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Post, The Ninth: Why Even Have a Committee and the 2025 College Football Rankings #8
Are We Sure the CFP Committee Does Anything? Well, it offers a great TV show, or at least a means for ESPN to fill up more content. Of course ESPN is an interested party in the CFP's success itself as its lone TV…
Are We Sure the CFP Committee Does Anything? Well, it offers a great TV show, or at least a means for ESPN to fill up more content. Of course ESPN is an interested party in the CFP's success itself as its lone TV…
Post, The Ninth: Why Even Have a Committee and the 2025 College Football Rankings #8
Are We Sure the CFP Committee Does Anything? Well, it offers a great TV show, or at least a means for ESPN to fill up more content. Of course ESPN is an interested party in the CFP's success itself as its lone TV rights owner. So, the ability to push the CFP Top 25 while having talking heads' heads yap about the Meaning of It All is a beautiful way of the network making its own news.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Post, The Ninth: Why Even Have a Committee and the 2025 College Football Rankings #8
Are We Sure the CFP Committee Does Anything? Well, it offers a great TV show, or at least a means for ESPN to fill up more content. Of course ESPN is an interested party in the CFP's success itself as its lone TV…
Are We Sure the CFP Committee Does Anything? Well, it offers a great TV show, or at least a means for ESPN to fill up more content. Of course ESPN is an interested party in the CFP's success itself as its lone TV…
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@ezzy16.bsky.social hat tip for the headline
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@ezzy16.bsky.social hat tip for the headline
Post, The Eighth: The Worst Trade Ever and the 2025 College Football Rankings #7
Nico Harrison and the Worst Trade Ever Made Well, what seemed inevitable happened. The Dallas Mavericks axed Nico Harrison. I guess these sounds at home games started to wear on them: The Dallas Mavericks are 3-9 this…
Nico Harrison and the Worst Trade Ever Made Well, what seemed inevitable happened. The Dallas Mavericks axed Nico Harrison. I guess these sounds at home games started to wear on them: The Dallas Mavericks are 3-9 this…
Post, The Eighth: The Worst Trade Ever and the 2025 College Football Rankings #7
Nico Harrison and the Worst Trade Ever Made Well, what seemed inevitable happened. The Dallas Mavericks axed Nico Harrison. I guess these sounds at home games started to wear on them: The Dallas Mavericks are 3-9 this season and somehow were bad and lucky enough to win the draft lottery last season. Having two seasons circle the drain like this was certainly not on my bingo card when the Mavericks lost to the Celtics in the 2024 Finals.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Post, The Eighth: The Worst Trade Ever and the 2025 College Football Rankings #7
Nico Harrison and the Worst Trade Ever Made Well, what seemed inevitable happened. The Dallas Mavericks axed Nico Harrison. I guess these sounds at home games started to wear on them: The Dallas Mavericks are 3-9 this…
Nico Harrison and the Worst Trade Ever Made Well, what seemed inevitable happened. The Dallas Mavericks axed Nico Harrison. I guess these sounds at home games started to wear on them: The Dallas Mavericks are 3-9 this…
Post, The Seventh: The Greatest Baseball Game and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
There is Nothing Like Baseball's Best I have certainly fallen out of love with baseball. I have not stopped following it fully - but as the sport has gotten more strikeout and homerun-centric, the romance of…
There is Nothing Like Baseball's Best I have certainly fallen out of love with baseball. I have not stopped following it fully - but as the sport has gotten more strikeout and homerun-centric, the romance of…
Post, The Seventh: The Greatest Baseball Game and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
There is Nothing Like Baseball's Best I have certainly fallen out of love with baseball. I have not stopped following it fully - but as the sport has gotten more strikeout and homerun-centric, the romance of players figuring out how to adapt, and bunt singles and whatnot is gone. The sport in a lot of important ways has turned into the most exciting beer league in the world.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Post, The Seventh: The Greatest Baseball Game and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
There is Nothing Like Baseball's Best I have certainly fallen out of love with baseball. I have not stopped following it fully - but as the sport has gotten more strikeout and homerun-centric, the romance of…
There is Nothing Like Baseball's Best I have certainly fallen out of love with baseball. I have not stopped following it fully - but as the sport has gotten more strikeout and homerun-centric, the romance of…
Seems pretty clear Schumer knew it would be rejected. The Democrats actually don't have power - doing something small that puts the GOP on blast in the midterm run-up is probably the best you can do.
idk if schumer made the offer expecting it to be rejected but i am once again concerned that the lack of prioritizing defending the people from ICE signals intent to “moderate” on the american gestapo if dems ever get power again.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Seems pretty clear Schumer knew it would be rejected. The Democrats actually don't have power - doing something small that puts the GOP on blast in the midterm run-up is probably the best you can do.
Schumer is making an offer he knows won't be accepted.
