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Mark Rankin

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Small town Southern Minnesotan probably bemoaning the state of politics and the state of Minnesotan sports teams

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 1h

graham platner on cnn tomorrow

Sideshow Bob saying “no that’s German for ‘the. Bart, the’” referring to his “die Bart die” tattoo

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 3h

poster for new Secret Base series "The history of charging the mound" with a cutout photo of Gerald Williams punching Pedro Martinez in the face. below them, a 3D timeline chart with hundreds of pins stuck into the timeline ranging from 1950-2025

article excerpt from the Akron Beacon Journal, 7/17/2000: "I'm not a violent person, but ... it really crossed my mind to go with my helmet and try to hit him and maybe knock an eyeball out or something." - Brian Hunter, outfielder, Colorado Rockies

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Secret Base presents
The history of charging the mound
An ongoing project by Jon Bois
Series premieres November 3rd on Secret Base's Patreon
www.patreon.com/SecretBase

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

That last Indiana Jones movie should have had him time travel to the future to have him knock out a few doughy white extremely online Nazis.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 23h

New concept photo for the White House East Wing Ballroom just dropped

Image from "Back to the Future 2" showing Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Casino in the alternate timeline of Hill Valley

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 5d

mariners

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Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 17h

Kind of amazing that, based on how their fans feel about them around social media, that at least three teams that made the MLB postseason would automatically get better simply by firing their manager and hiring Rocco Baldelli

Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 17h

The Etsy witch ran out of magic ☹️

Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry M's fans

a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a globe and saying oh canada

ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a globe and saying oh canada

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 17h

existing in all other parts of life: we need to be thoughtful about how we integrate technology into human affairs

watching an umpire in the postseason: BRING FORTH THE ROBOT GODS

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 18h

George Springer gives the Jays the lead

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Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 18h

Yay Jays

Oh no M's

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 18h

as an extremely casual baseball fan i love the moment in a playoff game where the starting pitchers get pulled and you get to watch a series of random guys have either the best or worst night of their life

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Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 18h

Dril tweet: the crack of the bat. the scent of a verdant field. The excitement of the crowd. These are the things that piss base ball fans off the most

Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 18h

Because of that stupid Amazon commercial I looked it up and Shine came out as a single on March 8, 1994 which was also the same date that the Nine Inch Nails album The Downward Spiral was released amd which every song on there, even Hurt, is a better workout track

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 18h

Truly nothing I like better in baseball than when a guy does the lil SMB2 Luigi hop up to throw

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Mark Rankin @sugarbuzz.bsky.social · 18h

DIG BUMPER!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19h

Holy shit.

Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.

The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.

What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.