don’t give a Fuck about tech innovations. make birria tacos bigger
Just be better
@ohvilly.bsky.social
cats, punk rock, baseball, baking, internationalling. I'm a pile maker and a pie maker (at Thanksgiving). P. S. Frankie is judging you.
Aughts. 😑 Just say the 2000s. Every time someone says it, I pretend not to know the word. And when it is explained to me, I ask why they just don't say 2000s. 😑
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 7d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
It really lays bare how greedy and disingenuous the owners are that they’re running those stupid fucking ads during every game
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · last wk.Salary cap now! We need competitive balance!
Freaky Tales is leaving HBO on August 1, so if you've been putting off reading @zunguzungu.bsky.social's opus on this love letter to Oakland, now is the time: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/freaky-tales...
The most words ever written about “Freaky Tales”
A not-too-short love letter to “a love letter to 1980s Oakland.”
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Oh no! He's jinxed the Braves now! @kmd33.bsky.social Stupid orange cloud of jinx.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump introduces Mike Plant and Brian Snitker: "The Mets have the highest salary in baseball and they lose all the time. And I say, maybe we could steal this guy! But the way the Atlanta Braves have been managed for years -- he's the CEO of the Atlanta Braves."
Dear universe, When I said “things could always be worse”, it wasn’t a fucking challenge.
"She built trans girl baseball, and the trans girls did come."
Trans Girl Baseball Makes Me A Better Woman | Defector
Taking care to avoid the team-picking system of our schoolyard memories, Lilah Maravi divided us into two sides of about 20. It was a pleasant Sunday in June—Father’s Day—and we had gathered at our…
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One of my favorite stories we've run on Defector in a while. defector.com/trans-girl-b...
Trans Girl Baseball Makes Me A Better Woman | Defector
Taking care to avoid the team-picking system of our schoolyard memories, Lilah Maravi divided us into two sides of about 20. It was a pleasant Sunday in June—Father’s Day—and we had gathered at our us...
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Top 5 baseball movies, according to me: A League of Their Own 61* Eight Man Out Amazing Grace and Chuck The Perfect Game (2009)
Aaron Cameron@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 3w agoTop 5 baseball movies, according to me: •Bad News Bears (1976) •Major League •Rookie of the Year •Soul of th Game •61*
From June: It's hard to find the feel-good angle of Alexander Zverev defector.com/its-hard-to-...
It's Hard To Find The Feel-Good Angle Of Alexander Zverev | Defector
This past Sunday, Alexander Zverev won his first major title. On the surface, the 29-year-old’s Roland-Garros victory is the story of a player who, after roughly a decade of high expectations,…
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"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best
Greg Iwinski@garyjackson.bsky.social · 4w agoTV writers were right in 2023 and are being proven more right every day — there was a stable television model that made everyone lots of money and put out good shows. Then execs with no understanding of the industry confused the production model and the distribution model, and they blew it all up.
There are fewer transgender athletes in the NCAA than there are women who have publicly accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.
Alexander Zverev wins his first Grand Slam title at the French Open. Which leaves tennis in a deeply uncomfortable position, one that has been inevitable since allegations, all denied by Zverev, first came to light in 2020. www.nytimes.com/athletic/734...
Alexander Zverev’s Grand Slam wait is over. His uncomfortable status in tennis lingers
Zverev, 29, won his first major title Sunday at the French Open.
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A shitbag who hits and chokes their partner will always, always be a loser.
Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo agoWe used to be losers, now we're Grand Slam champions, Zverev tells his faithful team reut.rs/49OEIzg
A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.
I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard
My favourite phrases for when things go wrong… 1. It’s a shitshow at the fuck factory (English) 2. Now the turnips are cooked (Dutch) 3. A donkey is inside another donkey (Persian) 4. The Devil is loose in Salmonstreet (Danish) 5. A finger in the ass and screaming everywhere (Brazilian Portuguese)
best film adaptation of the odyssey, wrong answers only
inthefade@ihavethatonvinyl.com · 3mo agobest film adaptation of the odyssey, wrong answers only