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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

They avoided it in game 2 by simply letting their pitcher get a complete game.

Like other things, my sportsing is often powered by spite.

So I was happy when the Cubs lost. Specifically Matt Shaw.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

I was sure the Brewers were tying it up in the ninth. Because of the goofy double play earlier and because LAD having a great starting pitching performance ruined by their bullpen is a very Dodgery thing to do.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

It seemed likely enough that it would get worse. I just didn't know exactly how that would manifest. I feel a little bit disappointed that it wasn't more creative than this.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

Heh.

That play was pretty interesting.

Somewhat marred by LAD still winning the game. And because it looks like they are headed toward a sweep. The play would be cooler to me if the Brewers won the game.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1h

I know a lot of numbers.

They have nothing to do with the influx of people, however.

Maybe somebody will give you an actual helpful answer.

But until then, it looks like there was something along the lines of a doxxing ring by Nazis who got banned and then reinstated by Musk.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

...The correct attempt at an apology/justification isn't to try to claim that nobody knew that Republicans were racist when you were younger. It's to admit that it wasn't a dealbreaker for you at the time but that you've gotten better on the issue.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

...Go back a little bit. William F Buckley (National Review) Young Republican? John Birch Society Young Republican?

As you go back from that point, you might start to argue that the Dems were as racist or perhaps more so. But you won't successfully argue Republicans weren't...

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

Sorry weirdly defensive ex-Young-Republican who has disabled replies and quote tweets...

Young Republicans have been racist longer than you've been alive.

You were a Rush Limbaugh era Young Republican...

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 15h

few things wrong with this: (a) there's zero evidence that any of these guys have changed or wish to change; (b) indeed, senior regime officials have rushed to ratify this behavior; and (c) unless this kind of thing is "frowned upon" or meets with general disapproval, why would anyone change

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19h

I know people are eager to claim they were born perfect and never had to learn and change, unlike losers like me.

So congrats! You were born knowing conservatives are inherently racist. Eat your cookie rewards.

But remember: Telling people they aren't allowed to grow and change hurts us.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Then Frog and Toad ate a big breakfast. And after that, they spent a fine, long day together.

Frog and Toad romp through the woods together, having the time of their lives

From "The Dream"
In *Frog and Toad Together*

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

I was wondering if "fanfic juror" was a term of art.

Then I thought of what it might mean if it weren't.

A juror who writes fanfic? Maybe. But not so much me.

A juror someone would write fanfic about? Hmm.

[On googling it, I see that there is 12 Angry Men juror fanfic. Which I can see.]

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 10h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 8h

Mom can you come pick me up, they invented “technically it’s ephebophilia” for torture

Pat Flickner 🐉 @patflickner.bsky.social · 8h

Stop saying she was tortured. You are the only one saying it. She was mistreated and abused. That does not meet the legal definition. Just stop spreading lies

Did Israeli authorities mistreat Greta Thunberg after flotilla arrest? Here's what we know

Israeli authorities arrested Thunberg and more than 400 other activists who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla in early October 2025.

www.snopes.com

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome to Bluesky, new users! I'm Jon, Bluesky's third most famous squirrel trainer. I have trained over five squirrels. Everyone here knows me and I'm very cool

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

No they aren't.

They are racing to sell dowsing rods to gullible executives and bean counters.

Which will be used to deny care and discriminate against vulnerable groups.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 7h

There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · Nov 11

These tots are magical.

I don't mean that they are especially delicious. They were fine.

I mean that they are actually magical.

A bag of frozen tater tots sitting on a chest freezer. "Super Crisp Tots". Grown in Idaho.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 2h

New people on BSky means old stories.

Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · Nov 11

One bad thing about being put on starter lists for a job I don't do any more is I'm afraid to disappoint the people who followed me with an incredibly boring story about tater tots. I'm thinking about posting something about very low dose methadone for pain management to earn the right to post tots.

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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 3h

We’ve known for forever that they don’t think gendered violence is a really serious thing but it’s still wild to hear them say it so plainly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 3h

Welcome to Bluesky. You are encouraged to talk tennis if you like. You can cheer for most players, except that everyone pretty much hates Alexander Zverev. You might barely get away with cheering for Djokovic if you are otherwise cool. Other than that, your faves are okay. (Leylah, for example)

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 4h

Sure. Why not?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 6h

I hope Microsoft likes their feedback:

How likely (1-5) am I to recommend this product to others?
1 (very unlikely)

You may add a comment:
You added "AI" to the account without consent or prior discussion and increased the price. I would never recommend such an unethical company to anybody else.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 12h

think there's gonna be an influx of people from Twitter because of some recent developments, but posting here has fallen off like 33% since Jay's crash out. And the people coming here are the people who were, you know, Still On Twitter. So congrats Bluesky team, you wanted this place to suck and now

spookillumi @illumi.meme · 13h

ceo jay trying to delete the whole app after realizing she can’t win back the user base

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 11h

Oh good. The comedian who wanted to burn it all down, publicized the intention to vote for Jill Stein because the two parties were the same, suggested that others also vote for Jill Stein because the two parties were the same...

...is somehow unhappy with what "burning it all down" looks like.

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 11h

I think that fewer people should be working for the clampdown.

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