Dave Clapper
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He/him Improviser in Kansas City (mostly at The Bird) Alumnus of Unexpected Productions (Seattle) Founding Editor (Emeritus): SmokeLong Quarterly Currently reading fiction submissions for FRiGG I don't auto follow back people I don't know personally.
I take this personally--I gathered signatures for this referendum. The push to make all three gerrymandered districts blue begins.
The Kansas City Star@kansascity.com · 18h agoHoskins, a Republican, claimed that the campaign was unconstitutional, a remarkable argument that map opponents will challenge in court.
Apparently, the Mariners bullpen is (or was) comprised of conspiracy theorists.
Where Pete Crow-Armstrong first heard the conspiracy that Babe Ruth never existed
There are some wild conspiracies out there. This is one of them.
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Reposting this mostly so that I can quickly find my way back to it.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2d agoAs a reader, my enjoyment of your novel is the same whether it was dictated, typed on an Underwood Noiseless, keyed into a word processor, or scratched out with a fountain pen: nealstephenson.substack.com/p/writing-by... 5/
Y'all can hate me for saying this, but: Do. It. Get a haul. www.mlb.com/news/mariner...
Mariners listening to offers on Kirby ahead of walk-off win over Twins
SEATTLE -- Trade George Kirby? In this economy? Yes, actually, the Mariners are considering it -- because the state of the marketplace in Seattle has reached its most unstable point of this season tha...
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The best thing about ads for gambling apps is that muting them, the only message is the warning text about gambling addiction. They become PSAs that happen to have silent bro-dudes on the screen.
This is one of the most quotable essays I've read in a while. Here's one: "That’s the meat of AI technology: scraped flesh from fellow humans, molded until it’s unrecognizable, slick like plastic skin." And yeah, I'm Gen X. Why do you ask?
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 6d ago"Israel, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, the US and more are merging into a mega-war run by robots. They used to call these World Wars. They used to call people on the phone. The most common call I get today is from someone named 'Scam Likely.'" sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
Cramer is late to the party in recognizing this. The Big 7 have been a massive financing circle jerk for a while now.
Jenny Cohn@jennycohn.bsky.social · last wk.“There are so many companies counting on the data center for their earnings,” he said. “If the market decides it doesn’t want to fund any more data centers, & the companies themselves don’t have the money, or they don’t get paid, then we’re back in 2000.” 7/27/26
Perfect comment in response to Heather Cox Richardson's excellent (as usual) post. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-24-2026
July 24, 2026
Tony Romm and Brad Plumer of the New York Times reported this afternoon that the Trump administration’s claim last October that it was cutting programs in order to protect taxpayers against waste was,...
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Ireshresists@eilishparker.bsky.social · 2w agoHe cares so much that in 2014 CNN obtained documents showing Trump shirts were made in a Honduran factory, where workers earned about $1.30 an hour. The factory’s contract reportedly ended in 2015, because even that wage was too high. Between he and Ivanka one could write a book on forced labor.
I know Perry Hill is supposed to be a defensive genius. So why is our infield so bad at defense?
Show a photo that makes you smile
Syws Bee@soozbee.bsky.social · 2w agoShow a photo that makes you smile
Is there a place that's tracking umpires' levels of calls being overturned on ABS challenges? I'm thinking Laz is likely leading the board.
I call these continents West America and East America.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2mo agoAerial view of the green Reflecting Pool today. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
I read through to the end with a part of my mind rebelling against doing so, and I hate that this is what my mind has become. And now I share, urge others to read to the end, and then--as I will do once this is posted, turn the phone off.
Tom Joad™️@theoriginaltomjoad.bsky.social · 2mo agoEveryone tells me to keep it under 500 words. Nobody reads long pieces anymore. This one is long. If you make it to the end you'll know something about yourself that the algorithm cannot measure My newest article open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
My second acting professor posted elsewhere a clip from decades ago of him talking about Greek tragedy, and my first thought was, "Oh, if only..."
Elon Musk is the biggest kidney stone in the history of kidney stones.
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · 2mo agoFinancial institutions are giving SpaceX shares special expedited treatment to burrow onto indexes that millions of index fund holders will then robotically purchase to induce demand. It's an innovative version of a pump-and-dump scheme. Eleanor Davis-Diver reports. prospect.org/2026/06/10/e...
I'm very proud to be a part of @thebirdkc.bsky.social long-form house team, Sh***ing Like Geese. Y'all should come see us Free First Friday at 7:00 PM #improv #KansasCity
Luke Raley running to congratulate Robles is everything.
Baby Giraffe Running Funny
Alt: Baby Giraffe Running
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Me muting God Bless America to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
I thought the Ms announced they were dropping the piggyback and moving to 6-man rotation?
