Doug Thorburn
@dougthorburn.bsky.social
Then: Baseball R&D, sportswriter, pitching coach
Now: Owner of Engenius Learning Centers of Morgan Hill + Los Gatos, pitching coach
Now: Owner of Engenius Learning Centers of Morgan Hill + Los Gatos, pitching coach
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'What class is that again? Ancient philosophy. Well I can teach you ancient philosophy in...' - Road Trip
Rubin:
What class is that again?
Rubin:
Ancient philosophy.
Rubin:
Well I can teach you ancient philosophy in 46 hours.
Josh:
Really?
Rubin:
Yeah, I can teach Japanese to a monkey in 46 hours. The...
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I saw this movie in college, and this quote would go on to shape my overall philosophy to teaching/coaching/learning/life for the next 25 years
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If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If telling the troops not to follow illegal orders is “sedition,” what do we call colluding with the Kremlin to manipulate the U.S. President into advancing Russian interests over America’s?
Are these “scientists” in the room with us right now?
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Are these “scientists” in the room with us right now?
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Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Californians are buying ice scrapers at Home Depot, then immediately returning them....bogging down the entire store, until Home Depot refuses to allow ICE to loiter at their location to detain innocent people.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
Winter is coming. Scrape ICE.
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Hey @governor.ca.gov
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hey @governor.ca.gov
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
They def intended for someone to try, hence all the, y’know, checks & balances…
…but an entire pol party decided to devote the past decade to eroding those checks & balances, so now we’re left to the whims of a compromised, senile, emperor-has-no-skin, piggy of a President who calls all the shots
…but an entire pol party decided to devote the past decade to eroding those checks & balances, so now we’re left to the whims of a compromised, senile, emperor-has-no-skin, piggy of a President who calls all the shots
The writers of the Constitition never intended for a criminal tyrant to be president.
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
They def intended for someone to try, hence all the, y’know, checks & balances…
…but an entire pol party decided to devote the past decade to eroding those checks & balances, so now we’re left to the whims of a compromised, senile, emperor-has-no-skin, piggy of a President who calls all the shots
…but an entire pol party decided to devote the past decade to eroding those checks & balances, so now we’re left to the whims of a compromised, senile, emperor-has-no-skin, piggy of a President who calls all the shots
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King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
King: According to Secretary Rubio, this plan is not the administration’s position — it is essentially the Russians’ wish list that is now being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians.
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
The kids have a word for people like MTG:
Edgelord
Edgelord
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The kids have a word for people like MTG:
Edgelord
Edgelord
Sports gambling has the potential to screw both sports and gambling.
I love sports, gamble at the Sportsbook when in Vegas, played DFS for years.
But I don’t play anymore. The “competition” is just bots on algorithms now.
…and now the sports themselves are being compromised.
America the Rigged
I love sports, gamble at the Sportsbook when in Vegas, played DFS for years.
But I don’t play anymore. The “competition” is just bots on algorithms now.
…and now the sports themselves are being compromised.
America the Rigged
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 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sports gambling has the potential to screw both sports and gambling.
I love sports, gamble at the Sportsbook when in Vegas, played DFS for years.
But I don’t play anymore. The “competition” is just bots on algorithms now.
…and now the sports themselves are being compromised.
America the Rigged
I love sports, gamble at the Sportsbook when in Vegas, played DFS for years.
But I don’t play anymore. The “competition” is just bots on algorithms now.
…and now the sports themselves are being compromised.
America the Rigged
I truly believe the majority of Americans are constantly navigating a deluge of misinformation from politicians who claim that their COLLEAGUES on the other side are batshit crazy and want awful things for Americans.
Kinda tough to know how to vote for your own best interest in that scenario
Kinda tough to know how to vote for your own best interest in that scenario
Do you think every person of voting age should be required to vote by law?
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I truly believe the majority of Americans are constantly navigating a deluge of misinformation from politicians who claim that their COLLEAGUES on the other side are batshit crazy and want awful things for Americans.
Kinda tough to know how to vote for your own best interest in that scenario
Kinda tough to know how to vote for your own best interest in that scenario
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
“…is a mirror of what THOSE SAME ULTRA RICH humans have done to the earth.”
There, fixed it for ya
There, fixed it for ya
It occurs to me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one, that what is happening with the ultra rich oppressing and exploiting everyone else is a mirror of what humans have done to the earth.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“…is a mirror of what THOSE SAME ULTRA RICH humans have done to the earth.”
There, fixed it for ya
There, fixed it for ya
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The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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The women who were victims of Epstein should not be afraid of these "powerful men." These "powerful men," should be scared shitless..of these victims. Why? Because the victims represent ALL of us, and ALL of us...don't spend so much of 1/100th of a second...fearful. We're f*cking pissed.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The women who were victims of Epstein should not be afraid of these "powerful men." These "powerful men," should be scared shitless..of these victims. Why? Because the victims represent ALL of us, and ALL of us...don't spend so much of 1/100th of a second...fearful. We're f*cking pissed.
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The tutors help kids who are reading or doing math below grade level in small groups — with some choosing to become teachers. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)
The Ruby Hill Boyz: Meet the Denver Dads behind these students' reading success
The tutors help kids who are reading or doing math below grade level in small groups — with some choosing to become teachers.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The tutors help kids who are reading or doing math below grade level in small groups — with some choosing to become teachers. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)