Robert McGowan
@robertmcgowan.bsky.social
Avid cyclist, dog lover, sports junkie, independent thinker, married to an amazing woman, pro democracy, and an optimist despite these challenging times
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It’s Friday, I’m in love.
August 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s Friday, I’m in love.
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It’s Friday, I’m in love.
July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It’s Friday, I’m in love.
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So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
May 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
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AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
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The $1 billion Grand Sierra Resort project, which includes a new $400 million arena, is on track for a late spring 2025 groundbreaking as long as the city approves the resort's tax-increment financing request (currently $97 million). Here's the latest.
Updates offered on groundbreaking, tax request for $1 billion Grand Sierra Resort project
The $400 million arena planned at Grand Sierra Resort is on track for a late June groundbreaking if it is approved for tax-increment financing from theRedevelo
nevadasportsnet.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The $1 billion Grand Sierra Resort project, which includes a new $400 million arena, is on track for a late spring 2025 groundbreaking as long as the city approves the resort's tax-increment financing request (currently $97 million). Here's the latest.
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Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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Hey corporate media,
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
December 16, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Hey corporate media,
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
Thou shalt not spend thousands of hours on one CEO’s shooting and only one hour on a classroom of children.
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The Monday Mailbag (📭)
* XMas presents for MW schools
* Nevada hoops' ceiling
* Pack's QB vs. Penn State
* B-Lew's next school
* NIU🤝Mountain West
* Bulletproof armadillos
* Top-five Christmas songs
* Fun Dip
* SONIC! BOOM!
* "Anything is possible"
* XMas presents for MW schools
* Nevada hoops' ceiling
* Pack's QB vs. Penn State
* B-Lew's next school
* NIU🤝Mountain West
* Bulletproof armadillos
* Top-five Christmas songs
* Fun Dip
* SONIC! BOOM!
* "Anything is possible"
Murray's Mailbag: Gifting one Christmas present to every Mountain West school
This marks the last Murray's Mailbag of 2024 as I will be off the next two Mondays to celebrate Santa and stuff. When I meet people around town — at Auntie Anne
nevadasportsnet.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:16 AM
The Monday Mailbag (📭)
* XMas presents for MW schools
* Nevada hoops' ceiling
* Pack's QB vs. Penn State
* B-Lew's next school
* NIU🤝Mountain West
* Bulletproof armadillos
* Top-five Christmas songs
* Fun Dip
* SONIC! BOOM!
* "Anything is possible"
* XMas presents for MW schools
* Nevada hoops' ceiling
* Pack's QB vs. Penn State
* B-Lew's next school
* NIU🤝Mountain West
* Bulletproof armadillos
* Top-five Christmas songs
* Fun Dip
* SONIC! BOOM!
* "Anything is possible"
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Final: Nevada 105, Texas Southern 73
Nevada (8-3) caps non-league play with a season high in points while making a program-record 18 threes in 36 attempts. Xavier DuSell with 25 points, hitting 7-of-11 threes. Nick Davidson (21) and Kobe Sanders (18) also hit double figures.
Nevada (8-3) caps non-league play with a season high in points while making a program-record 18 threes in 36 attempts. Xavier DuSell with 25 points, hitting 7-of-11 threes. Nick Davidson (21) and Kobe Sanders (18) also hit double figures.
December 15, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Final: Nevada 105, Texas Southern 73
Nevada (8-3) caps non-league play with a season high in points while making a program-record 18 threes in 36 attempts. Xavier DuSell with 25 points, hitting 7-of-11 threes. Nick Davidson (21) and Kobe Sanders (18) also hit double figures.
Nevada (8-3) caps non-league play with a season high in points while making a program-record 18 threes in 36 attempts. Xavier DuSell with 25 points, hitting 7-of-11 threes. Nick Davidson (21) and Kobe Sanders (18) also hit double figures.
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My three takeaways from Nevada's 68-57 loss to Wazzu:
1⃣ Bad shooting not biggest issue
🔹Lack of effort was
2⃣ A rare non-conference home loss
🔹First since Nov. 12, 2021
3⃣ The collateral NET damage
🔹Nevada falls from 32nd to 57th
1⃣ Bad shooting not biggest issue
🔹Lack of effort was
2⃣ A rare non-conference home loss
🔹First since Nov. 12, 2021
3⃣ The collateral NET damage
🔹Nevada falls from 32nd to 57th
Three takeaways: Effort an issue in Nevada basketball's bad loss to Washington State
The Nevada men's basketball team lost to Washington State, 68-57, on Monday night at Lawlor Events Center to fall to 6-2. Here are three takeaways from Nevada's
nevadasportsnet.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:48 PM
My three takeaways from Nevada's 68-57 loss to Wazzu:
1⃣ Bad shooting not biggest issue
🔹Lack of effort was
2⃣ A rare non-conference home loss
🔹First since Nov. 12, 2021
3⃣ The collateral NET damage
🔹Nevada falls from 32nd to 57th
1⃣ Bad shooting not biggest issue
🔹Lack of effort was
2⃣ A rare non-conference home loss
🔹First since Nov. 12, 2021
3⃣ The collateral NET damage
🔹Nevada falls from 32nd to 57th
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And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM
And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
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A non-sports post!
