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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 4h

"What is the NBPA?" is much easier to answer.

Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 4h

I periodically put in some work on writing a new CBA FAQ and if anyone wants to know how that's going, I spent way too long simply trying to write and answer to the question "What is the legal structure of the NBA?" because it matters in how you get to collective bargaining.

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 4h

It's weird because the league isn't actually a company of any kind! It's surprisingly difficult to legally define what the NBA "is."

Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 9h

For most of its first eight decades, the NBA was a league operator. Now, internally, it conceives of itself as a tech and media company
www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

How the NBA has evolved into a ‘media and technology company’

From player tracking to autonomous officiating to using AI for scheduling, the NBA has begun to think of itself in a different light.

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 5h

Israel has violated the ceasefire every single day since it supposedly went into place.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5h

⭕️UPDATE: The Rafah crossing b/w Egypt & Gaza remains closed to aid. A COGAT official told Reuters that only 300 trucks entered Wed.—half the 600 agreed to in the ceasefire deal.

The official added that aid will continue only through Karam Abu Salem...and other crossings “for the time being.”

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5h

Al Jazeera reports that despite earlier threats, Israel allowed 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza today. Israel had previously notified the United Nations it would effectively collectively punish Palestinians after Hamas failed to recover all the bodies and remains of Israeli captives within 72 hours...

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 8h

Start with a president saying "we need an amendment that makes it explicit that I do not have immunity!"

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 8h

If there is a "next president" they need to start by prosecuting everyone, including directly challenging SCOTUS on POTUS/Trump immunity.

That will cause a major backlash, and the follow-on to that should be our first push for multiple constitutional amendments for this first time in over 30 years.

Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 20h

Now that the Celtics have completed a solid preseason I will remind everyone that preseason results have a shockingly high predictive power!

Yes, part of the shock is that people assume that they have zero predictive power, but historically they actually have.

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Low. It's hard to even determine what share of the population is eligible, unless you just mean regular Medicaid on a low income basis for people who are on the grid in a meaningful way.

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Dodgeball (loss; concussion)
Jigsaw puzzle (solid win)
Relay race (big loss)
Using the slow cooker (clear victory)

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

I HEARBY CHALLENGE THE BOSTON CELTICS COACHES TO PLAY ME AT INDOOR SOCCER OR PREFERABLY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE RUNNING LIKE BALATRO

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Coaches should have to write the recaps for tonight's preseason game, just to be fair

Five Things We Learned From Celtics Preseason
By Tony Dobbins
October 16, 2025

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Two Leprechauns

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Jay's misery (The Athletic): www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

Noa's joy (CelticsBlog): www.celticsblog.com/articles/122...

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 1d

New from me @thenation.com: the farce at Sharm El-Sheikh displays the delusion that led to October 7 and the genocide Israel pursued after it — that the U.S. regional coalition can pursue normalization over the heads of the Palestinians, who are supposed to accept permanent subjugation.

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”

www.thenation.com

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

Had an affair with her source and all she got was a book deal, a cushy Vanity Fair editing gig and a year off. Real tough to be “exiled” these days

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 1d

Trump threatening to move World Cup games, setting up a potential conflict between two nuclear armed powers, the USA and FIFA

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

Open AI is desperate enough to get into the last of The Big 3, I see

Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · Jan 27

A problem (there are many) with AI as business is that what people want is either not that hard (code stubs, the busywork part of homework, and porn chat bots) or completely impossible (robots from cartoons) and none of the annoying shit in between.

If someone can do the cheap stuff for cheap...

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

The Hornets Starter Jacket and their team in NBA JAM: TE had great appeal to 13-14yo me

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

2014 Spurs
1996 Sonics
1995 Hornets

Patrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a fun NBA question: not including past teams of the franchise you're a fan of, what was your favorite team to watch of all time?

For me, my favorite non-Timberwolves team to watch were the Adelman Kings. No team has ever had a prettier half court offense

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 2d

LIVE: Israel shoots dead at least 9 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli soldiers kill at least nine Palestinians trying to return to their homes in northern Gaza City and southern Khan Younis

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 2d

Already today, Israel has:

-Conducted a drone strike on Khan Younis in Gaza

-Shot & wounded two others near Khan Younis

-Killed 5 Palestinians in Gaza City

-Fired on & wounded a several others near Jabalia

All in violation of the “ceasefire.”

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

www.forever-wars.com/the-barbaris...

‘The Barbarism of The Enemy’

Notes on the third ceasefire, and prayers that there won't have to be a fourth. Free Marwan Barghouti. Free Palestine

www.forever-wars.com

Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

Finally a holiday I can get behind: Dork Charlie Day Day

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Ryan Bernardoni @dangercart.bsky.social · 2d

Good things can happen. Good things will not happen when the same people who have done all the bad things are in charge and engineering the new situation.

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