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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 48m

Every Mariners hitter gets an iPad when they get in the dugout. It will read, “Swing at the pitches down the middle this time” in 76-point comic sans. They’ll be unsure. Computers have been known to lie.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 1h

That's where I watched Game 7 in 2016 — an electric environment. It's a bit of a hike from my current place in Minneapolis, but definitely under consideration.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 1h

Ha, I lived on 41st and Nokomis until 2023, so that *would* have been extremely convenient, now merely helpful.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 1h

ALDS is tonight, NLDS is tomorrow. No conflict.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 1h

Any Twin Cities bars going to be showing the NLDS Game 5 tomorrow night — with sound on? Bonus points if there'll be a critical mass of Cubs fans there.

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 5h

How will Craig Counsell deploy his pitching staff in a do-or-die Game 5 Saturday night? We'll find out at 7 PM tomorrow. But here's a whole lot of good info on how he *should* do so, based on matchups and usage up to this point in the series. northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/...

NLDS Game 5 Cubs Bullpen Preview: The Right (and Wrong) Matchups for Craig Counsell to Pursue

This is no time to not know what to expect. Here are all the layered considerations that will determine whom the Cubs use, and when—and that could decide whether they win or lose Game 5 of the NLDS Sa...

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 3h

i stand with @dhmontgomery.com

(at the least, there should be a pollitzer)

The Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — and not U.S. President Donald Trump, who argued his foreign policy actions merited the award. (Find out whether Americans agree below!)

Here at the Surveyor, though, we’re more concerned with the continuing injustice that is the lack of a Nobel Polling Prize. We at YouGov feel confident we’d receive such an honor on the basis of our powerful research findings, such as that 7% of men think they could win a fight with a grizzly bear or that Americans are evenly split over whether a straw has one or two holes.

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Alex Stumpf @alexjstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

Pat Murphy pressers hit different

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Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 1d

After all the talks there came what might be my favorite part of each @nerdnitetc.bsky.social: Hanging at the bar with presenters & other nerds, chatting about the night's talks. The political implications of fast zombies vs. slow zombies, whether werewolves need to SEE the full moon to change, etc.

Nerd Nite: Twin Cities @nerdnitetc.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the second Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for Nerd Nite at @blackhartstp.com! And it’s October, so all our talks are spooooky! First up: Mara on the dead bodies of Lake Superior!

Screenshot of a woman giving a presentation. The slide says, “Lake Superior never gives up her dead.”

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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 2d

We don’t want to dox anybody but there are so many freaking nerds in Saint Paul

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 2d

Tells "you'll be a lot happier if you watched the NBA" to a bunch of people in the DC area is diabolical

Lakshya Jain @lakshya.splitticket.org · 2d

my thoughts on the shutdown: you guys would be a lot happier if you learned to watch the NBA.

Dems aren't losing this battle at the moment, and even if they do, none of this is likely to matter one year from now. think long-term for a second. www.theargumentmag.com/p/it-will-sh...

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 2d

It took me half my coding block to figure out what everything did. I did manage to move the ball forward slightly before running out of time.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 2d

That game was bad for my liver.

David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 2d

Revisiting half-written #rstats code that I wrote in June. No documentation, just a couple of test examples. Can Fall David figure out what Summer David was up to??

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norvid_studies @norvid-studies.bsky.social · 2d

some visual metaphor for something

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 2d

Last night she was up from 1 to 3. I appreciate that she got going earlier tonight, at 11:30.

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 2d

Her sister definitely texts like a parent who says CALL ME NOW about something not urgent.

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‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 2d

Sleep regression says hi.

A photo of a groggy baby and a put-upon bearded adult man.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 3d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 3d

In South Dakota, at least, the difference isn't just cultural, it's geological. East River was glaciated; West River had no glaciers but millennia of erosion.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 3d

Having lived in Pierre, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls really drove home where the Midwest's western boundary lies.

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 4d

But is Uptown in the Midwest??

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David H. Montgomery @dhmontgomery.com · 4d

My guess is that the name solidified late enough (1890s/early 20th Century) that that original important distinction had faded in importance.