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Marc Normandin
@marcnormandin.bsky.social
Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Endless Mode (née Paste Games) and Baseball Prospectus. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him

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Show them the Zelda timeline and they will literally die
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The thing about the consultants is they're all very bad at their jobs
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I try not to share shit from Twitter here but "this guy we all loathe got owned harder than anyone else before him" feels like an acceptable exception.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Had my first "oh maybe it's getting too chilly to go grocery shopping in just shorts and a tank top after the gym" day this weekend
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ah I love this version!
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Kate found me the EL&P self-titled for $8 on vinyl the other day. I already have Tarkus, now I just need Brain Salad Surgery
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I have said "sorry kids, I can't turn it off" many, many times already
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yeah there's a whole conversation in there about that
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're not doing great, like, societally.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
[taps sign]
I know I'm tough on sports gambling but that's because there are just two appropriate methods of gambling. Poker games with friends and/or family, or playing in a casino in Vegas that aggressively advertises how cheap their foot-long hot dogs are.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Well yeah I don't think they did it just twice, that's what the prosecutors have got detailed $/timing totals for and will use that against them. The questions for me are "do they owe someone money?" or "is this their inability to stop riding a gambling high at play?" Or both!
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The White Sox should lose more games if they were facing pitchers doing poorly on purpose
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Anyway it's cool when trust can be eroded because either some players made real bad risk/reward decisions or were already so deep in the hole on their own dime that they didn't have a choice but to play ball, as it were.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Right, @petegain.es made the point that these are people who are probably in deep themselves
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
$5,000!
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM