Hamlet Nalbandyan
@hnalbandyan.bsky.social
Journalist at Los Angeles Times. Reposter and occasional poster of Good Sh*t. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OTRIp6nxB0)
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Dodgers World Series headlines from the LA Times and Orange County Register
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Dodgers World Series headlines from the LA Times and Orange County Register
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Oh my god @hnalbandyan.bsky.social and the LA Times crew. Wonderful headline
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oh my god @hnalbandyan.bsky.social and the LA Times crew. Wonderful headline
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Brad Paisley's previous two World Series anthems at Dodger Stadium:
-Max Muncy's 18th-inning HR
-Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam
www.truebluela.com/2024/10/25/2...
-Max Muncy's 18th-inning HR
-Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam
www.truebluela.com/2024/10/25/2...
World Series Game 1: Freddie Freeman & his dad, and another Brad Paisley game
Freddie Freeman got to celebrate his walk-off grand slam after Game 1 of the World Series with his father Fred. And the Dodgers had another wild World Series game after Brad Paisley sang the national ...
www.truebluela.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Brad Paisley's previous two World Series anthems at Dodger Stadium:
-Max Muncy's 18th-inning HR
-Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam
www.truebluela.com/2024/10/25/2...
-Max Muncy's 18th-inning HR
-Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam
www.truebluela.com/2024/10/25/2...
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Just the greatest baseball player of all time having the greatest game of all time — in no small part because of the great time he picked to do it. Bye, bye Brewers. Hello World Series.
Holy Shohei Ohtani, man.
Got to write about it.
www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...
Holy Shohei Ohtani, man.
Got to write about it.
www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...
Swanson: Did Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani have the best postseason game ever?
With three home runs, 10 strikeouts and six scoreless innings in a win that sends his team back to the World Series, the game’s greatest player authors an unforgettable night at Chavez Ravine.
www.ocregister.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just the greatest baseball player of all time having the greatest game of all time — in no small part because of the great time he picked to do it. Bye, bye Brewers. Hello World Series.
Holy Shohei Ohtani, man.
Got to write about it.
www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...
Holy Shohei Ohtani, man.
Got to write about it.
www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...
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Shohei Ohtani has homered off Jose Quintana to lead off Game 4 of the NLCS in consecutive years, both on October 17
October 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Shohei Ohtani has homered off Jose Quintana to lead off Game 4 of the NLCS in consecutive years, both on October 17
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*no kings except this guy
October 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
*no kings except this guy
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As a society, we're going to HAVE to stop trusting relievers
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
As a society, we're going to HAVE to stop trusting relievers
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That was the 22nd time Blake Treinen has entered a playoff game with the lead. He's left the game with the lead in every one of those 22 appearances.
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
That was the 22nd time Blake Treinen has entered a playoff game with the lead. He's left the game with the lead in every one of those 22 appearances.
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This is one of the most incredible games of one of the most fascinating postseasons I can remember
best sport
best sport ever
best sport
best sport ever
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
This is one of the most incredible games of one of the most fascinating postseasons I can remember
best sport
best sport ever
best sport
best sport ever
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Incredible headline in the LA Times this morning
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Incredible headline in the LA Times this morning
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That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.
What a crushing way for any team to end a season.
Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.
What a crushing way for any team to end a season.
Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.
What a crushing way for any team to end a season.
Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.
What a crushing way for any team to end a season.
Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.
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With Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers are the second team in postseason history with a win and save from Japanese-born pitchers in a game, joining:
2013 ALCS G6 Red Sox: Tazawa & Uehara
First with the win being the SP
2013 ALCS G6 Red Sox: Tazawa & Uehara
First with the win being the SP
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
With Shohei Ohtani and Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers are the second team in postseason history with a win and save from Japanese-born pitchers in a game, joining:
2013 ALCS G6 Red Sox: Tazawa & Uehara
First with the win being the SP
2013 ALCS G6 Red Sox: Tazawa & Uehara
First with the win being the SP
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Six majors for Carlos Alcaraz at age 22 is hard to comprehend.
As long as a futuristic Victor Slambanyama tennis prodigy doesn’t emerge through the youth ranks, he’ll have a chance at some incredible history.
As long as a futuristic Victor Slambanyama tennis prodigy doesn’t emerge through the youth ranks, he’ll have a chance at some incredible history.
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Six majors for Carlos Alcaraz at age 22 is hard to comprehend.
As long as a futuristic Victor Slambanyama tennis prodigy doesn’t emerge through the youth ranks, he’ll have a chance at some incredible history.
As long as a futuristic Victor Slambanyama tennis prodigy doesn’t emerge through the youth ranks, he’ll have a chance at some incredible history.
