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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 7h

In the initial broadcast, Tirico says the other refs left the field mid-brawl as soon as time expired. Our quiet quitting kings.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 8h

Love the ref who sees it all unfold and doesn’t intervene because the clock is seconds away from 00:00.

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 8h

KC & Detroit scuffle after Brian Branch ignored Patrick Mahomes dapping him up then popped JuJu Smith-Schuster

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 10h

Cal Raleigh! What a season.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 15h

Should’ve been DPOY this year. Heartbroken for him.

jenniferleechan.bsky.social @jenniferleechan.bsky.social · 15h

#49ers Fred Warner has been quickly ruled OUT for the rest of the game

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 17h

Bourbon Street

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 19h

Has Rodgers been that bad? I haven’t had a chance to watch the Steelers this year.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 19h

Mike Tomlin went 10-7 last year with Fields and Russell Wilson at QB.

Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 19h

Justin Fields had -10 net passing yards today! Congratulations Bluesky users, we all have more net passing yards than an actual NFL quarterback!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 22h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

Brewers were the ones I feared meeting again the most because they absolutely thrashed us in the regular season. Should be a fun NLCS!

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not the angle that they’re using on the TNT broadcast.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 1d

The media exec who first proposed changing the normal baseball camera angle to fit more ads belongs in The Hague.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 2d

God, what a baseball game

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

WE’RE FREE

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Roger Cormier: Built for Fall @yayroger.bsky.social · 2d

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

I was rooting for Seattle because it’d save us a half-inning if they walk it off, but that steal attempt might make me pro-Detroit on principle now

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

AL West After Dark!

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto must be salivating right now.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think I’ve seen this many broken bats in my life.

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 2d

If Benioff is MAGA now that’s a huge signal that the Silicon Valley big money donor base is basically gone for Dems (it’s a signal of other things, too, obviously)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

26 days until SCOTUS holds oral arguments on whether this is lawful.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

the final boss of "imagine if obama did it"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2d

I am introducing a resolution today that the Seahawks never passed the ball on the 1 and now Tom Brady has one fewer Super Bowl

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very much Not Great to have GOP leadership describe a planned non violent march as being in service a the “terrorist wing”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 2d

Wrote about ship money, the English Civil War, and Donald Trump:

Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King

Our Founders’ designs were studiously informed by the mistakes of King Charles I. Our president seems to want to repeat them.

newrepublic.com

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