You'll see people talking about recissions. Recissions are when Trump just keeps funding that's been allotted by Congress. If this "deal" doesn't prevent recissions, it's worth NOTHING.
Schumer is a chump, so I don't have high hopes here.
Schumer is a chump, so I don't have high hopes here.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Schumer is making an offer he knows won't be accepted.
Only 32 more stays away from tying DiMaggio's 1941 mark.
On March 6, #SCOTUS denied a Trump emergency application in the Dellinger case. That was the last time that happened; today's ruling is the 24th (consecutive) grant since then.
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I survey this broader pattern (and its alarming implications) in a new draft paper here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Only 32 more stays away from tying DiMaggio's 1941 mark.
Late endorsement @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Late endorsement @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social
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Toad wrote on a piece of paper: A LIST OF THINGS TO DO TODAY.
Then he wrote: WAKE UP
Then he wrote: WAKE UP
November 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Toad wrote on a piece of paper: A LIST OF THINGS TO DO TODAY.
Then he wrote: WAKE UP
Then he wrote: WAKE UP
Post, The Sixth: Very Long Games and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
Wait, I Stayed Up for This? You know, my kids don't care about sports. There was a part of me that dreamt of the family rooting for the Red Sox or whomever together, but they largely seemed to find things like anime and video…
Wait, I Stayed Up for This? You know, my kids don't care about sports. There was a part of me that dreamt of the family rooting for the Red Sox or whomever together, but they largely seemed to find things like anime and video…
Post, The Sixth: Very Long Games and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
Wait, I Stayed Up for This? You know, my kids don't care about sports. There was a part of me that dreamt of the family rooting for the Red Sox or whomever together, but they largely seemed to find things like anime and video games and art more interesting. Sports has become where their dad has his own private refuge and connection to - I guess, home.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Post, The Sixth: Very Long Games and 2025 College Football Rankings #6
Wait, I Stayed Up for This? You know, my kids don't care about sports. There was a part of me that dreamt of the family rooting for the Red Sox or whomever together, but they largely seemed to find things like anime and video…
Wait, I Stayed Up for This? You know, my kids don't care about sports. There was a part of me that dreamt of the family rooting for the Red Sox or whomever together, but they largely seemed to find things like anime and video…
@natetice.bsky.social good day to be Jim Leohnard's agent I guess
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
@natetice.bsky.social good day to be Jim Leohnard's agent I guess
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notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
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Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Have the Cubs announced what they plan to do about their roster if they come back all the way and beat Milwaukee? Because both NLCS Game2 and Charlie Kirk's birthday are October 14 and that's obviously gonna create some problems for them.
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Have the Cubs announced what they plan to do about their roster if they come back all the way and beat Milwaukee? Because both NLCS Game2 and Charlie Kirk's birthday are October 14 and that's obviously gonna create some problems for them.
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social here's some comic relief! bsky.app/profile/olli...
Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social here's some comic relief! bsky.app/profile/olli...
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Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
October 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
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What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
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BREAKING: In place of Jimmy Kimmel’s return, Sinclair and Nexstar will broadcast 90 minutes of Ezra Klein criticizing you for not reading “The Bell Curve”
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BREAKING: In place of Jimmy Kimmel’s return, Sinclair and Nexstar will broadcast 90 minutes of Ezra Klein criticizing you for not reading “The Bell Curve”
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In a kinder, gentler time, Marilyn Hagerty’s very earnest review of the Olive Garden was an internet sensation. The internet used to bring us joy.
RIP to one of the greats: www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
RIP to one of the greats: www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99
She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.
www.grandforksherald.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
In a kinder, gentler time, Marilyn Hagerty’s very earnest review of the Olive Garden was an internet sensation. The internet used to bring us joy.
RIP to one of the greats: www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
RIP to one of the greats: www.grandforksherald.com/news/marilyi...
@keithlaw.bsky.social Small sample size theater and all, but is there reason to believe Connelly Early can be a legit mid-rotation something?
September 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@keithlaw.bsky.social Small sample size theater and all, but is there reason to believe Connelly Early can be a legit mid-rotation something?
@keithsmithnba.bsky.social C's fan here - what do you think of the Drew Nicolas hire?
July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@keithsmithnba.bsky.social C's fan here - what do you think of the Drew Nicolas hire?
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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MAGA Voter Drills Hole Into Skull To Relieve Sudden Doubts About Trump
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MAGA Voter Drills Hole Into Skull To Relieve Sudden Doubts About Trump
ooh, let's see what the worst senator of the century is up to: www.rawstory.com/kyrsten-sine...
Kyrsten Sinema’s not running — but she’s spending big on wine and Aspen skiing
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)dropped out of the 2024 election and isn't running for office — but she's still spending her 2024 campaign cash on personal luxury items for herself, according to a re...
www.rawstory.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
ooh, let's see what the worst senator of the century is up to: www.rawstory.com/kyrsten-sine...