Jill Hempel
@jillhempel17.bsky.social
Cubs fan, excited for this to be like the fun Twitter of yore. Lives in the Midwest. Says “Ope” a lot.
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
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My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Her sister wrote my favorite essay about her. She points out that RF would have been famous even if she'd never looked at DNA
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Remembering my sister Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958 aged 37 years. Sympathy and feminism
have combined to give us her familiar image as a downtrodden woman scientist, brilliant
but neglected, a heroine t...
www.thelancet.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
My ask of any science enthusiasts who tell the story of Rosalind Franklin:
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
Don't make her life be about the DNA debacle. She died far too young, but she was a promising scientist in her own right, a mentor and scientific author.
Not for Watson or Crick, but for her legacy.
I cannot stand that red ass Miles Mikolas.
July 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I cannot stand that red ass Miles Mikolas.
I’m so bored…
We've been in the Trump Era long enough to where I know that life will constantly imitate art in the most insane and horrific ways, but I never thought that a Dead Milkmen song would be prescient of this or any other age.
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SCOOP
For years an FDA warning about the dangers of chlorine dioxide helped prevent it going mainstream.
Bleachers spent years calling for it to be removed
In May, it disappeared
Now, the bleachers think RFK will make all their dreams come true
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
For years an FDA warning about the dangers of chlorine dioxide helped prevent it going mainstream.
Bleachers spent years calling for it to be removed
In May, it disappeared
Now, the bleachers think RFK will make all their dreams come true
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
June 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’m so bored…
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We've been in the Trump Era long enough to where I know that life will constantly imitate art in the most insane and horrific ways, but I never thought that a Dead Milkmen song would be prescient of this or any other age.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
SCOOP
For years an FDA warning about the dangers of chlorine dioxide helped prevent it going mainstream.
Bleachers spent years calling for it to be removed
In May, it disappeared
Now, the bleachers think RFK will make all their dreams come true
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
For years an FDA warning about the dangers of chlorine dioxide helped prevent it going mainstream.
Bleachers spent years calling for it to be removed
In May, it disappeared
Now, the bleachers think RFK will make all their dreams come true
www.wired.com/story/chlori...
The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True
Online communities dedicated to the use of a toxic bleach solution to treat everything from cancer to autism believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is interested in their cause.
www.wired.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We've been in the Trump Era long enough to where I know that life will constantly imitate art in the most insane and horrific ways, but I never thought that a Dead Milkmen song would be prescient of this or any other age.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
As part of the Vedder Cup series between Seattle and San Diego this weekend, please enjoy this video of Eddie singing about his favorite team, the Chicago Cubs.
youtu.be/iQWbKqFVoeQ?...
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All the Way - Eddie Vedder Cubs Song [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by CKfilmtv
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May 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
As part of the Vedder Cup series between Seattle and San Diego this weekend, please enjoy this video of Eddie singing about his favorite team, the Chicago Cubs.
youtu.be/iQWbKqFVoeQ?...
youtu.be/iQWbKqFVoeQ?...
I’m still confused about the Vedder Cup…I get it’s for raising money for his non-profit (a good thing!), but Eddie’s a Cubs fan.
May 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’m still confused about the Vedder Cup…I get it’s for raising money for his non-profit (a good thing!), but Eddie’s a Cubs fan.
Welcome back from the UK, @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social ! Want to go back yet? (I do!)
BREAKING: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose and other deceased players from the league's permanently ineligible list.
This makes the sport’s all-time hit king eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
This makes the sport’s all-time hit king eligible for election to the Hall of Fame.
Details: www.nytimes.com/athletic/630...
May 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Welcome back from the UK, @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social ! Want to go back yet? (I do!)
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
Jackie Robinson Would Be Appalled
As baseball gets set to celebrate the trailblazer’s legacy, it’s also placating a president who wants to dismantle everything Jackie stood for
www.theringer.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy Jackie Robinson Day www.theringer.com/2025/04/15/m...
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The Dodgers will celebrate Jackie Robinson today after palling around with Trump last week despite Trump trying to erase Robinson’s legacy. Can’t have it both ways, fellas: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...
