Missouri Jones

@lildwu.bsky.social

Community organizer in MidMo. Proud CWA-TNG Member. Originally from KC. Royals fan. Organize your workplace!

What makes amendment 5's historic defeat is that it wasn't a spur of the moment idea by legislators. This was like two decades of work that then got voted down by a historic margin.

I knocked a couple hundred doors, more importantly the volunteers I work with knocked over 2000 doors. And we brought home a resounding victory. Everyone who knocked a door or made a call to defeat 4 and 5, great work.

Last week I read Universal Baseball Association, and while reading the last chapter I was like it's kid of funny some of the players doubt these guys ever existed at all. And jesus christ, we have real life players doubting Babe Ruth existed??

Not incidentally, sex ed and social media, two of the big things the Think of the Children crowd want to restrict children's access to, are the first place a lot of kids encounter the concept that a person with nominal authority over you doesn't get to touch you without permission

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

Again, this was a huge topic of discussion when the Yankees were dominating and revenue sharing was brought up. My biggest problem with revenue sharing back then was "what if the teams getting that money whose owners don't want to win just pocket it?" and GUESS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED!!

Jason Fry@jasoncfry.bsky.social · 3d ago

Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:

Joe Sheehan: This trade is a microcosm of the real problem MLB has faced for decades. It’s not about haves and have-nots, but wants and want-nots. The Dodgers, and teams like them, want to win more than teams like the Tigers do, so they go out and acquire the Tigers’ best pitcher. MLB has built an entire labor strategy and media campaign around demonizing the Dodgers, when in fact it’s the Tigers who are wrecking baseball. You have to be through the looking glass to think the sport’s problem is the team that’s trying to win rather than the team that’s trading Tarik Skubal while sitting 2 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.