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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 8h

hah

austin @bainard.bsky.social · 8h

i'd pay $100 for that FLAC

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 8h

stalin from death of stalin right before stalin dies

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 8h

Of course that's fair, but Chicago's been continually contributing to American pop culture ever since. There's Touch & Go and Trouble In Mind, there's footwork. There's drill and more from an incredible rap scene. There's mumblecore and amazing visual art. For sports? All backward-looking.

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

the white sox and the cubs broke the second and third most famous curses in american sports and the city can't get over the team that won a championship literally within my lifetime

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

george wet

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

please tell me you've seen this

Kevin Pollak Shares His Favorite Walter Matthau & Jack Lemmon Stories | The Rich Eisen Show

YouTube video by The Rich Eisen Show

www.youtube.com

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

i know everyone in america is in love with a fictionalized and idealized version of their past but chicago especially Does Not Need To Be Doing This Shit. they won one super bowl! that's it! seattle has that! new orleans has that! no one dresses as the coach anymore!

✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 9h

Bruh

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

at least walter matthau had the dignity to do grumpy old men instead of shilling for car insurance

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 9h

sorry to be a bugbear here, but northwestern also eclipsed their vegas win total with the penn state victory.

austin @bainard.bsky.social · 10h

seahawks 10-3 argos

austin @bainard.bsky.social · 14h

capitalism is a terrible economic system but it’s also ineffective as a system of resource allocation

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 15h

yes, the only native 4K broadcasts in the U.S. are home Boston Bruins games.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 14h

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 14h

went from a right-to-work libertarian in the 80s (didn’t like reagan and hated his toothless teachers’ union) to an anti-w/anti-trump lib after 2000

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 14h

was more than happy to let the public option die on the vine when the alternative was pressuring lieberman just a little bit

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 16h

Barack Obama had this and used it to defund ACORN

To pass your agenda a Dem will need 60 votes in the Senate & a majority in the house. In every battleground state voters need to show up to give a Dem President the power to deliver without negotiating. If we fail to do that, we cant complain when what's delivered is watered down

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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 17h

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 16h

missed this from saturday

LuUuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · 2d

Kadyn Proctor / Free Bird

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 16h

moltar zanadu is vowing to make the jets bad for another two decades

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 17h

i think often about the hypothetical econ prof who, when pressed, will point to an intersection of polling numbers, unemployment rates, and the rate of profitability, and tell 20% of the kids in this country "This is why you have to live in poverty."

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 17h

Zohran Mamdani is not regarded as serious or indicative by the American political chattering classes (even though Eric Adams, a moron, was; and Cuomo, a creep, still is) primarily because Mamdani arrives at his beliefs after moral consideration and not from a pollster's graphing calculator.

t. kendal mintcake @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 17h

heart of the matter from erin:

The ad serves as a masterclass for Democrats on how to talk about transgender people with empathy and conviction. Many of Mamdani's own supporters may not know the history he highlights, and so it serves the purpose to educate his supporters in how to humanely talk about transgender people. Through this framing, he grounds his stance in moral clarity rather than political expedience—a rare trait in modern campaigns. For voters on the fence, the ad demonstrates that his support for transgender rights isn't a focus-grouped calculation; it's a reflection of his core values.
In doing so, Mamdani not only strengthens trust among progressives but also draws in those who may have felt ambivalent, offering them something increasingly scarce in politics today: authenticity.

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 19h

he had the entire party by the short hairs and didn't bother to keep lieberman in line. LBJ would have wept.

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 21h

man it’s been a good year since he blocked me for reminding him that obama chose not to pass card check or a public option with 60 senators

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austin @bainard.bsky.social · 1d

Ryan please do not tell me you're an Unschooler.