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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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On @keeganmatheson.bsky.social:

"Keegan Matheson has a beard. Let’s start there. Matheson is MLB.com’s Blue Jays beat writer and he has a beard. It’s a big, glorious, pointy beard, and it’s attached to his face and everything."

@davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social follows through!
September 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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the threat of 30-50 feral goldfish finally justify having deadly weapons
jayjaffe.bsky.social Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · Aug 8
“There are feral goldfish in at least one Jackson waterway” is both a lede I wish I’d written and the opening line from my new album
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Jays' outlook looks, uh, *different* 2 months later.
drewgrof.bsky.social Drew @drewgrof.bsky.social · May 9
The Blue Jays need to blow it up inasmuch as they can “blow it up.”
July 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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jwhite.bsky.social
MASHLEY ADDISON!
lesleynope.bsky.social Nopevember @lesleynope.bsky.social · Jun 1
ARGISON BADDER
June 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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unfortunatalie.bsky.social
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
A business woman in a grey skirt suit, pointing a rifle at a boxy 90s PC
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Honestly I still can't even get over this. AI slop entirely made up baseball rules, including "how many times the ball bounces" insanity, ignoring the correct answers on the same page.
ashok.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy Ashok Argent–Katwala @ashok.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · Apr 11
The #tinycanadian asked me whether a catch off a wall would count in #baseball. (After Springer hit a double off the Green Monster for the Jays.)

I said I didn’t think so, but let’s look it up.

The top result on Google was from Quora, which had the right answer […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]
Google result page for “can you catch a ball off the wall in baseball”, with a prominent “Al Overview” reading: Yes, in baseball, a fielder can legally catch a ball that bounces off a wall. If the fielder catches the ball before it hits the ground after bouncing off the wall, it's an out. However, if the ball bounces more than once before being caught, the play progresses, potentially resulting in a single, double, triple, or even a home run depending on the number of bounces. Quora result page for the question: “In major league baseball, if a ball hits the wall and the player catches it, is the batter out?” The first answer is from “Assistant” (Bot): In Major League Baseball, if a batted ball hits the wall (or any other object) and is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground, the batter is considered out. This is classified as a catch. However, if the ball hits the wall and then bounces back into play, and the fielder catches it after it has touched the ground, the batter is not out. The key factor is whether the ball is caught before it hits the ground. — Then a real answer from user “Richard Gallerani”: Ah.... no!!!! Once the ball hits the wall it can no longer be caught for an out.
April 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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LLMs fabricate completely, utterly wrong and made up baseball rules: sure, why not use it for important things too???

LLMs are bad at *everything.*
ashok.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy Ashok Argent–Katwala @ashok.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · Apr 11
The #tinycanadian asked me whether a catch off a wall would count in #baseball. (After Springer hit a double off the Green Monster for the Jays.)

I said I didn’t think so, but let’s look it up.

The top result on Google was from Quora, which had the right answer […]

[Original post on mstdn.ca]
Google result page for “can you catch a ball off the wall in baseball”, with a prominent “Al Overview” reading: Yes, in baseball, a fielder can legally catch a ball that bounces off a wall. If the fielder catches the ball before it hits the ground after bouncing off the wall, it's an out. However, if the ball bounces more than once before being caught, the play progresses, potentially resulting in a single, double, triple, or even a home run depending on the number of bounces. Quora result page for the question: “In major league baseball, if a ball hits the wall and the player catches it, is the batter out?” The first answer is from “Assistant” (Bot): In Major League Baseball, if a batted ball hits the wall (or any other object) and is caught by a fielder before it touches the ground, the batter is considered out. This is classified as a catch. However, if the ball hits the wall and then bounces back into play, and the fielder catches it after it has touched the ground, the batter is not out. The key factor is whether the ball is caught before it hits the ground. — Then a real answer from user “Richard Gallerani”: Ah.... no!!!! Once the ball hits the wall it can no longer be caught for an out.
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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ceej.online
please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that
January 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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cloxdale.bsky.social
Good morning Bluesky.

Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer.

go.bsky.app/KDY26rh
November 15, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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tommytoughstuff.bsky.social
ME: (meeting the devil) I love your eggs.
November 25, 2024 at 5:14 AM
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jillkrajewski.bsky.social
one of many gems in the yacht rock dockumentary is this SCTV sketch on michael mcdonald ft. rick moranis
November 30, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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seattlebikeblog.com
The New York Times is giving a murder their “both-sides” treatment. What the hell is the matter with you?!? Someone kills a person with their car, and your reaction is to be like, “Some people think murder is bad, but others don’t like bike lanes, so 🤷‍♂️.”
Death of Cyclist in Paris Lays Bare Divide in Mayor’s War Against Cars Paul Varry was run over on a city street in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage, as bikers and drivers choose sides. It sent a shock through Paris, a city striving to transform itself into one of the great cycling metropolises in the world: a bicycle rider, crushed under the wheels of an SUV in a bike lane just a few yards from La Madeleine, the landmark neoclassical church, in what prosecutors suspect was a deliberate act of road rage. A murder investigation has been opened, and last week, Mayor Anne Hidalgo led the Paris City Council in a minute of silence for the cyclist, Paul Varry, a 27-year-old who was also a cycling advocate. Ms. Hidalgo, a member of the Socialist Party, delivered an emotional speech in which she signaled she would continue to roll out her famously aggressive policies that aim to drastically reduce the role of the automobile in Parisian life. “I am truly angry,” she said. “The future does not belong to cars.” An outpouring of emotion over Mr. Varry’s Oct. 15 death has put a spotlight on the dangers facing cyclists in a city that has seen an explosion in bikes and cycling lanes in recent years. But it has also underscored the frustrations that motorists increasingly feel in a place that has chosen to limit the movement, speed and parking options of cars. In recent weeks, as cycling organizations, spurred by the death of Mr. Varry, have demanded more protections from aggressive drivers, others have complained about Parisian bikers themselves, some of whom have earned a reputation as dangerous risk-takers.
November 29, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
There are a lot of terrible things in the world. I would like them to be less terrible and I contribute where I can if it seems like there's genuinely something I can do. But spending your whole life staring dejectedly at a screen full of tragedy and yelling at people about it isn't activism.
February 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
Social media has weirdly conditioned a huge number of people to feel like they're Doing Something by posting, and Doing Nothing if they don't post about a particular thing, and in general neither of those things are true.
February 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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ruhee.ca
Verlander. Je verlande, tu verlandes, il verlande, nous verlandons, vous verlandez, ils verlandent
November 15, 2024 at 2:59 AM