Phil Snider
@philsnider.bsky.social
hoping sighing dreaming weeping | books include justice calls & preaching as resistance | huge orioles baseball fan, but it doesn’t make any geographical sense | he/him
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Jim O’Neill is a tech investor, former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and co-founder with Peter Thiel of the Thiel fellowship. He has no direct medical education or experience.
It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.
It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.
Breaking news: The White House selected Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to RFK Jr., to serve as acting head of the CDC after a clash over vaccine policy ended in the departure of several agency leaders.
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials there.
wapo.st
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Jim O’Neill is a tech investor, former CEO of the Thiel Foundation, and co-founder with Peter Thiel of the Thiel fellowship. He has no direct medical education or experience.
It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.
It’s hard to get away from the feeling that they really are trying to kill us.
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This Thiel lieutenant / eugenics freak thinks billionaires should have their own lawless artificial island countries ("seasteading"), there should be markets for selling human organs, and the FDA should allow drugs to be sold without evidence they're effective.
www.citizen.org/article/jim-...
www.citizen.org/article/jim-...
Breaking news: The White House selected Jim O’Neill, a top deputy to RFK Jr., to serve as acting head of the CDC after a clash over vaccine policy ended in the departure of several agency leaders.
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials there.
wapo.st
August 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This Thiel lieutenant / eugenics freak thinks billionaires should have their own lawless artificial island countries ("seasteading"), there should be markets for selling human organs, and the FDA should allow drugs to be sold without evidence they're effective.
www.citizen.org/article/jim-...
www.citizen.org/article/jim-...
I cannot express how tired I am of turning an Orioles game on in the top of the first only to see them already trailing
August 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I cannot express how tired I am of turning an Orioles game on in the top of the first only to see them already trailing
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"Trump insists sun rises in the west. Some Democratic critics suggest he may not be entirely correct."
"some"
August 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Trump insists sun rises in the west. Some Democratic critics suggest he may not be entirely correct."
Nathaniel Lowe got DFA’d and he’s still hit more homers than any Oriole
August 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Nathaniel Lowe got DFA’d and he’s still hit more homers than any Oriole
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That was the most impressive thing an Orioles pitcher has done all season
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
That was the most impressive thing an Orioles pitcher has done all season
Minus Mayo, these rookie ABs for the Orioles look way better than those of the veterans
August 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Minus Mayo, these rookie ABs for the Orioles look way better than those of the veterans
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'One good question might be: Is it really worth spending trillions of dollars just to create a line of mildly amusing chatbots that only give you accurate information a certain percentage of the time?'
gizmodo.com/as-people-ri...
gizmodo.com/as-people-ri...
As People Ridicule GPT-5, Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Need 'Trillions' in Infrastructure
Despite recent embarrassments, the OpenAI CEO's attitude appears to be: Onward and upward!
gizmodo.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
'One good question might be: Is it really worth spending trillions of dollars just to create a line of mildly amusing chatbots that only give you accurate information a certain percentage of the time?'
gizmodo.com/as-people-ri...
gizmodo.com/as-people-ri...
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Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
www.pbump.net
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
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Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
August 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Declaring a fake emergency as an excuse to deploy the military to police civilians is one of the most canonical examples of authoritarian takeovers.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
Overseas, people see clearly what Trump is doing. Here in America most people — especially those with power or influence — are in denial.
The Orioles are just cursed this year
August 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Orioles are just cursed this year
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It’s amazing that so many institutions see numbers like this and decide “the message is clear, let’s obey in advance harder”
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It’s amazing that so many institutions see numbers like this and decide “the message is clear, let’s obey in advance harder”
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This is the sort of thing the Internet is supposed to be used for. bsky.app/profile/davi...
This is awesome: a "WKRP in Cincinnati" fan created a three-hour Johnny Fever radio block, by using clips from the TV show and dropping in the full songs on his intros and outros, plus commercials and Les Nessman news breaks.
WKRP: Johnny Fever
www.awphooey.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is the sort of thing the Internet is supposed to be used for. bsky.app/profile/davi...
If Elias keeps refusing to field an MLB team, at what point do we fans have to start boycotting games?
WHY ARE PEOPLE PAYING TO WATCH THIS?
Dylan Carlson now mired in an 0-for-35 slump after grounding out in 9th.
