Grant Brisbee
@grantbrisbee.bsky.social
Union man. I write about baseball and make stupid jokes, not necessarily in that order. For a midlife crisis expressed through record collecting, follow me @mystupidrecords.bsky.social
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
I love the idea of a think tank's president using the excuse of "lotta news in the world, no one can actually keep up."
Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, faced blowback after defending Tucker Carlson's interview with a white nationalist. He later apologized and said he erred out of ignorance, because he did not keep up with the news and had simply read an aide’s script.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I love the idea of a think tank's president using the excuse of "lotta news in the world, no one can actually keep up."
we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
it took me eight hours to write 1500 words about free agents the Giants won't sign
huge scoop on OpenAI, hour and fifteen long podcast, work calls, 2.5k words, leg day, 20 mins basketball, two pods tomorrow and probably another 5k words, then probably the most fun premium piece I’ve ever written out Friday, subscribe wheresyoured.at and linktr.ee/betteroffline I live for this
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
it took me eight hours to write 1500 words about free agents the Giants won't sign
Not that I had any doubt, but it’s pretty clear this weenie has never had to care for a feverish kid at night. Ibuprofen can get you six hours of sleep if you’re lucky. Acetaminophen can’t.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Not that I had any doubt, but it’s pretty clear this weenie has never had to care for a feverish kid at night. Ibuprofen can get you six hours of sleep if you’re lucky. Acetaminophen can’t.
Hunter Fence, Hunter Whence, and Hunter O'Gainst were also considered.
As mentioned in last night’s story, and as our Mitch Bannon confirms, Toronto Blue Jays assistant hitting coach (and former minor league coordinator) Hunter Mense is joining Tony Vitello’s staff in San Francisco. www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
Buster Posey: Giants will spend, but improvement must come from within
Good vibes are good. They can be the final piece. They are also difficult to maintain when you don't have enough talent.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hunter Fence, Hunter Whence, and Hunter O'Gainst were also considered.
i'm going to be thinking about "double debacle" for the rest of my life
On lot after a Phish show a few years ago. Guy had a French bread pizza in one hand and a beer in the other. Drops the pizza, tries to catch it with his other hand and spills the beer all over himself. Dude from across the lot sees the whole thing and yells, “double debacle! Fucking bullshit!!”
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
i'm going to be thinking about "double debacle" for the rest of my life
Both feet zipped 90º to the right. I was parallel to the ground, in the middle of one of the coolest moves ever attempted, but then I used my elbow to break the fall. I was probably going to spin on it to complete the move.
So, like, you wobbled, stumbled and fell? Or was it more of a "WHOOOOOOP"-style sideways slide to the floor? Backwards slide? Just trying to picture it correctly.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Both feet zipped 90º to the right. I was parallel to the ground, in the middle of one of the coolest moves ever attempted, but then I used my elbow to break the fall. I was probably going to spin on it to complete the move.
One time I jumped up to get closer to the TV during an exciting baseball game, and my pandemic-worn slippers went out from under me, and I broke my elbow. I filed the game story with one arm, my bloody sock gamer.
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One time I jumped up to get closer to the TV during an exciting baseball game, and my pandemic-worn slippers went out from under me, and I broke my elbow. I filed the game story with one arm, my bloody sock gamer.
no toad what have you done
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
no toad what have you done
This is horrible, the general election is in one week. I wish there were some kind of magic spell to postpone the general. Then we could redo the primary, which would give everyone time to find someone who wasn't a Blackwater guy with Nazi tattoos. But this is the real world.
A survey, conducted on behalf of the Democratic group EMILYs List and obtained by POLITICO, finds that most voters wouldn’t support Platner over Republican Sen. Susan Collins after learning of his past social media posts
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
EMILYs List poll: Platner will lose Maine Senate race
The Maine Senate race is all but a must-win for Democrats looking to take back the Senate.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is horrible, the general election is in one week. I wish there were some kind of magic spell to postpone the general. Then we could redo the primary, which would give everyone time to find someone who wasn't a Blackwater guy with Nazi tattoos. But this is the real world.
