Great morning got even better

Legacy media rehire everyone you let go the past ten months challenge

Two straight football seasons of the most vile, transphobic ads during every commercial break. Proud of Virginia for loudly repudiating that garbage.

Spartans setting off on Xenophon's March to get back to San Jose

Should've named the beer Supply Train instead of Grunt 🤷‍♂️

Baseball's so perplexing. Take two pitches right down the middle and then swing at that.

Kick Returner: the jangling keys from the student section on the other side of the stadium is the motivational push I needed to take this one to the house

Just caught this on the back of a TSJ card. How dare they, but I have been wondering in the portal era which schools will get credit on the backs of cards and in player introductions.

Went to the shortest game of the MLB season this year, Cubs 1 - Orioles 0, as my first live attendance in a decade. Could have fit three and a half of those into last night's game.

I'd say Marlins Man has the best baseball instincts--being the only one not standing for the warning track flyouts--but he's just staring down at his phone, checking crypto presumably

MLB gonna send children's choirs out for the anthems to try and minimize the boos?

Walked a trail to map it out using ArcGIS Earth on my phone. Forgot to turn off the track when I drove off. Super weird at how much more smoother and accurate it tracked while I was moving significantly faster. There are a few segments of the trail it notably lopped off.

Doing some fieldwork for a map project today

Public history annoyance: when sites dump millions of dollars into facilities and exhibits and then are clearly paying front line staff--the only ones to actually interact with visitors on a daily basis--something insultingly low like twelve bucks an hour.

Huge difference in quality for the most frequently aired commercials when the MLB playoff game is airing on Fox or HBO. Disgustingly anti-trans campaign ads for the Virginia governor race vs. Tim Robinson's latest creative outputs.

Don't see the Blue Jays all too often but love that they're doing the 1993 look, especially with the white panel hat

Every year at @supernovaska.bsky.social I come across a new band that really resonates. This year its @jokersrepublic.bsky.social. Album reminds me of middle-era LTJ (my favorite run of theirs) with lyrics that fit 2025.

Jed and Ricketts gonna look at these lines and say "well the pitchers might stay healthier next year so we're good"

Cubs-Brewers and Illini-Ohio State this Saturday. Gonna be dogs in both, would love one (won't pick). Pull off the pair and I might just ascend.

the pitching coach's name is Hook!?

It's Happening! (sorry)

K-Zone might, but ball don't lie

The local library has fiction sorted by author and kids books sorted by theme and I can't help but wish both were flipped

3,3,2,0,9; 2,1,1,3,1; 0; 1,0; 3,0 Runs scored in the postseason by the Cubs since their World Series

Is Mason Miller wearing sneakers?

Seiya getting hot into the playoffs has been big. Need that looming bat in the lineup that can change the game in a swing.

Good luck Chicago Dog to kick off the postseason

Kid doesn't take a lot of naps anymore but when she does we are gonna (gently) rock out

Just hit me that the bass soundbite that UGA was playing on every defensive stand was definitely from the film 1917

You know how when a basketball broadcast switches to a weird angle on important free throws it almost always guarantees a miss? Real fortunate it didn't apply here.

6/16 with 4 INT in a 23-6 victory is a perfect Bears QB statline

Working utilities as part of a survey crew for a couple years taught me just how precarious and vulnerable our entire infrastructure really is

Chopped, but it's coming up with recipes for the two-hour old food still on your kid's plate after they go to bed

Yeah, my kid puts a dozen in my pocket on every walk

Zaccheaus, you come down

Should've put this and last night's game in a quarantine reverse blackout where only those who live in Illinois have to bear witness

The bot problem has definitely made its way over here. Unless the sudden influx of hundreds of followers, most having "true" or "blue" in their bio, are all itching for grumpy takes on Illinois football

Not-so-fun story: My now-wife and I were about to go to City Diner before voting on Election Day 2016 but got into an argument out the door and stayed home (but still cast our ballots). Turned out Tim Kaine was getting breakfast there that morning.

Last year at the Supernova ska fest there was no shortage of bands saying "eff Trump" but most found it too cringe to actually endorse his opponent - y'know the way to keep him out of office This year there are holes in the schedule where bands who had their visas suddenly revoked should be playing

I need a lot more details to this story, namely the playlist www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-count...

This was the point when I remembered Durham is only a couple hours away and I really ought to have gone to the game

Irrationally bothers me when a team runs out the clock at the end of the 1st or 3rd quarter

With the angry march in Richmond (the teachers with creative signs left at the plaza, this is not the sanctioned march) but i want to document something notable. The route went right past the GOP hq and a couple folks were trying to rile up vandalism but the crowd shouted them down.

I've seen one thing all day from DC. If the protests did nothing more than take attention from the narcissist's birthday party then that's a success on its own.

As if this Big Ten baseball tournament graphic wasn't confusing enough, there appears to be contour lines simply for the sake of not having a blank background. It's not the area around the stadium (I checked).

Spinning "a player who was expected to be drafted in the 1st/2nd round fell into the 5th round" as a Donald Trump Success Story is actually a really good example of how things work around there

It's kinda silly to compare, but there's some poetry in this fundraiser for @newap-georgia.bsky.social being a successful migration story in itself

TLDR: money isn't real

I feel like the broadcasts have completely missed what makes March Madness special. Enough with the joke segments from the Inside the NBA crew.