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Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social · 7d

Harrison Bader was 12 years old when "Oxford Comma" came out (and is in the video) www.inquirer.com/phillies/har...

Harrison Bader brings rhythm to the Phillies. His cousin, Chris Baio, does the same as the bassist for Vampire Weekend.

Harrison Bader brought his rock star looks to the Phillies. His cousin, Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio, is a real rock star. And the two are fans of one another.

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · 7d

Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Sep 12

Love to hear some stories

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Sep 11

A much easier look at the Minnesota Vikings Husker Du and The Replacements’ common schedules

Minnesota Vikings...

Husker Du & The Replacements, SHORTER! I promise

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you!!

jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Sep 10

This documents every time Husker Du and/or The Replacements played on the same day that the Minnesota Vikings did. Your drivers license could be taken away if you don’t read this.

The Replacements, Husker Du, & The Minnesota Vikings

Wait, what?

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wait Tom Brady has a newsletter?

I’d have loved to have gotten a Ken Stabler newsletter.

jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ghislane Maxwell getting pardoned on the same day Trump announces he wants kids to “get in shape.”

Guess he’s got plans for them.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Aug 1

you got axios’d

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’ve been spending time on Threads where every post is engineered to put morons like me into a rage.

“I took a shit on Starbucks floor and they made me leave before I could order. I will never go back there!”

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Jeremy Gordon @jeremygordon.bsky.social · Aug 1

This month, the eBook of SEE FRIENDSHIP is on sale at Amazon for just $1.99 — I'm no economist, but that's certainly a consumer-friendly price

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Aug 1

A year has gone by and no one has mentioned the hole in our lives caused by Lou Dobbs passing.

Today I’m reflecting

Trigger warning. If you have a heart you might be in for a bumpy one.

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Kelly Dwyer @kdonhoops.com · Jun 29

The Boomer ballplayer

When I loved baseball, really really loved baseball, it felt as if baseball fans my parents' age were more in love with the baseball players their parents liked than the baseball players their own age...

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · Jun 21

Yet Luigi launched a thousand hand-wringing op-eds from the chattering class. Makes you think

Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · Jun 21

A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jun 21

Personally I am unfamiliar with any legitimate activity that requires switching license plates, which by the way is illegal.

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 21

Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Jun 22

A lot of this started when congressman Jeff Van Drew spotted that Iranian mothership off the coast of New Jersey

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · May 26

My lady and I are drunk on the roof of our food truck. We have no way of getting down.

#coronafoodtruckad

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Hawk Ghost @gateshawk.bsky.social · Apr 7

Carlton Fisk keeps coming to my house and asking if it's a good time to watch his VHS tape of Good Will Hunting together. Get out of here Carlton I'm busy!

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Apr 7

I was against the tariffs until I heard Peter Navarro was involved. He’s fucking cool. And a good egg.

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Mar 26

I work for the police department in forest lake Minnesota and I added Pete hegseth to our DUI checkpoint signal chat.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · Mar 24

This looks like the family group chat when my nephew wins a lacrosse game.

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Maria Bustillos @handle.invalid · Feb 22

If Mark Zuckerberg were to de-algorithize FB and give it to the world as a nonprofit global resource, he'd have all the admiration and respect he craves and more

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Feb 22

“I don’t understand why he wouldn’t just tell him if it was safe or not?” — Elon Musk watching Marathon Man

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Maria Bustillos @handle.invalid · Feb 20

cc: U.S. Congress, get on with your impeachin'

Andy Carvin @acarv.in · Feb 20

WaPo/Ipsos poll: 57 percent of respondents say Trump has exceeded his authority since taking office. More than 8 in 10 say he should follow court rulings. That includes more than 9 in 10 Democrats along with roughly 8 in 10 Republicans and independents.

Many of Trump’s early actions are unpopular, Post-Ipsos poll finds

Reviews from Americans on President Donald Trump’s second term are mixed to negative, and 57 percent say he has exceeded his authority since taking office.

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jeff @fittedsweats.bsky.social · Feb 20

Sorry but one of the things this administration is doing that I think is really smart is an app that notifies them every time an American takes a shit. Sure down the road you might have to pay to shit in your own toilet but for now it’s just awareness.

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