Alternate-timeline Baggs gets the *best* quotes from Charles Johnson.
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Alternate-timeline Baggs gets the *best* quotes from Charles Johnson.
"'Stargate: The Ark of Truth,' for sure, along with 'Stargate: Continuum'," he said.
"I consider the best parts of 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate Atlantis' to be pure cinema, so those are the other two. I haven't seen the original Stargate yet, though. People keep telling me to check it out."
"I consider the best parts of 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate Atlantis' to be pure cinema, so those are the other two. I haven't seen the original Stargate yet, though. People keep telling me to check it out."
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"'Stargate: The Ark of Truth,' for sure, along with 'Stargate: Continuum'," he said.
"I consider the best parts of 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate Atlantis' to be pure cinema, so those are the other two. I haven't seen the original Stargate yet, though. People keep telling me to check it out."
"I consider the best parts of 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate Atlantis' to be pure cinema, so those are the other two. I haven't seen the original Stargate yet, though. People keep telling me to check it out."
Slightly related: I would pay at least a dollar extra for every Amazon order if I knew that it was going toward things like "liveable wages" and "not working warehouse workers to death." Two dollars extra. Hell, five dollars. Call it the woke tax and let people opt out of it, I don't care.
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Slightly related: I would pay at least a dollar extra for every Amazon order if I knew that it was going toward things like "liveable wages" and "not working warehouse workers to death." Two dollars extra. Hell, five dollars. Call it the woke tax and let people opt out of it, I don't care.
max the next-door dog says good morning and that he hopes you make good choices today
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
max the next-door dog says good morning and that he hopes you make good choices today
If this guy has a 15-year career, that’s approximately 14,480 more times I think about this scene.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If this guy has a 15-year career, that’s approximately 14,480 more times I think about this scene.
I would have asked for $8,000, but I’m good at business.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I would have asked for $8,000, but I’m good at business.
I’ll need to see 50 more cases like this to form an opinion on how the marriage of professional sports and legalized gambling is going. Hard to say from here.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’ll need to see 50 more cases like this to form an opinion on how the marriage of professional sports and legalized gambling is going. Hard to say from here.
People are focusing on the fact that he’s becoming a Miyazaki villain with his face being held together by a fading magic spell, and that’s fine. But have you also considered the wettest ear you’ve ever seen?
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
People are focusing on the fact that he’s becoming a Miyazaki villain with his face being held together by a fading magic spell, and that’s fine. But have you also considered the wettest ear you’ve ever seen?
People on here will tweet anything. 'Rob Manfred has an army of murderous goons.' No he doesn't. That isn’t true.
These new details from last summer's confrontation between Rob Manfred and Bryce Harper are absolutely insane.
MLB officials threatening players will "end up in a ditch" for disrespecting Manfred is outrageous behavior.
www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/p...
MLB officials threatening players will "end up in a ditch" for disrespecting Manfred is outrageous behavior.
www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/p...
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
People on here will tweet anything. 'Rob Manfred has an army of murderous goons.' No he doesn't. That isn’t true.
Lot of people posting about the television show Patriot on my timeline, and it's the first I'm hearing about it. That means the blame for it not getting renewed falls squarely on you, the poster. You didn't post hard enough.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lot of people posting about the television show Patriot on my timeline, and it's the first I'm hearing about it. That means the blame for it not getting renewed falls squarely on you, the poster. You didn't post hard enough.
i have so many questions, and so little interest in answering a single one of them
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i have so many questions, and so little interest in answering a single one of them
which generation let this slip out of regular usage, how dare they
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
which generation let this slip out of regular usage, how dare they
The only good thing about having a president who has never read a book is that he might literally say "let them eat cake" without reservation.
BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The only good thing about having a president who has never read a book is that he might literally say "let them eat cake" without reservation.