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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 13m

Oh, I can attest that Florida people are uniquely stupid in many ways, this being among them.

It can also be simultaneously true that BrightLine was ill-advised to run faster trains through densely populated areas with many grade crossings and no physical barriers to cross the tracks.

SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 2h

The Atlantic looks at Brighline and its accident history.

"But if the people of Florida were uniquely stupid in a way that made them more susceptible to being hit by trains, you would expect them to be hit uncommonly often by all trains. This is not the case."

A ‘Death Train’ Is Haunting South Florida

The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.

www.theatlantic.com

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · 2h

How is the Google DeepMind model doing so far this Atlantic hurricane season?
My *preliminary* homogeneous verification shows that the DeepMind ensemble mean "GDMN" is dominating in both track and intensity, beating the revered "HCCA" consensus and the NHC ("OFCL") at all/most lead times.

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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 2h

Interesting: using crytographic techniques to make visible the chain of edits to a photo, and to identify the type of sensor that made the original.

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 3h

Delighted to learn that Adobe, Nikon, and Leica have launched this effort to create an encrypted signature that distinguishes real digital photographs from AI imagery, and preserves the chain of custody, and that Nikon and Leica now have cameras with it.

Content Authenticity Initiative

Join the movement for content authenticity and provenance. The CAI is a global community promoting adoption of the C2PA Content Credentials standard.

contentauthenticity.org

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 1h

#Florida airshow canceled amid govt shutdown. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/22/o... via @orlandosentinel.com

Orlando Air Show canceled amid ongoing government shutdown

The Air Dot Show Tour, which was set to land at the Orlando Sanford International Airport Oct. 25-26, lost the Thunderbirds from the show lineup.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 1h

Vitello will be introduced in a press conference Oct. 30. No terms were announced but we're hearing it's at least a three-year deal and possibly four.

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 1h

The #1 criteria for my browser is that I trust it, and it’s secure. It’s logged into my email, Stripe account, stores my passwords and credit cards.

A browser is useful if it does all these.

These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…

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Andrew Baggarly @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social · 54m

Logan Webb reacts to the hiring of Tony Vitello: "I think Tony will bring a ton of energy and passion to our team and organization. As players we’re all excited to see what he brings to S.F."

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Jon Becker @jon-becker.com · 44m

The offseason doc is updated with news for managers and GMs alike: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

2025-26 MLB Matrices

docs.google.com

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 29m

VPN

Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 5h

The existence of Evinrude implies the existence of Evinpolite.

Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 16h

Why all these shows that depict law enforcement as caring, compassionate, and competent when we know better???

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webberweather.bsky.social @webberweather.bsky.social · 18h

#Melissa has struggled w/ wind shear today & the vortex remains very tilted

It's common for weak TCs like #Melissa to struggle in the Central Caribbean, an area of the Atlantic known as the Caribbean "Graveyard"

Here's a mini-🧵 on what the Caribbean "Graveyard" is & why it matters here:

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 18h

Next year, every car will have holes in the side.

Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 19h

More great stuff from Lance youtube.com/watch?v=0f_Z...

High Breaking Balls Are The Future?!

YouTube video by Lance Brozdowski

youtube.com

Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 18h

Broward County gets calls every day about iguana hunters carrying rifles outdoors. If a guy carries a pistol into a Publix around here, somebody WILL call 911. The question is what they will do with the call.

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 18h

Home ownership really ages you sumpin fierce!

John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 1d

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 20h

John Noonan, one of the fiscal conservatives over at the National Review, urges that a new presidential yacht would go perfect with the current White House renovations.

archive.today/zfa2T

The White House Renovation Is Underway. Next Up, a Presidential Yacht

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 19h

I suspect we will discover that a whole generation has grown up on Nazi-equivalent slop from the plethora of podcasts and chats out there. Good luck weeding out that mess.

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 19h

We got thunder snow in March one year!

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Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 1d

lmaoooo I forgot the Nats did a Game 7 reunion special during COVID and Brain Dozier pulled out a trash can and spoon mid-stream
bsky.app/profile/reco...

Danny @recordsandradio.bsky.social · 1d

extra special to beat the Astros in Houston 🗑️🥄

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 19h

All these cooling shows talk about adding umami flavor. But what if I want oooohdaddy flavor???

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 23h

400+ anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections — vaccines, milk safety & fluoride — have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/10/21/a...

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

It’s part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.

www.sun-sentinel.com

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Bote Man @boteball.bsky.social · 23h

Am I to understand that a DNS "ooopsie" at Amazon Web Services yesterday frightened MLB into forcing us to change our passwords today???

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John Ross @johnrossmd.bsky.social · 1d

More data piling up about the shingles vaccine reducing the risk of dementia, heart attack, and stroke!

Shingles Vaccine Lowers Risk of Dementia, Major Cardiovascular Events

www.idsociety.org

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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 1d

Column: Grieving father erects billboard welcoming motorists to “free kill” #Florida www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/21/m... via @scottmaxwell.bsky.social

Maxwell: Grieving father erects billboard welcoming motorists to “free kill” Florida

Maxwell: After Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would have repealed a 30-year-old law protecting negligent doctors, a grieving father is on a mission

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Internet Contrarian @internetcontrarian.bsky.social · 1d

I still believe — despite no evidence — that the Astros had decoded the Nats signs. And that after getting rocked, the Nats switched up without HOU realizing. Bats were garbage in G6/7.

The Altuve K in G6 was the swing of someone who knew but didn’t know what was coming.

Douglas Reyes-Ceroñ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 1d

worth a mention Stephen Strasburg had to change his entire approach in Game 6 of the 2019 World Series because he was "tipping his own pitches" (as it was thought at the time) in the 1st inning, changed how he held the glove and the Astros never hit him again

youtu.be/aI52FQ23SW0?...

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