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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 3h

It is now totally sold out.

Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 2h

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Also, more commentators with enough respect for the players to pronounce their names correctly and not just give anglicized nicknames.

Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 4h

Alright, last baseball thing for now:

I watched a lot of postgame interviews and it struck me how many folks asking the Mariners questions made an effort to ask them questions in Spanish. Every time the players’ faces lit up. This is so important, and I’d love to see more of it.

Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 4h

It makes me happy that there’s probably a frog costume factory in China scratching out humble profits until…

…across the world Portland protestors respond creatively to federal harassment and orders ramp up. Confused manufacturers get back to work. 🐸 🐸 🐸

Portland protestors in frog costumes stand together with a sign that reads “Frogs Together Strong”

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AnnaClimbsMtns @annaclimbsmtns.bsky.social · 8h

Is your team no longer in the MLB postseason? Want to hop on the Mariners bandwagon? We will welcome you with open arms! Here are some reasons why you should join us.
- We've never been to the WS, let alone won it.
- Our best player has a nickname celebrating his big ass.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 8h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 11h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 20h

There are so many bad days right now, but on this particular Friday somebody rightfully and absolutely lost the Nobel Peace Prize again AND the Mariners, the biggest underdogs in baseball, advanced to the ALCS.
#mariners #alds

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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, in Portland..
🎵🦋
#Repost truthsoziala

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 21h

The Mariners are headed to their first ALCS since 2001 ‼️

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

This Mariners-Tigers battle is one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen

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Spooky Witch Kat (hag/witch/banshee) 🖤💜👻🎃💀🐈‍⬛💜🖤 @switchkat13.bsky.social · 1d

Pepe walked on the wrong side of history, so his fellow frog persons are making up for that in spades.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 2d

This headline 🤣🤣🤣

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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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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 7d

First time in my life I’m not rooting for the Dodgers in the playoffs in part because most of them went to the WH after the World Series last year . Hope the Phillies knock their clown asses out. 🤡 #NLDS www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

a man wearing a jacket that says la is sitting in front of a scoreboard

Alt: Dodgers skipper takes off his hat

media.tenor.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 11d

this thread started here and landed with a history lesson about egyptian cotton. a literal "today i learned."

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 11d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Andrew | TheSpoilist @thespoilist.bsky.social · 10d

The Chris Pratt of Jimmys

Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 10d

Fucking disgusting variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

variety.com

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 17d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 17d

Respectfully, if you’re on board with this person examining their privilege and bias, you might want to consider your own. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My problem with grammar snobs

Is it right to shut people down and exclude them from public debate because of their lack of understanding of the rules of grammar? I think not. Grammatical elitism helps no one

www.theguardian.com

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 17d

Seattle, spend a few minutes turning up the gas. 👇🏼

dudettinginthepnw.bsky.social @dudettinginthepnw.bsky.social · 17d

A hardworking person posted the KOMO advertisers on Reddit. Really easy to just follow the links and contact Sinclair’s revenue sources in Seattle.

www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...

From the Seattle community on Reddit: How to contact companies that run ads on local Sinclair stations (KOMO)

Explore this post and more from the Seattle community

www.reddit.com

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 17d

Kelly Link is writing a middle grade!✨

Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 17d

I am aquiver with delight at this publication news from @kellylink.bsky.social

MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link's THE LOVER OF BOOKS, in which dinner party guests relate uncanny stories as a haunting—filled with wet footprints, mysteriously placed caches of buttons, and ghosts, past and present—casts a specter over the evening; plus an untitled anthology of ghost stories compiled by the author.

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J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social · 17d

PNW friends - hope to see you there! This event is free and open to the public. 📚❤️📚

Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival @bigfootbookfest.bsky.social · 21d

We've got a middle grade line up this year that's sure to appeal to reluctant readers and satisfy your voracious readers too! Come meet the authors of these amazing books at our 3rd annual Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am to 4pm at the Redmond Senior & Community Center!

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 17d

Ghost stories *and* middle grade? Such happy news! FWIW, this fan and MG writer has long thought you’d be amazing with middle grade.

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 19d

Look at this glorious beast. It’s Elmer, a fly river turtle and permanent resident at the fish store with his own mammoth tank. He’s got loads of fish friends and rizz for days.
#turtlesky

Elmer, a fly river turtle, swimming by with glorious paddle arms and a porcine nose.

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Kim Baker @kimbaker.bsky.social · 20d

It makes it extra special that this series is against the Astros. 👋🏼

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