There is a pretty big flaw to the thing people are saying about AES squeaking out a win despite polls having him up big recently and that is that polls are fake.
Jack Hittinger
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Upper Midwestern pseudo-intellectual former(ish) sportswriter in Shakopee, by way of Bemidji (by way of Michigan). This will probably end up being a bunch of posts about politics, Wilco and college hockey. He/him.
Writing fiction in any genre should be a purely human exercise. If you use AI to generate *any* dialog, story ideas, character shapes, *anything* creative, you're betraying the very concept of artistic expression. This is a bright flashing red line for me. www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
‘Everyone Is Doing It’: The Truth About AI in Hollywood
Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next.
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How'd they even know it was him and not an imposter pretending to be Sid Wilson? Coulda been anybody TBH.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · 2d agoSlipknot reportedly fired Sid Wilson because of "the way he treated" his bandmates
Are they getting an MLB ready bat? if not I’m less than excited about this!
Jason Beck@jasonbeck.bsky.social · 2d agoCasey Mize has been traded to the Padres, per source. @jonheyman.bsky.social was on it.
Chris Illitch made Scott Harris trade Skubal because he’s a cheapass who‘s embarrassed about spending daddy’s Hot and Ready money that he didn’t earn (probably, just doing some major Illitch psychoanalysis here).
Joe Sheehan@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 3d agoBoy, this "the league made Scott Harris trade Skubal to the Dodgers for reasons" thing has legs, huh? Open the schools.
This is very on point from a Tigers perspective, Scott Harris fuckin sucks at this from a MLB roster construction perspective. It’s professional malpractice they they couldn’t do more with Skubal or with this team in general.
Patrick Dubuque@euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 4d agoFor the night owls: I've written up the transaction analysis for the Skubal trade at @baseballprospectus.com, with the help of @jeffreypaternostro.bsky.social on the prospect side. It's free to read with a basic sub, but as a summary: It's a bummer, but not for the reason you might think.
Patiently waiting for the announcers to explain why Sophie Cunningham is getting booed every time she touches the ball.
Would have been nice to get someone who is actually major league ready to step in and pitch RIGHT NOW but I guess beggars can’t be choosers (especially when said beggars chose to completely shit the bed when it comes to building a roster to actually compete this season).
Jason Beck@jasonbeck.bsky.social · 3d agoTrade is now official. River Ryan assigned to Triple-A Toledo and placed on IL while he recovers from hamstring injury. Zyhir Hope assigned to Double-A Erie. Brady Smith assigned to High-A West Michigan.
As a Tigers fan, I’d have to say baseball is ruined because Chris Illitch won’t pay Skubal what he’s worth, not because the Dodgers got him in the trade.
Alex Kirshner@alexkirshner.com · 4d agoYou do not get to do the whole "baseball is ruined" thing because the Dodgers gave up two serious prospects, one of whom is 100 years old, for a two-month rental. On this particular thing, your team literally could have done it if they wanted
I’ve seen the Tigers waste so many elite pitchers it doesn’t even bother me anymore
What a beautiful tribute to Tarik Skubal’s last game the Tigers are trying to pull off here
Sara Likes Baseball@helmerroids.bsky.social · 4d agoHow could the Tigers bullpen do this to their sleepiest soldiers
Mike Illitch would have had Skubal signed to a 10 year $400 million Unlimited Crazy Bread deal after 2024
So you’re trying to tell me that the Detroit Tigers traded Tarik Skubal after losing hope following Wednesday’s loss, but now the Tigers literally found some Hope in the trade? you can’t make this shit up
Jeff Passan Bot@jeffpassanbot.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Los Angeles Dodgers are acquiring Tarik Skubal for outfielder Zyhir Hope, right-hander River Ryan and right-hander Brady Smith, sources tell ESPN.
Honestly if they can get anything for Jansen it'd be an upgrade, I'm fine with this.
The Majors Detroit@tmsnxdetroit.bsky.social · 6d agoREPORT: The Tigers are expected to trade Tarik Skubal, Casey Mize, Gleyber Torres and Kenley Jansen by Monday, according to Jim Bowden. No deals have been announced. #Tigers #RepDetroit #MLBTradeDeadline
That feeling when you have to immediately check every MLB notification just to find out when “It” is going to happen but the it turns out to be a a different trade, Scott Harris just needs to fucking get it over with already and put Tigers fans out of our misery.
The Cubs question may be “How Soon Is Now?,” but Detroit fans are saying “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”: The Tigers are selling “This Charming Man” at the deadline. Oh well, they suck. “What Difference Does It Make?”
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 6d agoA report saying the Chicago Cubs are interested in acquiring Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal before Monday’s MLB trade deadline has fans thinking big.
Ugh, this sucks so much, I hate these fucking guys: "Finding an exact comparison for Skubal’s value is challenging because back-to-back Cy Young winners rarely hit the trade market."
Baseball America@baseballamerica.com · 6d agoWhat would the prospect return be for 2x Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal? BA's J.J. Cooper values the potential trade deadline blockbuster in the context of other ace acquisitions of years past: www.baseballamerica.com/stories/what...
Gonna be really annoyed if that is the game that single handedly turns the tigers into sellers
Brandon Veale@redveale.bsky.social · last wk.To my earlier point. Other than the triple, and on that Baez looked like he got lost, most of what befell the Tigers was bad luck than outright bad pitching.
Thank god, maybe now instead of having three starting outfielders with a sub-600 OPS we'll have only two today!
Jason Beck@jasonbeck.bsky.social · last wk.Sounds like Javier Báez will be activated from injured list today. “I’m anticipating him being available to us today in the big leagues,” A.J. Hinch told MLB Network Radio. .
"Olney added: 'They dropped to four games behind in the Wild Card race, and their playoff chances are down to 25 percent.'" 25%? My brother in Christ, the Tigers had a 5.4% chance to make playoffs on July 28, 2024. There are plenty of reasons to trade Skubal but 25% playoff odds isn't one of them!
Adam Zagoria@adamzagoria.bsky.social · last wk.Tigers are ‘super close’ to trading Tarik Skubal, Yankees expected to be involved www.nj.com/yankees/2026...
A SIGNIFICANT number of replies to this are like "I haven't seen the film but she's SO RIGHT for this!" Anyway, I think this argument specifically is flawed because The Odyssey is about Odysseus. If you want a movie about the victims, make The Iliad. Not every movie can center every perspective!
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.7. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled).
The Odyssey? Yeah you odyssey this guy Tarik Skubal
Bari Weiss so dumb she thought there was a clip of Jake Frey being cool
Jonathan V. Last@jvl.bsky.social · 2w agoWorst part of the new @status.news report is that the Bari Weiss team appears to get its view of what is actually happening in the world from Twitter. They were asking Vega to include things that *weren't real* b/c they didn't know any better. www.status.news/p/cecilia-ve...
