Crusher Joe
@crusherjoehtx.bsky.social
Husband, father, high school debate teacher, ally, amateur film critic, Astros fan, wannabe LEGO Master Builder, lover of cheap coffee, cat pillow, and defender of the Oxford comma.
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How a bunch of finance professors uncovered a possible bias in NFL postseason officiating.
How a Texas professor uncovered bias in NFL officiating
How a bunch of finance professors uncovered a possible bias in NFL postseason officiating.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How a bunch of finance professors uncovered a possible bias in NFL postseason officiating.
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🏈 Do referees *really* favor the Chiefs?
One UTEP professor crunched the numbers and discovered they get more calls than any other team -- by a wide margin.
One UTEP professor crunched the numbers and discovered they get more calls than any other team -- by a wide margin.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏈 Do referees *really* favor the Chiefs?
One UTEP professor crunched the numbers and discovered they get more calls than any other team -- by a wide margin.
One UTEP professor crunched the numbers and discovered they get more calls than any other team -- by a wide margin.
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MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
Major Update: The Trump Administration Caught Lying About D.C. Shooting Suspect as CIA Ties Exposed
Good afternoon, everyone.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
MAJOR: The Trump Administration has been caught lying about the D.C. shooting suspect.
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
The truth: He was vetted by Trump. He had a CIA badge, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, and granted asylum by Trump in April.
Spread this everywhere. Subscribe to support my work, even on Thanksgiving:
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Kristen rules. Check this out!
Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kristen rules. Check this out!
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Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Midnight Oil
Violent Femmes
Matthew Sweet
Old 97s
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Midnight Oil
Violent Femmes
Matthew Sweet
Old 97s
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Midnight Oil
Violent Femmes
Matthew Sweet
Old 97s
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Midnight Oil
Violent Femmes
Matthew Sweet
Old 97s
Toad the Wet Sprocket
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
REM's 20 greatest singles of their major-label era
As chosen by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe themselves
www.uncut.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
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The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.
State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent’s license following his arrest by federal immigration officers
State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent's license following Friday arrest
A state educational licensing board has revoked the license of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts following his arrest by federal immigration officers last week.
www.thegazette.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.
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Apologize for retweeting the same article twice but - and I say this with no hint of irony - this is a pretext to the single largest, easily litigated lawsuit in human history. This is an egregious violation of IP law, law protected quite literally & specifically by the Constitution. Total insanity.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Apologize for retweeting the same article twice but - and I say this with no hint of irony - this is a pretext to the single largest, easily litigated lawsuit in human history. This is an egregious violation of IP law, law protected quite literally & specifically by the Constitution. Total insanity.
If you see this, post a Dark Horse cover you love.
September 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you see this, post a Dark Horse cover you love.
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Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Returning to a subject I was discussing this morning on X, I think a single video like this does more to radicalize people against ICE than any loaded rhetoric any politician has ever used, and DHS should think very hard about the consequences of supporting this kind of behavior from its agents.
Kinda wonder if this offseason is going to be Correa and Altuve sitting down with Crane and Brown for a looooooong talk about 2026.
September 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Kinda wonder if this offseason is going to be Correa and Altuve sitting down with Crane and Brown for a looooooong talk about 2026.
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Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
September 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"
Please, oh merciful Baseball Gods! Please let the Astros “hit them where they ain’t” today!
TODAY’S MATCHUP:
Game 138 | .547
L10: WWWLLWWWLL
#Angels (64-72) Vs #Astros (75-62)
⚾️ Luis Garcia [77], (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
⏰ 7:10pm BST
🏟 Daikin Park
📍 Houston, TX
📺 @MLBTV @SpaceCityHN
📻 @SportsTalk790
🇬🇧 @LAAngelsUK
#BuiltForThis #NoRemorse #UKAstros🇬🇧⚾️💫
Game 138 | .547
L10: WWWLLWWWLL
#Angels (64-72) Vs #Astros (75-62)
⚾️ Luis Garcia [77], (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
⏰ 7:10pm BST
🏟 Daikin Park
📍 Houston, TX
📺 @MLBTV @SpaceCityHN
📻 @SportsTalk790
🇬🇧 @LAAngelsUK
#BuiltForThis #NoRemorse #UKAstros🇬🇧⚾️💫
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Please, oh merciful Baseball Gods! Please let the Astros “hit them where they ain’t” today!
Ok, Dubin just needs to go the distance and save the pen. Ugh.
August 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ok, Dubin just needs to go the distance and save the pen. Ugh.
He looms.
Yordan Alvarez will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Corpus Christi on Tuesday, Joe Espada said.
August 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
He looms.
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So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
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ht @mat.tl
August 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing.
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ht @mat.tl
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"Last fall, I cast my vote for despair, and I got exactly what I was told I would receive: a chaotic hellscape completely empty of warmth, empathy, and sunshine."
Thank God I Didn’t Vote for Hope and Joy
Several months ago, in the lead-up to the most recent Most Important Election of Our Lifetime, I wondered out loud whether we should choose the unc...
buff.ly
August 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Last fall, I cast my vote for despair, and I got exactly what I was told I would receive: a chaotic hellscape completely empty of warmth, empathy, and sunshine."
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Ryne Sandberg meant everything to me in baseball. My first Cubs game was June 28, 1990. I was mystified.
This was when players still exited out the back doors into the parking lot. They all looked like giants to me.
Ryno was 80’s Cubs baseball. RIP 2B.
This was when players still exited out the back doors into the parking lot. They all looked like giants to me.
Ryno was 80’s Cubs baseball. RIP 2B.
July 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Ryne Sandberg meant everything to me in baseball. My first Cubs game was June 28, 1990. I was mystified.
This was when players still exited out the back doors into the parking lot. They all looked like giants to me.
Ryno was 80’s Cubs baseball. RIP 2B.
This was when players still exited out the back doors into the parking lot. They all looked like giants to me.
Ryno was 80’s Cubs baseball. RIP 2B.
Those HOF hats are cursed I NEVER want to see them worn on the field ever again.
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The #Astros are trailing
July 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Those HOF hats are cursed I NEVER want to see them worn on the field ever again.
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
July 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What perfect album came out when you were 16?