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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 11h

My most boomer take is that if it's the playoffs and your starting pitcher is dealing, has thrown under 120 pitches, and is not asking to come out, you leave him in.

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 1d

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Channeling my inner @velodus.bsky.social with this one

Sports playoffs aren't fair: But fair is boring

I suppose this is me coming out as a Sportsball enjoyer.

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 2d

I think I’m retroactively happy the Mariners won last night because of how fun the Humpy bit is.

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 3d

INNING 15.

GIVE IT UP FOR INNING 15

a cartoon character from spongebob squarepants is holding a crab in his hand and screaming .

ALT: a cartoon character from spongebob squarepants is holding a crab in his hand and screaming .

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 3d

GIVE IT UP FOR INNING 14

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 3d

Playoff baseball really do be crazy cause you've played 162+ games only for your season to come down to an auto-generated player named something like Colt Keith

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 3d

I'm physically ill and I'm a neutral

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 4d

Just give Skattebo White Boy of the Year already

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 4d

Jalen Hurts making a strong case for being the worst QB to ever play in multiple super bowls

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 8d

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I promise this post about Taylor Swift and iambic meter is interesting.

Taylor Swift, Iambic Meter, And You

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that upon the release of a new Taylor Swift album, a 30-year-old with a Substack must make a post about it.

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 12d

God, Taco Bell mogs every other fast food place rn and it’s not even close.

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 13d

The Early Season Crush so-back-so-over pendulum seems to swing every 5-10 minutes

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 14d

Referencing a book literally only @japrenticewrites.bsky.social and oomf have read in a skeet

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 14d

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I’m pretty sure we shouldn’t teach students Latin. But like… I’m not convinced of it’s having no unimportant benefits either.

Devil's advocate: Latin

Est Latin bonus, re vera?

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 22d

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Moon.

Moon.

Humanity's first, and loneliest, companion

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 22d

Football is on absolute crack today

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 22d

Not enough people talk about how the NFL fixed the kickoff rules

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 27d

Went down a rabbit hole and I think I mighta lunar calendar-pilled myself

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 28d

The MNF doubleheader has to be the worst invention since the forward pass

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 29d

My experience with bug game so far

Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 29d

Fork me harder step-brother

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · 29d

One of life’s small delights is checking to see if a chessboard in some piece of aesthetic post is set up incorrectly, because I swear at least half the time it is.

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · Sep 14

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All I wanted to do last week was write about a cool Russian princess who fought a duel and I went down a rabbit hole that made me question everything I'd ever read about her instead.

My Last Post Almost Killed Me

This is why proper sourcing is important, people

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · Sep 14

I will pray for u

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Liberty Socks @jaysocks.bsky.social · Sep 13

Covefe