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Jesús Cruz arrived in California 33 yrs ago and built a life with a wife and four kids. In June, he was deported after immigration agents swarmed the LA car wash where he worked. Now his wife faces an impossible decision.
Heart-rending Kate Linthicum piece
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Heart-rending Kate Linthicum piece
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
An ICE raid breaks a family — and prompts a wrenching decision
He came to Los Angeles 33 years ago. Now a man sent back to Mexico and his wife faced an impossible decision. Should she and their U.S. children join him in Mexico? Or stay in Inglewood?
www.latimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Jesús Cruz arrived in California 33 yrs ago and built a life with a wife and four kids. In June, he was deported after immigration agents swarmed the LA car wash where he worked. Now his wife faces an impossible decision.
Heart-rending Kate Linthicum piece
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Heart-rending Kate Linthicum piece
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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I know we’ve moved on but I can’t shake the deeply sad spectacle of the interview with an AI-generated mass shooting victim.
Such horrors are only possible because our institutions and politics have so deeply failed us that this is what we’re left with—a cheap, automated simulacrum of hope.
Such horrors are only possible because our institutions and politics have so deeply failed us that this is what we’re left with—a cheap, automated simulacrum of hope.
Automating the mass shooting victim
On AI as a false simulacrum of hope for change. Plus: A copyedit chief on being 'replaced' by AI, Elon Musk is voted least popular newsmaker in America, and the Luddites in National Geographic.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I know we’ve moved on but I can’t shake the deeply sad spectacle of the interview with an AI-generated mass shooting victim.
Such horrors are only possible because our institutions and politics have so deeply failed us that this is what we’re left with—a cheap, automated simulacrum of hope.
Such horrors are only possible because our institutions and politics have so deeply failed us that this is what we’re left with—a cheap, automated simulacrum of hope.
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I wrote about why the vibes feel so weird for knowledge workers right now. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-catast...
The catastrophe of knowledge work waits to be beautiful again, and interesting, and modern
From "Mad Men" to the AI era, the problems of underconsumption.
mattdpearce.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I wrote about why the vibes feel so weird for knowledge workers right now. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-catast...
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Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
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I was just discovering sports when Jim Abbott arrived on the scene in Anaheim to play for my first favorite team - this week, I got to chat with him because ESPN has this wonderful new documentary, "Southpaw," about his legacy airing Sunday. This was fun.
www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/s...
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Swanson: Jim Abbott’s legacy explored in ESPN documentary
‘Southpaw’ showed the former Angels one-handed pitcher, who threw a no-hitter with the New York Yankees, that there’s more to his story than even he realized.
www.ocregister.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I was just discovering sports when Jim Abbott arrived on the scene in Anaheim to play for my first favorite team - this week, I got to chat with him because ESPN has this wonderful new documentary, "Southpaw," about his legacy airing Sunday. This was fun.
www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/s...
www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/s...
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This is wonderful from Mirjam.
This description of LeBron as “aggressively passive aggressive” is perhaps the best I’ve seen.
You just wonder why a player that is so great consistently acts this way.
Maybe it’s just his personality.🤷♂️
This description of LeBron as “aggressively passive aggressive” is perhaps the best I’ve seen.
You just wonder why a player that is so great consistently acts this way.
Maybe it’s just his personality.🤷♂️
June 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is wonderful from Mirjam.
This description of LeBron as “aggressively passive aggressive” is perhaps the best I’ve seen.
You just wonder why a player that is so great consistently acts this way.
Maybe it’s just his personality.🤷♂️
This description of LeBron as “aggressively passive aggressive” is perhaps the best I’ve seen.
You just wonder why a player that is so great consistently acts this way.
Maybe it’s just his personality.🤷♂️
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LeBron James is right. The Lakers definitely need to be making win-now moves to please and appease their superstar …
... Luka Doncic.
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/s...
... Luka Doncic.
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/s...
Swanson: LeBron is right, Lakers need win-now moves … to impress Luka
The Lakers do have to meet a superstar’s expectations, but that star is now Luka Doncic — despite the familiar pressure coming from LeBron James’ camp
www.ocregister.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
LeBron James is right. The Lakers definitely need to be making win-now moves to please and appease their superstar …
... Luka Doncic.
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/s...
... Luka Doncic.
www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/s...
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the thing about not liking sports is that you're wrong
June 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
the thing about not liking sports is that you're wrong
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OpenAI facing tangible consequences for infringing one (1) trademark but essentially none for infringing millions of copyrights is an Eddie Izzard bit www.theverge.com/news/690858/...
OpenAI and Jony Ive’s ‘io’ brand has vanished, but their AI hardware deal remains
AI in and out.
www.theverge.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
OpenAI facing tangible consequences for infringing one (1) trademark but essentially none for infringing millions of copyrights is an Eddie Izzard bit www.theverge.com/news/690858/...