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Main takeaways from STRANGER THINGS s5 e1-4: - What if Pizzagate was true tho - Coming out gives you superpowers - Vecna is Babadook's cousin (no I will not be explaining this further)

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Then, they turn their attentions to Gotham's at-the-death golazo to get them past the Orlando Pride. This game was a tough watch! Can Gotham rely on more offense than Jaedyn Shaw golazos in the Championship?

Our semifinal recaps are up! The guys first tackle the drubbing the Washington Spirit laid on the Portland Thorns.

Missing New York tonight

Right on time: an impending economic crisis arrives on our doorstep and the latest group of 20-somethings gets The Avocado Toast Treatment archive.ph/2TI8J

Strong "Big Guy, Little Guy" energy

*sighs*

MARINE LAYER DEFEATED

"Never-Ending Story" on the organ, so savage

You'd expect Absolute Cranks to get worse as the filters drop but Smoltz refreshingly just wants to talk about the snacks he brought to work

Send the marine layer to jail

Ken Jennings: “it’s what John Smoltz did in the 34th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series” Me: [smashes buzzer with my whole body weight]

114 miles an hour. The other way. And he's pitching tomorrow.

time for the dodgers bullpen vs the jays bullpen

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Always nice to hear from your ex

Love when the teams with the big bats and the shitty bullpens square off in the fall classic

Shirley MacLaine in 1960 for f*&k's sake

A recent thought I had while listening to "Prayer in Open D", which feels as if it sprung from @natalieweiner.bsky.social 's pen: All one needs to touch a Christian God is Emmylou Harris. The rest is black velvet paintings.

A few other players could lay claim to the position, her teammate Jess Fishlock among them. But for me, Lauren Barnes is the #NWSL. Period. Full stop.

To be clear I DO NOT WANT THIS but it'd be very funny if the Jays just wrecked 'em in 4 games

g+ GameFlow: NWSL Regular Season Orlando Pride v Portland Thorns FC on October 10, 2025. #ORLvPOR ⚽️🤖

We played a whole game of soccer across the street and the Mariners are STILL playing

You’re playing catcher. You call for a fastball in the dirt, when all of a sudden you look down

Question from a naïf: What does one do in Las Vegas on a Saturday night that isn't gambling, dinner, a casino show, or a nightclub? Right answers only.

Some picks - TIME (Garrett Bradley) - MEMORIA (Apichatpong) - BEGINNERS (Dea Kulumbegashvili) - THIS IS NOT A BURIAL IT'S A RESURRECTION (Lemohang Mosese) - DAYS (Tsai Ming-liang) - DRIVE MY CAR (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi) - DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD (Radu Jude) - EEPHUS (Carson Lund)

Blair expressed frustration that the "Lord Balfour" peerage was already claimed, sources close to the former PM shared.

One of the best transphobic pitchers in baseball history.

Over the last 5 months, I've been working on building an app that allows *everyone* to generate data visualizations using ASA data. From match-level action plots to season-long radar charts, VizHub lets you download tons of different graphics with ease. It's 100% free and public, too. Enjoy!

EMERGENCY POD! Alyssa Thompson's move to Chelsea is official. Was it for $1.3 million? Nearly $1.5 million? $1.65 million? Despite conflicting reports, the guys feel like it was a steep underpay. What does this mean for Thompson and for #AngelCityFC?

Our own @evandavissports.bsky.social tried to make sense of Alyssa Thompson's transfer to #AngelCityFC, which, according to some reporting, is still at the "verbal agreement" stage. The WSL transfer window closes in less than 3 1/2 hours.

Also a blank space on the team's website that only seems to have been fixed today. (Still no mention of the coaching change on their website, either.)

Sarah Michelle Gellar on ALL MY CHILDREN. I was 11 when BUFFY came out and thought "damn Kendall got called up to the majors"

"Crab rangoon, things of that nature" "Drive to deep left field by Castellanos" "Big Greek comedy fan" This is posting heritage.

Wrote about the significance of That Goal and what Trinity Rodman means to the NWSL.

On Sunday, Trinity Rodman returned from injury after four months and scored the Spirit's game winner. @evandavissports.bsky.social wrote on the dramatic moment, which was a reminder of Rodman's greatness - and her impending free agency. ⤵️ equalizersoccer.com/2025/08/03/t...

Already in first place, the Kansas City Current picked up another huge offensive weapon in Ally Sentnor through a record-breaking transfer. @evandavissports.bsky.social broke down the details of the trade:

A wonderful and necessary call to action by Cat here (with a cheeky cameo from @evandavissports.bsky.social at the end)

RFK Jr., meet me in Temecula

England have been historically bad against top sides for a major tournament finalist. I laid out just how lucky they've been to get to another #EURO2025 final.

England are Euros finalists once more, but they haven't impressed against tough opposition this summer. Can they pull it out against Spain on Sunday? @evandavissports.bsky.social unpacks the context surrounding the Lionesses' struggles in Switzerland.

Even if you're not going full phrenology racism, the way we continue to pace+power black players, so rarely do I hear commentators praise their intelligence - and I don't mean the "oh, she's been smart there" - but rather reduce them them down aggression and speed (1/2)

The reason why I find the "mental strength" argument for success or failure less compelling is because of the game we just witnessed. No one would say that Germany didn't bring every possible ounce of mental strength to try and win that game. And yet, they lost. That's football. #WEURO2025

Players have failed to convert a whopping 17 penalties at the Euros this summer. Are kickers worse? Are keepers better? Or is this just a weird fluke? @evandavissports.bsky.social digs into the data to understand what's going on in Switzerland.

Prawn!

If France are "chokers", then so are Germany, Sweden, Brazil, Spain, England, the USWNT, Japan, Canada, and every other team who has lost a major tournament knockout game. I lay out why France do not deserve the epithet, because no team does. #WEURO2025

BEFORE MIDNIGHT makes for a decent counterpoint.

It’s easy to label France as chokers, a team that crumbles under pressure and fails to deliver in big moments. But does that argument hold up under scrutiny? @evandavissports.bsky.social argues it's an unfair label to place on Les Bleues. ⤵️ equalizersoccer.com/2025/07/21/f...