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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 13h

To summarize,
it seems likely that British people were introduced to the oat-based ANZAC biscuit that Australians were sending in care parcels during the First World War and—for reasons unclear—began calling similar oat bars “flapjacks” around 1928.

In the US, flapjacks continued to mean pancakes.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

We are realizing that we have no idea what British people think a “flapjack” is.

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 21h

My dream of a Mariners-Pilots all-Seattle World Series lives (for at least 20-odd hours).

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 21h

The future... The polar ice caps have melted, covering the Earth with water. Those who survived have adapted... to a new world…the Waterworld. Also, the Tigers and Mariners are still playing Game 5 of the ALDS somehow.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 21h

Ok that game lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes. (WS game 3 2018).

This game is only 4 hours and 42 minutes old.

The power of the pitch clock!

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 21h

As someone who sat through a seven hour, 18 inning playoff game, let me tell u that everyone in that stadium is both freezing and starving lol

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 21h

You’ve gotta be kidding me. 14th inning here we come…

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 22h

This is the second winner-take-all game in postseason history to go at least 13 innings, joining:

2018 NLWCG Rockies over Cubs, 13 innings

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22h

I REALLY can’t believe that the Tigers got out of that jam (bottom 12).

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22h

Good time to mention how much I like the pitch clock. If a game is going to go at least 12 innings, let’s start the bottom of the 12th in under four hours.

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22h

Can’t believe the Mariners got themselves out of that jam.

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22h

Easier when you’re neutral, of course, but fun!

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 22h

Baseball!

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe that it had never appeared in French before now!

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 1d

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 1d

Can confirm that James Madison did not have “inflatable frog costume” on his free speech bingo card.

Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 1d

One reason why the Constitution broadly protects speech without regard to its content, and why it also protects expressive conduct rather than words alone, is that you never know whether the most profound form of protest against authoritarianism will turn out to be a frog costume.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Side note: lest you think this is a one-off, a sizable group of Catholic nuns, priests and lay leaders have announced plans to do the same thing — offer communion to detainees in the Broadview ICE facility — tomorrow.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: Clergy are at the Broadview, IL ICE facility today — where clergy have been shot w/pepper balls in recent days.

UMC minister Rev. Hannah Kardon, one of those shot w/pepper balls in the past, among those asking to give communion to those detained. Attendees (who sent photos) say police declined

Clergy holding communion wares talking to police.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 1d

So reminiscent of Buckner, too. Sure that was the last play, but a lot of his teammates put him in that position.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 2d

That was the first postseason series in history to end on a walkoff error.

What a crushing way for any team to end a season.

Bill Buckner might come to mind, but that was only Game 6.

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Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite thing in baseball is when the broadcast talks about how the manager should be feeling some sort of big feeling and then they cut to a totally stoic man spitting seeds or blowing gum bubbles

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 2d

Holy sh!t, this is bad. If they do this to engineering, I shudder to think what’s next.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Lays Off 25% of HUCTW Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard will lay off roughly 25 percent of staff represented by its clerical and technical workers’ union at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and reorganize several offices in response t...

www.thecrimson.com

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 2d

Sweet Jesus. That’s a lot of people.

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 2d

shrek is standing next to a donkey with the words do you think maybe he 's compensating for something below him

Alt: shrek is standing next to a donkey and says, “ do you think maybe he 's compensating for something”

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2d

Book authors: You can't and shouldn't try to present the whole book in one talk. You'll lose people. I've gotten better at narrowing it to a *slice* of the book. Writing a talk for another college in which I slice into the book argument from a different angle.

Powerpoint slide of a 19th century map of states with title "Citizenship. What is it good for?" by Anna O. Law, Herb Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 2d

The AHA offers travel and childcare grants to help graduate students, early career historians, un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school teachers attend #AHA26. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️

Annual Meeting Funding - AHA

The AHA offers several grants and fellowships to assist graduate students and early career historians with childcare and travel costs for the annual meeting.

www.historians.org

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Gerwig: "Whenever I have trouble writing, I think about the pace of baseball. It’s slow, just grinding out another play. You strike out a lot. This, for me, is very helpful to have in my mind while writing.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting

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