Noah Frank
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Noah Frank
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· Jan 28
This is the dumbest day yet, a record that will only be broken by each ensuing day
I had a thread at the other site of an ongoing Joe Burrow conversation with a genie who kept granting him wishes for his football career, but each with a catch. Anyway, thinking about that again
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I had a thread at the other site of an ongoing Joe Burrow conversation with a genie who kept granting him wishes for his football career, but each with a catch. Anyway, thinking about that again
These Ravens get-ups are…well, they’re purple
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
These Ravens get-ups are…well, they’re purple
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody
Credit to Matt LaFleur, who followed my number one rule of football coaching — when you have a reasonable shot to win the game on one play, you do it
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Credit to Matt LaFleur, who followed my number one rule of football coaching — when you have a reasonable shot to win the game on one play, you do it
That turkey looks like it could give an entire company of men food poisoning.
Also, it’s still astounds me that this man is nearly 3 years younger than me
Also, it’s still astounds me that this man is nearly 3 years younger than me
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That turkey looks like it could give an entire company of men food poisoning.
Also, it’s still astounds me that this man is nearly 3 years younger than me
Also, it’s still astounds me that this man is nearly 3 years younger than me
I’m sure it’s a cool experience, but the people on the field for halftime show performances acting like they’re at the greatest show in the history of mankind has the opposite of the intended effect on me
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m sure it’s a cool experience, but the people on the field for halftime show performances acting like they’re at the greatest show in the history of mankind has the opposite of the intended effect on me
This is the first time I’ve actually seen the AI Coca-Cola ad and, folks, it truly sucks
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is the first time I’ve actually seen the AI Coca-Cola ad and, folks, it truly sucks
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
Saw a man riding a unicycle down the street. Truly the most pointless, look-at-me form of transportation ever invented
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saw a man riding a unicycle down the street. Truly the most pointless, look-at-me form of transportation ever invented
Funny, this is the story I pitched (but for snow days) a little less than 6 years ago that nobody was interested in. Until a pandemic hit and it became “what happens to these kids when schools are closed indefinitely?” washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1759...
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Funny, this is the story I pitched (but for snow days) a little less than 6 years ago that nobody was interested in. Until a pandemic hit and it became “what happens to these kids when schools are closed indefinitely?” washingtoncitypaper.com/article/1759...
So, uh, Michigan is gonna be a problem in men’s college hoops, huh
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So, uh, Michigan is gonna be a problem in men’s college hoops, huh
I don’t know if something else is going on, but we’ve had nearly nonstop overhead helicopter traffic and substantially more sirens out there since the mid-afternoon
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I don’t know if something else is going on, but we’ve had nearly nonstop overhead helicopter traffic and substantially more sirens out there since the mid-afternoon
God this is so dumb. The players in both my college home game (Santa Barbara) and post-college home game (Chicago) were overwhelmingly liberals/leftists, because lots of people like poker.
It is, however, a tell about the kinds of people Barro spends his social hours with
It is, however, a tell about the kinds of people Barro spends his social hours with
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
God this is so dumb. The players in both my college home game (Santa Barbara) and post-college home game (Chicago) were overwhelmingly liberals/leftists, because lots of people like poker.
It is, however, a tell about the kinds of people Barro spends his social hours with
It is, however, a tell about the kinds of people Barro spends his social hours with
The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
“Don’t post misinformation” is always an iron clad rule in breaking news situations, but you wouldn’t think you’d have to remind a sitting governor
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Don’t post misinformation” is always an iron clad rule in breaking news situations, but you wouldn’t think you’d have to remind a sitting governor
So many reasons I’m happy we’re not traveling for Thanksgiving this year
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So many reasons I’m happy we’re not traveling for Thanksgiving this year
In retrospect, “shouldn’t sports be less fun and more businesslike” is a chilling harbinger for the present
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In retrospect, “shouldn’t sports be less fun and more businesslike” is a chilling harbinger for the present
May we all look this happy someday
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
May we all look this happy someday
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“stop using lithium-ion batteries for Rad Power Bikes e-bikes, model numbers RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304” ebike peeps heads up
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“stop using lithium-ion batteries for Rad Power Bikes e-bikes, model numbers RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304” ebike peeps heads up
(I’m not here to yell at anyone or join in the discourse beyond to say that it’s good if this leads to more people becoming aware of the cost of childcare. We pay more than this for one (1) child in D.C. A coworker of mine pays more than $50K for two kids in NoVa.)
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
(I’m not here to yell at anyone or join in the discourse beyond to say that it’s good if this leads to more people becoming aware of the cost of childcare. We pay more than this for one (1) child in D.C. A coworker of mine pays more than $50K for two kids in NoVa.)
Laying an absolute egg to your rival on the heels of the win that might have saved your job is, well, there you go
SOURCE: Cal has fired head coach Justin Wilcox, @theathletic.com has learned.
The Bears are 6-5 and lost 31-10 to Stanford. (ESPN first reported)
The Bears are 6-5 and lost 31-10 to Stanford. (ESPN first reported)
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Laying an absolute egg to your rival on the heels of the win that might have saved your job is, well, there you go
I know I’m preaching to the choir on this site, but a uniformed DEA agent casually strolling out of Whole Foods in a bulletproof vest is a pretty grim sign of the times
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I know I’m preaching to the choir on this site, but a uniformed DEA agent casually strolling out of Whole Foods in a bulletproof vest is a pretty grim sign of the times
The results of this shouldn’t surprise anybody paying a modicum of attention, but the fact that it actually rolled out is both astonishing and hilarious
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The results of this shouldn’t surprise anybody paying a modicum of attention, but the fact that it actually rolled out is both astonishing and hilarious
It’s the first quarter and Cal is blindly scraping the bottom of the bag of tricks
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It’s the first quarter and Cal is blindly scraping the bottom of the bag of tricks