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Eric Williams @ericw94.bsky.social · 8h

Read this if you want to know why people in the country think Baltimore is a shithole.

Ian Wolfe @ianmwolfe.bsky.social · 8h

This Fox article today might belong in the hall of fame of bad faith use of statistics.
The headline cites a "spike in car thefts in some Baltimore districts" and the body goes on to point out some crazy increases: 62% in Northwest! 30% in Central! Sounds like a real City in Crisis, right? A 🧵:

Fox Baltimore headline: Man's car stolen from garage amidst spike in car thefts in some Baltimore districts

Recent data from the Baltimore Police Department indicates a rise in auto thefts in three of the city's nine districts over a seven-day period, with a 30% increase in the Central district, 62% in the Northwest district and 12% in the Eastern district.

Last week, five districts reported increases.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 8h

thank u friend, I was also hoping for more from the mets this season, especially after they acquired ceddy

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 8h

i’d say in terms of terrible away fans who come through camden yards, obviously yankees fans are the absolute fuckin worst, followed closely by red sox fans, and then surprisingly dodgers, but right after them are the jays fans

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 8h

I think it would be good for symbolic reasons if the jays won the WS but as a fan of a different AL east team, I really fucking hate the jays and their dork ass loser fan base, so i’m rooting for the mariners I guess

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 8h

some nice live-in garages though

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 9h

I was like “why in the year 2025 is someone blasting POD right now at max volume?” and well, it was actually POD

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 9h

this is happening across the harbor from me right now and it fucking sucks

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 10h

the free press isn’t a news site, it’s just a collection of op-eds written by people who are too shit tier and hacky to even make it on to any of the garbage op-ed pages of an actual newspaper in 2025

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 13h

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 13h

this method is deprecated

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 13h

this also applies to “new” media as well, btw, as evidenced by the sheer number of useless dumbfuck gawkerverse people who keep turning up in various places despite being rock stupid and having nothing interesting to say

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 13h

the whole bari weiss affair is just more evidence that 90% of media is a giant dinner party/circlejerk that you don’t belong to. these people want you to think they’re hard nosed first amendment warriors but really it’s just a social club for people who went to the right schools.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 19h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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No Context Achewood @achewoodnc.bsky.social · 17h

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 18h

I want people who can win elections and who can appeal to moron swing voters, but I also want people who aren’t going to get up their own ass about what a mavericky maverick they are

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 18h

compare and contrast with chris van hollen, a boring, suit-wearing member of THUH DEMUHCHRATIC ESTABLISHMENT who was flying to el salvador to meet with kilmar abrego and speaking out on gaza while fett was doing his 20th cable hit about how we should all hand it to trump

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 19h

every fuckin day I see this goon he makes me angrier. big thanks to everyone who foisted this “progressive” asshole on us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 19h

My whole life, had to deal with "Christians" like Vance and Vought complaining about civic virtue, and they can't pass the most basic tests of morality. The contrast with the clergy in Chicago couldn't be starker.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 19h

adam jentelson should quit politics forever and enter a monastery

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 19h

“he was different before the stroke!” no, that’s fucking cope.

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 19h

every fuckin day I see this goon he makes me angrier. big thanks to everyone who foisted this “progressive” asshole on us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 21h

40 years ago today.

The opening panel of Watchmen, with an entry from Rorschach's journal dated October 12, 1985. "Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face."

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

one thing that’s kind of fucked up is that when a movie star dies, a bunch of streaming services have their “in memoriam” playlists up within a couple hours. I feel like maybe you should wait a day.

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jon rosenburger @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

They're spinning this as a marketing fail but I think the real story is just that people are stupid as fucking rocks now fortune.com/2025/10/10/p...

Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

fortune.com

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mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 1d

basketball season starts next month

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