James Yates
@jamesyates.bsky.social
Writer, runner, basketball fan, baseball fan, animal lover, pessimistic optimist, he/him
Mark Sanford looks like a baseball player from 1975 who was shockingly thirty-six years old when the picture was taken.
Could just as easily be satire as reality:
"He was a famous politician, 32 years older than Olivia...But more importantly, he was a presidential candidate, a source, and the subject of Olivia’s recent profile for New York....Olivia is sleeping with Mark Sanford.”
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
"He was a famous politician, 32 years older than Olivia...But more importantly, he was a presidential candidate, a source, and the subject of Olivia’s recent profile for New York....Olivia is sleeping with Mark Sanford.”
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Mark Sanford looks like a baseball player from 1975 who was shockingly thirty-six years old when the picture was taken.
Anything by Wendy C. Ortiz, whom I need to reread soon, an artist I've looked up to for years now.
Can people post about memoirs that are good and they liked?
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Anything by Wendy C. Ortiz, whom I need to reread soon, an artist I've looked up to for years now.
I rewatched the "Back to the Future" trilogy this week, they're some of my favorite comfort movies. The biggest plot hole: why doesn't Marty get violently sick when he eats 1885 or 1955 food?
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I rewatched the "Back to the Future" trilogy this week, they're some of my favorite comfort movies. The biggest plot hole: why doesn't Marty get violently sick when he eats 1885 or 1955 food?
I think Hobbes is finally over his kidney or urinary infection. Ten days ago, I thought he was dying, now he's back to his sassy self, and we're both exhausted after giving him a twice daily pill since last Tuesday.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I think Hobbes is finally over his kidney or urinary infection. Ten days ago, I thought he was dying, now he's back to his sassy self, and we're both exhausted after giving him a twice daily pill since last Tuesday.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
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I can in fact hold these two facts in my brain at once: Republicans are fascist monsters and Dems like Schumer are fucking cowards ready to sell us out for a pittance
Wish people with any kind of audience would please focus on this shitshow still actually being Republican’s fault entirely
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I can in fact hold these two facts in my brain at once: Republicans are fascist monsters and Dems like Schumer are fucking cowards ready to sell us out for a pittance
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If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
Every season finale of "The Great British Baking Show" gets me weepy when they show the contestants hanging out together after.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Every season finale of "The Great British Baking Show" gets me weepy when they show the contestants hanging out together after.
I did a six mile run this afternoon, now I'm cooking a frozen pepperoni pizza in the oven. My diet has no happy medium between "Instagram influencer vegan cook" and "hungover college sophomore."
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I did a six mile run this afternoon, now I'm cooking a frozen pepperoni pizza in the oven. My diet has no happy medium between "Instagram influencer vegan cook" and "hungover college sophomore."
Like 70% of the posts about the Starbucks boycott are "here's why you should boycott; I personally don't need to, because I haven't been there in years."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Like 70% of the posts about the Starbucks boycott are "here's why you should boycott; I personally don't need to, because I haven't been there in years."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
The only times I truly feel old and out of touch are when NBA teams post celebrities sitting courtside and I only recognize like 30% of them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The only times I truly feel old and out of touch are when NBA teams post celebrities sitting courtside and I only recognize like 30% of them.
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everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
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I feel hope for the first time in a year & it feels awesome.
We have so much more work to do. But winning is not only possible, it’s imperative.
We have so much more work to do. But winning is not only possible, it’s imperative.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I feel hope for the first time in a year & it feels awesome.
We have so much more work to do. But winning is not only possible, it’s imperative.
We have so much more work to do. But winning is not only possible, it’s imperative.
Has anyone said Shittles yet?
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Soul Patch Kids
Soul Patch Kids
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Swedish fist
Swedish fist
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Has anyone said Shittles yet?
Something I can't shake: cutting SNAP is awful no matter what, but this close to Thanksgiving? It's such evil and cruel timing.
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Something I can't shake: cutting SNAP is awful no matter what, but this close to Thanksgiving? It's such evil and cruel timing.
Advertiser: "We need someone for this shitty NBA commercial."
Kevin Hart: "Hold on, hold on, tying my shoes."
Kevin Hart: "Hold on, hold on, tying my shoes."
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Advertiser: "We need someone for this shitty NBA commercial."
Kevin Hart: "Hold on, hold on, tying my shoes."
Kevin Hart: "Hold on, hold on, tying my shoes."
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If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If you keep lowering your standards to “win” against the other side, eventually you’ll just be on the other side
Cubs and Mariners are out, now I turn my attention to my NBA teams: the Bulls and Pelicans.
No, I'm doing just fine! Ha ha ha, never better!
No, I'm doing just fine! Ha ha ha, never better!
October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cubs and Mariners are out, now I turn my attention to my NBA teams: the Bulls and Pelicans.
No, I'm doing just fine! Ha ha ha, never better!
No, I'm doing just fine! Ha ha ha, never better!
A seven game loss in the ALCS is better than missing the playoffs by one game. But still: ughhhh.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A seven game loss in the ALCS is better than missing the playoffs by one game. But still: ughhhh.
This game is gonna go to extra innings, I can feel it.
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This game is gonna go to extra innings, I can feel it.
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Who’s ready for Mariners Baseball™️!!!
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Who’s ready for Mariners Baseball™️!!!
Went for a five mile run after work. Enjoying those endorphins, which are soothing the Game 7 nerves.
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Went for a five mile run after work. Enjoying those endorphins, which are soothing the Game 7 nerves.
I'm making a commitment to myself to get more involved, locally. This is two-fold, with one part selfish and the other noble: I need to make local friends, and I need to do more small things to make a difference when the country and world are so needlessly cruel.
October 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I'm making a commitment to myself to get more involved, locally. This is two-fold, with one part selfish and the other noble: I need to make local friends, and I need to do more small things to make a difference when the country and world are so needlessly cruel.
We don't need AI. We weren't meant to have access to everyone's thoughts at every second. There's no reason the money we spend on defense can't be used for public good.
I know these are three different thoughts, but variations on them swim through my head every damn day.
I know these are three different thoughts, but variations on them swim through my head every damn day.
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We don't need AI. We weren't meant to have access to everyone's thoughts at every second. There's no reason the money we spend on defense can't be used for public good.
I know these are three different thoughts, but variations on them swim through my head every damn day.
I know these are three different thoughts, but variations on them swim through my head every damn day.
I've emotionally accepted Game 7.
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I've emotionally accepted Game 7.