Elliot Mann
@elliotmann.bsky.social
Suburban Dad in Minnesota. Bylines over the years for many newsrooms alive and dead. This is primarily dog photos and sports nonsense. Got more rhymes than I got gray hairs, and that's a lot because I got my share.
Apropos of nothing, the CEO of CoreCivic is one “Mr. Swindle.”
Minnesota Reformer@minnesotareformer.com · yesterdayICE will pay CoreCivic more than half a billion dollars over five years to reopen a defunct 1,600-bed prison in rural western Minnesota as an immigrant detention center.
riley is really going to be upset when she finds out that you can’t tie for fifth place in basketball
taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d agoriley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos
Good stuff here. “You know the launch was successful because you didn’t hear much about it, which is how it goes with government: You only hear the bad news.”
Dave@davemn80.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is worth the read
Everything dies, that’s a fact. Maybe everything that dies, some day comes back.
WORLD CUP UPDATE: Of the two teams I support, one decided to take a penalty kick with a player other than their generational striker, and the other had a goalie who tried to clear the ball and kicked the ground. This has been the end of my WORLD CUP UPDATE.
Argentina does not get to complain about a possible hand ball
“The Uses of Haiti” by Paul Farmer is a really great place to start for those interested.
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · last mo.we need more education about how the long-term punishment of Haitians is crucial to the white supremacist project a proof-point for them about why you should never rise up, how you can never be free
Not a fan of no-defense point guards who chuck from 35 feet after bringing up the ball without making a pass, so this morning is a rough one
"Is LaMelo Ball Good" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
We traded a guy making ads with TSR time for a guy WHO ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF THE TSR TIME ADS
Well, I guess it WAS true that the universe would collide within itself if the Wolves once again got decent jerseys. This is all my fault
The Hornets are absolutely a team on the rise, yet decided they didn’t need LaMelo Ball, their max contract point guard. Why would the Timberwolves take that as a good sign?!?
It’s a huge red flag that the Hornets wanted to trade LaMelo Ball.
A “Now they tell us!” instant classic! cc: @bryancurtis.bsky.social ™️
Jim Owczarski@jimowczarski.bsky.social · last mo.Trading Giannis Antetokounmpo was not an overnight decision. Rather it was the culmination of a years long dissolution of culture & communication. Grab a coffee. How the Giannis era in Milwaukee came to a bitter end is a doozy. 🔖 www.jsonline.com/story/sports...
Hi, we saw you from across the bar, and we'd like to give you health care.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2mo agoRep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani
This part is really incredible. The Spurs folded every fourth quarter. They either led or were tied at the end of the third quarter in every game of the series, except game two. And of those four games, the Spurs only won one.
Michael@fleerultra.bsky.social · 2mo agospurs could play title-worthy basketball for 36 minutes, maybe better than anybody else in the league. but knicks could play it for 48.
Also incredible - Wemby erased Chet from existence, yet Jalen Brunson continually challenged Wemby time and time again, often coming out on top.
There were people this year, in January (!), saying the Knicks needed to trade KAT. Amazing.
The Indiana Hoosiers dominated the college football playoffs and won a championship. The New York Knicks dominated the NBA Playoffs and won a championship. If you’re a fan of a hopeless team, keep hope alive.
The Knicks were able to sign Jalen Brunson because the Mavs didn’t want to pay him. The Knicks were able to trade for Karl Anthony Towns because the Wolves signed him to a max deal, but then also didn’t want to pay him.
Univision does not break away from the game for the cooling break. This is so much better.
Continuing to wear my Knicks Sprewell jersey after the Knicks take a 2-0 Finals lead is NOT stolen valor, in this essay I will—
Updating my LinkedIn to show that I achieved — nay, EARNED — a Wilt and Kareem free 82-0. (LeBron / David Thompson / Jordan / Bob Petit / Jokic)
Me: “You are looking LIVE at the printing of your summer algebra readiness packet!” Children: extreme groans for several reasons
I don't want to shop from my couch. I want to watch a movie or read a book on my couch. And then when I need some dirt I want to go to the gardening store and chat with the employee about what house plants are cat-safe and how often to water. I want to experience life and interact with people
Jeff@gojeffgo.com · 3mo agothis ad makes me want to order and eat a bag of dirt
This is like when the track kids would come to open gym. All gas, no brakes, pogo-ing all over the place. Getting alll the offensive rebounds (but missing allllll the putbacks). You had to bring in some mid 90s New York Knicks half court offense to just bore the hell out of them.
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 3mo agoThat Ausar Thompson block 😱
