O Holy Nute
@nutedawn.bsky.social
Centre-left politics. Fan of AS Roma and the New York Mets, for my sins. Nerd stuff
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O Holy Nute
@nutedawn.bsky.social
· Jan 1
🚨 IMPORTANT: If you begin playing Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace at exactly 11:38:48 PM then Trade Federation Viceroy Nute Gunray will say “Ah, Victory” at exactly midnight. Start the new year off right.
the cosmos has decided it just feels bad for Liverpool and is awarding them the world's softest penalties at this point
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
the cosmos has decided it just feels bad for Liverpool and is awarding them the world's softest penalties at this point
I’m not saying it’s wise and I’m not saying it’s going to work out but it’s pretty obvious all the “Fans will revolt if the Mets don’t bring back X!” stuff doesn’t matter to the FO, and their basic mentality is:
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m not saying it’s wise and I’m not saying it’s going to work out but it’s pretty obvious all the “Fans will revolt if the Mets don’t bring back X!” stuff doesn’t matter to the FO, and their basic mentality is:
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I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
The Mets have literally had one (1) year when they were just ‘consistently good’ without massive dramatic dives into catastrophic badness for months at a time since 2006. And in that one year they blew the division by a game and lost in the Wild Card.
The first two months of 24 and the finale of 22 shouldn’t be forgotten even if those years were overall successes…
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Mets have literally had one (1) year when they were just ‘consistently good’ without massive dramatic dives into catastrophic badness for months at a time since 2006. And in that one year they blew the division by a game and lost in the Wild Card.
Lmao at the Athletic’s ranking of World Cup teams
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Lmao at the Athletic’s ranking of World Cup teams
Well I am if nothing else deeply curious what we spend our cash on now, because every indication we get is that this is going to be a more dramatic overhaul of the Mets than anyone expected
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Well I am if nothing else deeply curious what we spend our cash on now, because every indication we get is that this is going to be a more dramatic overhaul of the Mets than anyone expected
Ok so he wanted to be a Dodger. That clarifies it anyway
The Mets' offer for Edwin Diaz was three years at $66M with modest deferrals, according to a source.
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ok so he wanted to be a Dodger. That clarifies it anyway
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He wanted to leave.
The Mets' offer for Edwin Diaz was three years at $66M with modest deferrals, according to a source.
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
He wanted to leave.
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the Dodgers have started giving out huge relief contracts recently for fairly opaque, hard to discern reasons; the contracts also haven't worked out well for them so far. My suspicion is that at ~99 percent playoff odds every year that they are running out of shit that moves their cWPA projections
One reason for pause:
Dodgers wanted Edwin Diaz for 3 years at $23m per.
Dodgers are by all accounts the best and smartest organization in baseball.
Because it’s the Dodgers, as a nonexpert fan, it’s hard to be like “Stearns is being smart here, that’s a really dumb move”
Dodgers wanted Edwin Diaz for 3 years at $23m per.
Dodgers are by all accounts the best and smartest organization in baseball.
Because it’s the Dodgers, as a nonexpert fan, it’s hard to be like “Stearns is being smart here, that’s a really dumb move”
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the Dodgers have started giving out huge relief contracts recently for fairly opaque, hard to discern reasons; the contracts also haven't worked out well for them so far. My suspicion is that at ~99 percent playoff odds every year that they are running out of shit that moves their cWPA projections
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ME, YESTERDAY: I wish something would happen at the Winter Meetings tomorrow
TODAY:
TODAY:
a cartoon of a hand reaching for a purple table
Alt: a cartoon of a hand reaching for a purple table
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ME, YESTERDAY: I wish something would happen at the Winter Meetings tomorrow
TODAY:
TODAY:
I don’t think it really impacts what happens with Pete FWIW. If anything, the team is showing they won’t buckle to fan pressure. He’s back if they can get him on their terms and if not he’s gone
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I don’t think it really impacts what happens with Pete FWIW. If anything, the team is showing they won’t buckle to fan pressure. He’s back if they can get him on their terms and if not he’s gone
I continue to have a lot of faith in Stearns but man I hope he knows what he’s doing
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I continue to have a lot of faith in Stearns but man I hope he knows what he’s doing
Just going to say this and get it out there: on a pure baseball level, Diaz came absolutely nowhere close to being worth the last contract he signed with the Mets and it’s at least somewhat likely the same is true here.
