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Emile Avanessian

@hhypeemile.bsky.social

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Barcelona, by way of LA & NYC. @hardwoodhype on Tw*tter, La Barça Soc Supporter and League Pass in L’Eixample on Substack, My words have also appeared at Defector, The Blizzard, and elsewhere. https://hhype.substack.com/ https://barcafemeni.substack.com/

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest at League Pass in L’Eixample! On the through lines between Laker legends through the years, and the art of the superstar handoff:

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When the Spotlight Shifts

Mikan, Baylor, West, Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron, Luka, and the throughlines and oddities in the Lakers’ eternal chase for icons.

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 1h

Yup. Only something other than complete capitulation would have been surprising.

Sara Montour Lewis @saramontourlewis.com · 7h

Meta gonna Meta.

Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 1h

The latest at League Pass in L’Eixample...

Reading Between the Lines - 2025-26 #NBA Pacific Division Preview

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 12h

As far as I'm aware, "biblical shitstorm of irony and passive aggression" was coined here:

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Reading Between the Lines - 2025-26 NBA Pacific Division Preview

Unlike in years past, the 2025-26 Reading Between the Lines NBA previews were meant to be delivered in six installments.

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 12h

As far as I'm aware, "biblical shitstorm of irony and passive aggression" was coined here:

hhype.substack.com/p/reading-be...

Reading Between the Lines - 2025-26 NBA Pacific Division Preview

Unlike in years past, the 2025-26 Reading Between the Lines NBA previews were meant to be delivered in six installments.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16h

started / going

DHS Says Social Media Will Be Screened for ‘Antisemitism’ as It Purges Pro-Palestine Immigrants
Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem says people shouldn't try to "hide behind the First Amendment."

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs
The video was pinned to Border Patrol's Instagram Reels.
By Matt Novak
Updated October 15, 2025

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 12h

They are absolutely going to funnel some hardware toward this guy. Next Jordan. No matter that he enters his SIXTH NBA season with fewer win shares and WS/48 than Adam Keefe, Seth Curry, Eric Murdock, Josh Childress, and Earl Boykins.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 13h

"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 13h

good news, we've fixed the national debt

web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 13h

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins

October 15, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=paxos-accidental-mint

Paxos accidentally mints more than twice the global GDP in PayPal stablecoins
Paxos, the issuer of PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin, accidentally minted 300 trillion of the supposedly dollar-pegged token. For context, this is approximately 2.5x the global GDP, and around 125x the total number of US dollars actually in circulation.
Paxos later announced that the mint was an "internal technical error", and that they had burned the excess tokens.
While PayPal promises its customers that "Reserves are held 100% in US dollar deposits, US treasuries and cash equivalents – meaning that customer funds are available for 1:1 redemption with Paxos," there clearly isn't much in the way of safeguards to ensure that is always the case. As with most stablecoin issuers, Paxos merely issues self-reported and unreviewed portfolio reports, and monthly third-party attestations (not audits) of reserves.

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 12h

YES.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

MCCALLUM: “Margaret Thatcher said socialism’s great until you run out of other people’s money.”

🔥ZOHRAN: “Cuomo had $900 million and gave it to Elon musk in tax credits— I wish the debate were like NASCAR so people could see logos of billionaires who sponsor him on his jacket.”

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h

"Why doesn't Chicago want us to zip-tie more naked children in the middle of the night and shove them, screaming, into vans? So ungrateful for refusing our kind, helpful offer to help!"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 12h

"covert"

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13h

Trump confirms that he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela

Move by US marks sharp escalation in efforts to pressure Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s regime Donald Trump confirmed reports on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing US officials familiar with the decision. Continue reading...

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🇬🇭 Ms. Sausage(s) 🎭 @debbiecakes.blacksky.app · 13h

Oh no...

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 14h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Big news re: Brown ... President Christina Paxson there is joining with some other schools in rejecting President Trump's "compact" ...

www.brown.edu/news/2025-10... #brownuniversity

Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact

In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...

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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 13h

Epic

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泣鬼虫A R T🌻🎸 @nakimushiart.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all if you in Florida, ICE is driving around the Black and Latino neighborhoods playing Ice Cream Truck music from their white vans, keep your children inside and safe this shit ain’t a joke.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 13h

This is a disaster.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 19h

Check out the latest at League Pass in L’Eixample! Reading Between the Lines - 2025-26 #NBA Pacific Division Preview

hhype.substack.com/p/reading-be...

Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 19h

Check out the latest at League Pass in L’Eixample! Reading Between the Lines - 2025-26 #NBA Pacific Division Preview

hhype.substack.com/p/reading-be...

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 22h

A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 23h

That so many mediocre randos still believe they're IN ON the grift that defines the US, and not the marks they actually are.

Chief Skeet 👑🖤✊🏾🌱 @longlivethechief.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the one thing you cannot wrap your head around?

Emile Avanessian @hhypeemile.bsky.social · 23h

What more information is needed? Based solely on verified public information — and plenty of his own quotes — he should be locked away in a black site somewhere.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1d

Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu of corruption charges aje.io/7o8xh5 The question has to be asked, "Just how much material does Netanyahu have on pedo Trump"?