My four life passions are family, baseball, Pearl Jam and pizza — in that order. Over the last couple of months, I've put together this list of Pearl Jam's top-151 songs. Why 151? It's explained in the article.
My four life passions are family, baseball, Pearl Jam and pizza — in that order. Over the last couple of months, I've put together this list of Pearl Jam's top-151 songs. Why 151? It's explained in the article.
Ranking Pearl Jam's top-151 songs: From 'Ten' to 'Dark Matter'
My Mt. Rushmore of life passions are family, baseball, Pearl Jam and pizza — in that order. Pearl Jam entered my orbit when I was 16 years old and bought a copy
nevadasportsnet.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:42 PM
A non-sports post!
My four life passions are family, baseball, Pearl Jam and pizza — in that order. Over the last couple of months, I've put together this list of Pearl Jam's top-151 songs. Why 151? It's explained in the article.
My four life passions are family, baseball, Pearl Jam and pizza — in that order. Over the last couple of months, I've put together this list of Pearl Jam's top-151 songs. Why 151? It's explained in the article.
November 30, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Pass it on: Bluesky is fast becoming a powerhouse.
Bluesky Is Turning Into a Strong X Alternative
Bluesky has a hint of the old Twitter magic, but the feeling of freedom it offers might be even better.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Pass it on: Bluesky is fast becoming a powerhouse.
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I’m pretty sure that if some CEO got fired from his job & on his way out he told a mob of crazies to show up with zip ties, flag poles and tasers and to bash in the windows & smear poop on the walls, that he wouldn’t get hired back a few years later, but what the hell do I know.
November 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I’m pretty sure that if some CEO got fired from his job & on his way out he told a mob of crazies to show up with zip ties, flag poles and tasers and to bash in the windows & smear poop on the walls, that he wouldn’t get hired back a few years later, but what the hell do I know.
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I can’t tell you how different it is on X now after so many people have left. I have always followed mostly right-wing accounts because I cover them, and they are running out of people to pick fights with. So they’re just mostly fighting with each other.
November 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM
I can’t tell you how different it is on X now after so many people have left. I have always followed mostly right-wing accounts because I cover them, and they are running out of people to pick fights with. So they’re just mostly fighting with each other.
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Nevada's Kobe Sanders hits a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds to down VCU and cap a 15-point comeback for the Wolf Pack. Nevada plays Oklahoma State on Sunday in the Charleston Classic's fifth-place game.
Nevada's Kobe Sanders hits game-winning 3-pointer in final seconds to down VCU
Twenty-four hours after a second-half rally fell short in a loss to Vanderbilt, the Nevada men's basketball team stormed out of a 15-point second-half deficit t
nevadasportsnet.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Nevada's Kobe Sanders hits a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds to down VCU and cap a 15-point comeback for the Wolf Pack. Nevada plays Oklahoma State on Sunday in the Charleston Classic's fifth-place game.
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Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
November 22, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
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Wow, thank you all for following: 300k-plus followers on @bsky.app, for a site I only had 30k followers on before the election and that I barely checked. Crazy growth in just a couple of weeks.
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Wow, thank you all for following: 300k-plus followers on @bsky.app, for a site I only had 30k followers on before the election and that I barely checked. Crazy growth in just a couple of weeks.
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
I am loving the energy and engagement, and lack of trolls, on this site.
Aren't you?
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I’m finding the community here far more engaging and respectful, while still wickedly funny. Happy to be migrating to these friendlier skies.
November 22, 2024 at 4:27 AM
I’m finding the community here far more engaging and respectful, while still wickedly funny. Happy to be migrating to these friendlier skies.
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Admitting my mistakes is hard but I hope freeing. It turns moments of shame into opportunities for growth. #mentalhealth
November 20, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Admitting my mistakes is hard but I hope freeing. It turns moments of shame into opportunities for growth. #mentalhealth
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My three keys to victory (🗝️🗝️🗝️) and a prediction (🔮) for the Nevada Wolf Pack (🐺) versus the Vanderbilt Commodores (⚓️) tomorrow at the Charleston Classic.
Nevada basketball vs. Vanderbilt: Three keys to victory and a prediction
The Nevada men’s basketball team plays Vanderbilt on Thursday at the Charleston Classic. Nevada Sports Net’s Chris Murray breaks down the game with his three ke
nevadasportsnet.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My three keys to victory (🗝️🗝️🗝️) and a prediction (🔮) for the Nevada Wolf Pack (🐺) versus the Vanderbilt Commodores (⚓️) tomorrow at the Charleston Classic.
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Three takeaways from Nevada men's basketball's dominant 4-0 start to the season and what we will learn about the team during this week's Charleston Classic.
Three takeaways from Nevada basketball's stellar 4-0 start to the season
The Nevada men's basketball team has started 4-0 for the third straight season, this year's opening run being dominant with the Wolf Pack securing each win by d
nevadasportsnet.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Three takeaways from Nevada men's basketball's dominant 4-0 start to the season and what we will learn about the team during this week's Charleston Classic.
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Stop calling it a grift and use the real terminology, it’s corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, racketeering, take your pick.
November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Stop calling it a grift and use the real terminology, it’s corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, racketeering, take your pick.