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Personal: In search of the life-ruining outstanding
Profession: data quality analyst
Joy: books, garden, variety of art projects
Profession: data quality analyst
Joy: books, garden, variety of art projects
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We can live without billionaires but billionaires cannot live without us, in the same way that a body can live without cancer, but cancer cannot live without a body.
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We can live without billionaires but billionaires cannot live without us, in the same way that a body can live without cancer, but cancer cannot live without a body.
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What does a great trans athlete deserve? defector.com/what-does-a-...
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least…
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December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What does a great trans athlete deserve? defector.com/what-does-a-...
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Public subsidies for NFL teams to build stadiums remain among of the biggest scams imaginable
Breaking news: The Kansas City Chiefs have informed administrative officials that they will announce their move to Kansas today, according to sources who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Read the developing story: bit.ly/4b9qGJI
Read the developing story: bit.ly/4b9qGJI
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Public subsidies for NFL teams to build stadiums remain among of the biggest scams imaginable
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Fascists build monuments to their power. It is imperative that a society recovering from fascism not let those monuments stand.
I'm voting for the Democrat who promises to tear all of the monuments to this authoritarian regime down on Day 1 of their presidency.
I'm voting for the Democrat who promises to tear all of the monuments to this authoritarian regime down on Day 1 of their presidency.
Trump: We’re building an arc like the Arc de Triomphe. It will be like the one in Paris but it blows it away.
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fascists build monuments to their power. It is imperative that a society recovering from fascism not let those monuments stand.
I'm voting for the Democrat who promises to tear all of the monuments to this authoritarian regime down on Day 1 of their presidency.
I'm voting for the Democrat who promises to tear all of the monuments to this authoritarian regime down on Day 1 of their presidency.
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Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some people (not me) use Sunday morning to catch up on their politics, so here was my Say No to AI piece from this week for that. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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I dunno what Hakeem Jeffries is trending here for but I’m sure it’s because he was being a shitbag. Again. So lemme say it just to say it:
Any electoral gains Dems make in next couple years won’t matter a good goddamn if this party’s leadership is still in place. Tell your reps to speak the fuck up
Any electoral gains Dems make in next couple years won’t matter a good goddamn if this party’s leadership is still in place. Tell your reps to speak the fuck up
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I dunno what Hakeem Jeffries is trending here for but I’m sure it’s because he was being a shitbag. Again. So lemme say it just to say it:
Any electoral gains Dems make in next couple years won’t matter a good goddamn if this party’s leadership is still in place. Tell your reps to speak the fuck up
Any electoral gains Dems make in next couple years won’t matter a good goddamn if this party’s leadership is still in place. Tell your reps to speak the fuck up
Save Hal from himself: Nationalize the Yankees
Never become a billionaire failson, folks. It makes you think everyone else in the world is a fuckin' idiot.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Save Hal from himself: Nationalize the Yankees
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This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is so offensive I don’t even know where to start.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
“Vote blue no matter who and also shut the fuck up when those people betray you.”
Nope.
We will primary every senator who doesn’t call for Schumer to step down in the next 24 hours.
You work for us.
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Everyone vote for the most progressive candidate you can today so Dick Cheney has to watch his nightmare unfold on land as he sinks down into hell
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Everyone vote for the most progressive candidate you can today so Dick Cheney has to watch his nightmare unfold on land as he sinks down into hell
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I guess I don't have a good idea of how known everything is if you're not online, but it's so upsetting to see so many Harry Potter Halloween things out there in the world. I do not understand how any presumably decent person can know how awful JKR is and publicly have anything to do with that.
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I guess I don't have a good idea of how known everything is if you're not online, but it's so upsetting to see so many Harry Potter Halloween things out there in the world. I do not understand how any presumably decent person can know how awful JKR is and publicly have anything to do with that.
This was a good read,. I knew the broad strokes going in, but so many details of the full story. Highly recommend, always relevant
The Dodgers are in the World Series, McCarthyism is back, and there isn't nearly enough housing to go around—all of which makes this a good time to read Stealing Home. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eric-...
Stealing Home
The "scrupulously detailed" (Los Angeles Times) story of how the fight to build Dodgers Stadium, and transform Los Angeles into a big league city, ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This was a good read,. I knew the broad strokes going in, but so many details of the full story. Highly recommend, always relevant
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51% team ownership by fans
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
51% team ownership by fans
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Between the nonchalant dinosaur, the pee pee pants, and a literal reverend getting shot in the face by a flashbang, this picture is the best book of the year.
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Between the nonchalant dinosaur, the pee pee pants, and a literal reverend getting shot in the face by a flashbang, this picture is the best book of the year.
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Also, Team Blue Jays.
two blue jays players stand in a dugout
Alt: two blue jays players — Vlad Guerrero Jr and George Springer — stand in a dugout and dance.
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Also, Team Blue Jays.
In 2028 we make it a soup kitchen
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In 2028 we make it a soup kitchen
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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Would be such a touching tribute if every fan wore one of these to Dodger Stadium for Kershaw’s last start. I’m sure it would mean a lot to him.
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Would be such a touching tribute if every fan wore one of these to Dodger Stadium for Kershaw’s last start. I’m sure it would mean a lot to him.
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anyway, support our podcast, produced and hosted by real people, a thing I never thought would be a potential selling point, but we live in hell apparently, so
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Creating a baseball podcast
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September 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
anyway, support our podcast, produced and hosted by real people, a thing I never thought would be a potential selling point, but we live in hell apparently, so
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
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August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
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The website that I co-own Defector.com is hosting a RARE sale where you get three months of blogs for just $5! That’s something like 600 blogs for FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS. Pretty good deal imo and you get to support worker-owned media.
Defector | The last good website.
Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.
Defector.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The website that I co-own Defector.com is hosting a RARE sale where you get three months of blogs for just $5! That’s something like 600 blogs for FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS. Pretty good deal imo and you get to support worker-owned media.
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This is how we win the class war.
A crowd has never been more united than Sox and Pirates fans chanting “sell the team”
July 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is how we win the class war.
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Y'all. In a time of monsters, this is so good. 👊
The WNBA All-Stars came out wearing warmup shirts that said, "Pay Us What You Owe Us."
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
The players' union met with the WNBA Thursday and came away frustrated with the economic model proposed by the league.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
July 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Y'all. In a time of monsters, this is so good. 👊
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What they need to recognize is that being a piece of shit *is disqualifying*
July 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
What they need to recognize is that being a piece of shit *is disqualifying*
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every day i wake up and read news reports from gaza and think "ok but someone is going to do something about this, right? a western power is going to meaningfully intervene here and stop the Israel-US joint atrocity, right? right?????????"
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
every day i wake up and read news reports from gaza and think "ok but someone is going to do something about this, right? a western power is going to meaningfully intervene here and stop the Israel-US joint atrocity, right? right?????????"