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Leelee Why

@leeleewhy.bsky.social

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Left politics. She/her/they. Baseball fan. Cubs fan, no choice, got it from my dad. RIP Michael Brooks. NZ and American. Into movies, music, birds, cats, art, astronomy.

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Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 7h

Hey that's me too!

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 12h

The Pope trying to watch MLB.TV

Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

Brb, I need to check my email, therealbilldeblasio@gmail, I have a feeling I'll be getting more emails from The Times soon.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

This colossal Times of London/de Blasio screwup gets more amazing at every turn.

Scoop via @maxtani.bsky.social

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

Three people familiar with the situation told Semafor that Hurley reached out to an email address the reporter believed belonged to the former mayor of New York. It's unclear where he got the address, or who it actually belongs to.
In a state nent shared with outlets including Semafor, a News UK spokesperson blamed the debacle on whoever that email address belongs to, saying the paper had "apologised to Bill de Biasio and removed the article immediately after discovering that our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor."

Part of the push came from the top. As the New York mayor's race approaches, The Times of London has accelerated its push for more, and largely hostile, coverage of Mamdani. That campaign has been driven internally by Margi Conklin, a New York Post veteran who was most recently managing editor at The Free Press, and who assigned the de Blasio piece, per two people with knowledge of the situation.

Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

They sent an email to billdeblasio@gmail dot com and thought, "I emailed Bill de Blasio, I can mark that off my list. There's no way that could be a rando's email address."

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

So pumped for Yesavage, Scherzer got mad-happy

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Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it was definitely a prank but this story was circulating because the NYT didn't get the joke and was like, "tut tut, obviously they don't know he's a White Sox fan." No, everyone knows that, that's why he got a Cubs jersey

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Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

The pope after his 23rd jersey: Nice, another one....

Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 1d

That smile says "people are going to be giving me, the Vicar of Christ, sports jerseys for the rest of my time on earth, and that is not a problem I thought I would have in my papacy."

Nick Veronica @nickveronica.bsky.social · 1d

This is a real: Pope Leo XIV was gifted a Buffalo Bills jersey.

The Diocese of Buffalo said Bishop Fisher met with the Pope on Monday to discuss the ongoing bankruptcy filing, among other issues.

Pope Leo was said to have "expressed his gratitude for this symbol of hometown pride." #billsmafia

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FormerGregSamsa @formergregsamsa.bsky.social · 1d

Or he knows if he can collect all of them, he gets to bring back Jesus.

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Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

Is it the bulge we're supposed to be jealous of?

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Leelee Why @leeleewhy.bsky.social · 1d

People read what they want to read, and I think it's getting worse.