Baseball Stuff I'm Depressed About
Come for the Pirates replacing Roberto Clemente's name and number with a third-rate liquor ad, stay for the Dodgers visiting the president who thinks Jackie Robinson is "DEI."
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Dodgers will celebrate Jackie Robinson today after palling around with Trump last week despite Trump trying to erase Robinson’s legacy. Can’t have it both ways, fellas: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...
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Oh my god, I read the press release yesterday and didn't even realize this, probably just because I assumed it all internally and mentally autocompleted it. But no, nowhere in its press release does MLB say why Jackie Robinson is significant! Holy fucking shit! bsky.app/profile/cpto...
It's actually wild. There's literally no mention of why Jackie Robinson is important in the MLB press release. At all. Just that he "played his first Major League game on April 15, 1947."
April 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Oh my god, I read the press release yesterday and didn't even realize this, probably just because I assumed it all internally and mentally autocompleted it. But no, nowhere in its press release does MLB say why Jackie Robinson is significant! Holy fucking shit! bsky.app/profile/cpto...
My god the Pirates are terrible at PR.
A new day, a new example of the Pirates trashing Roberto Clemente’s legacy. 10,000 fans bought “Bucco Bricks” to support the Roberto Clemente foundation 25 years ago. The Pirates just sent the bricks to a landfill without telling anyone: www.wtae.com/article/pira...
April 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My god the Pirates are terrible at PR.
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The Cubs just dropped their 2025 hype video 🔥
(📸: Cubs)
(📸: Cubs)
April 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Cubs just dropped their 2025 hype video 🔥
(📸: Cubs)
(📸: Cubs)
This has a very “Four Seasons Lawn and Garden” press conference vibe.
March 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This has a very “Four Seasons Lawn and Garden” press conference vibe.
I swear my pediatrician’s hold music is from a porno converted into Muzak.
March 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I swear my pediatrician’s hold music is from a porno converted into Muzak.
Does Fox have any cameras to show the Cubs dugout, or just eleventy-seven trained on the Dodgers dugout?
March 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Does Fox have any cameras to show the Cubs dugout, or just eleventy-seven trained on the Dodgers dugout?
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Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
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The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.
March 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Baseball media: if you do not loudly report on this I do not want to hear a goddamn thing from you about Jackie Robinson on April 15.
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Cup of Coffee Extra: The Department of Defense erases Jackie Robinson.
Free article. No paywall.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Free article. No paywall.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Cup of Coffee Extra: The Department of Defense erases Jackie Robinson
The Department of Defense labeled a webpage about Jackie Robinson as "DEI" and deleted it
www.cupofcoffeenews.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Cup of Coffee Extra: The Department of Defense erases Jackie Robinson.
Free article. No paywall.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
Free article. No paywall.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
It’s currently 60 degrees out, yet all the traffic alert signs over the highway are saying there is a blizzard warning in effect in less than 8 hours. 🌨️
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s currently 60 degrees out, yet all the traffic alert signs over the highway are saying there is a blizzard warning in effect in less than 8 hours. 🌨️
We wouldn’t want him to not eat so he could spend all his per diem at Dan Flashes.
aint no way we cut medicaid and housing assistance so jeff bezos could buy this shirt
February 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We wouldn’t want him to not eat so he could spend all his per diem at Dan Flashes.
Just referenced a Chris Berman “back back back back!” call from Baseball Tonight and my teens didn’t get it. #RIPbaseballOnESPN
February 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just referenced a Chris Berman “back back back back!” call from Baseball Tonight and my teens didn’t get it. #RIPbaseballOnESPN
Re-watching Severance season 1 hoping Burt might break out some old dance moves. youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?...
Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice [Official 4k Video]
YouTube video by Fatboy Slim
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February 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Re-watching Severance season 1 hoping Burt might break out some old dance moves. youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?...
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Chicago remains undefeated.
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Chicago remains undefeated.
This gives off “Kyle LeMark lost the rap battle to Dragon” vibes.
February 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This gives off “Kyle LeMark lost the rap battle to Dragon” vibes.
Why does the resolution on YouTube TV for the Super Bowl look terrible? (Hoping to blame Fox, but 🤷♀️)
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Why does the resolution on YouTube TV for the Super Bowl look terrible? (Hoping to blame Fox, but 🤷♀️)