One of the underappreciated parts of politics is how much of an impact the structure of elections has on governance. Adopt another nation's structure and the US government would look dramatically different.
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The Mets are about to go on a massive bender and finish at 79-83.
Everything you need to know about the Mets trade deadline: They traded away seven players. And yet, they're not an appreciably worse team right now than they were a month ago.
i hope the mets drop the all lower-case design package, i thought it would grow on me but it hasn't
New York Mets@mets.com · 2d agoWe have acquired INF Jefferson Rojas from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for OF Tyrone Taylor and RHP Clay Holmes. Thank you, TT and Clay!
Gotta be happy with the Mets deadline moves. Got good return on the guys you expected to be traded. Didn't sell off Alvy, Torrens, or (not that I was all that worried) Lindor. Doubt there was any market for Senga, Baty, Polanco (lol), Vientos (lool), or Robert Jr.
As bad as the Mets have been this year, the non-Williams bullpen had talent and depth. Raley, Minter, Brazoban, Weaver -- all traded for good returns.
Marcus Semien: 3.2 bWAR to -0.7 Bo Bichette: 3.4 to 0.1 Jorge Polanco: 2.5 to -1.2 Luis Robert: 1.4 to 0.0 Freddy Peralta: 5.5 to -1.2 (!!) Tobias Myers: 0.6 to -0.8 That's 16.6 bWAR to -3.8. A swing of 20.4. What a terrible team.
There is a very good chance the Mets will go into next season with no top 100 prospects
Roger Cormier@themetsnewsletter.com · 3d agoThe Mets traded Freddy Peralta to the Rays for Aidan Smith, Emilien Pitre and Gary Gill Hill, per Mark Feinsand and Jonathan Mayo
Chicago trades Boston to Seattle <-- something that just happened
I could throw this 1,000 times and never get it remotely close to the strike zone. I doubt I could get it to go the full 60'6".
Codify Baseball@codifybaseball.bsky.social · 2w agoKerry Wood, Behind-The-Back Eephus 😮
If you want to study history, all you need is this headline. It starts off as a 1980s scandal, turns quickly into a 1990s scandal, then into an early 21st century scandal, and then -- finally -- reaches today.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3w agoA 13-ton haul of cocaine disguised as bananas exposes alleged links between US financiers, luxury Dubai real estate and a crypto-trading Irish fintech. Read more: bloom.bg/4gyzmfH 📷: Jorge Guerrero/AFP
I just ran some copy though ChatGPT and it told me that it "actually laughed," which is weird because it's obviously not true.
There's more scoring in this match than a Mets/Blue Jays game
The Mets somehow pulled victory out of the jaws of defeat which they had fed victory to
This is me, somewhat. I've built two unshipped, massive things so far -- since March.
Brandon T. Snider@brandontsnider.bsky.social · last mo.Back on my bullsh
This approach famously backfired from 1856-1860.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com · last mo.Many state leaders hope that a renewed focus on federalism could help lower the national political temperature. By shifting more political decisions to the states, they envision a nation less subject to blue-red swings. From @statesnewsroom.com and @stateline.org
I'm a relatively new NBA fan and I really do not understand the FA/trade market.
The Mets are 0-1 in the Andy Green era, and yet, it may still be an improvement.
An American has been held by Libyan authorities for almost a month and there is virtually no news about it.
There’s an American being held by the Libyan Army right now and there’s virtually no news about it.
The Flagrant-1 on Wemby was the turning point of the game. Another flagrant foul and he's ejected from Game 4 *and* suspended for Game 5. Especially given the big lead, he was almost certainly playing a lot less aggressively.
