Fred Smith
@fredsmith.bsky.social
Car and racing writer with too many hobbies and not nearly enough vintage Mercedes sedans
Yes and additionally baseball pioneered the “turn based but with parrying” style made popular in games like Paper Mario and Expedition 33
*hits blunt harder*
Baseball= turn based
Football = turn based
Soccer= real time
Hockey = real time
Basketball = real time
Baseball= turn based
Football = turn based
Soccer= real time
Hockey = real time
Basketball = real time
*hits blunt*
bowling and curling are the same game just with two different battle systems
curling = turn based
bowling = real time
bowling and curling are the same game just with two different battle systems
curling = turn based
bowling = real time
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Yes and additionally baseball pioneered the “turn based but with parrying” style made popular in games like Paper Mario and Expedition 33
It's always jarring when something gets a new tone on Instagram. Almost always seems to get goofier and more annoying, too. I am always so curious what the meeting to sign off on that is like.
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It's always jarring when something gets a new tone on Instagram. Almost always seems to get goofier and more annoying, too. I am always so curious what the meeting to sign off on that is like.
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this should be the standard reaction to seeing Miles Bridges in public
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
this should be the standard reaction to seeing Miles Bridges in public
These guys spent a decade sprinting full speed at the most humiliating possible position on every issue in American culture. We are only really finding the edges of that just now. This shit was so embarrassing that it is more humiliating to pretend it's a success than it is to mock it.
Chris Rufo doesn't have a career outside of being a "culture warrior." This is his movement. He made his bed. Now he gets to lie in it.
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
These guys spent a decade sprinting full speed at the most humiliating possible position on every issue in American culture. We are only really finding the edges of that just now. This shit was so embarrassing that it is more humiliating to pretend it's a success than it is to mock it.
Maxime Raynaud 20-20 game, Kings lost, Nets win, Jazz won, Nique Clifford kept his double digit scoring streak up and I’m willing to pretend I don’t see the shooting numbers from tonight. Great evening of hoops.
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Maxime Raynaud 20-20 game, Kings lost, Nets win, Jazz won, Nique Clifford kept his double digit scoring streak up and I’m willing to pretend I don’t see the shooting numbers from tonight. Great evening of hoops.
The call when Stewart gets in this is very Wrestlemania, like he popped out of the crowd and got Bridges with a chair
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The call when Stewart gets in this is very Wrestlemania, like he popped out of the crowd and got Bridges with a chair
This is how you know the Kings have begun fully tanking: Drew Eubanks is playing tonight
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
This is how you know the Kings have begun fully tanking: Drew Eubanks is playing tonight
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the type of contact they’re making off Trevor Bauer in Japan:
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
the type of contact they’re making off Trevor Bauer in Japan:
Tanking is no match for apathy. Zion Williamson just let his man, Precious Achiuwa, catch an inbound and waltz to the rim in two steps without ever even pretending to guard him.
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Tanking is no match for apathy. Zion Williamson just let his man, Precious Achiuwa, catch an inbound and waltz to the rim in two steps without ever even pretending to guard him.
Most of the New Orleans Pelicans shoot 3s like I do
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Most of the New Orleans Pelicans shoot 3s like I do
Another just DeMar game for the Kings among intended day 1 starters. They of course need to lose against an equally bad team that has no incentive to lose themselves.
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Another just DeMar game for the Kings among intended day 1 starters. They of course need to lose against an equally bad team that has no incentive to lose themselves.
