robneyer
@robneyer.bsky.social
Part-time father, writer, husband, cat-herder. Full-time breather, eater.
EDITED: Sports punditry and political punditry used to be (roughly) equally stupid. But thanks to Bill James, Baseball Prospectus and now a million others, sports punditry is WAY smarter than political punditry, since political punditry remains the same old knee-jerk idiocy since I was a wee lad.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
EDITED: Sports punditry and political punditry used to be (roughly) equally stupid. But thanks to Bill James, Baseball Prospectus and now a million others, sports punditry is WAY smarter than political punditry, since political punditry remains the same old knee-jerk idiocy since I was a wee lad.
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Over the next week I’m planning to sell 6 football sets on eBay. 1968-1973. If interested let me know. I will determine eBay price (based on recent sales), but $50 discount here. I listed 1972 (EX, series 1+2) for $400.
(I tried to get credit from my son, but he said “you have football cards?”)
(I tried to get credit from my son, but he said “you have football cards?”)
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Over the next week I’m planning to sell 6 football sets on eBay. 1968-1973. If interested let me know. I will determine eBay price (based on recent sales), but $50 discount here. I listed 1972 (EX, series 1+2) for $400.
(I tried to get credit from my son, but he said “you have football cards?”)
(I tried to get credit from my son, but he said “you have football cards?”)
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The matchup we've been waiting for.
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The matchup we've been waiting for.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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“It’s almost like he thinks my needs are unimportant. Like he doesn’t care about my opinions, or that he doesn’t think about me at all. Now obviously that can’t possibly be true, because I am a big important boy.”
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“It’s almost like he thinks my needs are unimportant. Like he doesn’t care about my opinions, or that he doesn’t think about me at all. Now obviously that can’t possibly be true, because I am a big important boy.”
I live here. My daughter goes to school here. It’s personal.
Increased ICE activity in North Portland today has led Portland Public Schools to lock exterior doors at César Chávez School and George Middle School, along with other protective measures. Other North Portland schools are monitoring the situation closely.
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I live here. My daughter goes to school here. It’s personal.
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I actually found this... kinda moving
𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜
One day, the kings of Rockies Land were upset. They were fed up with all their losing! "We must change our ways," the kings said. "We must learn from the world around us. We must set forth to find a more successful team, and hope they will teach us their ways."
One day, the kings of Rockies Land were upset. They were fed up with all their losing! "We must change our ways," the kings said. "We must learn from the world around us. We must set forth to find a more successful team, and hope they will teach us their ways."
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I actually found this... kinda moving
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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This complicated world is besieged by big issues that require thoughtful questions, but today I wrote these words:
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This complicated world is besieged by big issues that require thoughtful questions, but today I wrote these words:
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My narcissism recovery is going so well we made a TV show about it
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My narcissism recovery is going so well we made a TV show about it
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🔥⚾️🎨 I love artist Mike Right’s illustration work for the St. Louis Cardinals. A fun, playful style that hearkens back to the glory days of sports cartoonists in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist
#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🔥⚾️🎨 I love artist Mike Right’s illustration work for the St. Louis Cardinals. A fun, playful style that hearkens back to the glory days of sports cartoonists in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist
#BaseballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist
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So, here's a thing I wasn't able to talk about publicly until now:
In late August, I was visiting family in Minnesota and we all went out to dinner. As we were leaving, there was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the restaurant. Well, I'd had a couple bourbons and was feeling my oats, so...
In late August, I was visiting family in Minnesota and we all went out to dinner. As we were leaving, there was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the restaurant. Well, I'd had a couple bourbons and was feeling my oats, so...
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So, here's a thing I wasn't able to talk about publicly until now:
In late August, I was visiting family in Minnesota and we all went out to dinner. As we were leaving, there was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the restaurant. Well, I'd had a couple bourbons and was feeling my oats, so...
In late August, I was visiting family in Minnesota and we all went out to dinner. As we were leaving, there was a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the restaurant. Well, I'd had a couple bourbons and was feeling my oats, so...
Can’t tell you much I despise headlines like this. You don’t know how much we think.
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Can’t tell you much I despise headlines like this. You don’t know how much we think.
Well, since Eno brought this up...
Here's my essay about the senseless murder of the forkball:
open.substack.com/pub/robneyer...
Here's my essay about the senseless murder of the forkball:
open.substack.com/pub/robneyer...
