The Cosmopolitan Corsican
@mfiorina.bsky.social
Marc-Andrea Fiorina. Data Analyst @OpenResearch. A powerful blend of Yinzer and Corsican. Here for local policy and football convos!
First day as a #learnedleague rookie, definitely feeling the nerves! Can already tell that I'll take way too much time on this, hoping I settle in soon enough
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
First day as a #learnedleague rookie, definitely feeling the nerves! Can already tell that I'll take way too much time on this, hoping I settle in soon enough
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
Six fighter jets flying back and forth over Columbia Heights here in DC. No clue what's going on
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Six fighter jets flying back and forth over Columbia Heights here in DC. No clue what's going on
@chrisbranch.bsky.social hope you get some rest today, can’t imagine when you wrote the newsletter after staying out to watch last night’s game!
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
@chrisbranch.bsky.social hope you get some rest today, can’t imagine when you wrote the newsletter after staying out to watch last night’s game!
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i know these people are too stupid to realize it but snap benefits and food assistance actually take money from
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i know these people are too stupid to realize it but snap benefits and food assistance actually take money from
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
the federal government, pass it through real people to feed them, and then that money ends up in the local economy and farms. it’s exactly the kind of thing you want to happen!
We need a word for a non-Scorigami that has happened a surprising number of times. Surprisinogami?
🏈 MIN 10 - 37 LAC
FINAL
❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 25 times before.
Last time: Jan 2, 2022
Green Bay Packers defeated Minnesota Vikings
FINAL
❌ No Scorigami. That score has happened 25 times before.
Last time: Jan 2, 2022
Green Bay Packers defeated Minnesota Vikings
October 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We need a word for a non-Scorigami that has happened a surprising number of times. Surprisinogami?
Any followers who could provide me with a Learned League referral? My credentials are that I spend way too much time on JetPunk and Sporcle!
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Any followers who could provide me with a Learned League referral? My credentials are that I spend way too much time on JetPunk and Sporcle!
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This piece rocks. I helped Arif try and break it. It's really bad, a cheap wrapper of GPT4o turbo.
When I asked it who the raiders should trade for at QB, it recommended Derek Carr (Drafted by and released by the raiders, retired) and Geno Smith (their starting QB they traded for in the offseason
When I asked it who the raiders should trade for at QB, it recommended Derek Carr (Drafted by and released by the raiders, retired) and Geno Smith (their starting QB they traded for in the offseason
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This piece rocks. I helped Arif try and break it. It's really bad, a cheap wrapper of GPT4o turbo.
When I asked it who the raiders should trade for at QB, it recommended Derek Carr (Drafted by and released by the raiders, retired) and Geno Smith (their starting QB they traded for in the offseason
When I asked it who the raiders should trade for at QB, it recommended Derek Carr (Drafted by and released by the raiders, retired) and Geno Smith (their starting QB they traded for in the offseason
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👏NEVER 👏 BET 👏PARLAYS👏
How America’s favorite sports bet is fueling sportsbook profits
Parlays are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Post analysis of betting data. Bettors lose billions a year on these bets.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
Parlays are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Post analysis of betting data. Bettors lose billions a year on these bets.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/inter...
Americans can’t stop betting parlays. Sportbooks are cashing in.
As betting booms, parlays are accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Washington Post analysis of state data.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
👏NEVER 👏 BET 👏PARLAYS👏
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Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
classroom.ricksteves.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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@jonbois.bsky.social I don’t know if the Tim Tebow chronicles could have been written with the new CFL rules, so I’m grateful you wrote them before the rouge got removed from existence
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
@jonbois.bsky.social I don’t know if the Tim Tebow chronicles could have been written with the new CFL rules, so I’m grateful you wrote them before the rouge got removed from existence
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it’s always “stop worrying about return on investment” when they’re talking about spending more and more and more and more on AI, but not when it’s a investigative news desk that takes months to break a story, a great show they don’t know how to market, a website that produces great articles etc
Hahahahahahah what are you TALKING about? Can you imagine if any of their employees said crap like this? lord! LORD!
