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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 2h

As you can tell from the above post, I was not prepared for how different this is from the first one. Stylistically different and with a new setting and characters. Still enjoyable and the world building is lovely.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 4h

“Life is what happens when you got no plans” absolutely tearing me up.

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Walk Me Home

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 5h

I take this back. Being a sports fan is dumb and pointless

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t watch sports for your team to win, you watch sports because it’s nice to care about things! It’s nice to hope when you know you’re probably going to be disappointed.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 7h

Nice of Foner to shout out the place I live as a “hotbed of klan activity.” Checks out

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 14h

Hmmm Republicans abandoning radicals and black people to court conservatives feels extremely familiar. How is it that liberal minded folks are always obsessed with converting their enemies?

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t watch sports for your team to win, you watch sports because it’s nice to care about things! It’s nice to hope when you know you’re probably going to be disappointed.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t watch sports for your team to win, you watch sports because it’s nice to care about things! It’s nice to hope when you know you’re probably going to be disappointed.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

Saw someone in the subreddit saying they’ll care less about the regular season knowing the postseason is a different animal, and I just want to scream that they’re missing the point!!

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

I really am more of a regular season fan. Of course I say this on what will probably be one of my most miserable days all year.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a part of me that kind of wants an old school MLB arrangement with just a World Series. I know it’ll never happen. I mostly just wish we could value the regular season more. The postseason should be a bonus, not the sole definition of whether a season is a success or failure.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

Feel like I’m losing my mind watching the whole Brewers subreddit clamor for a salary cap.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

As I’ve posted, I swear I’ve heard it two times in a row

Defector @defector.com · 1d

MLB has enough ads to fill about two commercial breaks, max, so you'll hear each of them at least a dozen times over the course of a single game. defector.com/the-mlb-app-...

The MLB App Won't Stop Forcing Me To Remember 9/11 | Defector

As a woman about town who loves baseball, I have followed a good deal of these playoffs with my trusty wired headphones, moving from place to place while listening to the games’ radio streams on the…

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

Every defensive half inning in playoff baseball is agony.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 1d

I loved the first one of these and sure I’ll like this one. That said, the AI romance/body arc was the least interesting thing to me. Starting out with that here isn’t totally grabbing me.

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A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, foll...

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 2d

Baseball is not nearly as vibes based as other sports! And game-to-game performance is basically all luck. Still, the vibes are extremely bad and the hitters look lost.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

NLCS not as bad as it looks, but boy does it feel bad

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

Some really nice dominos being set up here. About halfway through and absolutely thrilled.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

Ahh it’s a treasure hunt. Not much action in this one yet. Character stuff and the shoe leather is plenty to hold my attention though.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

Another notable thing is the political pragmatism of blacks and freedman. Favoring confiscation but opposing confederate disenfranchisement seems contradictory to my sensibility, yet it’s understandable from a truly democratic perspective. People don’t deserve land but they do deserve to vote.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

I can take a little bit of pessimism. It just seems like the pessimism there takes the form of immediately demanding a salary cap or blaming players for short term performance.

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm I will not be checking on the Brewers subreddit today. It’s a nice place after a win, but even in the regular season people immediately go to doom mode after a couple losses.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 4d

The zone has been absolute trash tonight

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 4d

The tragic characters of these Crais standalones are really something. Each main character is so flawed but sympathetic.

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Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 4d

lol 8-2 Double play

Gordon Christen @gordonchristen.bsky.social · 4d

4/29/71 is an all time Dead show. That Alligator>Drums>Jam (St. Stephen teases)>GDTRFB>Cold Rain and Snow is so wonderful.