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This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a total stab in the dark for my #phillies fan friends out there.
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
Ages ago (15+ years) the Phils sold this Phanatic ornament. My brother and his family had one they loved, but lost along with everything else in the CA fires last year. I can't find one anywhere online.
Anyone have any leads?
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My two moods honestly
December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My two moods honestly
I bet the average American probably barely even hears about them, honestly.
To average Americans these rulings come out of the blue, because there's no oral argument and less focus on the shadow docket. And when the Court fails to explain its emergency rulings, they undermine their own legitimacy because they appear to be acting in an unprincipled way.
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I bet the average American probably barely even hears about them, honestly.
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There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
the democratic response to this must be, in the words of @dennycarter.bsky.social, to go goblin mode on redistricting in the states where they have a trifecta. eliminate every republican district in those states.
This isn't a Supreme Court, it's just six Republican operatives imposing law on the rest of us in order to help Trump and MAGA destroy the Constitution and impose authoritarian rule.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
How did "mystifies" end up the word they used for this?
Top Plays of 2025: No. 7
Denzel Clarke mystifies the baseball world with one of the most impressive home run robberies you will ever see!
Denzel Clarke mystifies the baseball world with one of the most impressive home run robberies you will ever see!
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How did "mystifies" end up the word they used for this?
Absolutely correct take.
I know he falls short in terms of longevity and career totals, but I keep coming back to this thought about this year's Hall of Fame Contemporary Era ballot:
Fernando Valenzuela's story -- between his early dominance and the cultural impact of Fernandomania -- is worthy of a plaque in Cooperstown.
Fernando Valenzuela's story -- between his early dominance and the cultural impact of Fernandomania -- is worthy of a plaque in Cooperstown.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Absolutely correct take.
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TIL the underground lab was built right next to all the craters from nuclear testing
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
TIL the underground lab was built right next to all the craters from nuclear testing
Making an alternate, less interesting City Connect for road games is...a choice I suppose.
Brewers unveil their new alternate road uniform. They won’t be wearing road grays at all next year
(via @Brewers)
(via @Brewers)
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Making an alternate, less interesting City Connect for road games is...a choice I suppose.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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The Inspector General says some of the Signal messages on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone about strikes in Yemen had been deleted, so "we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly."
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Inspector General says some of the Signal messages on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone about strikes in Yemen had been deleted, so "we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly."
Completely untethered from reality.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Completely untethered from reality.
Absolute gibberish. What does any of this mean?
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Absolute gibberish. What does any of this mean?
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
LEMME BUY A FUCKIN JIMNY
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
LEMME BUY A FUCKIN JIMNY
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Why, one might ask, does the American Right adopt aesthetics & forms of fascism if American socialism is so nascent? Here you go:
"in the right wing imagination there is a strong threatening socialism in the United States, it’s just what they call any manifestation of basic, multi-racial democracy"
"in the right wing imagination there is a strong threatening socialism in the United States, it’s just what they call any manifestation of basic, multi-racial democracy"
Socialist Unrealism
Why You Are Not a Socialist (But Actually Might Be)
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December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Why, one might ask, does the American Right adopt aesthetics & forms of fascism if American socialism is so nascent? Here you go:
"in the right wing imagination there is a strong threatening socialism in the United States, it’s just what they call any manifestation of basic, multi-racial democracy"
"in the right wing imagination there is a strong threatening socialism in the United States, it’s just what they call any manifestation of basic, multi-racial democracy"
My contribution to the dating discourse is that I met my fiancée ~2 years ago because I decided to help teach curling for my league's rookie program. Both of us had given up on ever finding somebody and deleted the apps from our phones shortly before signing up.
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My contribution to the dating discourse is that I met my fiancée ~2 years ago because I decided to help teach curling for my league's rookie program. Both of us had given up on ever finding somebody and deleted the apps from our phones shortly before signing up.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
"No ethical consumption under capitalism!" doesn't mean you just throw your hands up and not try to pick the least-bad option.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"No ethical consumption under capitalism!" doesn't mean you just throw your hands up and not try to pick the least-bad option.
Also, moving to Apple Music is trivial. They have built-in tools to import everything from Spotify/Tidal/etc. (Tidal also has links to third-party stuff that makes it pretty easy as well.)
No streaming service is perfect, but you can absolutely do better than Spotify.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Also, moving to Apple Music is trivial. They have built-in tools to import everything from Spotify/Tidal/etc. (Tidal also has links to third-party stuff that makes it pretty easy as well.)
Paid to know about but also things that were explained to them directly before the question was asked. And nobody seems to care!
Sen. Roger Marshall, on MS NOW, says he doesn't know the "details" and can't comment on Trump's pardon of a former Honduran leader who was convicted of major drug trafficking. That's the go-to move by GOP lawmakers these days: ignorance of things that they're being paid to know about.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Paid to know about but also things that were explained to them directly before the question was asked. And nobody seems to care!
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There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
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oh is your whole politics just "orange man bad" is that it?? because if so that's a reasonably efficient lens through which to process a lot of stuff
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
oh is your whole politics just "orange man bad" is that it?? because if so that's a reasonably efficient lens through which to process a lot of stuff
Sure, let's get weird.
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Sure, let's get weird.