Rob Hanna
@robhanna.bsky.social
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Nah.
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robhanna.bsky.social
Agree. Brutal way to go out, knowing we were right there.

Brewers had that huge break in game 1, didn't matter. They're not close.

But I would feel even worse if the Brewers had been able to pull off a miracle. Which now seems unlikely.
mattwinkelman.bsky.social
It isn’t going to feel better if the Dodgers crush everyone, but the Phillies were a very small number of events away from beating them and I am not sure other teams really stand a chance
robhanna.bsky.social
Right.

But the nitty gritty was like... very nitty. And very gritty.

A lot of breakdown in command and control, lot of subordinate units thrown around in the woods, willy-nilly.

Lot of intricate moving parts. Totally baffling to me.
robhanna.bsky.social
It's so fucking complicated.

Broad outlines: Rosecrans is overextended, and is trying to get his army back to Chattanooga and kinda reset. Bragg wants to hit him first.

Bragg lands his punch, big 2-day brawl in the woods, Union fuckup leads to a chaotic retreat, Thomas' rearguard saves the army.
robhanna.bsky.social
I'm gonna commission a team of historians to try to explain the Battle of Chickamauga to me.

It's so fucking confusing, man. I'm never gonna understand it, not really. Everything about it is baffling to me.

Wait, wait you're objecting that this would be useful? Are you mental?
docseuss.bsky.social
lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?
robhanna.bsky.social
Garfield was really cool! A lot more interesting than you think, probably. Probably the least-racist President between Grant and... FDR?
robhanna.bsky.social
"I'm hyped for the James Garfield show!"
robhanna.bsky.social
Right? It's so prominent, I can't believe other people don't seem to notice it.
robhanna.bsky.social
Nah.

Sit there screaming no, or get the fuck out of here.
politico.com
Senate GOP leaders are looking to pressure Dems to advance a three-bill package to fund a handful of federal agencies during the shutdown, per sources with direct knowledge of the plans.
Senate GOP will try to advance 3-bill 'minibus' during shutdown
Republicans are attempting the effort as a way to pressure Democrats.
www.politico.com
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brendelbored.bsky.social
The moment when he starts giving his canned response and she goes “that’s such bullshit” lmao I have no idea who these ladies are but they rock
paleofuture.bsky.social
"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc
robhanna.bsky.social
What the salary cap will do is radically depress player wages while penalizing big market teams like mine.
robhanna.bsky.social
Basically agree with this. Just kills b/c the Phils really did almost knock them off.
whitesox.bsky.social
Oh my god we're right back to "boohoo the Dodgers spend too much money it's not fair" get over it you dorks.
robhanna.bsky.social
*a bit of a dipshit, goddamn
robhanna.bsky.social
(yes, he was a big of a dipshit. but we definitely know too much about each other. our focus should be more local.)
robhanna.bsky.social
And it was *exactly* what I was worried about, heading into Game 1.
robhanna.bsky.social
Cris had 2 outs and nobody on w/ a 3-run lead in game 1, ran out of gas.

Enormous pivot point.
robhanna.bsky.social
It bugs mebthat the Phils got to Shohei *and* Yamamoto, and this will be forgotten b/c we couldn't hold that lead in Game 1.
robhanna.bsky.social
Dickhead.
mattcowgill.bsky.social
are there AI critics or sceptics out there worth reading? (Not Ed Zitron types who just do a whole THIS IS VERY BAD shouty, largely substance-free schtick)
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waldo.net
It turns out that what Todd Gilbert meant by "that escalated quickly" is that he was unwilling to support a grand jury investigation into the origins of the Trump/Russia case. I'm surprised and impressed that Gilbert took this stand. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
robhanna.bsky.social
I tolded youse. Dodgers inevitable.

We were the best team they'll see. And we damn near had 'em.
robhanna.bsky.social
I think the Dodgers roll the rest of the playoffs.

Nobody gets as close as we did. That's one *hell* of a team.