Paul Swydan
@swydan.bsky.social
Owner/operator @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social. Alum: Boston University, FanGraphs, Boston Globe, Boston.com Book Club, many others. I write two newsletters. https://green-tint.ghost.io/
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Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
You'll be visited by three spirits.
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Going to need some pretty miraculous play to beat Detroit without Queta. Oof.
Per the Celtics, Neemias Queta is OUT for tomorrow’s game against the Pistons.
Neemias Queta - Left Ankle Sprain - OUT
Jayson Tatum - Right Achilles Repair - OUT
Neemias Queta - Left Ankle Sprain - OUT
Jayson Tatum - Right Achilles Repair - OUT
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Going to need some pretty miraculous play to beat Detroit without Queta. Oof.
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don't order from or use Amazon
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
don't order from or use Amazon
Don't listen to Keith. I've seen him fly *multiple* times!
there is zero chance the Yankees failed to turn a profit in any year, but especially in 2025 when they were coming off a World Series appearance. If an MLB owner says he lost money, that's like me saying I can fly. You should insist on proof.
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
(I can't fly, just so no one asks me to demonstrate.)
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Don't listen to Keith. I've seen him fly *multiple* times!
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November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is.
So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works.
And then I drove a race car myself.
youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...
So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works.
And then I drove a race car myself.
youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’m trying to understand what the hardest thing in sports actually is.
So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works.
And then I drove a race car myself.
youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...
So I went to explore NASCAR, where the legendary @jimmiejohnson.bsky.social showed me how this world really works.
And then I drove a race car myself.
youtu.be/lMzjIPIq9aA?...
Doing the "Stranger Things" rewatch, and my daughter made a really good point. Hawkins High shouldn't be the Tigers. They should be the Hawkins High Hawks. I mean, it was right there for them.
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Doing the "Stranger Things" rewatch, and my daughter made a really good point. Hawkins High shouldn't be the Tigers. They should be the Hawkins High Hawks. I mean, it was right there for them.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
Too many unforced errors, and far too many of them can be chalked up to Joe Mazzulla's stubbornness. At some point, you have to guard the *only* player on the other team producing offense a little differently.
November 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Too many unforced errors, and far too many of them can be chalked up to Joe Mazzulla's stubbornness. At some point, you have to guard the *only* player on the other team producing offense a little differently.
Terrance Mann has now flopped three times. He's drawn a charge on each one. It would be great if the refs noticed (not holding my breath), but JB sure as hell should have.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Terrance Mann has now flopped three times. He's drawn a charge on each one. It would be great if the refs noticed (not holding my breath), but JB sure as hell should have.
When Mazzulla did his wholesale subbing at 6:43, C's were up 43-41. C's didn't score fit the next 1:32, and completely lost their rhythm. Nets outscored them 21-10 after the wholesale change. I'm begging Mazzulla to please stop doing stupid shit like that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When Mazzulla did his wholesale subbing at 6:43, C's were up 43-41. C's didn't score fit the next 1:32, and completely lost their rhythm. Nets outscored them 21-10 after the wholesale change. I'm begging Mazzulla to please stop doing stupid shit like that.
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Sports gambling is not just corrupting our trust in sports, but America.
Thank you to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social, @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social and @camanpour.bsky.social for the platform.
Our full conversation: youtu.be/uiomTi50pS8?...
Thank you to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social, @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social and @camanpour.bsky.social for the platform.
Our full conversation: youtu.be/uiomTi50pS8?...
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sports gambling is not just corrupting our trust in sports, but America.
Thank you to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social, @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social and @camanpour.bsky.social for the platform.
Our full conversation: youtu.be/uiomTi50pS8?...
Thank you to @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social, @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social and @camanpour.bsky.social for the platform.
Our full conversation: youtu.be/uiomTi50pS8?...
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He's doing exactly what he was hired to do.
I haven't talked about it much on here, but the Patel confirmation was the moment when my campaign began.
His appointment was a five-alarm fire, but Dems reacted like he was just another conservative they kinda disagreed with.
I haven't talked about it much on here, but the Patel confirmation was the moment when my campaign began.
His appointment was a five-alarm fire, but Dems reacted like he was just another conservative they kinda disagreed with.
New from me:
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Kash Patel is engaged in purges, removal of real accountability, and impunity for loyalists at the FBI.
Researchers told me that these are the exact patterns that create abusive national security organizations under authoritarianism. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
How the FBI Became the Face of Deprofessionalization
What research tells us about national security under authoritarianism
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
He's doing exactly what he was hired to do.
