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Sean

@stholeary.bsky.social

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I once chased a bear. I need a place to dump my thoughts on AEW, sports, and the hell that the United States has become.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · Nov 22

"Bluesky is a liberal echo chamber" is the dumbest possible response to people leaving X. We simply don't want to hear from bigots & racists & trolls anymore. That's not an echo chamber; that's what a proper society should be.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2m

That lineup is awful

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 33m

I thoroughly enjoy betting on sports, but I can't stand the incessant ads & discussion. Idgaf which props Mike Greenberg likes today.

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 4h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 5h

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 51m

It blows my mind that NBC News published photos of ICE/police armed with billy clubs & didnt think to ask, Why?

Ben Wojdyla @ben-wojdyla.bsky.social · 2h

Also, can we talk about the billy clubs in this picture? Billy clubs were essentially discontinued as law enforcement tools following a LOOOOOOOOOONG list of police brutality lawsuits.

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 1h

He's been doing Gameday & the biggest game for 20 years at this point. It's the NFL on Amazon that ruined it for him.

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 1h

"According to ESPN, Herbstreit traveled more than 5,400 miles for his various football responsibilities last week alone." That is so stupid for so many reasons.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2h

Kirk Herbstreit admits he ‘quite often’ wakes up and doesn’t know what city he’s in

Kirk Herbstreit has a schedule that would break most people. He works Thursday Night Football for Amazon, hosts College GameDay on Saturday mornings, and calls the biggest college football game of the week on Saturday afternoon or night for ESPN. It’s a grind that has him crisscrossing the country every week, and it’s taking a Read more... The post Kirk Herbstreit admits he ‘quite often’ wakes up and doesn’t know what city he’s in appeared first on Awful Announcing.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2h

Jericho has also been very pro-vaccine. But he's never been outed as a MAGA himself, just his wife. I'm sure that'll change when he goes back to WWE.

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2h

Good catch

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2h

Did anyone ask why they're carrying billy clubs, which are largely banned now?

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, I'm not making myself a steak for dinner any time soon. It's ridiculous, and barely even a media story.

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Miranda Marie @mirdashewrote.draftcountdown.com · 2h

I basically live off of cereal and PB&J’s thanks to all those fucks.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 3h

The media covered inflation under Biden like it's today's inflation under Trump. We all know when it sucks at the grocery store. It sucked in 2021-22 post-pandemic. And it sucks right now because of Trump's tariffs. The 2023-24 inflation "panic" was horseshit.

StandardNick🏳️‍🌈🤝🏳️‍⚧️🔴LFC 20x🏆🔴 @standrdnick.bsky.social · 3h

If groceries ever came close to this level under Biden there'd be no end to the coverage.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 3h

"Wes Lee is a guy that’s highly, highly talented. I would have thought he would have been safe."

How many more "highly, highly talented" Black wrestlers does Triple H & WWE have to release before Booker T gets it???

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 6h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 8h

More people give AEW $50 per month for pro wrestling than those who give the Washington Post $10 per month for journalism. It's over. Bezos has succeeded in killing one of our nation's great newspapers.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 8h

I went food shopping over the weekend. I picked up a steak, looked at the price, laughed, and put it back down. Thanks Trump 2024 voters!!! Your stupidity & racism has now made everything more expensive.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

US beef prices have now reached a record high.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 8h

Since the literal beginning of AEW, Dustin Rhodes has loudly & publicly denounced transphobia, specifically aimed at Nyla Rose. You are absolutely allowed to be surprised that Dustin Rhodes is actually that stupid.

Zombie Warren Hayes (spooky) @mrwarrenhayes.show · 19h

BREAKING: Wrestling fans somehow shocked older wrestler from Texas voted for Trump.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 19h

Only real bookers can work their own locker room into a shoot

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 19h

Getting out of the way of a game-tying HBP and then swinging at strike 3 at your eyes is one of the most brutal game-ending bases loaded PA i've ever seen

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 19h

Dave Meltzer reporting Triple H has lost the WWE locker room (re Seth Rollins' injury) should be a much, much bigger story: "But after being told his other injury was legit, many are not fully believing anything... the lack of trust right now is pretty high."

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J.43 @j43oftheftp.bsky.social · 19h

I really don’t care about ticket sales or ratings. This right here is why AEW will always be superior to wwe and whoever else. TK is the man

meg 🦋 @studentofsound.bsky.social · 1d

tony khan visited kota ibushi in the hospital and gave him a handwritten letter! kota posted it on instagram. mr. kota ibushi and the rest of this letter is so sweet. 😭

A picture of Tony Khan and Kota Ibushi in the hospital

A letter from Tony Khan to Kota that says “you + your hard work.
I wish you all the best in your recovery.
Everyone in AEW respects you so much.
Thank you, God bless you, Mr. Kota Ibushi!
Best,
Tony Khan”

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 23h

Rollins is now hurt, but I don't think WWE can admit that.

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · Jul 14

WWE doing a work with Seth Rollins blowing out his knee is some tremendously bad karma. I can't believe they're actually that stupid. That's not an injury angle. That's viewing your audience with contempt.

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Big Tom Tom @tombomb0.bsky.social · 1d

They got a La Parka frog. ICE might be cooked, gang

Mx Ghoulie M Awesome @juliemawesome.bsky.social · 4d

The Portland frogs are multiplying. I’m watching the livestream at katu.com/watch

Three green froggies and a skeleton frog! These are inflatable costumes and some of the frogs have little capes. They’re protesting on the other side of the street from ICE.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 23h

He did? I honestly didn't read past the "watch on delay" advice since that's not really a review of the show.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 1d

The use of "immigration enforcement" in the headline is journalistic malpractice & yet another example of how corporate media can't help but sanitize Trump. The article describes ICE sending tear gas at children & kidnapping citizens; how tf is that "immigration enforcement" to NBC News editors????

Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 1d

Dispatch from @natashakorecki.bsky.social — How immigration enforcement turned sleepy Broadview, Ill., into a chaotic, militarized town

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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