#Orioles non-pitchers to have hitless at-bat streaks of 35 or longer during a single season in team history (since 1954):
Willy Miranda (41 in '56)
Gus Triandos (35 in '62)
Dylan Carlson (35 in '25)
#Orioles non-pitchers to have hitless at-bat streaks of 35 or longer during a single season in team history (since 1954):
Willy Miranda (41 in '56)
Gus Triandos (35 in '62)
Dylan Carlson (35 in '25)
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If Elias keeps refusing to field an MLB team, at what point do we fans have to start boycotting games?
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Imagine having the core of talent Mike Elias has and finding yourself selling off like this. Just complete baseball malpractice in Baltimore over the past year.
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Imagine having the core of talent Mike Elias has and finding yourself selling off like this. Just complete baseball malpractice in Baltimore over the past year.
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Whether you like the deadline deals or not, Elias is getting the heat he deserves. This season is a failure. Not all of that is his fault, but there are no more excuses. They needed to have a better offseason. Now, they need an even better one. And more than that, they need stars to play like stars
July 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Whether you like the deadline deals or not, Elias is getting the heat he deserves. This season is a failure. Not all of that is his fault, but there are no more excuses. They needed to have a better offseason. Now, they need an even better one. And more than that, they need stars to play like stars
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I'll miss Ceddy the most of the traded players, but Laureano kind of pisses me off. He's got such a team-friendly option for 2026 that I REALLY didn't want to lose him.
July 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'll miss Ceddy the most of the traded players, but Laureano kind of pisses me off. He's got such a team-friendly option for 2026 that I REALLY didn't want to lose him.
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I genuinely think Elias might be a racist
The Orioles acquiring a prospect that looks like this and is named BRANDON BUTTERWORTH is the most Mike Ellias thing possible.
July 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I genuinely think Elias might be a racist
Much of the disillusionment so many of us Orioles fans feel at the trade deadline is rooted in the existential angst of knowing this was supposed to be our window to compete, yet here we are selling again, all while knowing our GM won’t invest in what it takes to truly compete in the future
July 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Much of the disillusionment so many of us Orioles fans feel at the trade deadline is rooted in the existential angst of knowing this was supposed to be our window to compete, yet here we are selling again, all while knowing our GM won’t invest in what it takes to truly compete in the future
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Everything they do is adversarial to democracy and decency and is brutal on purpose, because it's not really about any actual policy. Some of them want to be able to punish people; others are more focused on controlling institutions. In each case, every action is an attempt to keep and expand power.
July 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Everything they do is adversarial to democracy and decency and is brutal on purpose, because it's not really about any actual policy. Some of them want to be able to punish people; others are more focused on controlling institutions. In each case, every action is an attempt to keep and expand power.
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The second highest number of MLB players born outside the USA were born in Venezuela. The league needs to say something. The union NEEDS to say something. And MLB players born in the USA need to wake the fuck up and stand with their teammates. And Rubio is a pathetic, fame-hungry abuser of children.
Yes, ok, sound bad, but on the other hand Rubio did bring back a triple murderer from Venezuela and release him in the US www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Venezuelan Little League team denied entry into US amid Trump travel ban
The team will not be able to play in the Senior League World Series in South Carolina.
www.politico.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The second highest number of MLB players born outside the USA were born in Venezuela. The league needs to say something. The union NEEDS to say something. And MLB players born in the USA need to wake the fuck up and stand with their teammates. And Rubio is a pathetic, fame-hungry abuser of children.
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The absurdity of a situation in which Prof. Hirsch, a child of Holocaust survivors & a renowned scholar of trauma & memory, wonders whether she can teach Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem at Columbia University.
“We learn by making analogies,” [Marianne] Hirsch said. “Now the university is saying that’s off-limits. How can you have a university course where ideas are not up for discussion or interpretation?”
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
Hirsch, daughter of two Holocaust survivors, is now thinking of leaving the classroom altogether.
July 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The absurdity of a situation in which Prof. Hirsch, a child of Holocaust survivors & a renowned scholar of trauma & memory, wonders whether she can teach Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem at Columbia University.
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"The return to childhood is what the impulse to fascism is always about. That’s why Hogan was such a dangerously effective weapon for the Republican Party that he so dearly loved." @josie.zone www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
Hulk Hogan, Trump idol and enemy of the free press, dead at 71
A fuckeulogy by Josephine Riesman
www.thehandbasket.co
July 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The return to childhood is what the impulse to fascism is always about. That’s why Hogan was such a dangerously effective weapon for the Republican Party that he so dearly loved." @josie.zone www.thehandbasket.co/p/hulk-hogan...
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This is describing youth pastors but dropping them into an academic setting. I never had a professor like this
Literally making up a guy to get mad at
July 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is describing youth pastors but dropping them into an academic setting. I never had a professor like this