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Pat Naureckas
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Bored-certified lung/critter. Cat haver.
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Thanks @jonbois.bsky.social
Crossword showing “telegraph pioneer” as William Thompson, aka Lord Kelvin
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Found some fake Labubus in the wild
Two characters about to have a wild rumpus
September 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Kojima gifting me the DS2 platinum
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
Photo of Tom Lehrer
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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National treasure, Pete Crow-Armstrong.
July 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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This may be the greatest piece of media ever created
gamechangershow.bsky.social Game Changer @gamechangershow.bsky.social · Jul 14
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌

DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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theonion.com/this-war-wil...
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.
theonion.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Met Alonzo Bodden at the Comedy Cellar and like a dork all I could say was “I like you on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me”
June 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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trans rights btw this isn't up for debate
June 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Chicago Pope's here
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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The New Pope is (Probably) a Chicago Cubs Fan

www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/05...
The New Pope is (Probably) a Chicago Cubs Fan - Bleacher Nation
An enormous W for the Chicago Cubs. Holy destiny follows.
www.bleachernation.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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May the 4th came a day late @mdaware.org @zentensivist.bsky.social
Cindy the cat with a LEGO Space Shuttle
May 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Pain
9/10 runs scored in 1 inning
April 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I think @mdaware.org is more of a TIE Defender guy, but…
Drake pointing meme. Avengers Doomsday is bad, TIE Avenger is good
April 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I wish more people had this worldview. Thank you Mr. Goat.
themountaingoats.bsky.social the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Apr 19
leaving aside for the moment that our politics should always proceed from the bedrock principle "a better world for all, and better lives for the workers who've built the things that made that world possible," 3/10
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to scholarly journals inquiring about their process and principles. As an organization, we respect and support the CHEST journal's editorial leadership and long-standing reputation. Read more here: www.chestnet.org/newsroom/che...
April 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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April 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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The largest paying crowd in the history of Wrigley Field was the day Jackie Robinson made his debut. Wrigley is the only park left Jackie played a game in. Mike Ryoko was a kid at that ballpark that day and he wrote about it. Take a minute and read this today.

press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
A newspaper clipping from Mike Ryoko part one: Jackie's Debut a Unique Day All that Saturday, the wise men of the neighborhood, who sat in chairs on the sidewalk outside the tavern, had talked about what it would do to baseball. I hung around and listened because baseball was about the most important thing in the world, and if anything was going to ruin it, I was worried. Most of the things they said, I didn't understand, although it all sounded terrible. But could one man bring such ruin? They said he could and would. And the next day he was going to be in Wrigley Field for the first time, on the same diamond as Hack, Nicholson, Cavarretta, Schmitz, Pafko, and all my other idols. I had to see Jackie Robinson, the man who was going to somehow wreck everything. So the next day, another kid and I started walking to the ballpark early. We always walked to save the streetcar fare. It was five or six miles, but I felt about baseball the way Abe Lincoln felt about education. Usually, we could get there just at noon, find a seat in the grandstand, and watch some batting practice. But not that Sunday, May 18, 1947. By noon, Wrigley Field was almost filled. The crowd outside spilled off the sidewalk and into the streets. Scalpers were asking top dollar for box seats and getting it. Part II: I had never seen anything like it. Not just the size, although it was a new record, more than 47,000. But this was twenty-five years ago, and in 1947 few blacks were seen in the Loop, much less up on the white North Side at a Cub game. That day, they came by the thousands, pouring off the northbound Ls and out of their cars. They didn't wear baseball-game clothes. They had on church clothes and funeral clothes·suits, white shirts, ties, gleaming shoes, and straw hats. I've never seen so many straw hats. As big as it was, the crowd was orderly. Almost unnaturally so. People didn't jostle each other. The whites tried to look as if nothing unusual was happening, while the blacks tried to look casual and dignified. So everybody looked slightly ill at ease. For most, it was probably the first time they had been that close to each other in such great numbers. We managed to get in, scramble up a ramp, and find a place to stand behind the last row of grandstand seats. Then they shut the gates. No place remained to stand. Robinson came up in the first inning. I remember the sound. It wasn't the shrill, teenage cry you now hear, or an excited gut roar. They applauded, long, rolling applause. A tall, middle-aged black man stood next to me, a smile of almost painful joy on his face, beating his palms together so hard they must have hurt. Part III: When Robinson stepped into the batter's box, it was as if someone had flicked a switch. The place went silent. He swung at the first pitch and they erupted as if he had knocked it over the wall. But it was only a high foul that dropped into the box seats. I remember thinking it was strange that a foul could make that many people happy. When he struck out, the low moan was genuine. I've forgotten most of the details of the game, other than that the Dodgers won and Robinson didn't get a hit or do anything special, although he was cheered on every swing and every routine play. But two things happened I'll never forget. Robinson played first, and early in the game a Cub star hit a grounder and it was a close play. Just before the Cub reached first, he swerved to his left. And as he got to the bag, he seemed to slam his foot down hard at Robinson's foot. It was obvious to everyone that he was trying to run into him or spike him. Robinson took the throw and got clear at the last instant. I was shocked. That Cub, a hometown boy, was my biggest hero. It was not only an unheroic stunt, but it seemed a rude thing to do in front of people who would cheer for a foul ball. I didn't understand why he had done it. It wasn't at all big league. I didn't know that while the white fans were relatively polite, the Cubs and most other teams kept up a steady stream of racial abuse from the dugout. I thought that all they did down there was talk about how good Wheaties are. Part IV: Late in the game, Robinson was up again, and he hit another foul ball. This time it came into the stands low and fast, in our direction. Somebody in the seats grabbed for it, but it caromed off his hand and kept coming. There was a flurry of arms as the ball kept bouncing, and suddenly it was between me and my pal. We both grabbed. I had a baseball. The two of us stood there examining it and chortling. A genuine major-league baseball that had actually been gripped and thrown by a Cub pitcher, hit by a Dodger batter. What a possession. Then I heard the voice say: "Would you consider selling that?" It was the black man who had applauded so fiercely. I mumbled something. I didn't want to sell it. "I'll give you ten dollars for it," he said. Ten dollars. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know what ten dollars could buy because I'd never had that much money. But I knew that a lot of men in the neighborhood considered sixty dollars a week to be good pay. I handed it to him, and he paid me with ten $1 bills. When I left the ball park, with that much money in my pocket, I was sure that Jackie Robinson wasn't bad for the game. Since then, I've regretted a few times that I didn't keep the ball. Or that I hadn't given it to him free. I didn't know, then, how hard he probably had to work for that ten dollars. But Tuesday I was glad I had sold it to him. And if that man is still around, and has that baseball, I'm sure he thinks it was worth every cent.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Big news for @hankgreen.bsky.social!
Connections now tracks purple first solves
April 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Hey @jonbois.bsky.social can you make something a little more topical than a story about an unqualified man so self-assured of his genius that he burns down the world around him?
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I think we don’t appreciate how much geopolitical power Ohtani has right now
April 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I’ll be thinking of this quote when I see the Dodgers try to describe a visit to the White House as “not political”
On April 15, every player will line up in ceremonies said to honor Jackie Robinson, trading on nearly 80 years of equity earned from the first time a team decided it would attempt a meritocracy
April 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Oh look Ron Johnson is lying
Ron Johnson falsely claims his constituents support Trump
April 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Wisconsinite here 🫡
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April 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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March 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM