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Rachel Cholst
@rachelcholst.bsky.social
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Queer country music nerd and journalist, printmaking, Mets convert, yr butch aunt. Editor of www.rainbowrodeomag.com

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rachelcholst.bsky.social
By my count New York has the highest bWAR

(Butches above replacement)

#wpbl
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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jenramose.online
Manfred, in the #WPBL video: "We are thrilled that baseball is part of this extraordinarily exciting time for women's sports. Both on the field and in our front offices, baseball is a game for everyone."

also Manfred:
“The diversity pipeline, let me say it this way,” he said in an audio recording journalist Jen Ramos Eisen obtained of Manfred speaking with the BBWAA last week. “There were certain aspects of some of our programs that were very explicitly race-based and/or gender-based. We know because there were public comments to the effect that people in Washington were aware of that and we felt it was important to recast our programs in a way to make sure that we can continue on with our programs, to continue to pursue the values that we have always adhered to without tripping what could be legal problems that would interfere with that process.” “You know, that’s a judgment, my judgment. At the end of the day, I think I made the right one.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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kdcaseywrites.bsky.social
Hello, Breakout Year is in the New York Times as a book for sad Mariners fans (it's also for sad Jays fans, sad Tigers fans, sad...etc.) Big thank yous to @oliviawaite.com for the lovely write up!!!
Breakout Year by KD Casey This has been a wild year for baseball fans — Mariners, you were so close! — but thankfully we have a terrific baseball book to carry us through until spring training. Casey’s BREAKOUT YEAR (Self-published, ebook, $4.99) is a high-concept contemporary about a newly traded third baseman, Eitan Rivkin, who spontaneously comes out during a press conference. Hiring a fake boyfriend to take on very visible dates seems like the best way to get the media talking about his love life instead of why his last team traded him so abruptly. His audition call connects him with Akiva, the first Orthodox Jewish ballplayer and a former minor league teammate who now cobbles together a living out of ghostwriting, editing, modeling and anything else he can turn his hand to. He needs the money, and Eitan’s thrilled to be spending time with someone he already knows and likes, so the contract is signed. And immediately becomes a problem. Both Eitan and Akiva are used to being alone, and playing their cards close to the vest. This is not a book where triumphant resolutions tie up every loose thread in a neat little bow, because baseball doesn’t allow for that kind of ending. Sometimes the only thing you can do is your best, and hope you get a second chance.
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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beedelores.bsky.social
Orville Peck’s Appaloosa EP is stunning and easily one of 2025’s best releases. His version of “Maybe This Time” (from Cabaret) works far better than it has any right to. Top to bottom 🤌🏻

My review for @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social 🤠 rainbowrodeomag.com/orville-peck...
Orville Peck - Appaloosa
Bee Delores tips her hat to Orville Peck's stunning Appaloosa EP -- according to Bee, it's one of the best of the year.
rainbowrodeomag.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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beedelores.bsky.social
Please share/donate if you can! I have ~10 days! 🤞🏻💛 gofund.me/596fde0bf
Donate to Support Bee and Cats Through Tough Times, organized by Bee Delores
Hello, all you cool cats and kittens! My name is Bee, and I'm a freelance… Bee Delores needs your support for Support Bee and Cats Through Tough Times
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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amandamarcotte.bsky.social
A fascinating aspect of this is how much the anti-trans panic is about displacing fears that are far more real: of male coaches who abuse female athletes.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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dijondarling.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/towardsa...
Did some light research on the #wpbl baseball ops manager.
What is Golden Rule Entertainment, the WPBL's 2026 baseball operations manager?
"Eliot Spitzer night," the sale of Robin Roberts Stadium, issues with the field, and what is baseball ops, anyway?
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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jenramose.online
one day ahead of the #WPBL draft: what are some things y'all want to know more about w the league?
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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nikostratis.com
new Gladie rules, no one as good as @gladiephilly.bsky.social , get on board

youtu.be/fw7D_LvuAkQ?...
GLADIE : "CAR ALARM" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by gladie
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
rachelcholst.bsky.social
It is the year of our lord 2025, Dash Rip Rock has a new song out, and it rips ass

dashriprock1.bandcamp.com/track/pain-p...
Pain Pills Never Expire, by Dash Rip Rock Official
from the album A Song In Everyone
dashriprock1.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
rachelcholst.bsky.social
The barnstorming game had better be somewhere in the 5 boroughs because if it's in Jersey it would be easier to fly out to Springfield

