Tommy Pham's first hit in the Majors this season is a go-ahead three-run homer for the White Sox. Incredible.
Jesse O’Connell
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Advancement at the American Council on Education. Del Ray dad and 2x Hoya. Books, baseball, beer, higher ed, and all things Alexandria. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
"NPR sat down with this solar calculator and asked it to explain this poem about God"
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 13h agoThese newscasters should be so fucking embarrassed
Serious contender for “most open a wide receiver has ever been in any football game ever”
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · 5d agoA 78-yard touchdown play for BC
Have gotten five texts like this in the last 24 hours. “President Trump authorized a $5K check for William Kristol - but you need to confirm your official approval in the next 10min.” Makes you wonder if it wasn’t ever aimed at voters, but was always just part of a fund-raising scam.
It was an MLM convention. Anyone whose Dad ever sold Amway knows what this was. The downlines have tapped out their networks and are dropping off, garages full of product they can’t move and broken homes waiting for them when they get back.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 6d agoPhang: I’m here in Dallas, Texas, at the Republican National Convention’s midterm convention. I can tell you it’s an incredibly underwhelming energy here. Many of you may have been to conventions in other cities. There is a dynamic, almost frenetic energy surrounding a convention. Here? Womp womp
Some truly incredible things being posted on Al Gore’s internet this morning.
They built a feature without thinking about how it would work. This is just idiots testing in production on an internet connected server. The answer to stop this idiocy is to use existing laws and legal resources to go after the humans who did this. Stop assigning agency to tools.
“But ‘she’ is an actor because ‘she’ is a single creation who can appear in different roles in different projects!” You are describing Gonzo as Charles Dickens.
Typical NFL politics QB: Republican RB: Republican TE: Republican WR: Anarchist
I think the political left should be the loudest voice calling for an AI model development pause, frontier pacing, and mandatory third party audits right now. Put aside the doomer stuff (though I think it’s plausible), we just found out that OpenAI’s agents committed a pretty major felony!
Look I was extremely likely to sign up the Washington Sun regardless, but bringing back Boswell and Sietsema exponentially increased the enthusiasm with which I mashed that subscribe button.
Happy Labor Day. Speaking of laboring, the Nationals have blown a major league record 37 saves this season. If they’d converted just a third of those they’d comfortably have a wildcard spot in hand.
chess dot com probably doesn’t have much money but they clearly have enough to own the world’s richest man
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2w agolol
My man looks like he owns a Hooters-branded Discover Card
Everyone is doing this dialect test but no one is talking about the murder confession in the middle of it?
How is it possible we had that storm last night but the air is still soup. Running just now was a huge mistake.
Happy Friday, Alexandria! @oconnell.bsky.social and I are celebrating the third birthday of ALXtra with even more em dashes, foul language, and sophomoric humor than usual. Join us:
Three Years and a Newsletter
Congratulations—you’re reading the third anniversary issue of ALXtra! If this opening line seems familiar (and why wouldn’t it, aren’t you all constantly reading our back catalogue so you can stay u...
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still can't get over how everyone in public office just decided that letting spammers make all cellphones unusable is just how life has to be
Is it good when the red part of the radar storm track passes right over you?
Just saw that Edge of Tomorrow is back on a streamer I subscribe to, guess I’m not going to bed at a reasonable hour tonight after all.
I hear you—and I apologize. That mushroom was one of the poisonous ones, you’re right. That’s not just useful feedback—it’s you setting a boundary.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2w ago“Teams will race to navigate three of the planet’s most unforgiving landscapes — the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic — using Gemini to help them identify dangers, survive brutal weather changes, and stay one step ahead.”
Wow. $15,000-20,000 refundable tax credit (you get the money like a grant if your taxes aren't as high as the benefit) for keeping journalists hired. $15,000 for hiring new ones. $7,500 for hiring part-time. For-profit, nonprofit, **sole-proprietors** — doesn't matter. How did this happen???
California Legislature Passes Nation’s Largest Proposed Investment in Community News
Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom's desk.
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Science has determined: - the Median Baltimore Orioles player - the Median Tampa Bay Rays player
Left wing back was the absolute biggest priority to address this window, so if this report is confirmed as legit and final this is a huge relief #askwxm
Wrexham reach agreement to sign Angers’ Jacques Ekomié
Wrexham have reached an agreement to sign SCO Angers defender Jacques Ekomié (23), according to a report from Foot Mercato.L’Équipe announced on Monday that Wrexham faced competition from West Ham...
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We received a slightly overdue book last week: a copy of 'The Lord God Made Them All' by James Herriot sent all the way from Portland, with the original circulation card from 1983! This is a great time to remind everyone that we are fine-free, but please try to return your books within this decade.
