A good and timely read on a true American classic

"mmm, coffee, check the news do dee do" : opens bluesky: [Another fresh hell beyond my imagination, like the scene from event horizon, unfolds, portending a gnawing evil in the coming decades] "No thank you" : closes bluesky:

Thinking of doing a primer on sports stats on YouTube focusing on the Mets over the off-season, specifically explaining how things are calculated and how reliable they are (I teach statistics for a living) Is this anything?

Good God this sucks so hard

Bob Boyd was born 106 years ago today. We really should talk more about Bob Boyd. He’s one of those guys who got caught in the middle of integration, but just raked everywhere he went (and we have 7500+ at bats to prove it).

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Once again, this perfect @zeboydgames.bsky.social post comes to mind:

time to learned about matched-sample t tests

I love the implication that the author was like "damnit, pigs, I've had enough!!" : concerned squealing: " Nah nah don't worry indoor pigs, they could never make me hate you"

Yes!! This!!

Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the South West Coast of Scotland, looking out over the Irish Sea #WomensArt

Ready for game 162

The Nick Fuentes of the world cannot win.

America in 2024, 2016, 2002, 1980, etc

I'm grateful we got to see Pete break the HR record. I'm grateful we got to see Soto develop his wheels. I'm grateful that the FO took the trade deadline seriously, even if it didn't all pan out. I'm grateful for exciting young pitchers, for Baty becoming a guy, for Clay Holmes' transformation Lfgm

I'm often asked about my ideas for the future & wow Ta-Nehisi Coates says it so beautifully, I'll be pointing people to this interview in the future. I frequently say that I'm part of a legacy of people who fought every day to end slavery who still died in bondage so my idea of success is different.

I know it's insane but I'd bring Clay back out until he allowed a baserunner

I don't understand giving a shit over whether McNeil throws his bat Why do you care

me sitting down to check bluesky on a Saturday afternoon

I love that in Batman Returns the city birth certificate file room is located adjacent to a giant picture bay window six feet from the street, where the Batmobile can, just in passing, observe Oswald Cobblepot reviewing municipal records

Here we are. Visiting team, tie game, top 5, 1 out, 0-2. Winner gets the wild card.

I refuse to be a doomer about this game! Sproat just gave us 4 2/3 of 3 run ball as a rookie with, what, three pro starts? Wake up Mets bats! #Mets #LGM #MetsSky

If you see this, post a bridge

just tuned into the Cubs game to keep me distracted while grading and suddenly Richard Kind is singing take me out to the ballgame, and baseball is just the best

you ever think about how Juan Soto is 26? And also how he just learned how to steal bases? And also how he's going to be a New York Met for the next 14 years? And also how he's a top-40 RF of all time already if he stopped playing today?

If you haven’t watched the Duplass produced Somebody Somewhere on HBO you should! It’s beautiful!

Lfgm baby

I am seeing at the state and municipal level a widespread inclination on the part of elected officials not to address topics they think will attract the ire of the feds or of right-wing trolls, because they are (1) afraid of the additional harm they believe it will bring to their constituents; and

This is an incredibly unpopular position but "fault" doesn't make any sense at a societal level Like the whole point of systemic analysis is that everyone is in the system. Unhoused people are unhoused for systemic reasons; violent, lonely men are violent and lonely for systemic reasons.

Two Slice is a bitmappy font that’s only two pixels tall and “somewhat readable”. [joefatula.com]

I think it's useful to use this situation as an example of moving from a paradigm of individual "cancellation" or "tolerance" or "acceptance" to a contractualist paradigm of community building. Ezra is welcome in the tent, but for the community to be healthy, he probably needs to be accountable+

WHAT. A. WIN. #LGM

If you are too dense to distinguish between moral reproach by the left as a response to speech and hamfisted government censorship by the right, then perhaps you should not have a column in the New York Times

GETTING 👏 YELLED👏 AT👏 BY👏 YOUR👏 GRANDKIDS👏 FOR👏 BEING👏A👏 HOMOPHOBE👏 IS👏 NOT👏 VIOLATING👏 YOUR👏 FREEDOM 👏 OF 👏 SPEECH👏

i think maybe we shouldn't let this guy have so much money like all the libertarian "what's mine is mine" bullshit aside, just as a matter of survival we probably gotta get some of this shit sorted out

only half of CatDog got raptured. it's not a pretty sight

I love how insanely, stupidly optimistic all us Mets fans are The world needs our dumbass puppy dog hearts to lead the way

What Lfgm

Juan Soto has 25 stolen bases since the All-Star break, four more than anyone else in MLB

Wrote about Juan Soto’s historic season ⬇️ www.mlb.com/news/juan-so...

Everyone thinks they're the ones who will survive the Chotiner call Don't pick up the phone, bro

it is kind of funny that in the years and years it took for silksong to come out a lot of people seem to have forgotten that hollow knight was really hard

They dilated my eyes, can I still get raptored

America has gone insane You could drink beer flavored beer for less money!

dudes rock

C'mon Mets fans, the world series documentary starts now

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

My kids are too old to bother me when I'm trying to go to the bathroom so fortunately we have cats