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James Bennett

@ubernostrum.bsky.social

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The man with the plan and the pocket comb. Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better. Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order. @b-list.org for the tech side of me. he/him

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · Aug 7

Anyway, I just want to hurl the rebel crew from the land I love the best. I don’t see why that should be controversial.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

note that since mid-2010s you can always get a standing ovation in blue social media by denouncing the idea of civility or politeness more broadly. the experiment in how this has worked out keeps on yielding predictably unpleasant results

Ed @ed3d.net · 2d

I lack the words to describe what is wrong with these people.

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Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 14h

ADAM AMIN: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
ADAM AMIN: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
ADAM AMIN: oh god yes
AJ PIERZYNSKI: shoulda bunted

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 18h

Release the Epstein Files.

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 12h

"In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress"

(Fort Ticonderoga, upstate New York)

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 23h

Online progressives: "primary everyone!"

also online progressives: "no not like that!"

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 1d

Holy crap.

Not to mention…Bernie is 7 years older than Mills and has already filed to run for another 6-year term in 2030.

Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 1d

I saw this 15 mins ago and I am still laughing

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 14h

TO THE 15TH

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 13h

My condolences.

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 13h

Mariners win

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 13h

IT’S OVER

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 5d

neutral fan watching the Tigers/Mariners series: wow, these games! so tense! what fun!
Tigers/Mariners fans watching the Tigers/Mariners series: I have eaten a great deal of my own hair.

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 14h

How are you holding up over there?

James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 14h

Tweet by Justin Klugh, October 28, 2015:

“JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes”

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UnseenUnibondsdog 🇺🇦🇮🇱🐝🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💙 @magratgarlick.bsky.social · 15h

So weird a solar energy company would fund the guy who hates solar and promised to destroy the industry 🥴

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 16h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 16h

"Josh Naylor steals second, third, and home" is now a possible outcome of this game and if you don't love that you don't love baseball.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 16h

Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS.

This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 16h

He got the shots that his own HHS is telling you are not necessary

Meg Tirrell @megtirrell.bsky.social · 16h

President Trump got an updated Covid vaccine & flu shot at Walter Reed today www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

Trump received Covid vaccine and flu shot during second physical of the year | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump received a Covid vaccine and flu shot during his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday, his physician said in a memo released by the White House.

www.cnn.com

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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 16h

I feel lucky that I'm OK with either outcome of this game. Happy if Mariners win because they Mariners fans deserve happiness. Happy if Tigers win because they have a bunch of former Cubs.

And I appreciate that it's been a good series.

James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 16h

Well, we’ll find out!

James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 16h

What about Will Vest?

(note: I do not tell you in advance whether it will be Good Will Vest or Not-Good Will Vest)

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Fascism Heckler @fascismheckler.bsky.social · 21h

it's getting too obvious that even CNN has to talk about it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

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fakenickrees.bsky.social @fakenickrees.bsky.social · 1d

Those Epstein files must be utterly damning

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 21h

Taxation, literally without representation. There was a war over that and everything.

Molly Lyons @mollylyons.bsky.social · 1d

#SwearInAdelitaGrijalvaNOW @speakerjohnson.bsky.social
#AZ07 is without a voice in Congress because #CowardJohnson lies & refuses to swear in our representative @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social

Johnson is terrified of the number 218.

Democrats @democrats.org · 1d

House Republicans just adjourned another pro forma session.

This marks the SIXTH time they’ve refused to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva, who would be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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CJ 🏳️‍🌈🤘 @nemoblue.bsky.social · 21h

Very, very good chance that Trump has just permanently destroyed the second most important cash crop in the country, and nobody is going to like the downstream effects of what happens after almost a full fifth of the agriculture industry loses the only bulk buyer in the world that actually matters.

GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 21h

Dawg the farmers are never exporting another soybean

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22h

Trump proposing 100% tariffs on China

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