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@jayarr47.bsky.social

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I think too much about the WNBA, superheroes, sci-fi, and the history of religion || 🏀 🦸‍♂️ 😇 || @wdynasty.bsky.social

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · May 19

If the #Storm fall apart this year and get to draft a short passing maestra at the top of the draft to go along with a towering international center from the year before AGAIN, I’m gonna be so mad #WNBA

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 59m

Congratulations to Wisconsin’s own Megan Gustafson on bringing home a ring for Pancake ♠️ 💍 🥞 #WNBA

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 23h

A’ja icing G3 of the #WNBA finals

Let’s see what magic she’s got to cinch this series up tonight

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 1d

I struggled to find one article that just laid this out, so for anyone else - Future networks for WNBA Finals:

2026: NBC
2027: ABC/ESPN
2028: Amazon Prime
2029: ABC/ESPN
2030: NBC
2031: ABC/ESPN
2032: Amazon Prime
2033: ABC/ESPN
2034: NBC
2035: ABC/ESPN
2036: Amazon Prime

#WNBA

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

Tagging in resident historian @nycscribbler.bsky.social

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the ghost of kwisatz haderade 👻🏹 @booksandbows.bsky.social · 1d

well that’s probably a wrap on the whole elections thing lmao, ggs

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

If this happens, the narrative is gonna be about her being a mercenary but she deserves to be. Gotten overlooked her whole career and legit has a HOF case in spite of it

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

Calling it now: this year’s pop-up Merc superteam is only the beginning of AT’s “KD: Ring Hunter” arc

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

Calling it now: this year’s pop-up Merc superteam is only the beginning of AT’s “KD: Ring Hunter” arc

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

Also, seriously, is Ari Shapiro this techbro-pilled? If this is any tell-tail for the rest of NPR, let the feds pull the funding idgaf

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I gotta watch The Wire

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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I forgor my name lol @cheesecakechik.bsky.social · 1d

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What the FUCK did I just read

A few days before the taping, Colbert's producers held a prep call with the candidates and their aides. The sample questions covered basic political topics, such as the meaning of democratic socialism. Right before the candidates went onstage, the producers appeared in the greenroom and said that they wanted to go over a few more questions. Earlier that day, a group of prominent Jewish figures, including Elisha Wiesel, the son of Elie Wiesel, had sent a letter to Colbert demanding that he grill Mamdani on his views of Israel. According to people who were in the room, one of the producers suggested a "thumbs-up or thumbs-down" segment:
"Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: Hamas. Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state."
Mamdani's face dropped. "I just couldn't believe what was happening," he told me. "That a genocide could be distilled into a late-night game." His aides were incensed. "You have the first Muslim candidate for mayor in the history of New York," Zara Rahim, a senior adviser to Mamdani, told one of the producers. "You don't want to ask him a question about that?" (CBS did not respond to a request for comment.) In the end, the game didn't happen, but Colbert did ask Mamdani whether he believed that Israel had the right to exist. "Yes, like all nations, I believe it has a right to exist," he said. "And a responsibility also to uphold international law."

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

Rosenthal has the bowtie on too tight

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

Also have one slot open for an expansion team in #WNBA #FantasyBasketball league!

We’re still aiming for a four-team addition to our six-team league, free on ESPN! Come join us!

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

I’m in a 24-team dynasty MNBA #FantasyBasketball league with one open team if anyone wants to take over a solid orphan!

Free to play on Fantrax; lemme know if you want more deets!

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

Bonner seems to be who the Aces target whenever they need points this whole series so far… #WNBA

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

mr. pps over here

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone who gets to hit the “too small” these days, it’s A’ja

DWB too slim, AT too short. A’ja just unstoppable there #WNBA

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

One of my best friends growing up lived nearby. The place slaps, but I will freely admit it might be the only edge the Bucks have 😂

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

But is yours at a Greek Orthodox church that looks like a straight up UFO? MKE 1, NYC 0

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

I think defense is one of the few awards I actually care about at all haha

The others either have their shticks (COTY is usually for the team no one expected to make the playoffs) or are so nebulous they are just tailor-made for ragebait (MVP, ROTY, All-Rookie)

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

Hot take: Burton deserved First Team honors idc idc idc

I’m not mad about two Lynx in the top-5 but I think VB maybe should’ve bumped Lan, especially as the only true guard on either list

Myles @mylesehrlich.bsky.social · 2d

The WNBA has named its All-Defensive teams, and the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart is named to second team. This makes an All-Defensive nod for the sixth straight season (including all three years in New York) and seventh overall in her career. Another stellar defensive season for Stewie. @winsidr.com

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

It starts off with the set up of the joke, but this is a genuine sentiment:

Only 90s kids (and earlier) will remember that there was an era where the Internet was seen as a frontier of information sharing and hope

Nowhere near the sense now of endless AI slop, surveillance programs, and scam traps

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

I understand that I am a particular genre of basic white guy, but David Byrne is on my Mount Rushmore at least

J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

I got to, for a while, live my dream of being paid to write about sports because I could reach out to someone directly for a chance

I met at least a handful of people who are now genuinely close (and hopefully lifelong) friends

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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J @jayarr47.bsky.social · 2d

I am not defending the existence of the property that uses this inspiration, but I am defending the inspiration

Starlight Express: brought to you by coke-addled plagiarism