When you omit "A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol," you completely alter what Scully was describing as "marvelous." Scully was NOT just broadly marveling. He was marveling at a very specific, very important thing.

This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.

It's actually wild. There's literally no mention of why Jackie Robinson is important in the MLB press release. At all. Just that he "played his first Major League game on April 15, 1947."

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

Rest in peace to Al Barile of Boston hardcore legends SSD. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cN6...

Setting up our booth (#635) at #awp25 in LA! @mouthfeelpress.bsky.social #publishingbffs 📚💚

If you can, please donate to a very worthy cause: helping 6-year-old Nolan Shane and his family in his battle against a brain tumor. www.gofundme.com/f/help-nolan...

General Economic Blackout on February 28. Don’t buy anything. Spread the word!

This has Chapter 3 vibes of sci fi novels. Climate Crisis Horror.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

How can anyone in their right mind ignore this letter from Caroline Kennedy about her cousin, RFK Jr.?

Find me on Pixelfed at @verbicide (or just search my name). Am hoping that pixelfed.social will start to draw people away from Instagram in the same way that Bluesky has been gaining converts away from Twitter.

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A Living Museum

And for my first Bluesky post... :-( https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/10/king-of-the-hill-dale-johnny-hardwick-voice-actor-dead-dies/