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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 11h

This is an unbelievable baseball game

#mariners #tigers #ALDS

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 12h

As it gets close to the end with the best teams in any sport, it is always a marvel for me to compare the quality of what I'm seeing with how my team plays lmao

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 13h

The baseball is very, very good.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 22h

I'm old enough to remember when MAGA voters lectured us about the importance of spending our money here rather than Ukraine and even old enough to remember when everyone was mad about bailing out bankers who caused the Great Recession

How do we feel about bailing out bankers in Argentina?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 22h

As a dev, there are a lot of things I miss or grunt work I don't enjoy where AI can help me work faster. Experts like @angiejones.tech and Simon Willison have discussed this

But using AI as a cudgel to put pressure on devs to improve by a made up number like "5x" lest they get laid off is bad

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

NEW: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’

Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."

www.404media.co

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 23h

I guess it's time to stop believin

Journey keyboardist honors slain activist Charlie Kirk with new song

Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain is paying tribute to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk with a new solo single to honor Kirk’s legacy of “righteousness, truth and the gospel.”

www.sfchronicle.com

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 23h

Anyone who watched Andor knows exactly what the strategy is here

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 ... "

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

It's wild how JUnit, the OG open source library that spawned a revolution we take for granted today in software development, is still going strong decades later

#java #kotlin

JUnit Team 💙💛 @junit.org · 11d

#JUnit 6.0.0 is released!

✨ Java 17 and Kotlin 2.2 baseline
🌄 JSpecify nullability annotations
🛫 Integrated JFR support
🚟 Kotlin suspend function support
🛑 Support for cancelling test execution
⏭️ New `--fail-fast` mode for ConsoleLauncher
🧹 Removal of deprecated APIs

docs.junit.org/6.0.0/releas...

JUnit Release Notes

docs.junit.org

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

It really is nice when they just come out and say it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

We are so unserious lmao

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

From the official transcript:

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POTUS: <talking>

RFK Jr: <Interrupts and stops>

POTUS: "OK go ahead Bobby"

RFK Jr: "Just wanted to mention: baby pee pees"

POTUS: "Yeah shit's wild out there"

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

When you use words like "actionable," we know you mean business

Paramount CEO David Ellison Won’t Comment on Potential WBD Bid, but Says ‘There a Lot of Options Out There That Are Actionable’

David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, danced around questions about whether he would pull the trigger on a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. But he did say there are "a lot" of M...

variety.com

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all sure know how to make a girl feel special

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

It really is amazing how so many conservatives dominate media while having so little rizz lmao

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

bit.ly

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent news and well deserved for the brilliant minds at @404media.co

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

This will be the first thing ever to give AI companies pause lmao

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

A data hoarder set up a searchable archive of the Epstein docs released by the House Oversight Committee. Used OCR and a self-hosted AI to analyze and categorize them.

Actually useful bc the docs were released as disorganized jpeg files in a giant Google Drive

www.404media.co/data-hoarder...

Data Hoarder Uses AI to Create Searchable Database of Epstein Files

The open source project has been mirrored as a torrent file and represents one of the easiest ways to navigate a messy data dump.

www.404media.co

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 1d

I have been training less than anyone so my strength will be unmatched

Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 2d

Cool thing about her is she trains *less* than most of her peers. I talked to a former NASA scientist about why it works:
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

The Secret Behind America’s Once-in-a-Generation Weightlifter: Not Lifting Weights

Olivia Reeves ended Team USA’s 24-year gold-medal drought in weightlifting. She became a champion by training half as much as her peers.

www.wsj.com

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

Don't say we didn't warn you about the many risks with age verification. This is really bad but very predictable for anyone with average intelligence

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

This is getting well-deserved mockery, but it speaks to something you only recognize when you live in DC. They live nearby. They party together at elite events for free. Their kids go to soccer practice together. There is a nice lifestyle to maintain, and you won't get guardians of democracy vibes

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Following MTG's lengthy CNN sitdown interview, Wolf Blitzer tells her:

"You‘re a courageous politician, but more important, a loving mother. Thanks very much for coming in. We hope you‘ll come back here in the Situation Room."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 2d

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

While a century of baseball has eschewed this, I have said for years that teams, most lacking an ace, should consider pitching "bullpen games" all the time. Anyone can pitch any time based on health, matchups, leverage, etc

I get pitchers like defined roles but I think it could work

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 2d

There are three teams that have used bullpen games this postseason.

None have been eliminated.

Last year the Dodgers bullpenned to a World Series title.

The bullpen game has become a fixture in postseason because it keeps working.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/bull...

Bullpen Games Keep Paying Off In The Postseason

It may seem like a strategy of desperation, but teams using bullpen games are winning over and over in the postseason.

www.baseballamerica.com

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

THAT BALL HAD A FAMILY

Brent Maguire @bmags94.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my god, Kyle Schwarber. He ties this game with a HUGE home run.

117.2 mph exit velocity. 455 feet.

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

GTFO YANKEES

Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

It's a great retort but like what did Susan expect to get out of this?

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 2d

Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

Because they are unserious and care only about creating content. The hearing was Bondi's chance at nothing more than a bunch of Kirk Offs for lib owning content

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Neil @realneilc.bsky.social · 2d

He can do that???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."