John Smaultz
@lantabraves.bsky.social
things were way better back when everything was worse
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John Smaultz
@lantabraves.bsky.social
· May 28
The face of a man who knows he’s about to get his ass BEAT in the cbp parking lot.
i know this place has the juice because philly fans are on here doing battery-throw posting (complimentary). it’s like seeing a bunch of baby sea turtles reach the ocean.
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
Trump defending Mamdani during this press conference
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Trump defending Mamdani during this press conference
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Excuse to post a classic?
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Excuse to post a classic?
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this is absolutely fucking nuts. these people are cartoons
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is absolutely fucking nuts. these people are cartoons
lmao these people are so embarrassing
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
lmao these people are so embarrassing
Mamdani is going to implement Shania Law. You *must* feel like a woman.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shania Law. You *must* feel like a woman.
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The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.
November 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.
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just to get ahead of stuff like this: don't bother coming up with cap/floor numbers that "feel right." If you're going to bother, you have to base it off the revenue split. So what % goes to players and what goes to owners. THEN you have to define what revenue belongs in the pool.
I dunno, I'd fine with a cap AND a floor. Spend more than 100 million, but less than 300 million. Close all of these deferred money bullshit loopholes that allow the Dodgers to exist, but don't people to think they can just keep running back a 30 million payroll every year.
October 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
just to get ahead of stuff like this: don't bother coming up with cap/floor numbers that "feel right." If you're going to bother, you have to base it off the revenue split. So what % goes to players and what goes to owners. THEN you have to define what revenue belongs in the pool.
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shohei's 10 strikeouts and moonshot home run distances were really just for style points. short of pitching a complete game he completely maxed out all channels through which he could deliver objective value, so he poured his leftover brilliance into knocking out side quests. it seems impossible
October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
shohei's 10 strikeouts and moonshot home run distances were really just for style points. short of pitching a complete game he completely maxed out all channels through which he could deliver objective value, so he poured his leftover brilliance into knocking out side quests. it seems impossible
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Walking around downtown handing out flyers with information about how to join my protection racket
Exclusive: The Trump administration is reaching out to more universities about its funding-advantage proposal after several early invitees rejected it.
Exclusive | Trump Administration Meets With More Colleges About ‘Compact’ After Rejections
The meeting was to gather input from the schools about the proposal, a White House official said
on.wsj.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Walking around downtown handing out flyers with information about how to join my protection racket
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Fourth homer, he reveals a DUMP HERE 64 shirt. Fifth homer gets a little graphic and Temple of Doomy, but his sacrifice will be remembered.
the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here
October 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fourth homer, he reveals a DUMP HERE 64 shirt. Fifth homer gets a little graphic and Temple of Doomy, but his sacrifice will be remembered.
Man I love Josh Heupel but that clock management is the rare coaching move where even if it works you still look like an idiot
September 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Man I love Josh Heupel but that clock management is the rare coaching move where even if it works you still look like an idiot
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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[huge bong rip]
COLLEGE KID [watching game of thrones]: bro, what if being chill towards the white walkers would’ve gotten them to be nice back? like, they just start handing out snow cones and shit. would you do it?
COLLEGE KID [watching game of thrones]: bro, what if being chill towards the white walkers would’ve gotten them to be nice back? like, they just start handing out snow cones and shit. would you do it?
Hypothetically. If complimenting trump meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections and the Dems would sweep Congress in a landslide , would you compliment Trump ?
Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?
Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
[huge bong rip]
COLLEGE KID [watching game of thrones]: bro, what if being chill towards the white walkers would’ve gotten them to be nice back? like, they just start handing out snow cones and shit. would you do it?
COLLEGE KID [watching game of thrones]: bro, what if being chill towards the white walkers would’ve gotten them to be nice back? like, they just start handing out snow cones and shit. would you do it?
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ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices.
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices
No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.
www.axios.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices.
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.
With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...
i don’t really dislike Stancil even though he’s incredibly annoying, but his ability to spend most of his engagement defending his dumbest takes is unmatched.
machines can’t think. they can’t feel empathy, guilt, happiness, etc. they are just doing fancy statistics. that’s literally it.
machines can’t think. they can’t feel empathy, guilt, happiness, etc. they are just doing fancy statistics. that’s literally it.
The issue is that we don’t know what “personhood” or “consciousness” is or means, so when a machine is able to talk and think in ways that seem very human, it starts raising uncomfortable questions about ourselves.
“This robot lacks the innate quality of being human!”
“What is that?”
“Uh, well”
“This robot lacks the innate quality of being human!”
“What is that?”
“Uh, well”
Goddamit, you can be impressed by this tech and not ascribe conciousness to it!
This is just a machine, we know that is just a machine, and people who don't know are so awestruck by its complexity they need to give it personhood in order to cope.
This is just a machine, we know that is just a machine, and people who don't know are so awestruck by its complexity they need to give it personhood in order to cope.
August 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
i don’t really dislike Stancil even though he’s incredibly annoying, but his ability to spend most of his engagement defending his dumbest takes is unmatched.
machines can’t think. they can’t feel empathy, guilt, happiness, etc. they are just doing fancy statistics. that’s literally it.
machines can’t think. they can’t feel empathy, guilt, happiness, etc. they are just doing fancy statistics. that’s literally it.
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All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
July 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
All the dire implications notwithstanding it is hilarious how evil this technology is. Billions of dollars spent on this greasy lying stupid thing that was literally built to replace people, and everyone that uses it gets weaker, lazier, dumber, and sadder for having done so. Well done all around.
the official sign of conceding defeat (signing Erick Fedde)
Atlanta Braves activated RHP Erick Fedde.
July 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
the official sign of conceding defeat (signing Erick Fedde)
lmao this guy does shit you would see in a 14u travel ball game
RONALD ACUÑA JR. SCORES FROM FIRST ON A SINGLE MY GOODNESS
July 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
lmao this guy does shit you would see in a 14u travel ball game
Lmao Nacho cannot believe it
July 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Lmao Nacho cannot believe it