINGTOWN HAS GONE WOKE. OK, so Pennridge kicked out all their Republican school board members and now Downingtown has a trans Mayor. Wild shit. Pennsylvania getting up off the mat after a crappy 2024 election cycle.
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
DOWNINGTOWN HAS GONE WOKE. OK, so Pennridge kicked out all their Republican school board members and now Downingtown has a trans Mayor. Wild shit. Pennsylvania getting up off the mat after a crappy 2024 election cycle.
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The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
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Woke 2 is gonna hit like Earl Thomas
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Woke 2 is gonna hit like Earl Thomas
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
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Bluesky: it’s for sports
This is a fun chart!
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
The green is the main bsky load balancer traffic throughput from Saturday night, and the purple is how much traffic there was 7 days before (the previous Saturday)
The spike is due to the world series - pretty incredible! ⚾
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Bluesky: it’s for sports
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Solid as a rock
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Solid as a rock
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First workday of November. Are you Edmund Fitzgeraldmaxxing? Here’s my to-do list for today:
-Conclude some terms with a couple of steel firms
-Become the pride of the American side
#mondaymotivation
-Conclude some terms with a couple of steel firms
-Become the pride of the American side
#mondaymotivation
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
First workday of November. Are you Edmund Fitzgeraldmaxxing? Here’s my to-do list for today:
-Conclude some terms with a couple of steel firms
-Become the pride of the American side
#mondaymotivation
-Conclude some terms with a couple of steel firms
-Become the pride of the American side
#mondaymotivation
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we're going 19 this time, fuckos
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
we're going 19 this time, fuckos
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"You're cheering for that guy?" re: his politics in baseball is an impossible task, man. You just gotta let that one go. We can count the definitely not chuds on our fingers.
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"You're cheering for that guy?" re: his politics in baseball is an impossible task, man. You just gotta let that one go. We can count the definitely not chuds on our fingers.
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Touch 'em all, Bo, you'll never hit a bigger home run
Thanks to mlb radio, more people know what "oppo taco" means than who the president is
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Touch 'em all, Bo, you'll never hit a bigger home run