Garth Gagnier
@grrr22.bsky.social
Spartan. Jazz Fan. Cougars. Aggie. Pioneer. Teacher. Reader. Anti-Fascist. Jedi. Mutant. Earthbender. Howler. Dark Elf. Variant. Reylo. 🦋 Hero of the Lance. Guardian of the Galaxy.
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Garth Gagnier
@grrr22.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hello Twitter 2.0. Looking for my besties. #StarWars #UtahJazz #BYUCougars #NBA #Travel #Reading #FantasyAndScifi
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Austin Ainge was asked about his philosophy on tanking, manipulating minutes to improve lottery odds, etc. His answer: "You won't see that this year."
June 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Austin Ainge was asked about his philosophy on tanking, manipulating minutes to improve lottery odds, etc. His answer: "You won't see that this year."
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Right off the bat, Ryan Smith says that Austin Ainge will have final say and giving recommendations to Smith. So, that's a lot more clear than the last time the Jazz hired an Ainge
June 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Right off the bat, Ryan Smith says that Austin Ainge will have final say and giving recommendations to Smith. So, that's a lot more clear than the last time the Jazz hired an Ainge
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No. I don’t want Tre Johnson, Kon Knueppel, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, OR Egor Demin. They don’t play ANY defense. Trade up for VJ Edgecombe or trade down for Noa Essengue or Nique Clifford and start stockpiling two-way players. I’m tired of watching Utah get cooked on defense.
Utah has Markannen, Hendricks, and John Collins, but ZERO perimeter defense. Utah has got to get away from drafting BPA when there’s defenders on the board. They missed on Desmond Bane, Ryan Dunn, Jaden McDaniels, and gave away Nickiel Alexander-Walker for nothing. The culture HAS to change.
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No. I don’t want Tre Johnson, Kon Knueppel, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, OR Egor Demin. They don’t play ANY defense. Trade up for VJ Edgecombe or trade down for Noa Essengue or Nique Clifford and start stockpiling two-way players. I’m tired of watching Utah get cooked on defense.
“The death of truth is the ultimate evil.”
a woman in a blue jacket is standing in front of a podium with a star wars logo on it
ALT: a woman in a blue jacket is standing in front of a podium with a star wars logo on it
media.tenor.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“The death of truth is the ultimate evil.”
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“Our show is about what happens when history comes knocking on your door” - Tony Gilroy on ANDOR
May 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Our show is about what happens when history comes knocking on your door” - Tony Gilroy on ANDOR
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It is my unpleasant job to present the 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers with the Honorary 2020-21 Utah Jazz Award for fraudulence
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It is my unpleasant job to present the 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers with the Honorary 2020-21 Utah Jazz Award for fraudulence
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ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy on the relevance of the series
“I’m writing about how I feel about all the revolutions, about all the insurrections. People legitimately fail to recognize how puny their individualism is”
(1/2)
“I’m writing about how I feel about all the revolutions, about all the insurrections. People legitimately fail to recognize how puny their individualism is”
(1/2)
May 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy on the relevance of the series
“I’m writing about how I feel about all the revolutions, about all the insurrections. People legitimately fail to recognize how puny their individualism is”
(1/2)
“I’m writing about how I feel about all the revolutions, about all the insurrections. People legitimately fail to recognize how puny their individualism is”
(1/2)
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Here’s hoping Andor’s final episodes are mind melting and discourse inducing 🥂
May 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Here’s hoping Andor’s final episodes are mind melting and discourse inducing 🥂
No. I don’t want Tre Johnson, Kon Knueppel, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, OR Egor Demin. They don’t play ANY defense. Trade up for VJ Edgecombe or trade down for Noa Essengue or Nique Clifford and start stockpiling two-way players. I’m tired of watching Utah get cooked on defense.
Utah has Markannen, Hendricks, and John Collins, but ZERO perimeter defense. Utah has got to get away from drafting BPA when there’s defenders on the board. They missed on Desmond Bane, Ryan Dunn, Jaden McDaniels, and gave away Nickiel Alexander-Walker for nothing. The culture HAS to change.