But it ain’t all just about a pure baseball level. At all. Mostly I’m just sad
But it ain’t all just about a pure baseball level. At all. Mostly I’m just sad
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just going to say this and get it out there: on a pure baseball level, Diaz came absolutely nowhere close to being worth the last contract he signed with the Mets and it’s at least somewhat likely the same is true here.
But it ain’t all just about a pure baseball level. At all. Mostly I’m just sad
But it ain’t all just about a pure baseball level. At all. Mostly I’m just sad
Ok! Hopefully Schwarber gets things moving. Not ideal that he’s staying in Philly but OTOH it’s going to be a horrible deal in three years so pretty firmly capping this current window for them further
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ok! Hopefully Schwarber gets things moving. Not ideal that he’s staying in Philly but OTOH it’s going to be a horrible deal in three years so pretty firmly capping this current window for them further
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Grumpy medievalist take, but I am gobsmacked by the cheerfulness with which some scholars working in later fields disclose not having the relevant languages for their research, and also having no plans to acquire them. There are many cases in which you've actually gotta read the Latin, babe!
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Grumpy medievalist take, but I am gobsmacked by the cheerfulness with which some scholars working in later fields disclose not having the relevant languages for their research, and also having no plans to acquire them. There are many cases in which you've actually gotta read the Latin, babe!
Let’s be frank, we are all very fortunate this event did not result in RFK actively drinking breast milk from the source on camera, something which feels like it was not entirely off the table?
“Why doesn’t the guidance sound like it’s licking its lips? Chicks love that” - the US Health Department
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Let’s be frank, we are all very fortunate this event did not result in RFK actively drinking breast milk from the source on camera, something which feels like it was not entirely off the table?
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Going to be fun watching them try to figure out a way to say "oh we didn't mean dual citizenship with a white country" without sounding like massive racists.
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Going to be fun watching them try to figure out a way to say "oh we didn't mean dual citizenship with a white country" without sounding like massive racists.
The thing is that existing guidance also advises breast milk over formula where that’s possible and practical, it just manages to do so without being fucking creepy and off-putting and refusing to acknowledge factors that can make that unfeasible!
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The thing is that existing guidance also advises breast milk over formula where that’s possible and practical, it just manages to do so without being fucking creepy and off-putting and refusing to acknowledge factors that can make that unfeasible!
The MLB Stove:
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ALT: a man with ice on his face is standing in a snowy field
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The MLB Stove:
IMO this also gets at another fundamental MAGA divide which is that most of them like Noem primarily want to pump out deportation content, which is going very well, while Miller genuinely wants to permanent reshape the demographics of American society, which is not
That Miller reportedly wants Noem gone because she's not being aggressive enough really shows how high on their own supply these guys are. What they're doing is already historically unpopular, and they want to do it even harder.
i am skeptical trump would actually go through with this, even if miller wants it, but i am even *more* skeptical of the idea that youngkin would take the job.
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
IMO this also gets at another fundamental MAGA divide which is that most of them like Noem primarily want to pump out deportation content, which is going very well, while Miller genuinely wants to permanent reshape the demographics of American society, which is not
interesting amount of smoke around Schwarber and the Mets right now, but *pretty* sure it's mostly about driving up the price. for the Phillies and sending a message to Pete's camp? Hmm
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
interesting amount of smoke around Schwarber and the Mets right now, but *pretty* sure it's mostly about driving up the price. for the Phillies and sending a message to Pete's camp? Hmm
Celebrate the season by arguing with a Nestorian about the correctness of the title Theotokos (Mother of God)
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December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Celebrate the season by arguing with a Nestorian about the correctness of the title Theotokos (Mother of God)
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washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch