Recrudescence of the Kakistocrats
@reddtrain.bsky.social
MSSQL/PGSQL he/him; beer geek, soccer fanatic (#FCD/#ARS/#TSG), board/#KeyForge gamer, Big D born and raised, classical liberal, chaos butterfly and cynical analyst.
Look at this. These are ROOKIE ratio numbers. We owe it to ourselves to administer the type of ratio a hagiography of a disgraced journalist in the Grey Lady deserves!!!
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Look at this. These are ROOKIE ratio numbers. We owe it to ourselves to administer the type of ratio a hagiography of a disgraced journalist in the Grey Lady deserves!!!
If this can only be addressed by state law (which I'm not sure is the case), it's going to wind up in front of the Texas Supreme Court.
Here are the current justices on SCOTX:
Here are the current justices on SCOTX:
August 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If this can only be addressed by state law (which I'm not sure is the case), it's going to wind up in front of the Texas Supreme Court.
Here are the current justices on SCOTX:
Here are the current justices on SCOTX:
I love the green sauce, but I may like this one more:
July 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I love the green sauce, but I may like this one more:
This person has been proven to be an idiot on multiple occasions...but is he actually wrong?!
We're in the first ninth of the days between 1/20/25 and 1/20/29, which would be the first inning.
In MLB pre-Trump45, extra innings didn't start with runners on 2nd base. "Overtime" works for me.
We're in the first ninth of the days between 1/20/25 and 1/20/29, which would be the first inning.
In MLB pre-Trump45, extra innings didn't start with runners on 2nd base. "Overtime" works for me.
June 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This person has been proven to be an idiot on multiple occasions...but is he actually wrong?!
We're in the first ninth of the days between 1/20/25 and 1/20/29, which would be the first inning.
In MLB pre-Trump45, extra innings didn't start with runners on 2nd base. "Overtime" works for me.
We're in the first ninth of the days between 1/20/25 and 1/20/29, which would be the first inning.
In MLB pre-Trump45, extra innings didn't start with runners on 2nd base. "Overtime" works for me.
I need a lot more than $10 worth of help, so I'm sending more. (I'll also redirect the Gift Card when I get it - we're currently furry critterless.)
I'm 6'1", 210 with unremoved excess skin from being 410 15 years ago. I'm incredibly shy (unless intoxicated) and work from home 95% of the time.
I'm 6'1", 210 with unremoved excess skin from being 410 15 years ago. I'm incredibly shy (unless intoxicated) and work from home 95% of the time.
June 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I need a lot more than $10 worth of help, so I'm sending more. (I'll also redirect the Gift Card when I get it - we're currently furry critterless.)
I'm 6'1", 210 with unremoved excess skin from being 410 15 years ago. I'm incredibly shy (unless intoxicated) and work from home 95% of the time.
I'm 6'1", 210 with unremoved excess skin from being 410 15 years ago. I'm incredibly shy (unless intoxicated) and work from home 95% of the time.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I'm definitely not being the bigger man here, but I'm in Day 5 of a lengthy hospital stay, in pain, and deserve some entertainment.
June 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm definitely not being the bigger man here, but I'm in Day 5 of a lengthy hospital stay, in pain, and deserve some entertainment.
6 of 238?!
We should spend some time the next few years coming up with a list of 231 of TFG's upper echelon to rendition to CECOT -- the one slot is (of course) reserved for TFG himself.
Publish a list and vote count monthly. Confiscate Ronny's pad to prevent prophylactic cyanide capsule scripts.
We should spend some time the next few years coming up with a list of 231 of TFG's upper echelon to rendition to CECOT -- the one slot is (of course) reserved for TFG himself.
Publish a list and vote count monthly. Confiscate Ronny's pad to prevent prophylactic cyanide capsule scripts.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
6 of 238?!
We should spend some time the next few years coming up with a list of 231 of TFG's upper echelon to rendition to CECOT -- the one slot is (of course) reserved for TFG himself.
Publish a list and vote count monthly. Confiscate Ronny's pad to prevent prophylactic cyanide capsule scripts.
We should spend some time the next few years coming up with a list of 231 of TFG's upper echelon to rendition to CECOT -- the one slot is (of course) reserved for TFG himself.
