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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 14h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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Asher - ELIMINATED @asherd.xyz · 6h

The sheer amount of aphorisms that got cut in half and reversed in meaning that have somehow become bedrock foundations of US culture is maddening.

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1st Viscount Craigavon @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 6h

I beg people who use the phrase "a few bad apples" in this manner to recall the end of the saying about "one bad apple"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 5h

You can hold down the “e” on your phone keyboard to get “é”!

Baseball Highlights 野球のハイライト @baseballhighlights.bsky.social · 5h

Pro tip: To not type a slur while talking about the #Dodgers, alt+0223 gets you the é in Kiké

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Luke @splitletters.bsky.social · 2h

Rechargeable batteries eventually fail, and tv remotes use so little power they can run for ages on a pair of AAAs or whatever, so there's not much point in the added expense of adding the bits to make them rechargable

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 3h

Now that the win over the Yankees is apparently a faint memory, it feels like a false narrative has emerged that the Jays are a team of slap hitters, bereft of power.

They finished the year tied for 11th in homers and 12 in isolated power.

Third in doubles. Fourth in runs scored.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 6h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 11h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Luke @splitletters.bsky.social · 13h

I've been screaming about this for a few years now, it's actively keeping me away from the game, because it's gotten so constant and also definitely louder volume wise too, to the point where it's annoying at best, and if I'm too close to one of the speakers, borderline painful.

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Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social · 16h

The Jays game ops team need to learn how to let some moments breathe. It’s just relentless noise.

Exhorting people to ‘get on your feet’ when there’s a two strike count but the team is down 10-3 isn’t it.

Let people just watch some baseball, please. 🙏

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14h

All of my sports teams are in hell but at least I have a tupperware full of leftover turkey

PICTURED: Me

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Amanda Lane Cumming @amandalc.bsky.social · 14h

Mass market paperbacks were the very best book form humanity has ever invented and it’s a travesty and a crime against the book-reading public that they have disappeared.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14h

And naturally, once this technology is out there, it's a ticking time bomb until someone jailbreaks the filters and turns this into a full-blown deepfake porn generator to be used against your enemies or colleagues or classmates. So not only is it useless for good, it's a nuclear bomb for bad.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14h

There's no possible useful use case for this. They're picturing making wholesome JibJabs for grandma, but the reality out of the gate is just going to be "high school bullies making realistic deepfakes of the kids they don't like doing embarrassing/depraved/illegal things"

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14h

Why, on God's green earth, would I ever upload a 3D likeness of my face and voice to a software so that strangers could make deepfakes of me.

Unlike the original Sora, Sora 2 isn’t a mere video-generation platform; it’s a social app with a TikTok-style feed of short AI-generated clips, and it allows you to authorize a “cameo” of yourself so friends can drop your likeness into their skits—and to revoke it later once you’ve seen too many videos of yourself fleeing police or crying on game shows.

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Luke @splitletters.bsky.social · 19h

Not sure good is the word I'd be using lmao

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 1d

"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Fast food advertising is getting real nervous rn bc nothing looks like they say it does

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Arby's is being sued for false advertising

Lawsuit alleges:

• Ads make the sandwiches appear to have 'at least 100% more meat' than they really do

• Made the meat look like rare roast beef when it is actually 'fully cooked'

Arby's lost its motion to dismiss the case

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Look look look

Ashley @ashleyrodrigues.bsky.social · 1d

The Padres have three and they’re known as the Paw Squad. Diego, Sunny and Rookie

Three golden retrievers in Padres jerseys in center field of Petco Park. Diego, Sunny and Rookie. Sunny has a pink bow on an ear and Rookie has on a black bow tie

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 1d

who wrote this, a DARE t-shirt from 1988

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits, a new study found.

Scientists identify key reason people may use or get addicted to cannabis

The study builds on growing genetic research into cannabis use, as policymakers grapple with the risks and benefits of the drug’s soaring popularity.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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Dave @pugganoche.bsky.social · 1d

Man. I Haven’t heard such a sad story involving Mariners on the Great Lakes since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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Luke @splitletters.bsky.social · 1d

Is this strike zone good? Asking for a friend

Chart showing the pitches called by Doug Eddings, as charted by the Hawkeye camera system.

The strike zone is ringed with an even blend of green(ball) and red(strike) calls in a completely inconsistent manner. It's not good.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Andy @rallycap.bsky.social · 1d

I knew I was going to have a big cooked bird this weekend I just didn't think it would be Blue Jay.

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Luke @splitletters.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Vlad had one of the greatest postseason series at the plate of all time?

Ahhhh, the good ol' days.....

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