Greg Stoll 🌈
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Programmer, Astros fan, app developer, neat-web-project writer at gregstoll.com. RIP webOS and Windows Phone! he/him - protect trans kids
Here's a way to banish that #Astros loss from your mind! #MLB
New project: Baseball Triple Crown leaderboard!
Check it out! Yordan Alvarez of the Astros is making a run at the baseball Triple Crown (leading their league in home runs, RBIs, and batting average), which hasn’t been done since 2012! I wa…
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“a Moon landing would undoubtedly be a more popular achievement in the eyes of the American and international public alike” - probably a good call
Matthew Reichbach@fbihop.com · 5h agoLook, I know it's a terrible idea. But what if we detonated a nuke on the moon? Just for fun? I mean for science. Definitely for science. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...
If you're interested in tracking Yordan's chase for a Triple Crown, I've got you covered! (writeup coming when I'm less tired) gregstoll.com/mlbtriplecro... #Astros #MLB
MLB Triple Crown Leaders
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Yeah, it’s hard to see a bunch of exciting trades happen around you, but in the end I think what happened was, like, fine. The #Astros have a lot of starters of Arrighetti’s caliber, I think, and the outfield is so bad that Varsho will definitely be an improvement!
Jack McLaury@holzgeist.bsky.social · 2d agoThe #Astros didn't do much to improve for a lengthy playoff run. However, they didn't mortgage the future for what I expect to be a short playoff run...if they make it that far. Varsho probably contributes more for 2026 than Arrighetti will.
Well I hope Yordan is feeling better from that one out he made 😛 #Astros
“He grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” 💀
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
Of course they’re going to say this! This is negotiating 101 - they want to sound dug in to their position so the players will be more likely to fold!
MLB Daily News@insidemlbnews.bsky.social · 3d agoNightengale: "Nearly impossible" to find owner who doesn’t believe 2027 season will be shortened due to a prolonged work stoppage. Several owners believe entire season could be wiped out.
It sucks having a meddling owner. Maybe Crane really overvalues relievers? (see: Montero, Rafael) #Astros
Bobby Nightengale@nightengalejr.bsky.social · 4d agoA source confirmed the Twins were working on a deal to send Trevor Larnach to the Astros for Brayan Abreu before Houston owner Jim Crane nixed it. Larnach: “I don’t take it personal, but there’s a lot of noise outside the field that I try to stay away from.” www.startribune.com/minnesota-tw...
Love the hustle but seeing Yordan run like that is kinda terrifying! #Astros
You're down by 7 runs in the 7th inning, just pitch to Yordan! #Astros
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Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoUpdate: 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...
Prediction markets and insider trading - don't be a sucker! gregstoll.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/p...
Prediction markets and insider trading – don’t be a sucker!
So I read this story about Trump’s teleprompter operator allegedly betting on words that Trump would say during speeches, and wow what a 2026 story that is! My first reaction to this story wa…
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I try not to be petty, but: a person I was getting seriously bad vibes about did something that I think is pretty annoying, and I feel sooo justified!
This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · 7d ago“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Yeah, this is promising!
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 6d agoThe failure of Trumpism as a "personalist" project doesn't mean the broader MAGA ideological project will fail. But I think it's good that personalist dicator rule is getting so widely rejected. It may be a sign of democratic resilience. Some thoughts on that here: newrepublic.com/article/2137...
re DHH turning white nationalist - sometimes it’s the ones you’d most suspect! po-ru.com/2026/07/29/i...
It doesn’t matter whether “Matz is nice”
I’ve met Matz once, I think, at EuRuKo in Krakow in 2010. We chatted briefly in Japanese. He seemed nice, but also quiet and reserved. At the time, he didn’t speak much English; perhaps he could speak...
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Yeah, I would love to read a book about this in like ten years when (hopefully??) we’ll have dealt with this more
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.
It's genuinely insane that it's a mainstream belief that the problem with COVID was that we did *too much* to address it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Rep. Ogles: "Look, I don't want to play down the effects of the virus, but at the end of the day it had a roughly 1 percent mortality rate. We coulda gotten through this."
I think it is very funny that on Monday the Angels intentionally walked Yordan in the 9th and it didn’t work, and last night the Angels pitched to Yordan in the 9th and it didn’t work! #Astros