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Regardless of what you think of Trump's policies, "Panican" is absolutely elite political communication on the merits. Of course everyone instantly grasps what it means and it just looks so good on the page, but furthermore it's also very easy to imagine how someone would say it aloud.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Regardless of what you think of Trump's policies, "Panican" is absolutely elite political communication on the merits. Of course everyone instantly grasps what it means and it just looks so good on the page, but furthermore it's also very easy to imagine how someone would say it aloud.
lmao
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
lmao
I am convinced that the 2022 Winter Olympics never happened. Too soon after Tokyo 2020* to feel like a comparable event, awkwardly in a host city that had held one of the greatest Summer games ever just 14 years prior, full of weird stuff. I remember watching some of it, but do I really?
i paid very little attention to the 2022 winter games, and definitely gave men's hockey, specifically, zero thought
WHAT DO YOU MEAN china fielded a hockey team full of non-chinese ringers 😭😭😭
WHAT DO YOU MEAN china fielded a hockey team full of non-chinese ringers 😭😭😭
February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I am convinced that the 2022 Winter Olympics never happened. Too soon after Tokyo 2020* to feel like a comparable event, awkwardly in a host city that had held one of the greatest Summer games ever just 14 years prior, full of weird stuff. I remember watching some of it, but do I really?
Yeah that'll happen
Palou tops the times on opening morning of Sebring IndyCar test
Palou tops the times on opening morning of Sebring IndyCar test
Palou tops the times on opening morning of Sebring IndyCar test
racer.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Yeah that'll happen
Yeah, this works. It's simple enough to not be convoluted and it only impacts odds, not non-lottery picks, so bad teams still get their own benefit. This also keeps teams like this year's Pacers or the 2019-20 Warriors from intentionally blowing up a Finals squad for position if someone gets hurt.
My tanking fix is to use three-year records to determine lottery odds instead of one.
Would be way harder to manipulate the standings late season and actually help the teams the draft is designed to help
willgottlieb.substack.com/p/the-nba-is...
Would be way harder to manipulate the standings late season and actually help the teams the draft is designed to help
willgottlieb.substack.com/p/the-nba-is...
The NBA is fighting tanking instead of fixing its incentives
A three-year lottery system could make some of the real problems disappear
willgottlieb.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Yeah, this works. It's simple enough to not be convoluted and it only impacts odds, not non-lottery picks, so bad teams still get their own benefit. This also keeps teams like this year's Pacers or the 2019-20 Warriors from intentionally blowing up a Finals squad for position if someone gets hurt.
There are lots of bad things going on but I think one underrated bad thing is that all the gambling websites have terrible names. FanDuel and DraftKings are both named after their now mostly irrelevant trojan horse business models for semi-legal gambling. Kalshi sounds like an off-brand cereal.
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
There are lots of bad things going on but I think one underrated bad thing is that all the gambling websites have terrible names. FanDuel and DraftKings are both named after their now mostly irrelevant trojan horse business models for semi-legal gambling. Kalshi sounds like an off-brand cereal.
"You might think this is a huge hill, but this is just a normal hill to me" - Ski jumpers trying too hard to impress all of us
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"You might think this is a huge hill, but this is just a normal hill to me" - Ski jumpers trying too hard to impress all of us
This wheel looks so, so good.
Sporty instrument clusters should be rounded or have gauge pods but otherwise this is a welcome improvement over nearly anything else out there. www.roadandtrack.com/news/a702595...
Ferrari's First EV Is Named 'Luce,' and Its Interior Should Be the Future of Automotive Design
The touch of ex-Apple genius Jony Ive and his California-based LoveFrom firm is apparent, and that's a good thing.
www.roadandtrack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This wheel looks so, so good.
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Until they build a badder bunny
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Until they build a badder bunny
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Go Hawks, fuck the Patriots for what they did to Raiden in MGS2
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Go Hawks, fuck the Patriots for what they did to Raiden in MGS2
Cooper Kupp and LeBron both need to stop doing that beard
February 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Cooper Kupp and LeBron both need to stop doing that beard
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this guy is a Super Bowl Champion
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
this guy is a Super Bowl Champion
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You know if you go to the top of Coit Tower and then ask the city of San Francisco to make it about 2,000 feet taller, you could see where the Super Bowl is being played.
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
You know if you go to the top of Coit Tower and then ask the city of San Francisco to make it about 2,000 feet taller, you could see where the Super Bowl is being played.
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They won’t let you vote for Dickson to be MVP because of anti-Australian discrimination.
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 AM
They won’t let you vote for Dickson to be MVP because of anti-Australian discrimination.