Geoff
@thebadone.bsky.social
Serial platform refugee (AIM, TWoP, LJ, Deadspin, Twitter). Sleater-Kinney, The Mountain Goats, The Hold Steady, The Gaslight Anthem, DBTs, Jason Isbell, Detroit sports. Not a good poster, but dedicated. Go Blue.
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Geoff
@thebadone.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Woke Up New
The Mountain Goats · Get Lonely · Song · 2006
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(1/365) A song a day for 2025 until I forget: “Woke Up New” by @themountaingoats.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/7usk7z...
It is 4:50 PM CST and I want to go to bed. I’m not sick, I’m just 44.
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
It is 4:50 PM CST and I want to go to bed. I’m not sick, I’m just 44.
Does he have any thoughts on the Sudetenland
The co-leader of the far-right AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, has suggested that Poland is as much of a threat to his country as Russia is.
Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia
Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Does he have any thoughts on the Sudetenland
This is highly problematic, as you'll see in my forthcoming monograph, "Weesa All Sinking and No Power: Jar Jar Binks as the Noble Savage."
Do you think Jar Jar Binks was made for children to sympathize with indigenous populations? If so, which ones?
"I have no idea what being a contributing writer for a fascist rag has to do with despising a character that was created for children to sympathize with indigenous populations"
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is highly problematic, as you'll see in my forthcoming monograph, "Weesa All Sinking and No Power: Jar Jar Binks as the Noble Savage."
My rabbit when it’s time to comb her fur out.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My rabbit when it’s time to comb her fur out.
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A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
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edmund fitzposting will continue throughout the day
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
edmund fitzposting will continue throughout the day
This series of commercials was recreated almost shot for shot in a Detroiters episode.
youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU?...
youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU?...
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This series of commercials was recreated almost shot for shot in a Detroiters episode.
youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU?...
youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU?...
1. Vile stuff from CBP
2. It's incredibly disrespectful to the Great Lakes as a whole and especially the Straits of Mackinac for them to consider Chicago within 100 miles of an external border. Get real, man.
2. It's incredibly disrespectful to the Great Lakes as a whole and especially the Straits of Mackinac for them to consider Chicago within 100 miles of an external border. Get real, man.
I know the bsky collective has decided anyone associated with DHS is ICE because ~messaging~, but just reiterating that this is BP
Which, yknow, wildly waving a gun around flagging multiple other LEOs seems like the sort of thing other agencies might want to distance themselves from
Which, yknow, wildly waving a gun around flagging multiple other LEOs seems like the sort of thing other agencies might want to distance themselves from
Chaos erupted in Little Village.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
1. Vile stuff from CBP
2. It's incredibly disrespectful to the Great Lakes as a whole and especially the Straits of Mackinac for them to consider Chicago within 100 miles of an external border. Get real, man.
2. It's incredibly disrespectful to the Great Lakes as a whole and especially the Straits of Mackinac for them to consider Chicago within 100 miles of an external border. Get real, man.
What if buny, but loooooooooooong?
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What if buny, but loooooooooooong?
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A lot of pundits are out here showing they don’t know ball. Musk isn’t a trillionaire. He’s not even Kyler Murray signing a “$230M” deal where he’ll be lucky to leave $100M on the table when he leaves.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A lot of pundits are out here showing they don’t know ball. Musk isn’t a trillionaire. He’s not even Kyler Murray signing a “$230M” deal where he’ll be lucky to leave $100M on the table when he leaves.
Having this listed in IATA code order without having any of the the codes visible is throwing me off
Here is a list of the 40 airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown.
These are the airports that will reduce flights during the government shutdown
The Federal Aviation Administration is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having this listed in IATA code order without having any of the the codes visible is throwing me off
I know I’m alone on this, but I assume RFK Jr. was alerting the president’s secretary to call for medical staff. The guy is already being attended to by a doctor, so next step is to get an EMT and equipment.
LATER THAT DAY: I am told that he was retrieving “whale juice and greenies.”
LATER THAT DAY: I am told that he was retrieving “whale juice and greenies.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I know I’m alone on this, but I assume RFK Jr. was alerting the president’s secretary to call for medical staff. The guy is already being attended to by a doctor, so next step is to get an EMT and equipment.
LATER THAT DAY: I am told that he was retrieving “whale juice and greenies.”
LATER THAT DAY: I am told that he was retrieving “whale juice and greenies.”
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dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
dawg not the steakhouse wedding font
Siri, what is a denominator?
Btw, the press obsessing about Mamdani seems weird. He seriously underperformed the Democratic vote in NYC compared to recent elections, barely scraping 50%. Moderate Democrats in VA and NJ dramatically overperformed. That seems the real story
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Siri, what is a denominator?
You’re never going to believe this, but it’s incredibly expensive to get through undergrad (at the right school), medical school, and residency. So we’re selecting for elite test-takers with substantial financial resources and hoping that means they can talk to normal people and help them.
A common retort when you're like 'they should open more medical schools/train more doctors' is that you wouldn't want the quality of care to go down, would you? And honestly, here's the dirty secret as someone with a chronic condition: It ain't that good now
November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
You’re never going to believe this, but it’s incredibly expensive to get through undergrad (at the right school), medical school, and residency. So we’re selecting for elite test-takers with substantial financial resources and hoping that means they can talk to normal people and help them.
After my first rock concert, we ran into some of the popular kids at the only late night restaurant in town. One cool girl was smashed so I was talking to her while she tried to sober up. Somehow we figured out that we both loved Cartoon Planet, and from then on that was our connection. A+ night.
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 AM
After my first rock concert, we ran into some of the popular kids at the only late night restaurant in town. One cool girl was smashed so I was talking to her while she tried to sober up. Somehow we figured out that we both loved Cartoon Planet, and from then on that was our connection. A+ night.
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Fun Fact: The HSR avatar is taken from the MMB uniform membership card I had made for @thebadone.bsky.social
This one's a gut punch.
I can honestly say there would be no Beauty of a Game without UW. Kudos to Paul and Phil for what they created and have done over the years. To say they will be sorely missed is an understatement.
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I can honestly say there would be no Beauty of a Game without UW. Kudos to Paul and Phil for what they created and have done over the years. To say they will be sorely missed is an understatement.
uni-watch.com/2025/10/31/u...
Uni Watch: 1999–2025
After a long run, Uni Watch’s coverage of athletics aesthetics is coming to a close.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Fun Fact: The HSR avatar is taken from the MMB uniform membership card I had made for @thebadone.bsky.social
Pulling together my costume. This year I’m going as the Wicker (Park) Man.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pulling together my costume. This year I’m going as the Wicker (Park) Man.
There should be a requirement that every dollar donated or paid to an athletic department or affiliated entity must be matched by a donation to the school’s general fund.
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There should be a requirement that every dollar donated or paid to an athletic department or affiliated entity must be matched by a donation to the school’s general fund.
I did not know there was such a thing as a kosher Dunkin store.
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I did not know there was such a thing as a kosher Dunkin store.
Your worst project manager has decided he doesn’t like the new baseline (the one where the team ported the code base from C++ to Python and implemented the new features). He’s given your team of 3 150 hours to do the feature implementation in C++ and gets angry when you ask about testing.
Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump www.twz.com/sea/executiv...
Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump
The electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators for Ford class carriers have historically been a headache, but changing now would create immense challenges.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Your worst project manager has decided he doesn’t like the new baseline (the one where the team ported the code base from C++ to Python and implemented the new features). He’s given your team of 3 150 hours to do the feature implementation in C++ and gets angry when you ask about testing.