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Was here for baseball memes and Dodgers. But reality is making that challenging.
Padres minor-league catching coordinator detained by ICE in Texas, family says
Padres minor-league catching coordinator detained by ICE in Texas, family says
Oswaldo Pirela, the Padres' minor-league catching coordinator, was detained early Sunday at El Paso International Airport, his wife said.
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See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece. In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue." We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
Vague Pariah@vaguepariah.bsky.social · 18h agoMaybe just start by charging a market rate for water instead of using prior appropriation
The Right didn't veer hard into Trans Panic because the Left overreacted to the workaday transphobia they were organically fomenting. The Right veered into transphobia in order to repurpose the infrastructure already in place from the Gay Panic industry. And Gay Panic production can resume any time.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterdayRank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...
no one called it 'cutting off family' when these same parents threw their gay kids out of the house. wild how that works.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterdaylol come the fuck on
they think you're stupider than dirt is what it is
David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · yesterdayActual CEO of a space company people actually invest in says "by the early 2030s" -- just 5 to 7 years from now -- there will be mines and factories and large human workforce on the Moon, such that we'll be able to see lights of the lunar city from our front porches fortune.com/2026/08/17/b...
I took a nap and am not sure which century it is.
This is why the Brewers have the juice.
This is Wednesday's solar eclipse. Photographed from lunar orbit.
I can't find any beat coverage of the WPBL games (beyond the league's own insufficient write-ups), so I've decided to take matters into my own hands (for now) with an old-school fan blog. Here's the first post on Kelsie Whitmore's 3HR game (don't look at the rest of the site, it's not ready):
Whitmore’s 3 Homers Dethrone Queens
The Firebells’ Kelsie Whitmore connects for a three-run home run off Ayami Sato in the fourth inning, the second of Whitmore’s three home runs on the night. [screenshot] One of the Wome…
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It's amazing how well Bordieu's class theory captures how the collapse of my social capital would lead me to become a baseball fan. Go Dodgers.
MLB pitches under 45 MPH: 2008 - 0 2009 - 0 2010 - 0 2011 - 0 2012 - 0 2013 - 0 2014 - 0 2015 - 0 2016 - 0 2017 - 6 2018 - 1 2019 - 0 2020 - 6 2021 - 64 2022 - 183 2023 - 199 2024 - 175 2025 - 424 2026 - 462 so far
You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to Karoline Leavitt and her team. JFC
Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com · 6d agoOne you might find surprising. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in responding to questions I raise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you
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