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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 51m

#genreroulette
#rockwednesday

Eno/Manzanera side project. One of the best live records. Prog-ish but also sounds like all the post punk/rock stuff to come—

youtu.be/xB1gyzP7Hmc

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 18h

The CDC RIFs are terrible in more ways than just immediate impact to people’s health.

It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...

A Health Data Surveillance State that Dominates

It's a short trip from "data modernization" to national eugenics registries

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think people realize what an immediate impact this is going to have on outbreak response and containment.

Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 11h

According to a state epidemiologist, "CDC personnel who normally share information with state officials during outbreaks have been eliminated."

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“One veteran researcher who still has his job (and, like other public-health workers I spoke with for this story, requested anonymity for fear of losing it) told me he believes that Kennedy’s ultimate goal is to “silence the scientific voice of career CDC scientists.””

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 1h

Not to toot our own horn but some believed a healthy Dodgers team should maybe possibly be the NL and WS favorites

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 10d

Wrote a playoff preview, and some of our highlighted items—Boyd’s issues, Vlad needing to break out, Gil as target—have played out.

Can Dodgers handle Philly’s lefties?

Divisional Round Previews & Predictions michaelcecchini.substack.com/p/divisional...

Divisional Round Previews & Predictions

A Stat (Or 3) For Every Series

michaelcecchini.substack.com

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 9h

Diverse, schmiverse, racism has been eradicated among young people with higher educat—

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 10h

Carlos Estevez is the Lugo of closers

20% K, 12% K-BB
8% SwStr%
No pitch over 9% SwStr
Velo: 96 mph (down 1 mph)

.68 HR/9
With 10.6% BRL
4.95 xFIP

Be careful

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 10h

The 2025 rankings are still up on FanGraphs.

Not calling anyone out - as I do some review of my own process, what I missed and why

Lesson: Rankings are hard

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 10h

The 2025 rankings are still up on FanGraphs.

Not calling anyone out - as I do some review of my own process, what I missed and why

Lesson: Rankings are hard

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 23h

#genreroulette
#americanatuesday

We’ll stroll hand in hand again…

youtu.be/JA644rSZX1A

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 23h

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

youtu.be/pMRUszqMVM8

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 2d

#genreroulette
#bluesmonday
#musicchallenge

But nobody wants to die…

youtu.be/kg5XAZWpLG0

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 2d

Brad Holmes has been an excellent drafter

But he traded up to take Jameson Williams 12th overall in 2022

Pickens’ price was depressed—“character” BS—he went 52nd

Greg Cosell among others liked Pickens > Jamo

Lions still don’t have a true X WR

NFL Daily News @fantasynflnews.bsky.social · 2d

George Pickens NO MATTER WHAT

9 receptions
168 yards
1 TD

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, so this should be solved next year—

Except with a 2 challenge system only instigated by players, they could very easily use them before the 7th or 9th inning

Just make it full abs at least for the playoffs

New York Post @nypost.com · 4d

Cristopher Sanchez says umpire apologized to him for critical missed strike as Phillies’ season ends in heartbreak

Ending a season on a head-scratching error is hard enough, but the Phillies also will have all offseason to think about a blown call that led to the Dodgers tying the game.

nypost.com

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 3d

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

It’s already as heavy as it can be

youtu.be/o0AOG7ciuJo

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 3d

Me too, we’ve got a bean counting mba gm and cheap owner, maybe they can be the brewers

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 3d

There’s no way and no one else who could’ve possibly ever reached a deal before all this was accomplished—

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 3d

He’s probably too good for this, but I’d be thinking about how one team improved its lineup and my team did nothing

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 3d

The Mariners deserved to win

Seattle had lineup holes and plugged them- Naylor was the game 5 MVP

Harris/Ilitch went cheap and added 7 middling pitchers

- one was DFA’d
- 3 were left off the ALDS roster
- 2 weren’t trusted enough to use
- Finnegan allowed a run in game 2, 4 and 5.

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 4d

#genreroulette
#soulsaturday

Super lo fi super high alt r&b

youtu.be/C8mkh9eUseE

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Adam Amin for calling out Aurelio Lopez as the OG “senior smoke”

(Also it isn’t “lefty,” we shouldn’t be recycling specific nicknames)

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 4d

Why in life was Gleyber — your no 2 hitter with some ownage on Kirby — bunting on 0-1

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 4d

NFL week 6 picks ats

Season, locks
45-33, 6-4

NYJ +7.5 Den
LAR -7 @ Bal
Car +3.5 Dal
AZ +7 @ Ind (check Kyler status)
Sea +1.5 @ Jax
Mia +4.5 LAC (L: o43.5)
Cle +6 @ Pit
NO +3.5 NE (L: u46.5)
TN +4.5 @ LV
SF +4 @ TB
Cin +14.5 @ GB
Det +2.5 @ KC

Atl +4.5 Buf
Chi +4.5 @ Was

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 11d

NFL week 5 picks ats

Season, Locks
37-27, 5-3

We’ve hit 10 & 12 last 2 weeks

*models love, idk

*Cle +4.5 Min
Bal +2.5 Hou
LV +7 @ Ind (L: u48)
Mia -1 @ Car
NYG +2.5 @ NO (L: o41.5)
Dal -1.5 @ NYJ
Den +4.5 @ Phi

TN +8.5 @ AZ
TB +4 @ Sea
*Cin +10.5 Det
Was +3 @ LAC
NE +8.5 @ Buf

KC -3 @ Jax

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 18d

NFL week 4 picks ats

8-8 week 3
25-23 season
4-2 locks (L)

Pit +2.5 Min
Atl -1.5 Was
Det -9.5 Cle
NO +15.5 @ Buf
TN +7.5 @ Hou
Car +5.5 @ NE (L)
LAC -6 @ NYG
Phi -3.5 TB (L: o43.5)
Ind +3.5 @ LAR
Jax +3.5 @ SF
KC +3 Bal
Chi +1.5 @ LV

Dal +7 GB

NYJ +3 @ Mia (Fields?)
Cin +7.5 @ Den

Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 5d

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

A total beauty from an underrated album—

youtu.be/0MZQsNj-AbU

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 5d

Eagles are an abomination

“Oh well why don’t you figure out how to stop it, huh huh??”

You couldn’t beat the shift in baseball either. It sucked to watch. Harden ball in the nba. Etc etc.

Leagues change rules for aesthetic reasons all the time

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Michael Cecchini @zeitheist.bsky.social · 6d

#genreroulette
#worldthursday

Jamaican reggae/dub with killer horns

youtu.be/YtCen7JQJ-E

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