On the things we might've learned this postseason about base running, pitch selection, and the importance of (hard) contact. Including this hilarious chart www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well, since Eno brought this up...
Here's my essay about the senseless murder of the forkball:
open.substack.com/pub/robneyer...
Here's my essay about the senseless murder of the forkball:
open.substack.com/pub/robneyer...
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I try not to get overly political here, but today feels like a day to make the world a better place. Reach out to your friends and loved ones, and tell them: When they use the words "major league" as a compound modifier, they should hyphenate it. "major-league hitter."
There. I've done my part
There. I've done my part
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I try not to get overly political here, but today feels like a day to make the world a better place. Reach out to your friends and loved ones, and tell them: When they use the words "major league" as a compound modifier, they should hyphenate it. "major-league hitter."
There. I've done my part
There. I've done my part
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Can't make it to the Refuge today?
Spend 5 minutes with the Sandhill Crane family from Sunday and enjoy the parent teaching the Colt to forage & providing food... while the other parent chases off a Malard!
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Crane #Cranes #bird #pnw #pdx
youtu.be/ZSQ10BCmbCk?...
Spend 5 minutes with the Sandhill Crane family from Sunday and enjoy the parent teaching the Colt to forage & providing food... while the other parent chases off a Malard!
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Crane #Cranes #bird #pnw #pdx
youtu.be/ZSQ10BCmbCk?...
Enjoy Sandhill Cranes teaching their Colt to forage at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge
YouTube video by Jonathan and Tammie
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Can't make it to the Refuge today?
Spend 5 minutes with the Sandhill Crane family from Sunday and enjoy the parent teaching the Colt to forage & providing food... while the other parent chases off a Malard!
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Crane #Cranes #bird #pnw #pdx
youtu.be/ZSQ10BCmbCk?...
Spend 5 minutes with the Sandhill Crane family from Sunday and enjoy the parent teaching the Colt to forage & providing food... while the other parent chases off a Malard!
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Crane #Cranes #bird #pnw #pdx
youtu.be/ZSQ10BCmbCk?...
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Made a new Ringer show called Plot Hole or Not Hole, in which I ask TV/moviemakers about perceived plot holes in their work. First guest: Vince Gilligan on a possible plot hole in Breaking Bad. If people watch, I'll get to make more of these, so, you know, please do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQa6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQa6...
The TRUTH Behind the Most Famous Plot Hole in 'Breaking Bad' (With Vince Gilligan)
YouTube video by Ringer TV
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Made a new Ringer show called Plot Hole or Not Hole, in which I ask TV/moviemakers about perceived plot holes in their work. First guest: Vince Gilligan on a possible plot hole in Breaking Bad. If people watch, I'll get to make more of these, so, you know, please do!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQa6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQa6...
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I love this city with my whole heart. I want it to be led by someone who loves it as much as I do and will work to make it more affordable for me, my family and my neighbors.
Let’s have a day, New York.
Let’s have a day, New York.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I love this city with my whole heart. I want it to be led by someone who loves it as much as I do and will work to make it more affordable for me, my family and my neighbors.
Let’s have a day, New York.
Let’s have a day, New York.
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Truly a brutal day for the “baseball is dying” crowd
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Truly a brutal day for the “baseball is dying” crowd
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If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Mamdani wins I will leave New York. I will go live in one of the other 5 houses I have, perhaps the one in South Florida, or the one in Paris, or Napa, or Cabo, but I will definitely leave New York. I will keep my apartment, though, because it's awesome and New York is great. But I will leave.
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I'm a reviser, with words, with memories, with reality. In my mind since the game I didn't want to end ended, Alejandro Kirk drops down a stunning, game-tying bunt. It could have worked! I've seen it work! Muggsy Allenson did it! Continue ridiculous game!
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm a reviser, with words, with memories, with reality. In my mind since the game I didn't want to end ended, Alejandro Kirk drops down a stunning, game-tying bunt. It could have worked! I've seen it work! Muggsy Allenson did it! Continue ridiculous game!
YESSSSSSS
I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
www.replaybooth.show
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
YESSSSSSS
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Love him or hate him you can't deny that this is beautiful, concise prose.
Hakeem Jeffries says Zohran Mamdani is not the future of the Democratic Party.
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Love him or hate him you can't deny that this is beautiful, concise prose.