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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like he's got this.

Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 6h

Infields are standardized, but there's a lot of variation in outfields. It started because a lot of old ballparks were just crammed in wherever they fit in cities.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 16h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 18h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 15h

another glaring issue here is that "convincing people to join your coalition" may be an incredibly quaint thing to say now. i certainly prefer to live in a democracy and have a say in how my government operates, but these people disagree. they do not believe you have a legitimate coalition to join

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Ross A. Lincoln @rossalincoln.bsky.social · 23h

I would pay real money for a magazine that hired writers with object permanence to write about obvious scams

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has a very simple worldview: the Presidency is not a public office, it is his property. He can use it to satisfy his personal or partisan whims, or to enrich himself.

So here, he threatens to reorganize an international competition, cohosted by Mexico and Canada, to settle a vendetta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on moving World Cup games from Boston: "We could take them away. Your mayor is not good."

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

Joke's on you, nobody talks to JD Vance.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

lol can you *imagine* the kind of stuff in JD Vance group chats. (i mean, yes very easily)

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

I mean he's in a parka. I'm gonna call that 5% plot.

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

Truly, one of the center's great thinkers.

Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

When your understanding of human identity has not developed beyond the game of "Peek-a-Boo."

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

(Looks at the incredibly dangerous hellscape we have created for young queer people).

"Welp, can't think of any reason they would decline to identify themselves."

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 1d

Frying brains online

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

So I posted this *before* I saw the "Manager retires because of threats from gamblers" story.

"Shildt ... said that during the past season he experienced, among other things, poor sleep, chest pains, hair loss, and, in an age of pervasive sports gambling, even death threats from strangers."

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3d

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that the headline doesn't give the reader an opportunity to answer the initial question is such a perfect metaphor for AI marketing.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 1d

Something I've been chewing on: In the long term, MLB's current embrace of sports betting partnerships is going to be a much, much bigger black eye than the steroid era.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

BetMGM raises full year profit forecast, plans $200 million return to owners reut.rs/4q8hVVz

BetMGM raises full year profit forecast, plans $200 million return to owners

U.S. sports betting firm BetMGM raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Tuesday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected demand in the third-quarter across its online sports and iGaming divisions.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 1d

USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN USE HEADPHONES ON THE TRAIN YOU SELFISH MOTHERFUCKER

my thought process right now is

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 2d

Strongly recommend somebody grabs Sekigahara. (I already own it or I would).

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 2d

and the sky's the limit

the tng cast playing poker in the finale

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 2d

It's so important to keep the "non-consensual" part of generative AI front and center.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Brian Kenna @drbrianish.bsky.social · 2d

Put up the armrests and nap like a king.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 5d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5d

Great time to be an actual criminal of any kind because federal agents are busy hog tying children and grandmas bsky.app/profile/wash...

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 5d

He wanted that award because it would have been a demonstration that the west is willing to further legitimize him but the thing is, nobody is as passive and subservient and devoid of actual values as the American capitalist.

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