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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

I'm fascinated by them, just based on the clips I've seen. They're literally ex-Bravo Big Personality Types but seem to 1) have more functional moral compasses than 98% of elected Dems and 2) enough pull to get all those elected Dems to come on their podcast.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

Don't need a bullpen if your starters are throwing complete games!

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah it's as simple as that, I think.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h

In a way it makes it more impressive how good it looks when it's working. The second it stops you're like googling "Michael Finley how old now."

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h

As a Mets fan, I've been on the other side of it, which is all those .720 OPS guys hitting the ball through the infield and then another one of them hitting a three-run homer.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3h

I think the Brewers are really good and I have admired that there is a big element of Annoying Magic to their goodness, but man when it is not working it sure looks a lot like guys with .720 OPS'es grounding out.

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 3h

reviving an old tradition that twitter killed because it pissed me off:
the one hour public sale: www.oliverleach.com/gv3-series

check this stuff out folks itll melt your face off. sealing forever at 8:32 PST

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 4h

ChatGPT does not know ball. This is canon.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 4h

Wow that is auspicious.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 4h

Independent of this statement, a good way of describing a huge chunk of the internet is “rapists running content and bot farms to make their pet issues seem more important”, that’s basically half the traffic on X at this point.

Peter Fobian @peterfobian.bsky.social · 4h

Notably the 3 people leading the charge on this are a guy who spends all his time trying to sue and deplatform pro-palestinian creators and 2 rapists who all run content farms of out of context clips but y'know maybe this time it's not a cynical attempt to get rid of their self-proclaimed #1 op.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 4h

I can't believe we're still talking about this

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 4h

That's beautiful. A friend brought a bunch of old college basketball games on DVD to mine and it was very nice. You need to have some Background Sports.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 4h

It's wild that when Trump talks about how they're getting rid of Democrat Programs and keeping Republican Programs he means "public health" and "Sicario Fantasy Camp: Chicagoland." Full polarization, to the point where anything aimed at keeping people alive or alleviating suffering is woke bullshit.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 4h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

The Least Interesting Man In The World

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think you have to worry about Craig or me admiring Trump too much.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

The extent to which he very clearly has no patience with any of the conservative culture war shit that doesn't explicitly involve him is kind of bracing.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

He really put a "but I'm different" in his eulogy. What a mind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

Love wins

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 8h

Well said sir!

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, the Joss Ackland Exemption remains in effect.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 12h

I was reminded of this yesterday and I think this is one of those things I once knew but forgot. Obviously glad to have this important knowlege back in my head.

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 12h

I've got mine. No one writes more insightfully about this stuff than JS in my opinion.

Jacob Silverman @jacobsilverman.com · 7d

It's pub day for my book, "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," which chronicles the rise of the tech right and their role in the 2024 election. Thanks to everyone who helped along the way.
linktr.ee/gildedrage

Gilded Rage | Linktree

A searing look at the rise of Silicon Valley's far right. Out October 2025.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

I begrudge Brian Cox nothing but I feel like at this point he doesn't really need it. Maybe he likes it?

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

I do not own anything that they insure but I have to tip my cap in this regard.

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1d

"(Officers) refuse to recognize local or court authority. A judge says you can’t arrest journalists. Watch us. A judge says we have to wear badges. No. State law says we can’t drive around in unmarked vans? Too bad. Elected officials who want to see what is going on should prepare to be arrested."

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 1d

Cheerfully withdrawn!

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