Publish a list and vote count monthly. Confiscate Ronny's pad to prevent prophylactic cyanide capsule scripts.
May 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
May 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I've only been to one.
I'm not 100% sure this is it, but I do distinctly remember both Kevin von Erich and Gentleman Chris Adams, so I'm 99% sure.
I'm not 100% sure this is it, but I do distinctly remember both Kevin von Erich and Gentleman Chris Adams, so I'm 99% sure.
April 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I've only been to one.
I'm not 100% sure this is it, but I do distinctly remember both Kevin von Erich and Gentleman Chris Adams, so I'm 99% sure.
I'm not 100% sure this is it, but I do distinctly remember both Kevin von Erich and Gentleman Chris Adams, so I'm 99% sure.
Pro sports team knowers: Viscerally this feels wrong, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone give further insight?
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... (by @bannedmacmahon.bsky.social).
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... (by @bannedmacmahon.bsky.social).
![Screenshot of a paragraph from the linked article:
[Mavs CEO Rick] Welts, however, cited a season-ticket renewal rate between 75% and 80% as evidence that the fan base remains enthusiastic about the Mavs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zzcbttrdksv74zfz3egfcyf/bafkreiceknda47irjq4dyhy3qg5ifxlorbomdwvvni2bmvwkj72dq2wple@jpeg)
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Pro sports team knowers: Viscerally this feels wrong, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone give further insight?
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... (by @bannedmacmahon.bsky.social).
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/... (by @bannedmacmahon.bsky.social).
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 743 9/9:
Rarity: 26
IMMACULATE!
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I should have come up with better answers for STL <3.00 ERA and the MIL/BAL and MIL/ATL player combos, but I'll take 26 pretty much any day.
Rarity: 26
IMMACULATE!
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I should have come up with better answers for STL <3.00 ERA and the MIL/BAL and MIL/ATL player combos, but I'll take 26 pretty much any day.
April 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 743 9/9:
Rarity: 26
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
I should have come up with better answers for STL <3.00 ERA and the MIL/BAL and MIL/ATL player combos, but I'll take 26 pretty much any day.
Rarity: 26
IMMACULATE!
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
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I should have come up with better answers for STL <3.00 ERA and the MIL/BAL and MIL/ATL player combos, but I'll take 26 pretty much any day.
I'm flying in two weeks.
Nope. Nope. No. NOPE. Not a snowball's chance in hell. Negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close.
Nope. Nope. No. NOPE. Not a snowball's chance in hell. Negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close.
April 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'm flying in two weeks.
Nope. Nope. No. NOPE. Not a snowball's chance in hell. Negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close.
Nope. Nope. No. NOPE. Not a snowball's chance in hell. Negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close.
I'm a paid subscriber, so I wasn't sure if this one was free or not. I'm glad it is free.
And it's things like this right here that reinforce why this trade hurts like hell (at least for me):
(p.s. Subscribe. There's always good stuff in Iztok's posts, even if they're not always Mavs-focused now.)
And it's things like this right here that reinforce why this trade hurts like hell (at least for me):
(p.s. Subscribe. There's always good stuff in Iztok's posts, even if they're not always Mavs-focused now.)
![Text of screenshot from the linked article:
"After the game, Lakers coach J.J. Redick acknowledged both the spotlight surrounding this game and Dončić’s ability to rise to the occasion.
'Sometimes great players get bored with [that] process, so when you get the fully engaged star in a big time game some special things can happen. And Luka did some special things tonight.' — J.J. Redick
What makes Dončić such a special player to watch isn’t just how he puts his signature on games with his play or his stat lines. It’s the magic. Luka magic. The kind of plays that bring smiles even to the most demanding basketball savants and sickos like Redick himself.
Redick couldn’t hide a smirk on his face as he recapped one particular play. The Lakers ran a “smash” action—a corner pin-in—for Gabe Vincent. As Dončić began driving, Redick said he found himself yelling, “Hit the smash, hit the smash!” But instead of making the pass right away, Dončić hesitated, dribbled into the paint, and then fired a ridiculous behind-the-head, no-look pass to Vincent. Redick burst out laughing, explaining how his assistant coach Greg St. Jean—one of Dončić’s close allies from Dallas, and one of many dismissed by the Nico Harrison regime—told him calmly, 'Oh, he sees it. Oh, he sees it. You don’t need to tell him.'
