Regardless of how you feel about the trade, it is downright comical that Buster Posey publicly professed a desire to build around pitching and defense and then traded the best defensive player in the sport to open up more playing time for a third baseman learning how to catch on the fly

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Not me, laughing at this for 10 minutes straight.

I feel this most strongly with seitan. I think it's great as a substitute for meat's texture, but it's delicious on its own and doesn't try to fake the flavor of meat. It's just tasty! Goes great in wraps, braises, salads. It's delightful.

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We talk about Elizabeth Jennings on my Black Abolitionist in NYC walking tour and it's usually the case that no one has ever heard of her before. I'm running the tour on 7/25 this year. blackabolitionistsnyc2026.eventbrite.com

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The Giants are gone on 7 pitches. 🫠

🚨 Get ready for a Game Changer: Home Edition — LIVE NOW on Kickstarter until June 5! From the team behind Game Changer comes a chaotic, fast-paced party game where you never know what’ll happen next.

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

Join the DSA! www.eastbaydsa.org/join/

Comrades, it's Bandcamp Friday, which means when you buy music on bandcamp today, they do NOT take a platform cut, they pay 100% to the artist. Incredible. Which Means: Today is the SINGLE BEST DAY to buy the Worlds Beyond Number original soundtrack. DO NOT let this magic hour pass.

Yn the North Bay Area, California, USA? Yn Sonoma County? Chekke out the pupusa's at Don Julio's. Do not misse thys! www.sonomamag.com/don-julios-i...

Soleil can never escape food reviews, in large part because they're a truly excellent writer. Learned about cool places, cool people, and cool dishes in this little review!

this is america. you could find yourself within 100yds of a shooting at any time, in any place. school, the grocery store, a movie theater, a block party, a public park… it happens to regular people every day. but this week we’ll get 50+ weepy op-eds because it happened to the guys who write op-eds

Thus music for The Wizard, The Witch, and the Wild One is truly something special. I'm so excited that this is happening!

Sound on! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbKt...

guys, this is how you lose the time war

How cool, the @oaklibrary.bsky.social has curated a reading list for #Sinners fans! #LibraryFinds #FundLibraries oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/c...

i like how fantasy card games are like this

i have a way to make the giants' season exciting, but it requires you guys to give me money and introduce me to the right people

The chicken dance at weddings is actually fun to dance to.

Is Oakland really dysfunctional enough to need a new charter? Am I just too naïve? There's definite problems with the City Council, but I think it's in large part because most of the people on it - with the exception of Fife - are varying degrees of shady to corrupt.

Great local media for the Bay!

This remains one of my favorite Parts Unknown episodes ever. It's so good, so insightful, so appealing. It packs as much as it can in its time and never stops being a gift of an episode in one of the best shows to have ever graced television.

It's truly wild that I have to work today amidst <gestures at the President's social media> and my congressional representatives just don't!

Video games are interactive art pieces that allow the viewer be part of the creative process. The devs start the piece and the players finish the piece. It's a co-op art installation

I've wished for Arab-made games about Arab mythology for so long, and despite assisting on the project I still can't believe there's one swinging for the fences this hard. House of Hikmah is something very needed in a time where the world would rather erase us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZTu...

A tragic blow to Oakland. It's a beautiful building.

I dreamt of the beach (1/4)

After Kat Abughazaleh's loss, someone on Bsky was crowing about it, being very suspicious of her and her campaign. They dismissed her efforts saying sarcastically that they were waiting to see if Kat would continue them even after being defeated. Well it looks like she is:

What a thread. Worth skimming even if you don't have deep computer skills.

Donald J. Trump's speech is live. He is starting his Address to the Nation by reciting the Shahada and declaring there is no god but God, and Muhammad is his Prophet, and the Prophet designated his cousin Ali as caliph and imam of the Faithful.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! 🏳️‍⚧️❤️ 🎥: TOKYO GODFATHERS from Satoshi Kon

This is the ideal automotive form factor. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

A few bright spots for the Giants in an otherwise dismal series: • Bullpen has looked really good • Luis Arráez's defense has been good • Heliot Ramos has had great at-bats • They've done great work with the ABS challenges

Good sized protest for Cotati, CA.

The west Georgia dsa chapter has a kickass angry possum as their logo/mascot

Step out and step up! The time to join the struggle is today. www.eastbaydsa.org/events/4929/...

It's not just the 1 hit for the Giants, it's the 13 strikeouts that really kill you as a fan.

Some of the discourse around the No Kings protests are that they are performative and accordingly don't do anything. It's true that the rallies by themselves won't impede work, nor shield people being targeted by ICE, nor vote in Congress or enact legislation. But.

And the fabulous Savage Street Team of Ashe and Quinn will be repping us at #adepticon at booth 902 in the expo hall!

Team Sparrow is in two places at once this weekend! Jen and Volk are rocking the big booth at #paxeast this weekend...

It’s big ball chunky time