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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 12h

This is it. I couldn't find the words, let alone so succinctly. 🎯

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 12h

The Louisiana argument is essentially that you CAN use race to be racist but you CAN'T use race to ameliorate racism.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 8d

Brady & Gronk were like "I can only continue playing if I gtfo."

A lot of teams struggle to balance building for the future while their legends age (and demand more money) but again, there's a long track record here.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 8d

Reminds of his time in Cleveland. Terrible at culture, even as they were winning.

Perfect storm in NE with Weis & Crennel to do the bonding with the players and then Brady at QB.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 12d

Ben Johnson, the guy with the Russian-paid podcast?

A picture of Jim Downey speaking into a microphone

matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 13d

I understand the point your making better, but I still think that it doesn't take into account that the decision making for the show itself is contracted out to Roc Nation & that partnership has been a huge success.

NFL would have a created a whole other PR issue to part ways.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 13d

I guess I'm thinking that the NFL knows that they have no reason to chase such a trivial, fickle thing so far beneath their level of influence.

But I have zero confidence that one call from the President or someone in his circle and they wouldn't fold on pretty much any issue.

matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 13d

But my point is that there isn't actually any RW bluster that they're withstanding. Benny Johnson is a Russian-paid podcaster. Content farmers are gonna do their thing.

But if your point is that they didn't pander in advance by having Kid Rock/Nugent, ok. Imagine that pitch from Goodell to JayZ! 😆

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 13d

I thought the whole thing was a Jay-Z/Roc production. So they pitch the idea (1of the hottest names in the world)- and the NFL goes 🤑 &green lit it.

Unless they resist significant right wing pressure (not just podcasters and Russian psyops), I don't think it's a sign of much of a political stance

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 15d

The first time I heard Peacemaker say "I cherish peace with all my heart and I don't care how many men, women, and children I have to kill to get it" I laughed out loud because of how ridiculous it was. The absolute absurdity of that statement.

smh

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 20d

T🗝️ 💈

There's other ways to make the Tea, but if the point is simplicity...

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 23d

Sometimes I think about when they kept saying that they were going to check on the gold in Fort Knox? And then they stopped talking about it...?
No photo op or anything...

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 23d

Remember when they kept saying that they were going to check on the gold in Fort Knox? And then they stopped talking about it...?

The guy that loves a spectacle didn't make a big show of looking at it, showing it, counting it...

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 23d

Fascinating to see Christians, who do not experience anti-Semiticism, and generally don't read about or study it, critique...

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 24d

Two ads that have to be among cringiest ads I've ever seen: Dana White's "the one thing Americans can't do is, stop being American!" And Billy Bob's "can of whoop up." And they're everywhere right now. 🫠

matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 28d

Phenomenal story, well told. I can't believe they haven't made it into a movie.

sea shanty stan account ⛵️ @anarchoshanties.bsky.social · Sep 11

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.

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mylordshesacactus

Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours.

(Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.)

Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it.

All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her.

He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once.

I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope.

Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out.

By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets.

And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support.

Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors.

He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster.

I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done.

Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half.

No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · 28d

One man's "check down" QB is another man's "West Coast" QB...

matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tax cuts for the prison owners too!

John Archibald @johnarchibald.bsky.social · Aug 26

A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:

“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”

Make Alabama 1901 again!

www.al.com/news/2025/08...

Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again

“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”

www.al.com

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 23

And the Supreme Court will agree with them and block *any* similar but progressive action and call it over-reach.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 23

Any time a Dem president tries to do *any of this* Republicans will tie themselves into knots to explain why it's different, and that it's *now* socialist, but it somehow wasn't before...

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is funny and all, but is this under oath? Like she's laughing and obviously committing perjury ... ?

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 12

Goats.

matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wait. Goats are literally part of our wildfire prevention strategy. I had no idea and I searched it up. Amazing.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Aug 12

incredible news: i made myself go to the regional park and the goats were there. hundreds of goats heroically eating lunch to reduce our wildfire risk. sometimes the universe knows exactly what you need. and it's goats.

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Jul 31

What a great tribute. So many stories to hear, so little time. 😭

youtu.be/d8nTVhmlUjk?...

Ice-T Inducts Seymour Stein at the 2005 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

youtu.be

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dang, beat me to it! 🎶Little boxes🎶

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matthewkray.bsky.social @matthewkray.bsky.social · Jul 28

New season of Weeds about to drop. 🎶Little Boxes🎶

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