Les Bowen, still
@lesbowen.bsky.social
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That old guy who still writes about the Philadelphia Eagles, now for PHLY. Annoys w/dad jokes, social commentary. Fan of what Twitter used to be. Also of rescue Pit Bulls. Husband/dad. Grew up in the South way back when progress actually seemed possible.
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This woman is vile. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
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This is a very good paragraph.

From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

By Nancy A. Youssef
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Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.
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NEWS OUTLETS
could you please offer an opportunity for me to buy an article a la carte

many times i don't want to subscribe because i don't want you to keep sending me shit. i do not want a continued relationship. but i would absolutely spend a nominal amount to read an article Right Now
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Time to answer your questions! Eagles mailbag on @theathletic.com included:

- Chances of a Howie Roseman trade
- Trade targets at edge rusher
- Kevin Patullo's future
- Whether No. 2 CB issues are caused by pass rush
- Inside runs vs. outside runs

...and more: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Eagles mailbag: Howie Roseman’s trade targets, Kevin Patullo’s future, playoff possibilities
Plus, questions about leadership and the running game.
www.nytimes.com
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what the actual ...
Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."
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As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.
Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."
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POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Saquon Barkley is being contacted behind the LOS on 35.8% of his carries, 2nd most in NFL and also most in his career.

Saquon Barkley % of carries w/negative YBC
2021 (NYG) : 30.2%
2022 (NYG) : 22.4%
2023 (NYG) : 30.0%
2024 (PHI) : 24.3%
2025 (PHI) : 35.8% ⬅️
(NFL avg : 26%.)
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Jeff Bezos set out to destroy one of our main newspapers that held billionaires like him to account and it worked!
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When people ask me to rank the top 10 teams right now
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lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day
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Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Rob Thomson will return to manage the Phillies in 2026, a major-league source has confirmed to @scottlauber.bsky.social.
A photo of Rob Thomson with white text at the bottom that says "Breaking news." A photo of Rob Thomson with Scott Lauber's tweet near the bottom that says "Rob Thomson, who is under contract through 2026, will return to manage the #Phillies next season, according to a major-league source, confirming the report from @Joelsherman1 and @JonHeyman."
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Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Screenshot of text from the interview:

You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]
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Yes but what does this say about the rest of us?
For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...
Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy
Our country is falling apart because one old man, Trump advisers and former administration officials say, won’t stop ‘yelling’ at his TV.
zeteo.com
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Highest-paid buyouts in college football history:

1. Jimbo Fisher — Texas A&M
2. James Franklin — Penn State

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...
Entirely different contract structure, I believe. Bills took a big cap hit this year BUT WERE FREED FROM FUTURE OBLIGATIONS. They added needed space beyond this season. Not the case with AJ’s deal, unless there is something I misunderstand.
Not disagreeing but there was a time this same reason applied to Stefon Diggs out of Buffalo, until it happened.
They want the clicks. That is how success is measured in the sports “journalism” biz these days.
I don’t expect the other team speculator to do that research, but the writer and editor posting it should.
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The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
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Guys: things have gotten out of control in Chicago. People are terrified running for lives and onlookers are screaming in fear. We need federal help. Please. Come save us