In his post-game podium interview, even the ever-modest Dončić couldn’t help but smile while admitting that that was, indeed, a pretty good pass.
And plays and moments like that, the ones that make special wins even more special, that, my friends, is what makes a signature Luka game.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zzcbttrdksv74zfz3egfcyf/bafkreienfaht5iwywssjpihbyccagpm6svqngrupl4gdtimirbycolnbue@jpeg)
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm a paid subscriber, so I wasn't sure if this one was free or not. I'm glad it is free.
And it's things like this right here that reinforce why this trade hurts like hell (at least for me):
(p.s. Subscribe. There's always good stuff in Iztok's posts, even if they're not always Mavs-focused now.)
And it's things like this right here that reinforce why this trade hurts like hell (at least for me):
(p.s. Subscribe. There's always good stuff in Iztok's posts, even if they're not always Mavs-focused now.)
Accounts like this are almost as annoying as bots over at the Bad Place.
And it's ALWAYS stats like this.
And it's ALWAYS stats like this.
April 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Accounts like this are almost as annoying as bots over at the Bad Place.
And it's ALWAYS stats like this.
And it's ALWAYS stats like this.
6/1/2020 - my breaking point.
A post made me think about FB, and my mind went directly to this post. I lost about 10% of my FB "friends" IIRC.
A post made me think about FB, and my mind went directly to this post. I lost about 10% of my FB "friends" IIRC.
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
6/1/2020 - my breaking point.
A post made me think about FB, and my mind went directly to this post. I lost about 10% of my FB "friends" IIRC.
A post made me think about FB, and my mind went directly to this post. I lost about 10% of my FB "friends" IIRC.
The first casualty of today's bloodbath that I've seen.
April 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The first casualty of today's bloodbath that I've seen.
Johnson County voted 68-30% in favor of Harris/Walz. I'm not sure what more you wanted from them.
March 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Johnson County voted 68-30% in favor of Harris/Walz. I'm not sure what more you wanted from them.
I'm not sure what this has to do with Iowa City in particular.
March 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm not sure what this has to do with Iowa City in particular.
This Skeet gave me the idea to go ask Grok.
I am weak, I admit.
I didn't get the answer(s) I expected/hoped for, but I cannot complain about it either.
I am weak, I admit.
I didn't get the answer(s) I expected/hoped for, but I cannot complain about it either.
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This Skeet gave me the idea to go ask Grok.
I am weak, I admit.
I didn't get the answer(s) I expected/hoped for, but I cannot complain about it either.
I am weak, I admit.
I didn't get the answer(s) I expected/hoped for, but I cannot complain about it either.
Going back to as close to the origin of the question as I think I can get (h/t @joshchafetz.bsky.social):
Canceled TV show you will never stop thinking about:
Canceled TV show you will never stop thinking about:
March 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Going back to as close to the origin of the question as I think I can get (h/t @joshchafetz.bsky.social):
Canceled TV show you will never stop thinking about:
Canceled TV show you will never stop thinking about:
TFW even the Bluesky non-algorithm knows something is terribly wrong and sends hints to users.
(h/t @furyrose.bsky.social and @fooddatanerd.com)
(h/t @furyrose.bsky.social and @fooddatanerd.com)
![A screenshot of two messages from a thread that combine to say "Bro what [t]he fuck?!".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zzcbttrdksv74zfz3egfcyf/bafkreiderau3mvb4lddmol5io7om2qas3gsycbtxi37jbiro6pftj4fn4q@jpeg)
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
TFW even the Bluesky non-algorithm knows something is terribly wrong and sends hints to users.
(h/t @furyrose.bsky.social and @fooddatanerd.com)
(h/t @furyrose.bsky.social and @fooddatanerd.com)
I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find that gambling is going on in here!
March 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find that gambling is going on in here!
Now that's just downright bizarre.
This is what I see when I access the article from my desktop.
This is what I see when I access the article from my desktop.
March 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Now that's just downright bizarre.
This is what I see when I access the article from my desktop.
This is what I see when I access the article from my desktop.