www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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usefulnoise.bsky.social
this is what happens when you fire all the proofreaders
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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stereogum.com
Happy 20th anniversary to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, in which the company secretly installed software to hide DRM technology on CD buyers’ PCs. XCP was a security risk that led to public outcry, class action lawsuits, and, 20 years ago today, a recall of dozens of album titles.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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amutepiggy.bsky.social
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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alshipley.bsky.social
I'M SORRY THAT YOU
SEEM TO BE CONFUSED
HE BELONGS TO ME
THE BOY IS MINE
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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assignedmedia.org
BREAKING: Protesters both in and outside the annual Fenway Health Gala decried the LGBTQ community health center's recent decision to end care for trans youth and young adults.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Protect Trans Futures and ACT UP Disrupt Charity Gala at Fenway Health — Assigned
The LGBTQ+ community health center recently announced they would no longer offer gender-affirming care to trans young people under the age of 19.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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joycelaurie.bsky.social
wait who are they i might know them
them.us Them @them.us · 6d
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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bridgemusicbunker.bsky.social
🔥

youtu.be/jgVmIkKYaW4
Makaya McCraven - Dark Parks
YouTube video by Makaya McCraven
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social
it is apparently trans awareness week so you should be aware of me and my dumb boobs and my really great album
idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social It's Goo Amelia @idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social · 21d
CREATURE
IS ALIVE

10 songs, 43 minutes

Inspired by My Words To Victor Frankenstein Above The Village of Chamounix by @susanstryker.bsky.social

Featuring spoken word performances by @gion.bsky.social and @nyantifacatgirl.bsky.social

Gooey, angry, horny, tender, alive.

Enjoy.

Links below.
the cover for CREATURE by Amelia Riggs the back cover for CREATURE by Amelia Riggs
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social
youtu.be/wPKKGiZNi-Q?...

I miss you so goddamn much Reese.
Reese McHenry & Spider Bags - "On the 45" & "Flower in the Dark"
YouTube video by Dan Schram
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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beedelores.bsky.social
I just made my @nodepression.bsky.social debut (!!!) with a review of Bros. Landreth's new album nodepression.org/album-review...
ALBUM REVIEW: The Bros. Landreth Hope for Better Days Ahead on ‘Dog Ear’
2025 has been a year of great reflection. As storms rage outside, seeking refuge – in our favorite movies and TV shows, in great books, and in favorite records – becomes increasingly important. With t...
nodepression.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
rachelcholst.bsky.social
Had to get it off my chest. I can't stand these dumdums
rainbowrodeo.bsky.social Rainbow Rodeo Magazine @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social · 6d
What do Zach Bryan, Gavin Adcock, and Jesse Welles have in common? They're all cowards.

Welcome to the age of Coward Country.

rainbowrodeomag.com/...
Zach Bryan smiles and strums a guitar. He wears a black cut-off t-shirt. There is smoke in the background. Jesse Welles stares vacantly into a camera with an acoustic guitar perched on his lap. He sets in the middle of a misty glade. Gavin Adcock gazes vacantly into the camera. He wears a brown hat with a turquoise pin and peacock feather design on the center of the hat. He is also wearing a white collared shirt and brown vest.
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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americanauk.bsky.social
Our Classic Clip this week: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires perform "Nail My Feet Down" for the Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions in 2017 @gloryfires
Classic Clips: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “Nail My Feet Down” – Spectra Sonic Sound Sessions, 2017
Strap yourselves in for this one- it’s a fabulous clip of high-octane left-wing southern rockers Lee Bains III and The Glory Fires on absolutely top form. Frontman Lee Bains begins with a “rap” about the song, which concerns his upbringing in his home city of Birmingham, Alabama. This was a place at the heart of the sixties Civil Rights movement and has a wonderful Civil Rights Museum, which is a “must-visit” if that is your type of thing.
americana-uk.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 13,1952
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY MEETS UP WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY WALKING HIS DOG NANCY: WHAT’S YOUR DOG’S NAME? BOY:CONNIE P2- NANCY: THAT SHORT FOR CORNELIUS ? BOY: OH, NO P3- BOY: IT'S SHORT FOR "CONTINUED" P4- BOY: CONTINUED IN THE LAST PANEL THE BOY’S DOG IS A DACHSHUND, SO THE FRONT HALF OF HIS DOG APPEARS IN PANEL THREE, AND THE BACK HALF OF HIS DOG APPEARS IN PANEL FOUR.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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jenramose.online
at some point, piracy is going to end up becoming the most ethical way to consume media from Disney
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 7d
Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.
Disney eyes a future where users help shape the story
Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM