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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 5h

There’s a lot of ugly stuff going on right now, but it’s nice to see that there is still pure beauty out there, such as God’s representative on Earth rubbing a playoff loss in a Cubs fan’s face for no good reason.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 1d

The bears were ahead for a large portion of the game. Why did it feel like they were down by two touchdowns the whole time?

Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 3d

Well, I have to hand it to him: he came up with a vision for downtown that is actually *more* horrifyingly dystopian than everything being boarded up.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4d

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 3d

It’s worth asking what is going on in Vegas such that Penn State loses outright two weeks in a row as three touchdown favorites.

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 4d

Rally Humpy for the win!

Circling Seattle Sports @circlingseasports.bsky.social · 4d

Oh my god… Humpy just earned a win in the Mariners Salmon Run.

#TridentsUp #SeizeTheMoment #Postseason

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 4d

It worked in Major League!

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 4d

@crawfordchrisv.bsky.social your son!

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4d

TO THE 15TH

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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 4d

Mariners fans have now shared their curse with the entire nation

Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · Sep 11

I now understand why Mariners fans post every evening like they are dying of kidney stones

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 4d

Being a casual fan of the M’s makes this much more fun than if it was the White Sox, in which case I would be hiding under the couch by now.

Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 4d

…and has taken 40-50 low, bounced sliders right to the belly button.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 6d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 6d

Explains why she needs pain killers, I imagine.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6d

please enjoy Papi, living his best life, pulling out sombreros and inviting Jeter and A-Rod to join him in Cancun

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 7d

My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 8d

a man in a plaid shirt is sitting in a field with a bucket of corn .

Alt: "You got a problem with Canada Gooses, you got a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate!" -- Wayne from the show "Letterkenny"

media.tenor.com

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 11d

My view for this afternoon

Northwestern’s field with the captains at midfield for the coin toss. My view is from the seats on the East side of the stadium

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 14d

Only per month? Feels like every day. Or maybe that’s just my LinkedIn feed.

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 15d

Always glad that I have to leave the city to find a Walmart, but always annoyed that I have to leave the city to find a Popeye’s.

Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 15d

Today in Patent Illustrators Who Absolutely Knew What They Were Doing…

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 15d

You know what I feel like we, as an Internet, never really talked about? Whether it was OK to cheer against the Yankees in the 2001 playoffs.

Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 16d

Nostalgia ouroboros! We miss blockbuster as a video store, even though it killed the friendly neighborhood store. We miss Netflix-by-mail’s huge selection, even though it killed blockbuster. We miss ad-free Netflix, even though it killed Netflix-by-mail….

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 16d

Everybody decided “rucking” sounded more badass than “taking a walk around the block.”

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Dave @dps952.bsky.social · 17d

Goldeneye!