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She/Her. US ESC fan. Phillies. Live Music. Books. Award Shows. Off-the-rails ramblings. No AI. No Substacks. ⭕️ Editorial Team @eurovisionfam

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 5h

Hi everyone. I'm currently working on one of our offseason baseball books, and I have some freelance hours available for someone to help place copy/tables onto pages in InDesign and help edit the book.

If you have InDesign/editing skills and baseball knowledge, my DMs are open.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5h

the admin that imprisoned and tried to deport a student over a pro-Palestinian op-ed, calling it anti-semitism, calls outrage over "I love Hitler" texts by young Republicans "pearl-clutching"

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 6h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 12h

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

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 5h

Honeysuckle and ozone; citrus and asphalt; santal and sawdust.

Sea salt, honey, and fresh-baked bread. Grass, leather, and cedar. Sweat, polyesther, and white vinegar.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 18h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

lolsob

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

We beat ourselves with analytics.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

They aren't anywhere outside of DE, are they?

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

I mean, I love this for them.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

Oh! It would have been your go-to! I mean, where else would you eat? Pat's Pizzeria? D.P. Dough? Brew-ha-ha?

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

It's uncanny! 😭 But not truly on him! His was the last moment, but they all had chances!

(He's a good egg! Graduated college in May, having spent the last two seasons finishing his degree while playing ball and getting razzed about doing his homework by his raw-milk-drinking millionaire coworkers!)

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

I was surprised neither Los Caballitos nor Taqueria Feliz...or Amor now, I guess, don't have chilaquiles on the menu.

I'm trying to remember the name of this incredible hole-in-the-wall in Norristown I used to go to, but it's been a minute.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

The best Mexican food I've had outside of Mexico is in a roadside restaurant near the PA/DE border near Kennett Square. I've make a point to go whenever I'm home. They have chilaquiles on the menu, BUT I've never had them there, but I bet they slap! Look up Taqueria Moroleon. Worth the trip!

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

She pulled The High Priestess for the Phils' overall series, which to me is a real... sit and reflect on your intuition (the things you know to be true that you ignore). Which...bullseye, tbh.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

YES. OMG YES!

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

Oh no! It's a romance! (It fits into my ongoing series, this is actually great! But bad because I'm writing like 4 other books right now.)

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

Great. Now I'm writing a story where a couple of tarot girlies take over their favorite sports franchise by preying on the dumb, rich, owner who comes to them for a reading and they use the opportunity to get the team to make the right moves.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 20h

In that spread, The Tower for starting pitching is the team needing to confront the fact that elite pitching is not enough, so part of that is paying Kyle! And a tower moment IS necessary, because they'll otherwise keep doing the same thing, and there are structures that need broken (not Kyle)!

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 21h

Honestly, this is a really sharp Season Ending spread. Not just how it ended, but what we need to learn from the season too.

How do we turn Dombro into a tarot girlie so we can tell him what he needs to hear?

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 21h

Where are my Phillies tarot girlies? @babkastreisand.bsky.social ? Do you see this NLCS game 4 spread?

I could have gone to bed on time! I could have eaten less self-soothing ice cream! I could have lost less time off my life due to extra inning stress responses!

Get the front office on the phone!

bobo tucci @no-flashlight.bsky.social · 5d

Dodgers actually look much stronger than the Phillies today???

For the game outcome, I pulled The Magician for the Phillies and Strength for the Dodgers earlier this week. I thought Phillies had the edge but based on this spread it certainly looks like the Magician is losing control of his tools

NLDS Game 4 tarot spread

Starting pitching
PHI: Tower
LAD: Queen of cups

Bullpen
PHI: Hanged man
LAD: Queen of swords

Offense
PHI: Queen of pentacles
LAD: 8 of pentacles

Defense
PHI: 9 of swords
LAD: 2 of wands

External factors that will affect the outcome for each team
PHI: 8 of cups
LAD: King of cups

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 21h

I'm completely floored at this spread in retrospect.

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Kendall C. Avery @kendallcaroline.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations, Seattle. I’m rooting for you in the ALCS. Raise hell. 🔱

Dexter’s lab meme reading “Dump on these hoes.” With a photo of Cal Raleigh on his wall

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Jon Becker @jon-becker.com · 1d

Offseason Matrices doc is updated with the latest on the Twins manager + Rockies FO head jobs: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

2025-26 MLB Matrices

docs.google.com

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 23h

As much as I complain about Topper, I would happily patrol the grounds of his estate with a baseball bat to keep away death-threating, sports-betting degens and let the man have a peaceful night of sleep. Heck, I'd do it for this guy too. Anyone but Manfred, really.

Brooke! @helpingfriendly.bsky.social · 1d

No. No!

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.