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
it’s always “stop worrying about return on investment” when they’re talking about spending more and more and more and more on AI, but not when it’s a investigative news desk that takes months to break a story, a great show they don’t know how to market, a website that produces great articles etc
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I'm sorry and maybe this is being so naive or whatever I don't know but this is **legitimately** shocking to hear. The comfort in saying it in front of millions of viewers. I'm fucking speechless
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm sorry and maybe this is being so naive or whatever I don't know but this is **legitimately** shocking to hear. The comfort in saying it in front of millions of viewers. I'm fucking speechless
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The bill that would let Trump appoint the city's attorney general is particularly wild. D.C. would become the only place in the country where residents would have no say, direct or indirect, in who gets picked to be the chief law enforcement officer. None.
September 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The bill that would let Trump appoint the city's attorney general is particularly wild. D.C. would become the only place in the country where residents would have no say, direct or indirect, in who gets picked to be the chief law enforcement officer. None.
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A 🧵: It was a wild day for D.C. in Congress yesterday, where a House committee advanced 14 bills targeting the city – everything from banning traffic cameras to giving Trump the power to appoint the city's attorney general. I've got a detailed write-up in @51st.news: 51st.news/house-republ...
Cosplaying as D.C. Council, House Republicans advance dozen-plus bills targeting city they don’t represent
The party of limited government is treading heavily on D.C.
51st.news
September 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A 🧵: It was a wild day for D.C. in Congress yesterday, where a House committee advanced 14 bills targeting the city – everything from banning traffic cameras to giving Trump the power to appoint the city's attorney general. I've got a detailed write-up in @51st.news: 51st.news/house-republ...
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It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.
September 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s fine to say that violence is never the answer, but I can’t help but observe that for Charlie Kirk violence was always the answer, and it was the only answer he offered, and, because of the privilege that he refused to admit he had, he could enact it from a comfortable and respectable place.
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One of the defining experiences of my life, and I think yours, is gradually witnessing the internet degrade from the most sophisticated tool for information distribution in history into a cesspit of misinformation and falsehoods.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
Grok says that videos of Charlie Kirk being shot are memes and that he's actually fine
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
One of the defining experiences of my life, and I think yours, is gradually witnessing the internet degrade from the most sophisticated tool for information distribution in history into a cesspit of misinformation and falsehoods.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
It's a world-historical tragedy, what's happening to us.
@lateroundqb.bsky.social people are saying Rocket Sanders??
September 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
@lateroundqb.bsky.social people are saying Rocket Sanders??
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
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I linked to @redford.bsky.social's Defector column about today's neutralized stage. You should read that too if you're less clear on the cycling context or are unable to follow my unrestrained anger
You Can Advertise The State Of Israel On Your Shirt Or Ride Undisrupted In La Vuelta, But Not Both | Defector
Nobody won Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday in Bilbao, as race organizers chose to neutralize the stage due to huge groups of anti-genocide protestors at the finish line. Thousands gathere...
defector.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I linked to @redford.bsky.social's Defector column about today's neutralized stage. You should read that too if you're less clear on the cycling context or are unable to follow my unrestrained anger
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Pushed up this week's Wheelysports by a day and a half because I'm disappointed we didn't get to see Tom Pidcock win a stage of the Vuelta, but I'm absolutely livid at what the UCI thinks we should learn from all this
On Neutralization and Neutrality
The UCI and I disagree on who disgraced themselves at Stage 11 of the Vuelta
wheelysports.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Pushed up this week's Wheelysports by a day and a half because I'm disappointed we didn't get to see Tom Pidcock win a stage of the Vuelta, but I'm absolutely livid at what the UCI thinks we should learn from all this
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The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
September 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social vote to keep After Dark on Twitch until Sunday noon for us Sunday morning re-watchers/listeners? The FOMO is strong this AM
August 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@shutdownfullcast.bsky.social vote to keep After Dark on Twitch until Sunday noon for us Sunday morning re-watchers/listeners? The FOMO is strong this AM
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My latest in @newrepublic.com: an urgent plea to recognize the humanity of DC residents, their longtime second-class citizenship and need
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
Like It or Not, We Are All D.C. Now
The residents of the nation’s capital have long been denied their democratic rights. If Trump has his way, other cities may soon feel what that’s like.
newrepublic.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My latest in @newrepublic.com: an urgent plea to recognize the humanity of DC residents, their longtime second-class citizenship and need
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
—should democracy not already be lost forever—for statehood.
“Washington, D.C., residents are the most powerless canary in the most authoritarian coal mine.”
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.