I am Patrick's Sports Angst
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Senior Engineering Director. Sometimes I talk about making software for government. Random explosions of gopher sports and shit posts. Pasquale rhymes with trolley.
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www.3federalway.com is officially live!

Go and make all the Jaden Happy memes your heart desires and post them

(if you can't see this address yet, its still promulgating through the internet so you can use this in the mean time federal-way-g5gbh.ondigitalocean.app )
www.3federalway.com
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What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.
Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.
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noupside.bsky.social
A lot of the J6 groups came down, btw, based on FB's own calls, because of calls for violence within those groups. That got reframed as "anti-conservative censorship".

What apparently happened here is that Laura Loomer got upset about some groups she thought needed to come down & DOJ made requests.
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noupside.bsky.social
I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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feitcanwrite.bsky.social
In honor of @chairtrophy.bsky.social Week, here is a piece I wrote this summer on the origins of the Minnesota - Nebraska rivalry, the birth (and death) of the original Chair Trophy, and some of the craziest games in the series.

www.si.com/college/nebr...
Dave Feit’s Greatest Huskers by the Numbers: 47 – Charley Brock
The deep roots of Nebraska football's rivalry with Minnesota, plus a Husker with a big secret.
www.si.com
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biffthetick.bsky.social
There are #Gopher fans liking skeets in this thread but not posting their moments. Come on, pile it on! Make me pay!!! #CFBsky #B1G
biffthetick.bsky.social
Speaking of spite:

I’ll donate $5 to the #Minnesota side for every #Gopher fan (or neutral) who replies to this with their favorite memory of the #Gophers beating Nebraska.

No shortage of them recently! #CFBsky #B1G
chairtrophy.bsky.social
Not enough of you are considering the fun of donating for spite.

Sooners, Buffs, Penn State fans hoping for Matt Rhule... Team One Four would love to welcome you to the squad.

Badgers, PJ Fleck capri pant haters... Team Jack is a fantastic org doing great work for kids.

Brokenchairtrophy.com
patricksaxton.bsky.social
Reminder that there will be a drawing for 2 DTA memberships for anyone donating over $100 to Team One Four so get your donations in before Friday!
chairtrophy.bsky.social
Not enough of you are considering the fun of donating for spite.

Sooners, Buffs, Penn State fans hoping for Matt Rhule... Team One Four would love to welcome you to the squad.

Badgers, PJ Fleck capri pant haters... Team Jack is a fantastic org doing great work for kids.

Brokenchairtrophy.com
patricksaxton.bsky.social
And then keisich with the 47 yard boot to end it with Gus Johnson yelling
patricksaxton.bsky.social
A huge thank you to the anonymous donor that matches this 5k. That's such an amazing gift that we can't take for granted
chairtrophy.bsky.social
🚨GOPHERS ARE OVER HALFWAY TO THE $5000 MATCH!🚨
HELP GET US TO 10K BY GAME DAY!

Team One Four has made treatment days better for kids every day over at @MHealthFairview Masonic, and Chair-ity fans have been a big contributor!

BrokenChairTrophy.com
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chairtrophy.bsky.social
🚨GOPHERS ARE OVER HALFWAY TO THE $5000 MATCH!🚨
HELP GET US TO 10K BY GAME DAY!

Team One Four has made treatment days better for kids every day over at @MHealthFairview Masonic, and Chair-ity fans have been a big contributor!

BrokenChairTrophy.com
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
This is the same columnist who wrote in the paper that despite getting diarrhea, we still needed to give raw milk a chance. Just the most bad faith person who keeps choosing to get diarrhea but wants to believe she’s smarter than the rest of us.
wentrogue.bsky.social
Just what we needed this morning: the Strib’s “greater Minnesota columnist” treating us to her uninformed concern trolling about trans kids’ participation in sports, marketed as “honest discourse.”
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cjzero.bsky.social
Wild win in a shootout
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timdickinson.bsky.social
The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...
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donmoyn.bsky.social
"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
strictlychristo.bsky.social
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
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mikeblack114.bsky.social
since there's reports on social media of money hitting accounts worth reiterating that this is illegal and unconstitutional as shit, it's not a close question, and while I don't expect anyone on H/SASC or H/SAC will do anything, anyone performing this 'reprogramming' should face criminal penalties
mikeblack114.bsky.social
It's also worth reiterating that absent this reprogramming authority being written into law it would be not just illegal but flatly unconstitutional for DoD to expend money in any fashion not explicitly specified (by both type/use and quantity) by Congress in an appropriations bill
mikeblack114.bsky.social
Since we're getting a crash course in DoD reprogramming authority, CRS has a good report on it linked below. Some important points:

Congress gives DoD reprogramming authority because when you're dealing with a trillion dollars, some stuff is probably going to need to be changed over 12 months
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chairtrophy.bsky.social
Whoa! The Chair Trophy got some love on an Omaha local news station last night and the Huskers shot out to a huge lead!

Gophers: $2741
Huskers: $3464

Trying to honor Jack's mission while not trading on his loss is a tricky line to toe and we are doing our best. 🤎 #GBR

www.ketv.com/article/the-...
The special significance behind Nebraska and Minnesota's 'Broken Chair Rivalry'
The Broken Chair Rivalry has turned into a challenge to see which fan base can raise the most money for two important causes. One of them is the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. Th...
www.ketv.com
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cjzero.bsky.social
incredible
cyrthogg.bsky.social
That insanity goes down officially as a grounded into double play, making it the only batted ball hit over 350 feet for a GIDP in the pitch tracking era (reg. + postseason).

Max Muncy grounded into a 404-foot double play.
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grandmasweb.bsky.social
The National Guard’s mostly quiet walks through Washington, D.C., are expected to cost a little more than $200 million, USA Today reported, and that’s the figure just for the D.C. National Guard, not for the eight states that have sent troops.
A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime
The Trump administration’s National Guard deployments are highly inefficient.
www.theatlantic.com
patricksaxton.bsky.social
Dan Quinn bet the under on Caleb's completions or something?
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cjzero.bsky.social
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
patricksaxton.bsky.social
What the shit kind of spin cycle was that play from the commanders
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cjzero.bsky.social
The good news is, they gave us one
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