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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, Six Kings Slam is a little bit of a cringy name, but I am still surprised at the size of the No Kings protests

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 1d

Now, regularly eating oatmeal in whatever form does sound like a very good idea considering the rest of the proposed diet

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Frith @pluckyloser.bsky.social · 1d

All of these poses are perfect

Two Japanese sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose in front of an ancient Assyrian relief sculpture. The sumos - Abi Masatora and Takakeisho Mitsunobu - are in traditional dress and hold their hands upturned in mimicry of the sculpted figures.

A Japanese sumo wrestler stands in front of the gates of Buckingham Palace. He is smiling towards the camera and pointing two fingers at the gate.

Hōshōryū Tomokatsu, a sumo wrestler stands on the bridge in London. He's dressed traditionally, grinning widely, and gesturing to the houses of Parliament and Big Ben which are behind him.

Four sumo wrestlers in traditional dress pose on a pedestrian crossing, replicating the famous photo of the Beatles at Abbey Road.

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. Stross, you're not writing a Dark Finland horror story about the nocturnal habits of the moomins, are you?

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Charlie Eccleshare @cdeccleshare.bsky.social · 3d

Emma Raducanu has been feeling unwell and decided to end her season, pulling out of her last two events in Tokyo + HK.

Focus turns to next year, when she’ll be continuing with coach Francisco Roig (initial arrangement was up until the end of 2025)

www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Emma Raducanu ends tennis season, will continue with coach Francisco Roig into 2026

Raducanu has been hampered by illness at her past two events.

www.nytimes.com

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 4d

Ain't no way this technological capability could have downsides

kill 'em all (personalised "ad" from X-Files episode Blood)

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Tick Tock Tennis @ticktocktennis.bsky.social · 4d

Zeynep Sonmez led 5-0, 15-0.

But Ajla Tomljanovic wins the opening set in a tiebreaker in Ningbo.

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 7d

Fetchez la vache!

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 7d

So now they all look weird and awkward in the AI way

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 8d

The civil war of 1918, of course - the deadliest civil conflict relative to population per month until Rwanda 1994

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DuckDaBlackSwan @duckdablackswan.bsky.social · 8d

Vacherot and Rinderknech aren't only literal cousins.

Vacherot is a French name that means "person who takes care of cows".

Rinderknech is a German name that means "person who takes care of cattle."

Cowboy final in Shanghai.

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 8d

a woman in a blue tank top and black hat is sitting in a stadium with a sign that says marca on it .

ALT: a woman in a blue tank top and black hat is sitting in a stadium with a sign that says marca on it .

media.tenor.com

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 8d

New doubles pairing for Ningbo: Siniakova/Hsieh(!)

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 8d

OptaAce just continues trying to rile up JPEG with the contorted age related stats

OptaAce @optaace.optajoe.com · 8d

3 - Since 1990, Jessica Pegula is just the third player aged 30+ to reach multiple Tier 1/WTA-1000 finals in consecutive seasons after Martina Navratilova (1993-94) and Serena Williams (2013-16). Company!

#WuhanOpen | @wtatour.bsky.social

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 10d

Oh! Looks like I now have about 8 hours of podcasts to check

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 14d

The time zone of the Asian swing is not that terrible for Europeans, at least for me. The problem is more that this time of year there isn't any vacation time to focus on sports, and the tournaments are too extended to keep track of

(and also the other things you mentioned distracting from sports)

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 15d

Basher fans rejoice!

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 15d

Had to be a tiebreak

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 15d

And Linda immediately makes several errors to get broken

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 15d

Noskova and Pegula are hitting

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 15d

Noskova and Pegula are hitting

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 16d

Oh crap. Laundry files slop, fed through the demonic prayer mill of social media, is what has generated the vortex of 2025

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 16d

The Big Fu probably said some mental FUs to herself at the end of the first set

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tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 16d

"The Golden Rule: first take their legs, then their soul"

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 16d

Would be some serious metacomedy to do a purposely unfunny show in Riyadh complaining about free speech in the USA (because apparently that topic was not on the banned list)

Actually taking the money suggests a more simple explanation, of course

tomera @mjtomera.bsky.social · 17d

Now that Priscilla Hon made the top 100, do you think she can reach top 50?