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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 2h

You can't even kick an extra point anymore because of woke [you stink].

Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 7h

He paved the way for the toxic discourse and the billionaires' thumbs on the scale, then he side-eyes the justices who dare to point out how baldly the scales are thumb-fucked. Shoving someone on the playground and tsk-tsking the teachers who ask you why you're being a bully.

Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 15d

Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."

Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

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Aaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 8h

Saints just got away with DPI on another long pass by Maye. Maye looks incredible today.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 8h

Some truly special refereeing happing in Saints-Pats. Extraordinary.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly this was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. This was the OPS called on Diggs, and the flag was thrown like a full 30 seconds after the TD scored on the opposite end of the field, 40 yards from this interaction.

Andrew Callahan @andrewcallahan.bsky.social · 9h

This "offensive pass interference" erased a 61-yard TD for the #Patriots. Outrageous call.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 9h

Years ago, we all drank water. It was fun and it brought us together. Then Musk started adding mercury to it. It has started to make me sick. My hair is falling out and my skin looks like tracing paper. Some people started drinking something else but I still drink mercury. Were they wrong to stop?

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10h

Three-card monte is rigged against the person playing it. Whether it's fun or not is irrelevant. It's designed to make you lose. That's why you are stupid if you play.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 10h

I know England used to rule us with a tyrannical king, but sending them this as revenge is uncalled for.

Jets' stats for the London game: 82 total yards, 8 first downs, 0/0 in the red zone

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 1d

It is the deepest of bummers to listen to John Smoltz broadcast a baseball game. He hates the game so intensely it almost makes *me* hate it!

Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 2d

He sets the lowest bar because no broadcaster radiates contempt for today’s game or his audience like Smoltz

Andrea @adfrts.bsky.social · 2d

I agree, with the caveat that that’s more of a testament to just how bad Smoltz is

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to me very carefully: I will never, *never*, "ask Gemini."

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 4d

Do you not understand that Joe and I have a job to do? We have to deliberately disrespect all Yankee opponents and hype up the Yankees' chances so the Baseball Gods take it upon themselves to balance the scales. This is important work and we do it every year.

Michael Stickings @michaelstickings.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe start talking about the Jays on the Poscast now? As one of your two Canadian fans, I've been disappointed by the neglect, which smacks of disrespect. @joeposnanski.com

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 4d

You can relax everyone, they're out, now we can just enjoy baseball!

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 4d

Judge finally goes supernova in October and they get bounced in 4, at home, lol

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 5d

Somewhere, the hair on Ben Wyatt’s neck just stood up

🫧 Kay Hanley 🫧 @kayhanley.bsky.social · 5d

Working on a full length Letters To Cleo album for the first time in almost 20 years and I'm glad it took this long. I love and appreciate this part of the job so much more now ♡

come see us w/ the cavedogs
11.19 Bowery Ballroom NYC
11.21-22Paradise Rock Club Boston

tix --> www.letterstocleo.net

concert poster with a green and yellow flowered hand grenade
letters to cleo w/ special guests The Cavedogs Nov 19 Bowery Ballroom NYC Nov 21 The Paradise Rock Club Nov 22 The Paradise Rock Club Boston

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 5d

It's come to my attention that the original What's Alan Watching? site debuted 20 years ago today. Why not celebrate that anniversary by subscribing to its current iteration, aka the place where I'm writing all my reviews and recaps right now?

What's Alan Watching?

Television reviews, recaps, and more from Rolling Stone chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall

alansepinwall.ghost.io

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 5d

Especially when he pulled it back on the first pitch and the wheel was in motion defensively. The Dodgers knew it was coming! How do you not switch things up? Swing away and keep them honest! There were no outs!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 5d

Ok now that I’ve calmed down what the hell was Rob Thomson doing there bunting with a runner on second and 2 out omg

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 6d

One of their defining qualities is that they think if they cozy up to the truly violent and venal members of the tribe, they'll be spared. They won't. It'll come for all of them, after it's come for the rest of us.

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6d

I kind of can’t believe this Bari Weiss quote is even real, and yet www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

“I know that there are some people in this room who don’t believe that my marriage should have been legal … and that’s ok. Because we’re all Americans who want lower taxes.”

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 6d

There is no way a four run lead is big enough for this dodgers bullpen to not make barfy immediately

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 6d

Treinen had a 1.838 WHIP in 26.2 innings. -0.6 WAR. 19 walks in those 26.2 innings. He is one of the worst pitchers in all of baseball. He should not be in the roster. Absolute malpractice.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 6d

Why, why, why is Blake Treinen in this game. He has been unpitchable for the entire year. I know they're short-armed out there but even so this was an insane choice by Roberts.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 6d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 8d

It’s unthinkable that anyone can make contact

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Stats ⚾️ @mlbstatistics.bsky.social · 8d

Shohei got 6 whiffs on 7 swings at his curveball and 4 whiffs on 5 swings at his splitter.

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 8d

This Dodgers-Phillies game has featured like 30 of the most disgusting breaking pitches I have ever seen. And you’re about to see more.

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