A salute to Verity Podcast on their last episode: truly the best of us. #DoctorWho

When it comes to nostalgia, no one out-pizzas this Hut in southwest Pennsylvania. 🍕 Locals celebrate the location's preserved retro appearance. @teppercmu.bsky.social's Jeff Galak explains how emotional responses impact consumer behavior, and the power of nostalgia. @us.theconversation.com:

What a western Pennsylvania ’90s-style Pizza Hut reveals about nostalgia

A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.

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Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.

Last week, a Union County woman noticed strange hornets snooping around her hummingbird feeder and called the state.

Is North Carolina Ready for an Invasion of Bee-Killing Hornets?

After creeping north for three years, the yellow-legged hornet has arrived. Beekeepers are gearing up for a fight.

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Oh my god, COME ON

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2d ago

just woke up to the Jays are buying at the deadline and Pete Crow-Armstrong thinks Babe Ruth was made-up

Why do youth sports organizations frequently end up in drama? Often, it's because there's no way for the organization administrators to hear the hard things. We built a platform that allows leadership to learn the things they NEED to know. From @wademinter.com www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#youthsports #leadership #governance #sportsmanagement #suggestionox | Wade Minter

I’ve spent my time in the youth sports universe. At TeamSnap, we built one of the largest and most successful youth sports platforms in the world. I was also a longtime coach for my daughters in the o...

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Clearly the Cup is more conscious of water safety than Seth Jarvis. #LetsGoCanes

Carolina Hurricanes (Bot)@notcanes.bsky.social · last wk.

Protect the Cup at all costs 😂

"So, hey, we're out here if you want to talk. We'll be happy to give you our perspective to maybe help with the whiplash you must be feeling. If you need us we're the ones pining for John Forslund while still tearing up over the pictures of the players celebrating a Stanley Cup win." Great piece.

Al Hood@albhood.bsky.social · last wk.

As promised, a post inspired a post. It’s inception post! I’m sure this is something Joe will be hitting on today but wanted this out there with my spin, www.canescountry.com/2010-11-caro...

Literally what fandom discourse has turned into I fear.

I know I’m relentless about this already, but I’ll push once again that this is the *easiest act of public service you can provide*. You are full of valuable juices! Go share!

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · last wk.

"On Monday, the Red Cross declared a national blood crisis for the second time ever in its history."

#EventsDearBoy 11. CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985, DC) There are a lot of threads on DC Reddit about "does Crisis hold up" and for the olds it's one of the greatest works in the medium but for the youngs it's more like an ancient illuminated manuscript full of incredible drawings of weird snails

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · last wk.

#EventsDearBoy 12. NO MAN'S LAND (1999, DC) *Tammy Wynette voice* "All bound for No Man's Land..." - this Bat-monster gets the award for the highest placing of anything I hadn't read at all before. It just seemed too huge: the year-long central plank in a saga of catastrophe and rebuilding

As a former Athletic writer, I strongly believe the pivot point was the pandemic. Before 2020, I do think the company goal really was to have exceptional local coverage everywhere. It was a point of pride that we had someone covering every team in the 4 major North American sports leagues.

Patrick Daugherty@rotopat.bsky.social · last wk.

The Athletic's slow-motion exodus from local coverage obviously directly contradicts the original stated purpose of the publication, and is exacerbating the problems that were created when they initially vacuumed up so much of the local talent

Definitionally, these are not “friends.”

Warning: Your Friends and Colleagues Are Now Recording Every Conversation

People in tech circles are carefully recording every single conversation they're having — not just at work but in their private lives as well.

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@corylav.bsky.social naming Haula as #LetsGoCanes villain is plausible, but I think it's time for Canes fans to let it go. He apparently was bad for the locker room and showed his posterior after the trade, but he hasn't been relevant for years and DID have some family tragedy around that time.

Carolyn "Stanley" O@hmof2.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the Athletic today: Which NHL player is the biggest on-ice villain in every team’s franchise history? I realize the MR96 saga has played itself out, but still -- is there another player whose jersey was treated like this? (gift link: www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...

I have no place for this in the house but kind of want it

Carolina gets the spotlight to start the day. youtu.be/TUsx584LsCM

THG at 10: Talking About the Hurricanes

YouTube video by The Hockey Guy

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As a Canes fan, this statement applies to the spring 2025 trade season referenced here and to the Cup final: Stankoven/Hall > Marner

Steve "Dangle" Glynn@stevedangle20.bsky.social · 2w ago

In my head I was like "I can't believe we just spent 30 minutes on this" and turns out it was... longer. youtu.be/v2d0p4sNKxk?...

A bottle of whisky + three Glaswegians who did nothing but egg me on

That Chip Guy@thatchipguy.bsky.social · 2w ago

There's my friend at a Doctor Who convention in LA who got stuck in a Scottish accent for HOURS.

There's my friend at a Doctor Who convention in LA who got stuck in a Scottish accent for HOURS.

Wade Minter@wademinter.com · 2w ago

I am absolutely a magpie like this, and my youngest is even worse

(stares in Zentraedi)

Colm Meaney Colm Friendly

Nice of a Portland station to have someone from Raleigh on, good chat with @ice_chip about Dundon’s ownership of the Canes-and good to hear they aren’t *just* blaming him for the arena mess

Should Blazer Fans Trust Tom Dundon??

Chip Alexander joins Dirt & Sprague to talk Tom Dundon and what it was like when he first bought the Hurricanes. Download the Audacy App to listen to all of your favorite shows and podcasts: iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/audacy-radio-sports-talk/id323701765 Android: https://play.google.com

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Every Doctor Who fan falls into one of two categories.

My write up on the Announcement today of the Canes TV Network, both what was said and my speculation of what it means to the central question - "How can I watch the Canes next season?" We still don't know for sure, but we now have a better idea

Hurricanes announce new TV Network

The team is going to be one of the first for a new NHL setup

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honestly whatever one's opinion of Baron Lloyd-Webber I think we can agree that an Andrew Lloyd Webber Dr. Who musical i something we all deserve

Andrew Bloom@andrewbloom.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have zero proof that Andrew Lloyd Webber ever watched a single second of Doctor Who. But man, with the way these anthropomorphic bee guys from an early episode of the BBC series look, sound, and act, I could swear they were a precursor to the musical felines from CATS.

This marketer deserves a promotion.

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago

I held on for a lot longer out of inertia, until Jeff Loeb came on and a lot of post-Crisis elements started being undone. When I realized I wasn't reading "the same story" anymore that was my jump-off.

One of my college roommates (who's here on Bsky but I won't out), quite bored of mainstream superheroics, was surprisedly engrossed in my copies of this run, which improved all the way through Reign of the Supermen. Once the mysteries resolved and status quo returned, he wisely bailed.

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social · 3w ago

#EventsDearBoy 20. DEATH OF SUPERMAN / FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND / RETURN OF SUPERMAN (1992, DC) The most famous event ever (in print) and the spiritual peak of the speculator boom, SUPERMAN #75 is also not a very good comic - the all-splash page conceit exaggerates Dan Jurgens' tendency to the static