I have two bets to make about this. 1. It'll cost much, much more. 2. No boat will ever actually get built.

U.S. Naval Institute@usni.org · 2h ago

First Trump-class Battleship Could Cost $23.4B, Says CBO — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/08/05/f...

the whole 'nothing has gotten better' discourse is of course fucking stupid in a million ways, but I just wanted to note that average dog lifespan in the United States has increased by two years since 2000.

My Sony television is 65" diagonal and cost less than a thousand dollars.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 17h ago

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

What does EA have that's even worth looting? The IP doesn't work without a studio to make the games!

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 20h ago

EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest

lol @ Jeopardy leaning in on the LL Marie Antoinette brouhaha.

Don't cry because Rutschman is gone. Cry because Elias is still here

Someone illegally parked their cybertruck in front of the store. My boss says I can't pee on it. This is bullshit.

I've now been asked to do both my boss's part and her boss's part next week. I guess I did a decent job. Or I'm being set up. At least I have time to prep properly this time through.

Wiggles@callmemrwiggles.bsky.social · last wk.

Nothing like getting to work and finding out your boss isn't going to be on their weekly call, didn't delegate anyone to do it, and the big boss has decided you're up. With a whole 40 minutes to prep.

I have a legitimate request. Are you a Baltimorean and did you name your child or pet Adley? Please email me: Andy.kostka@thebanner.com

Y'all, be nice.

Alyssa Shulman@alyssashulman.bsky.social · 2d ago

There isn't much of a CFB scene here, from what I can tell (which makes sense given the sport's popularity in southern and rural parts of the country)

"We looked really good, but then the team got worse. I have no idea whose fault that is. Maybe the players?"

Andy Kostka@afkostka.bsky.social · 2d ago

.@kylegoon.bsky.social asked Mike Elias why the fans should believe in him to lead the Orioles out of this current mire. "Baseball is very, very humbling and it doesn't go linearly," Elias said. Elias' answer, below:

this is like ownership's retaliation b/c we roasted the owner bobblehead.

Kyle is One Of Us.

Kyle Goon@kylegoon.bsky.social · 2d ago

Mike Elias stood aside Adley Rutschman after the 2019 draft, marking him as the start of a bright future. Now, Elias has sold his All-Star, acknowledging yet another failed roster. Why should the Orioles keep trusting this guy to fix his own mistakes? www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

COME THE FUCK ON

Don@oriolesreview.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wait, did they really get Forret back for Tyler Wells? That is objectively hilarious.

lol Wells is gonna throw 180 innings of 2.8 ERA ball next year.

Passanthallich@passanthalbot.bsky.social · 2d ago

@JeffPassan tweeted The Tampa Bay Rays are acquiring right-handed reliever Tyler Wells from the Baltimore Orioles, sources tell ESPN.

The head gets mounted on the warehouse. Ain't nobody hiding nothing.

Marc Normandin@marcnormandin.bsky.social · 2d ago

It rocks that every Red Sox fan I'm seeing is yelling about how this cost too much and every Orioles fan I'm seeing is trying to figure out if they can hide the body of a GM

That scene at the end of ZODIAC where Jake Gyllenhaal goes to the hardware store and stares at John Carroll Lynch, that's the most polite and civil interaction Mike Elias should be afforded with any human being in Baltimore until the end of time.

mike elias is reportedly going to the indiana fever game tonight

My Orioles sentiment: So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one They always told me when you hit it you'll know it But I've been fallin' so long It's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'

Gravity's Gone

YouTube video by Drive-By Truckers - Topic

youtu.be

Oh, yeah, this is also going on. My baseball team hates me. My football team hates me. What the fuck am I supposed to do now? Watch tennis?

ProFootballTalk@profootballtalk.bsky.social · 2d ago

Appearing on ESPN, Aaron Rodgers takes a flamethrower to "Tony" Fauci -- and to ESPN.

I usually go to 20ish games a year. Then the team fucked us over on the season tickets last year. This season, I've been to one Orioles game in OPACY and two at Nats Park. I've missed my friends from 332, but I haven't missed watching the team. That seems like a bad sign.

The enshittification of the Baltimore Orioles as brought to you by what else but a private equity owner

No.

Metro@wmata.com · 2d ago

Commemorate the Grand Prix race on Aug 22-23 with a limited-edition Smart Trip card! 🏎️ Available at specially marked station fare vending machines beginning August 20… while supplies last! 🏁: www.wmata.com/news/metro-a...

Pete Alonso in his final year of his Orioles contract and they're still rebuilding

I cried when we won the division. Im 35 and have seen 3 divisions. But I'm done with Elias. And think Adley to the Sox & 6 sells in 8 yrs is a clear sign that the rebuild failed. And it's time to replace the FO. Some beautiful moments, but not enough with a decade to work with

The Rebuild: Redux begins today. Yay. How wonderful. Just a real good time to be had by all of Birdland.

I absolutely read this as Weird Al. That would have been better.

Janette Moser@mjmoser.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you've ever wondered what AC Slater is up to aside from being MAGA, turns out he's posting weird AI fetish content about his niece....?

Sigh.

One of the ways misinformation spreads is when a person with expertise in one field (climate science) wades into an adjacent but unrelated field (transportation infrastructure) and uses his credentials to spread falsehoods badly sourced from Wikipedia, like we have here.