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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 1h

The one thing that bums me out about Bluesky is the community of WNBA fans is a pretty small one. I have about 480 different A'ja takes that I want to bend someone's ear about. Alas!

Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 3h

At first I was thinking "what's so bad about water?", then I actually Googled what cutwater is 🤣🤣

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 6h

They're not my team, but I would like to see the Sparks get it together and actually be a contender. With Jackson, Plum, Hamby & Brink they definitely have the pieces

Although they first have to start accepting the fact that Rickea needs to be their number one option on offense 🤷‍♂️

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h

It simply should not be possible for the president to repeatedly claim that a major city is burning without a wall of live standups happening in that city clearly demonstrating that it is not

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 18h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 19h

ELITE COMPANY 🏆🏆🏆

The Las Vegas Aces have joined the Houston Comets as the only teams in WNBA history to win three titles in four years.

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 18h

(Yes I have been drinking. It is a celebration in this house)

Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 18h

That ALDS game is STILL on!???

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 18h

Like I said, GOAT

Scoring Title
MVP
DPOY
Finals MVP

1st player to win all 4 in a season (WNBA & NBA)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

www.nj.com

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah sorry-not-sorry, I don't want to hear anymore "It's too soon to call her the GOAT" talk. The discussions are over

Players to win 3 MVPs & 3 Championships in a 4 year span.

Bill Russell
A'ja Wilson

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

These guys have gotten incredibly rich by fleecing the government with subpar tech that was designed for rentseeking rather than performance. A smart Dem agenda item would be to build internal tech capacity. The fact that it would punish these guys is just a silver lining.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 22h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah I don't need to hear from Rebecca Lobo anymore thanks.

Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

You can call it recency bias if you wish, but the resume supports it now: We're watching the greatest player in WNBA history

a female basketball player wearing a red nike jersey and headband

Alt: A'ja Wilson saying "That bitch" and walking away

media.tenor.com

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

Lol Cathy getting the boos 🤣

Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

In one season, A'ja has attained: MVP, DPOY, Finals MVP, and scoring champion.

Number of times that has been done in pro basketball history:

-WNBA: 0
-NBA: 0

The greatest individual season in professional basketball history

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

GREATEST WNBA PLAYER IN HISTORY. ARGUE WITH YOUR MAMA

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

TIME TO CLEAR THE DRAFTS. A'JA RIYADH WILSON IS YOUR CONQUERER

a basketball game is being played in a stadium that says ultra ascent

Alt: A'ja Wilson yelling

media.tenor.com

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Across the Timeline @acrossthetimeline.com · 20h

A'ja Wilson is the first player to have three consecutive 25-point games in a WNBA Finals series.

u.acrossthetimeline.com/stat-ehgvs

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 20h

AT really said

a man in a suit is talking to another man in a room and says `` im leaving here with somethin '' .

Alt: a man in a suit is talking to another man in a room and says `` im leaving here with somethin '' .

media.tenor.com

Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, a common observation I've seen from a few tech writers is that the tech industry hit its growth peak in the 2010's. But the VC/Investors still expect the same kind of runaway growth, so they keep pushing "innovative" products that are largely junk or vaporware.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.bsky.social · 1d

I have a pretty hot take regarding THE A'ja Riyadh Wilson. But I'll need to keep it in the drafts until these finals are over

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Took a break from the Supreme Court's ongoing horrorshow to focus on what really matters: how funny it is for a federal judge to decide, as a matter of law, that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef

Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory

Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.

ballsandstrikes.substack.com

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