David “now officially a Cubs fan” Precht
@davidprecht.bsky.social
Comic book writer, copywriter, some tarrof, exaggerationalist, second generation kid, aspiring food assembler, baseball enjoyer, 90s punk and hardcore kid, tea drinker, owner of ترشی. (he/him)
Last week for late pledges on the CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE anthology ⏰ This is the best, and quickest way to get a copy. Plus, it’s to only way to receive this exclusive “Inside Look” digital-pdf containing character design, art process & interviews. Ends Friday, Aug 7: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyl...
It is incredibly fitting that the Orioles are hosting Pokemon Go night the day after Orioles management traded their franchise cornerstone player for prospects
For over a month, the three year old has been excited about our tomato yield, asking when we will pick them Last night, wife gave in, plucked four, washed them and he tried one "This is bad for me" 😖 face
My The Odyssey hot take (haven't seen the movie, but this is the Internet & I too can be a confident idiot): I always thought Odysseus was kind of a stinker. In the poem, he was a smart, silly guy who, in many scenes, clearly brought the comedic relief "Guys, what if we built a big fucking horse..."
@oriolesreview.bsky.social Who are your outfield targets? I remember Doyle was someone a lot of people liked who has completely fallen off this season. Does he still have some potential?
It seems relevant that the thing Isaiah is being sent to do in that passage is to deliver a prophecy of doom to his own people for having fallen away from the path of righteousness. So if these guys were like, Isaiah, that would be robustly bad news for...the United States.
Matt Thiessen@mattthiessen.bsky.social · 3d agoAmerican Christianity in one social media post.
Hell yeah! I need an easier way to watch these games and a team from Baltimore. BASEBALLLLLL!
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 4d agoand Denae Benites hits the first home run in Women's Pro Baseball League history!
“…props to everyone who was able to be confident and be bold and courageous enough to speak their truths." which is hate She’s giving props of her and other people’s discrimination and hate
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Another death in ICE custody: Prisciliano Trejo Ricano. He said this before he died:
INDY Week@indyweek.bsky.social · 6d agoPrisciliano Trejo Ricano began feeling ill while detained at a Georgia detention center, where he had been for three weeks. He reported that he had not received medical attention after experiencing severe symptoms. He died on Wednesday, July 22.
Married 17 years tomorrow 5 stars Highly recommend
Wife requested steak, so there was a thick boy that went fast Blessings be unto CostCo
A friend of ours owns a bakery and made some gf ice cream (you don’t even know) for an event but left it at home so she brought it over today it’s saffron with rose pedals I want to eat all of it right now my God please send help but not the kind of help that will make me share
After insurance refused to cover my appendectomy ("pre-existing condition" lol), my wife & I debated filing for bankruptcy but the word "could" hung over our heads We opted to move to Korea to teach English & try & save the $47k to pay the hospital bill, which they forgave 1 day before our flight 🙃
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last wk.Begrudging literally no one for going down this path, life is immeasurably hard right now for regular people, but how grim of a sentence is "people don't understand how good of a deal bankruptcy is" in an article about a 50% jump in bankruptcies. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...
Meta is a piece of shit company run by pieces of shit www.tiktok.com/@jeremyfinds...
Just got my digital copy of Young In Iran (physical copies shipping in August) from @comicsworkshop.bsky.social I knew this would be a great book but good God www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/younginiran
Young in Iran — Sequential Artists Workshop
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Friends of mine in Iran have a new anthology for pre-sale Not only does it have one of the best names for a book I've ever read, but the pages are incredible and the stories provide an image of Iran that Americans haven't seen since 'Persepolis' Pre-order now www.streetnoisebooks.com/i-wont-pretend
I Won’t Pretend — Street Noise Books
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One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 2mo agoLeeds is now the subject of a major inquiry into maternity. I previously reported on its decade long pursuit of 'normal birth' ideology that saw it have the lowest number of caesareans while stillbirths and baby deaths soared to the worst nationally www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...
Friends of mine in Iran have a new anthology for pre-sale Not only does it have one of the best names for a book I've ever read, but the pages are incredible and the stories provide an image of Iran that Americans haven't seen since 'Persepolis' Pre-order now www.streetnoisebooks.com/i-wont-pretend
I Won’t Pretend — Street Noise Books
streetnoisebooks.com
The thing you can do to counter this is to play a Disney or Taylor Swift song very loudly so that when the “evangelist” posts the video they be hit with a takedown order
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
This is Rowling's pinned tweet, and yet, just this week, she is funding legal cases against Féile Belfast and Amnesty International for exercising their free speech and fair opinion. She is using her massive wealth to terrorise these orgs into compilance, because she doesn't believe in free speech.
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Remember when stupid people said this country needed a president to run the country like a business and now we have CEOs saying the absolute stupidest shit? When that discourse returns, I hope we can all point to Musk as an example why that wouldn't work and is stupid
It is very funny seeing all these Nolan takes that “all his movies have the same themes” Is this their first time engaging with art? We really need better arts education because consistent themes in art are like lesson 1
