Ari Trujillo-John
@reftw.bsky.social
Organizer. Engineer. Writer. Eternally rooting for the San Francisco Giants, even in Homeric Greek. Header by @rabidya.art
The wife and I just took our meds and paused Dateline to go down this delightful, low stakes thrill of a Wiki rabbit hole. What a treat.
Tal Lavin@swordsjew.bsky.social · 3w agoTIL that rock paper scissors / ro sham bo originated in han dynasty china and was originally "frog slug snake"
Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
I've decided the best thing AI is built for is completing random small coding tasks which normally drive me nuts, like ensuring the right version of python is running or configuring PATH env. It's a digital squirrel. It shouldn't be asked to do more than that, man.
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS: if you’re waiting in line to join Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, stay in line
I spoke with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes tonight and then he was like "Oh, wait Lindsey Graham just showed up, wanna talk to him?"
All we need is a bad year of wheat crops and we're genuinely in March on Versailles territory, yo.
Brian Goldstone@brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is untenable. Something has got to give.
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/b... [gift link]
Emmett Till would’ve been 85 this year. A Bronzeville exhibit reflects on his legacy.
The Blanc Gallery exhibit “From Memory to Movement: Emmett at 85” brings together 11 Black Chicago-based contemporary artists to produce works that speak to the humanity of Emmett Till.
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applies to every field there is, the eternally relevant words of @carolineframke.bsky.social www.vox.com/culture/2017...
Instead of mourning great art tainted by awful men, mourn the work we lost from their victims
Some sexual abusers made great art. Countless more of their victims never got the chance.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field@wrigleyfield.bsky.social · last mo.One of my hardest-won political lessons is that it’s never, ever worth it to treat ppl as ~indispensable no matter what they do~ —bc we *see* the contributions & potential of the abusive men & we don’t get to see that in the women they drive out. We never actually get to know what we’ve squandered
Cape Verdeans are now honorary Philadelphians because that was basically ROCKY. They weren't "supposed" to be there, much less going the distance with the champions and the GOAT, who had to give it everything they've got just to eek out a win in overtime. Bravo.
Just sitting here crying with pride and amazement for a country I did not know existed a month ago. God, I love football.
Organizing gets the goods!
Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · last mo.🔥 The Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group has DIVESTED from GEO Group, the private prison company running ICE detention facilities. No one should be profiting from ICE detention camps. #DIVEST $GEO www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽 Black woman journo here who has covered multiple Grand Slams, including an ESPN Magazine cover story on Naomi Osaka and many pieces on the Williams sisters: I am available for commissions on Serena and Wimbledon! I was there for her final US Open match. I ask great questions!
Lestat de Lioncourt is one of the most hostile characters ever written. I love him so much.
The wife and I are watching "I Love Boosters" right now. I'm so glad I live in the same timeline as Boots Fucking Riley, man. What a blessing. What a talent. Oakland Forever.
Heartbroken for the Iranians. What a match. What a robbery. #WorldCup
Also? It helps you get over yourself. You watch trash TV? Get into them garbage books, man!
Beedok/Fern 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦@beedokfern.bsky.social · last mo.Always hearing the advice for authors struggling with passion and creativity of 'read better books'. I'm going to be a weirdo and instead off the advice of 'read worse books'. Reading too many good books with only fuel your imposter syndrome. Read some trash and get a confidence boost.
"In the absence of (an) act of accountability and inclusion, why do anything at all? Why hold a media session? Why face the cameras and reporters at all, if you can even call what Posey did “facing?” Why write a test that didn’t need to be written just to get all the answers spectacularly wrong?"
McCovey Chronicles@mccoveychronicles.bsky.social · last mo.If you're not watching the game, this one's for you.
They're also doing really well! While being mightily handicapped!
Nancy Armour@nrarmour.bsky.social · 2mo agoI wonder how many of us would be as composed as Iran has been at a World Cup where they’ve been treated badly every step of the way.
Dude, is it ableist for the world to be bigger than you've experienced before? When dictionaries exist? That's like being an English speaker who says it's ableist that there other languages in the world you don't already speak. You're just being a bad tourist.
Rick Gualtieri@rickgualtieri.com · 2mo agoSo apparently the newest complaint du jour is that it’s ableist if authors use big words in their books. Now don’t get me wrong. I have read some books that were more tediously written than necessary. But ableist? That feels like claiming victim status where no crime exists…
Man, this place has got the fucking juice!
Buttons (Ashley) 🏴☠️#OFMDForLife🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈🤡@sevensugars.bsky.social · 2mo agoSince I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
Appreciate the Twins continuing the proud tradition of stomping the Rangers into the dirt during their hella homophobic Family + Faith Night. GET OUT THE RAINBOW BROOMS!
In related news, I have a tag on Libby for books I just heard people mention, so I don't lose them, but also don't clog up hold queues. An undefeated app.
Carina@carinacraftblog.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe librarian at our local library always comments on the interesting books I reserve. I feel like telling her that I heard about like 90% of them on Bluesky. 😁
Okay, but I'd buy "violence and syrup" in a minute.
Elder Taylor@taylornewc.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed
Whomever writes the social media prompts for Dateline is fucking on one, man. Someone will be up sobbing about how their friend died in shoes they designed together and the blurb will pop up, "Do you have a favorite pair of shoes?" Ma'am, a woman is dead?!
I love that these mediocre pitchers are crying for getting smoke for their homophobia. Saying, "We saw other people doing it." No. You saw Clayton Kershaw doing it. Pitch like Kershaw in the summer and say you hate gays with your full chest and we can talk.
