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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 4h

I would’ve taken the hit, which I know because it would’ve gotten to me before I even knew what was happening much less had the reflexes necessary to dodge

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 4h

Wouldn’t have even needed to lean, just not dodge. It would’ve hit his back leg

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 7h

Really that’s all in the screen cap she’s QT’ing.

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 8h

"Well, everyone knows Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth 1,700 years ago. What this voyage presupposes is, maybe he didn't."

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zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 17h

Not joking, either

1968 - Vietnam (Chennault Affair)
1980 - Iran (hostage crisis resolved 20 minutes after Reagan inaugurated)
2016 - Russia (hacking)
2024 - Israel

zoot car @bookhouse.bsky.social · 18h

Resetting the "years since Republican party coordinates with foreign country to manufacture crisis for incumbent Democrat" sign to zero, for the fourth (?!) time

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 17h

calling someone who not only has never won an election but has never even led in a primary poll (and has led in like one general election poll) an “absolute phenom” seems a tiny bit premature.

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Best Seattle sports weekend since…

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Nick L. Underfront @jasoncheathawks.bsky.social · 1d

mariners

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

I always believed

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 1d

It's cool that this series features all four kinds of mustache a white guy can have. From left to right: gravel cyclist, cop, Field Marshal Haig, Bruno Kirby

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

What if Julio, but less strikeouts

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe it won’t matter lol

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

3 of the 5 ALDS games were decided by one run. Even if that’s like a 25% chance challenge — and I think it was higher than that — the possibility of getting a run is so valuable

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda think Dan Wilson just cost us a run there by not challenging.

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Also literally not a single person alive believes there is any chance that they reach a different ultimate conclusion after a full appeal process.

So this “gee well who’s to say how we’ll ultimately rule” routine is an insulting farce

Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 1d

Notable that except sort of with Memphis, red state governors are not even pretending to support the deployment of troops in their states.

Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 1d

Murders per 100k residents:
* Houston 19.0
* Dallas 16.6
* San Antonio 15.9
* Ft. Worth 10.8
* NYC 4.6

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 1d

This has become a load bearing tweet to me.

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 2d

A lot going on there

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 2d

Mariners to Seattle sports fans circa 2004:

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Paul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 2d

Actually no the Don’t Tread on Me Conservatives for Armed Occupation are running away with this one

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”