I haven't talked about it much on here, but the Patel confirmation was the moment when my campaign began.
His appointment was a five-alarm fire, but Dems reacted like he was just another conservative they kinda disagreed with.
I haven't talked about it much on here, but the Patel confirmation was the moment when my campaign began.
His appointment was a five-alarm fire, but Dems reacted like he was just another conservative they kinda disagreed with.
I was wondering why Gmail was letting more spam emails into my inbox, and then they dropped in an ad on top of my inbox promising to get rid of phishing emails if I paid for some extra security feature. I'm pretty stupid, but I'm not THAT stupid. Hustle someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was wondering why Gmail was letting more spam emails into my inbox, and then they dropped in an ad on top of my inbox promising to get rid of phishing emails if I paid for some extra security feature. I'm pretty stupid, but I'm not THAT stupid. Hustle someone else.
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Over 1 million Bay Staters took to the streets for the the No Kings pro-democracy protests this year.
Deaton & the Mass GOP apparently weren't impressed.
They're happy to skip the voters - as long as the check is big enough.
Deaton & the Mass GOP apparently weren't impressed.
They're happy to skip the voters - as long as the check is big enough.
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Over 1 million Bay Staters took to the streets for the the No Kings pro-democracy protests this year.
Deaton & the Mass GOP apparently weren't impressed.
They're happy to skip the voters - as long as the check is big enough.
Deaton & the Mass GOP apparently weren't impressed.
They're happy to skip the voters - as long as the check is big enough.
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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
Amazing play. Completely ruined by this turning off the lights BS. Are the Red Sox responsible for this? Because I hated it when they did it too. Not only is it stupid - if I'm there, I paid to WATCH the game, which I can't do if you TURN THE LIGHTS OFF - but someone is going to get seriously hurt.
Had it all the way.
Late, but here's USC's 3OT buzzer beating winner (via Fox CBB)
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Amazing play. Completely ruined by this turning off the lights BS. Are the Red Sox responsible for this? Because I hated it when they did it too. Not only is it stupid - if I'm there, I paid to WATCH the game, which I can't do if you TURN THE LIGHTS OFF - but someone is going to get seriously hurt.
Not the point here, but it's so telling that Amazon is held up as the thing to strive toward, rather than a mom and pop store. The Joker was right - all these people care about is money.
I asked Grok if Elon Musk would be better than Jeffrey Epstein at running a private island. Here's part of its answer.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Not the point here, but it's so telling that Amazon is held up as the thing to strive toward, rather than a mom and pop store. The Joker was right - all these people care about is money.
It's kind of ridiculous how much "Smooth Operator" still slaps. Absolutely timeless song.
a man is singing into a microphone in front of a red light on a stage .
Alt: Sade
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's kind of ridiculous how much "Smooth Operator" still slaps. Absolutely timeless song.
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we really need to nationalize healthcare but we're too corrupt to function so we're just going to have to wade through a bunch of corpses and suffering for the next five years while our feckless corporate press softsells the carnage
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
we really need to nationalize healthcare but we're too corrupt to function so we're just going to have to wade through a bunch of corpses and suffering for the next five years while our feckless corporate press softsells the carnage
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Not enough attention is being given to the fact that the Rockets have the best offense in league history. It's also the weirdest.
-Dead last in 3-point attempt rate
-No. 1 by a mile in offensive rebound rate
Mashing their way to points while eschewing 3's.
-Dead last in 3-point attempt rate
-No. 1 by a mile in offensive rebound rate
Mashing their way to points while eschewing 3's.
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not enough attention is being given to the fact that the Rockets have the best offense in league history. It's also the weirdest.
-Dead last in 3-point attempt rate
-No. 1 by a mile in offensive rebound rate
Mashing their way to points while eschewing 3's.
-Dead last in 3-point attempt rate
-No. 1 by a mile in offensive rebound rate
Mashing their way to points while eschewing 3's.
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The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
House eyeing AI preemption in NDAA, Scalise says
House Republican leaders are searching for a legislative vehicle they could attach language to that would effectively ban state regulation of artificial intelligence.
punchbowl.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The GOP is trying to sneak legislation into a bigger bill that would preempt state laws around the regulation of AI, and create a national environment with very little regulation of the technology.
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
punchbowl.news/article/tech...
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Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
Mo’ne Davis Is Finally Ready to Play Baseball Again
More than a decade after becoming a Little League sensation at age 13, Mo’ne Davis is set to make more history as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.
www.si.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL: