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Judge Ellis speaks to Bovino like he is a kindergartner who has trouble keeping his hands to himself and needs to be told what words mean. Good 🧵from Chicago PBS station news reporter @heathercherone.bsky.social

If we are talking stamina in this game, the #Dodgers organist is next level.

A pitcher throwing 102mph in the 13th inning doesn’t seem fair.

Hey Baseball Gods, I really need to go to bed. Anything you can do to create a run for one of these teams, would be much appreciated. Kind Regards, A Complete Neutral Loving #WorldSeries Baseball

Have listened to the first set of released episodes (4 of 12) of this podcast series about Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti by Jad Abumrad (ex-RadioLab) and it is outstanding. Great storytelling, insightful interviews, and wonderful sound production. Looking forward to the rest of the series. #Fela

Congratulations Mookie! Once again, if he were still on the #RedSox he would have Team's 4th highest WAR all time, behind Ted Williams, Yaz, and Clemens, who he likely passes next year And, he is simply one of the finest human beings in the game Of course you wouldn't want this guy on your team🙄🙄

Do not understand the continued affinity these people have for Trump (well, yes I do), because its like a relationship with an abusive spouse. NYT's story is from today. A very similar story by @marketplace.org from 2019, minus the immigration enforcement: www.marketplace.org/story/2019/1...

“Kelly is owed just more than $54 million in buyout money” Instead of regulating speech on campus and combating the supposed scourge of DEI or whatever, wouldn’t state governments better serve their constituents (& taxpayers) by passing legislation outlawing these large buyouts of a state employee?

Believe Rich Hill has played for all those teams.

Masterful performance by Yamamoto. Second straight playoff complete game win. #Dodgers win Game2 5-1 and even the Series.

The Ontario tariff ad, which ran during the 7th inning stretch of Game 2 of the #WorldSeries, has the cadence of the famous ‘Morning in America’ ad, also featuring the Gipper. Not sure if it will ultimately prove impactful or effective, but it’s a good political ad.

Is Ronaldinho enrolled at Syracuse?

If Trust Fund Mellon wanted to help the country he might donate $130m to improve tax collection / enforcement from upper-end of income / wealth scale. Context: For FY2025 DoD was appropriated $182.4B for military personnel or $7.6B per pay period. So $130m covers 1.7% of a pay period (about 1.5hrs)

So this new film ‘The Mastermind’ is not about Deltron 3030?

Wow!! #BlueJays put up a 9 spot in the 6th. Jays beating up on the Dodgers in Game 1. And, though it’s only the first game, the Jays are knocking around conventional wisdom too.

Very impressive presentation of the national anthems ahead of WS Game 1. Well done Toronto!! #WorldSeries

Top 5 Japanese Imports to US: OLI: Anime / Video Games 5) Good Small Cars 4) Ichiro 3) Godzilla 2) Shohei 1) Sushi / Ramen

TLDR: Adult World Leader says its difficult to negotiate with a toddler when he's throwing a tantrum.

CBC has an interesting wrinkle to the story: “Trump had seen the ad earlier in the week, yet did not respond so virulently.” “Trump told a gathering of Republicans at the White House on Tuesday.” "I saw an ad last night from Canada. If I was Canada, I'd take that same ad also," said Trump.”

NYT’s sub-head: “The president said his move…was motivated by an advertisement he deemed fraudulent.” Times knows the Ad is not fraudulent, they know it’s Reagan’s words & voice, so maybe they should not print Trump’s lie without rebuttal Maybe “Trump falsely claimed advertisement was fraudulent”

State should think about unleashing the Lincoln Park Pirates.

Curtailing freedom of the press: 1933 & 2025 Goebbels: "newspapers as a factor in the public life are recognized by the State and shall be free to express objective, matter-of-fact criticism, but they must place themselves in the service of the State in full consciousness of their responsibilities"

Jesus, what are Roy and these nutters talking about? The Chicago protest had a literal Jesus. And this Jesus had a message for everyone, but one which Roy and his friends would be wise to re-learn.

With the #BlueJays vs #Dodgers World Series now set, was tempted to make a politics adjacent remark about how a Canada vs California series would be viewed by current US Administration, but decided everything doesn’t need to be politics and the #WorldSeries is bigger and more important than that guy

Congratulations to the #BlueJays on winning the AL Pennant!! A well deserved victory in a great ALCS. Looking forward to what should be an excellent World Series.

After 14 straight days of playoff baseball, today is a bit disorienting. Do not think I like it.

He Gets It!! #NoKings Chicago

Realize they still have to win the WS, but #Dodgers look like an NBA team that knows it has the talent to win everything once it gets into the postseason tournament, but is not really interested in going full throttle during the regular season. Just needed to be good enough to make the playoffs.

What Ohtani is doing tonight defies comprehension. There is no way to find a comparable performance without creating a Frankenstein’s monster of multiple players. It actually deserves the overused HISTORIC label.

Canada PM announces measures to increase border security Two benefits for 🇨🇦: 1) Bolster & protect southern border from incursion of illicit goods and instability from its fair-weather friend 2) Address delusions of current leader of biggest trading partner that are hindering trading relationship

Mookie is one of only two active players on all-time top 100 Defensive WAR list. He led NL in Defensive WAR this year, playing a position he just started playing in the big leagues last year. He’s now playing his 3rd position in his major league career And, he makes plays like this look routine.

This is not surprising given Miller + Vance's views on immigration being a mix of Know Nothing-ism and Enoch Powell revivalism However, it is a view of America as a weak and passive country, ignorant of its history and its enduring ability to take anyone from anywhere and turn them into an American

While a 5th ever all West Coast World Series, one between the #Dodgers and #Mariners , would be fun and 1st for Seattle should be amazing, do hope League Championship Series get more competitive This year’s baseball playoffs (despite #RedSox early exit) have been great, so more please!!

Confused by media use of terms hostages, detainees and prisoners in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recent ceasefire deal, Ireland's @thejournal.ie provided a useful explainer back in May. Would argue one missing element in usage is weight media gives to state vs. non-state actors.

Congratulations to the Seattle #Mariners for winning an epic ALDS game 5. Game 1 of the ALCS begins in 43 hours.

This game may never end. Numerous opportunities for both teams to score the last couple innings and neither team can get that key hit to plate a run.

DET 2 SEA 2 -Bot 12- Oh My!! This is a phenomenal game!! Well played all around by both teams. As a neutral, really feel for the supporters of both these teams. The stress and tension have to be off the charts.

Given the known, verifiable facts on the ground in Portland, there are only two possible views on this statement: 1) He is delusional or is so incurious about what his staff are telling him, he does not care to verify. 2) He is lying. So why are mainstream news outlets not reporting it this way?

Leaving aside the NYT’s asinine, let’s treat this like a race for an Oscar framing. Shouldn’t one of the key qualities of someone given a humanitarian award is that they would never boast about their worthiness or actively campaign for said humanitarian award?

Trump-1 trade war with 🇨🇳 cost US taxpayers $28b in first round of farmer bailouts in 2018/19 Has over/under been set on how much taxpayer money they are going to spend on bailouts this time round? PS. Fox News dufus says "incredible to use tariff revenue" for self-inflicted wound to nation's foot

With today's stories of Rutgers' prof fleeing the US out of fear and Administration's ongoing efforts to get Universities to bend the knee, worth recalling time when US observed in bewilderment similar efforts by authoritarian regime to control their institutions of higher learning NYT in Sep 1933:

Second year in a row there has not been a sweep in a #MLB LDS series. Last time that happened was in the 2012 & 2013 postseason.

Congratulations to the Toronto #BlueJays on beating the Yankees and making it to the ALCS.

"Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than coal globally for the first time in the first half of 2025, driven by rapid growth in China and India."

Happy Birthday Mookie Betts!! If Mookie were still a member of the #RedSox he would currently have the Team's 4th highest WAR all time, behind Ted Williams, Yaz, and Clemens, who he would likely pass next year. He is 33 years old today.

#Cubs get 2 hits and 3 runs in the first inning and can then only manage 2 hits the rest of the way and drop game 2 to the #Brewers. So we currently have two Divisional series with close, competitive games and two, well, not so much.

For the neutral, #Dodgers - #Phillies game was really entertaining That series and the #Mariners - #Tigers series have been great #Brewers - #Cubs have started their game 2 with some pop, so hopefully it’s more competitive than game 1 No issues with #BlueJays - #Yankees continuing to be lopsided

Mahomes is going to sell your town the monorail. Kelsey is going to make sure the town pays.

Received this email from MLB and wondered if anyone has alerted the White House. Just like in their fever dreams, antifa (or whatever) is everywhere. And here I thought we were safe after the Reds had been knocked-out. 😂