Van Dennis
@vandennis.bsky.social
He/his, early 30s, media writer, as seen on @unwinnable.com Talks about movies, videogames, TV, and the Seattle mariners (and also anime, cars & lefty politics)
Ichiro, through interpreter Allen Turner, says that @mariners.com Julio Rodríguez has a "special charisma" when asked about him DJing the alumni HR derby. "He's just got this talent about him that he can make people around him happy." He added the following quote⬇️ #TridentsUp #SeattleMariners
If you subscribe to @jonbois.bsky.social & Dorktown's theory of what "value" the mariners have as a franchise, today kinda encapsulates it: a deflating game that's part for the course this season, followed by an alumni homerun derby that's the most fun I've had at the ballpark since last year's ALDS
Ryan Rowland-Smith homered right to Ichi-meter Amy, I've seen everything 🤣
Definitely a mood when hotdogs from heaven felt intentionally used to quiet down a booing crowd
Two lucky breaks, in the same inning?? We're allowed to have that???
I’m telling you, corruption is what‘s pissing off most normies flocking to the data center resistance. this kind of thing is really activating
Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 19h agothe city that arrested the person for clapping during a data center meeting has decided to take its town halls virtual and eliminate public comments all together
Anyone laid off from @restart.run, now and as always, if I can offer you a feature slot at @unwinnable.com to help keep your feet under you or to explore some critical angle that's never made sense for a games site, I'd be more than happy to!
A judge could rule this fall blocking one of Oregon Democrats’ main affordability efforts aimed at preventing predatory lenders from exploiting a loophole in federal law. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/07/l...
Lawsuit could undo Oregon’s ban on excessive out-of-state interest rates • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Democratic lawmakers framed House Bill 4116 as one of their main bills addressing affordability in the 2026 legislative session.
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The moment Collins announced she was a no on Blanche, you KNEW they had the votes.
Gender studies might be the most vindicated academic field of all time
Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · yesterdayReally? Because I keep seeing them in charge of everything from car dealerships to the White House, and they seem to doing just fine despite their obvious handicaps.
Mariners got pummeled by detroit, but at least I get to see ichiro slug some homeruns tomorrow
Bryce honoring Luis with 1 bad inning followed by 3-4 acceptable ones.
randomly coming across this scene from 500 days of summer, and... yeah, my most random-ass movie duology is this and don jon. JGL aside, I swear they cover some surprisingly similar ground in the subversive romance movie genre.
Van Dennis@vandennis.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne of my dating hot takes is that I think *a lot* more people than you might think can and do go through most of their 20s and crack 30 without knowing/finding out what that truly feels like. Like him and Barbara, they date for the surface level physical and social aspect of it.
Fun fact! Mitch McConnell has been on paid medical leave for 51 days, over 7 weeks. This is a week longer than the 6 weeks of maternity leave that women in the US are not guaranteed after giving birth.
"oh man arizona is just stunting on the padres" "how?" "they're bringing in paul sewald for one out"
that feels like the mariners team we've waited all season to see. excellent starting pitching, solid defense, offense that finally broke through and answered back when a reliever had a hiccup, and munoz closing it down without any drama. complete victory.
4 hit batters and 4 HIDP, I was not aware we'd be honoring Ty France tonight
"Political satire cannot stand up if it doesn’t have a spine." god daaaaaamn
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩@oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 3d ago"If this is what it takes to get a rom-com greenlit these days, maybe we should just let them die. Death with dignity is surely a better fate for the genre than fascist capitulation." Zero stars for this piece of shit movie. My review of ONE NIGHT ONLY for @ebertvoices.bsky.social
“Overwhelmingly, these sources said that what was most unsettling to them was that for many months, they’ve been wargaming & meticulously planning how to defend their upcoming elections from Trump in ways that mirror how they’d plan to protect elections from a foreign adversary, not the president…”
Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2d agodisturbing the level of resources & time that election officials, elected Dems, & others across the U.S. are devoting to preparing for if Trump tries to sic ICE, troops, or armed feds on their polling sites @justinglawe.bsky.social & I take you behind the scenes on how: zeteo.com/p/inside-dem...
[jerry giving taylor ward a #27 jersey] "see, we've got mike trout at home"
okay if I'm gonna put out one of my weird baseball feelings out into the wild... I think the padres and pirates could meet up in this postseason.
at its core, I think I will concede that horizon 6 is effectively FH5 with a new coat of paint on it... but, it does have so many improvements and new ideas that pay off so so well for it.
Okay maybe brand new day did have just a bit too much product placement for its own good
