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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19m

Lauren can I do 5,000 words on this or would you prefer 10,000

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2h

Hadn’t thought about this but yeah, if he’d been a jinx he’s getting grilled at Pike Place on Saturday

Sean Andrews @seannotandrew.bsky.social · 19h

Whoever made the call was putting all the cards on the table. Just an unparalleled call. That could have gone SOUTH. If that had gone the other way, it would have been the end of Humpy.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 11h

Some Mariners lore: As a third grader in 1995, I got to see them win another ALDS, also in Game 5, also on an extra innings walk-off. It’s the most famous moment in franchise history, and they haven’t exactly done much since. Getting to be at the same game 30 years later was [getting emotional]

Mariners rushing the field after winning in the 15th

My ticket stubs from the same game 30 years ago

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19h

I am DYING to know how long the Mariners stadium gameday operations people have had “do a salmon race but this time humpy wins” up their sleeve as a break glass in case of emergency fire-up-the-crowd play

Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 20h

Yes www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

Did the Mariners finally win ALDS Game 5 because of Humpy the Salmon?

Humpy won his first ever Salmon Run Friday night -- just before the Mariners secured a win and advanced to the ALCS.

www.seattletimes.com

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 19h

This might sound silly but vouch it is 100 percent correct. Crowd had been nuts all night but also was just aching for something to cheer for. When Humpy won, they set off the bangs and everything like someone had hit a walk-off homer and it jolted the whole place. Sports are weird and great!

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21h

Man. Humpy really did that shit.

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Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 20h

but really the mariners game ops folks are the best in the business

Not the Seattle Mariners @mariners.bsky.social · 20h

Real talk. Here is what set a series of events into motion that led to the #mariners ALDS victory. 🤣🔱

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 20h

Nothing but fear and despair in my eyes

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 21h

NEVER IN DOUBT

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 21h

NEWS: I wish for death’s sweet release

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Jane we have to have standards!!

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Classic Drake fans, never reading to the end of the post

A spokesperson for Drake has announced that he plans to appeal, which is both his right, and also an invitation to the Second Circuit to take
judicial notice of the fact that Take Care was good, Nothing Was the Same was fine, and he hasn't put out a decent album since.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

For years I had wondered how Jay-Z got that picture in the proto-internet era and the answer is INCREDIBLE

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

the highest praise for which a blogger can hope, thank you

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

annoyed that I understand this joke

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🐦‍⬛🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸Dan won't shut up about trans rights & Palestine @verboseminimalist.gay · 1d

"A spokesperson for Drake has announced that he plans to appeal, which is both his right, and also an invitation to the Second Circuit to take judicial notice of the fact that Take Care was good, Nothing Was the Same was fine, and he hasn’t put out a decent album since."

💀💀💀

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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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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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

He had 2 carries for minus-3 yards on a team that didn’t score a touchdown, and also I’m an idiot

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

I also drafted Croskey-Merritt for $1 and getting Skattebo wrong feels 10 times as bad as getting JCM right. I don’t really have an explanation for this.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

It’s me, the guy who drafted Cam Skattebo for $5 in our keeper league and dropped him after he had negative rushing yards in week 1 for a terrible Giants team and I concluded he wouldn’t do shit

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d

[busts through the wall like the Kool-Aid man, but also visibly limping] Folks, let me assure you...it's over

NBA Daily News @fantasynbanews.bsky.social · 2d

LeBron James to miss at least 3-4 weeks with sciatica on his right side.

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phylan @phylan.website · 2d

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 2d

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 2d

The conservative justices who used to extol the virtues of upholding Supreme Court precedent are getting way, way more comfortable talking about how they have the votes to do whatever they want

The Conservative Justices Are Not Even Bothering to Tell This Lie Anymore

Extolling the virtues of precedent used to be mandatory for Supreme Court justices. Now that the conservatives have six votes, they suddenly view it as very optional.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 3d

'There, There' was great, but his follow-up, 'Wandering Stars', was event better—beautiful and gutting and took my breath away more than once. If you missed it, I strongly recommend reading. Really excited to see what he does next.

Oakland Review of Books @oaklandreviewofbooks.org · 3d

Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH!
www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...

Tommy Orange

Illuminating the richness and complexity of contemporary, urban Native Peoples’ lives.

www.macfound.org

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Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 3d

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

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