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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 15h

Damn. I want to go to there.

Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 18h

And here's a reminder that leaving pills out is dangerous as hell and anyone taking a narcotic, legally or not, should keep their pills/meds/whatever locked up and inaccessible to children and teens. This is not a partisan issue.

Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 18h

I lost my son to a fentanyl and opioid overdose, and killing a bunch of Venezuelan fishermen wouldn't have helped him in the least. Fuck off, you fucking ghoul.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 18h

And to you, my friend.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 18h

I don't know if you're a real person or a bot or whatever, but good people leave meds out and tragedies happen regardless of party affiliation. I say this as a grieving parent and as someone who does not support this administration: be better.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 18h

I lost my son to a fentanyl and opioid overdose, and killing a bunch of Venezuelan fishermen wouldn't have helped him in the least. Fuck off, you fucking ghoul.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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Bill @billtwibh.bsky.social · 5d

Appreciate the Fox crew talking up my podcast with @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social, where we talk about Edgar Martínez and the 1995 ALDS this week

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 5d

There is no pain, there is no law!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 5d

no, no, no, absolutely not

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 5d

But I, a straight white male, was always able to pretend it was, Amanda.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 5d

Or this. Jesus, I just wish we lived in a normal country.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 5d

Well, this doesn't seem remotely appropriate.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 7d

My man.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 7d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 7d

Feel like your heart’s not really in the attempt to score greenies. C’mon Jay, throw your weight around

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 7d

I wish you could have enjoyed more of the bounteous wonder of the great state of Minnesota. But I'm sure the drinks were top notch.

Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 11d

That’s friendship.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 11d

For the record, B, I’d get you a drink even if you didn’t look like you needed it.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

If Eric Chavez had bought me a new laptop to replace the one he broke with a foul ball in 2013, maybe karma would have skipped him this time around.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 12d

Scapegoat szn

Jeff Passan
@JeffPassan
The New York Mets are turning over a significant part of their coaching staff, sources tell ESPN. Among those who are out: pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, hitting coaches Jeremy Barnes and Eric Chavez, and bench coach John Gibbons.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

Oh good. I was worried you guys had given up.

Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

Just listen to a recording of people yelling at one another and you've got the gist.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

I don't finnwolf very often. But when I do, I finnwolf HARD.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

Oof. Devastating.

Nick Nelson @nicknelson.bsky.social · 12d

Joe Pohlad and the Twins are telling fans to buckle up for more "short term pain" without much promise of a future payoff. It sucks.

twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Short-Term Pain: Joe Pohlad Says It All With Three Dastardly Words

More pain is on the way for Twins fans, without much promise of a future payoff.

twinsdaily.com

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 12d

Depends entirely on the tone with which the podcast and the penis are addressed. She seems very reverential.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 13d

Sure, but when I put a Cam next to the Schlitter, I have to talk to the cops!

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 14d

A well earned rest for one of the best of us.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 14d

Like, why do I think that? Successful minor league manager with no MLB track record means they can hype him up without paying him. Also, it's a promotion from within of a guy they like.

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Mike Bates @mikebatestwibh.bsky.social · 14d

Man, I would have loved to fight for my Masters. Instead, I went to school for it like an idiot. Two years wasted!

NPR @npr.org · 14d

Taylor Swift turned masters ownership from a behind-the-scenes conversation into a mainstream debate about artist autonomy. But how has that fight influenced other artists in the music industry?

n.pr

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