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No. I don’t want Tre Johnson, Kon Knueppel, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, OR Egor Demin. They don’t play ANY defense. Trade up for VJ Edgecombe or trade down for Noa Essengue or Nique Clifford and start stockpiling two-way players. I’m tired of watching Utah get cooked on defense.
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
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Jazz GM Justin Zanik on drafting No. 5: "This was always the most likely individual outcome that we expected and kind of prepared for, given that the flattened lottery odds since 2019."
May 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Jazz GM Justin Zanik on drafting No. 5: "This was always the most likely individual outcome that we expected and kind of prepared for, given that the flattened lottery odds since 2019."
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Andor tomorrow. Savor it.
May 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Andor tomorrow. Savor it.
When you realize that the Jazz have a 14% chance of getting Cooper Flagg tomorrow:
May 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When you realize that the Jazz have a 14% chance of getting Cooper Flagg tomorrow:
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CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season—most in 15 years
Measles surpasses 1000 cases—first time in 30 years
USA has the lowest life expectancy & highest infant & maternal mortality of any developed nation on Earth
This is what RFK + the for profit health scam industry has wrought us. Smh
Measles surpasses 1000 cases—first time in 30 years
USA has the lowest life expectancy & highest infant & maternal mortality of any developed nation on Earth
This is what RFK + the for profit health scam industry has wrought us. Smh
May 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season—most in 15 years
Measles surpasses 1000 cases—first time in 30 years
USA has the lowest life expectancy & highest infant & maternal mortality of any developed nation on Earth
This is what RFK + the for profit health scam industry has wrought us. Smh
Measles surpasses 1000 cases—first time in 30 years
USA has the lowest life expectancy & highest infant & maternal mortality of any developed nation on Earth
This is what RFK + the for profit health scam industry has wrought us. Smh
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A witch-possessed Wookiee Jedi is still one of the absolute wildest things we've gotten in years & I love it
May 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A witch-possessed Wookiee Jedi is still one of the absolute wildest things we've gotten in years & I love it
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1. Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts, speaks after a federal judge ordered her release following her arrest by federal agents on the street.
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
1. Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts, speaks after a federal judge ordered her release following her arrest by federal agents on the street.
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
She calls the United States “the greatest democracy in the world” and says she has “faith in the American justice system.”
These playoffs have demonstrated how important the need for solid perimeter defenders and bigs who can shoot. Golden State, OKC, NYK, Boston, and Minnesota’s rosters all have defenders across the board. Denver, OKC, Minnesota, NYK, Boston, and Indiana all have great shooting bigs. CLE is the outlier
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
These playoffs have demonstrated how important the need for solid perimeter defenders and bigs who can shoot. Golden State, OKC, NYK, Boston, and Minnesota’s rosters all have defenders across the board. Denver, OKC, Minnesota, NYK, Boston, and Indiana all have great shooting bigs. CLE is the outlier
This. SO. Freaking. Much
“The distance between what is said and what is known to be true is an abyss.”
May 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This. SO. Freaking. Much
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A lot of people didn't grow up watching Mister Rogers & Sesame Street every day & it shows
May 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A lot of people didn't grow up watching Mister Rogers & Sesame Street every day & it shows
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“He’s a messenger…” 🥲
May 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“He’s a messenger…” 🥲
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This is fascism.
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is fascism.
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You’ll never make yourself small enough for people who don’t actually love you. So be unhinged, stick to your needs, deeply love the things you love. It doesn’t need to make sense to anyone and if you’re too much, they aren’t the ones. A small circle who loves you is gold.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You’ll never make yourself small enough for people who don’t actually love you. So be unhinged, stick to your needs, deeply love the things you love. It doesn’t need to make sense to anyone and if you’re too much, they aren’t the ones. A small circle who loves you is gold.
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The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism
May 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The same kind of folks who spent years complaining about masks that slowed the spread of disease are now wearing masks to facilitate the spread of fascism
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.