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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 3h

why are sports like this

Jason Anderson @jasondcsoccer.bsky.social · 3h

Trinity Rodman heading to the locker room on crutches during the halftime break

A photo of Trinity Rodman on crutches, surrounded by Washington Spirit staff, at Audi Field

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andré @838carlisle.bsky.social · 3h

me, to god

jimmy coenraets big mad and pointing with his whole hand for some reason

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Lesley Ryder @lesleyryder.bsky.social · 11h

See also:

Cristina Yang is sobbing while sitting in a hospital bed.

Top image: she cries out “somebody sedate me!”
Bottom image: she sobs in despai, wiping a tear from her eye

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t2va.bsky.social @t2va.bsky.social · 11h

I might have been able to make it through this without tearing up if she hadn’t mentioned Dogs for Christen

Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 13h

Only at @theathletic.com — Christen Press pens her farewell letters to herself, the game, and her fans as she announces her retirement at the close of the 2025 NWSL season with @angelcity.com.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

USWNT’s Christen Press’ thank you letters to herself, football and the fans: Exclusive

Two-time World Cup winner Christen Press exclusively shares with The Athletic letters to her younger self, soccer and fans as she retires

www.nytimes.com

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Productive Outs @productiveouts.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know that we're talking about Logan Gilbert's Resting Pitch Face enough. Elite. Karstens-esque. Simply breathtaking.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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t2va.bsky.social @t2va.bsky.social · 2d

Fun facts!

Screenshot from The Good Place showing Janet (not a girl, not a robot) saying, “Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

I’m so proud of my fellow leftists for pushing back against hatred and violence with disruptive protesting like this. This is how we do it.

It makes the news and people say

The Portland protest frog didn’t let a stream of chemical spray aimed directly at his costume’s air vent stop him.

A TikTok video of the onslaught by a federal agent is now up to at least 1.4 million likes.

It happened last week – at 10:57 p.m. on Oct. 2 – as people were peacefully protesting on the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, said the man in the frog suit, Seth Todd, 24, of Portland.

Read more: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ive-definitely-had-spicier-tamales-says-portland-ice-protest-frog-that-got-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Ftheoregonian%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F592948439

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t2va.bsky.social @t2va.bsky.social · 3d

I will never stop saying that attacks on federal employees are a racist re-enactment of Woodrow Wilson’s racist imposition of segregation in the federal workforce, which worked as designed and wrecked the Black middle class

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 3d

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4d

what up TikTok it’s yr boy Young Gru

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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t2va.bsky.social @t2va.bsky.social · 4d

Exact same experience. Maybe because it felt like she was one of one?

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4d

I just screamed NOOOOOOO at my phone. Didn’t realize I felt so strongly about this lady.

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t believe in God but if I did I’d have some questions about His order of taking out Annie Hall castmembers

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 4d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

First Wives Club “You Don’t Own Me” is circling in my brain always. youtu.be/dRLdtDYoVX8?...

RIP, to a legend and style icon.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 4d

chat is this good for America

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 4d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

DEI is unfair tho'

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 8d

prayer warriors sounds like some extremely scary storefront protestant stuff but when dolly needs me i pray goddammit

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 8d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 9d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 9d

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 10d

ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

A moment for THAT Rosemonde Kouassi game-winner 🎥

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Cait 🐸 @caitesq.bsky.social · 16d

I really like the phrase "Kavanaugh stop." It's not a Terry stop, because a Terry stop is short and based on reasonable suspicion of a crime. A Kavanaugh stop, by contrast, is when masked goons kidnap a person for speaking Spanish.

P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 16d

"Kavanaugh stops" are in full swing in an occupied blue city near you. Learn how DC intends to fight back:

with @lizdye.bsky.social

www.lawandchaospod.com/p/scotus-ble...

SCOTUS Blessed "Kavanaugh Stops." Will They Also Give Thumbs Up To "Roberts Residencies?"

Maybe Barrett Bookings? Alito Arrests? Gorsuch Guest Passes?

www.lawandchaospod.com

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 15d

Cc: Roberts, C.J.; Thomas, J.; Alito, J.; Gorsuch, J.; Kavanaugh, J.; Coney Barrett, J.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 15d

This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...

"Someone who says I'm against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life," the pope explained.
"Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro life."

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to fascist voters, pudding-brained non-voters, a broken Congress, and a broken SCOTUS, this rank corruption and authoritarian control of the economy is simply how things work now in the failed state of American.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some of the company’s US drug prices.

Pfizer will sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx, an initiative intended to allow Americans to pay for prescriptions at discounted rates negotiated by the government.

The deal appears to resolve two major threats facing Pfizer. It would stave off more damaging drug pricing policies while shielding the company from future tariffs imposed by the administration’s Section 232 investigation into whether the cost of medicine represents a national security threat.

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