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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 9h

He's incredible in his appearances on Game Changer.

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 9h

Possibly my favorite example of this.

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · Apr 9

I play Immaculate Grid by using only players who appeared for the SF/NY Giants, so I feel obligated to note that it feels EXTREMELY improbable that there would be only two players in MLB history who took at bats for the Giants, Twins, and Royals. Two!

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 9h

Once again, it's kind of amazing how you can pick as few as three MLB teams (let alone four) and end up with a shockingly small number of guys who played for all three.

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10h

MLB's final four has been set, aka the Henry Blanco gauntlet, named for the only player to play for the Dodgers, Brewers, Blue Jays, and Mariners

Henry Blanco (number 12, holding his arms up) on the Brewers

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 13h

Late to this, but... Morbius, House of Gucci, and, apparently, this Tron disaster should all ensure Leto's done as a project-carrying star, right? (I mention Gucci because while every actor was in a different movie from each other, Leto was in a Mario Bros SNL parody)

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 4d

Why are we still paying Jared Leto to do things, I thought we learned our lesson about that

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 14h

It is a strange timeline where Indiana's résumé includes a 63-10 win over a highly-ranked team and a strong path to an undefeated season.

Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 14h

Indiana is the real fucking deal

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 14h

This is going to create a lot of horrific situations in states with leaders who don't believe in actually caring for other people. It's a damn tragedy.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 14h

Reading The Running Man because the movie's coming out soon, I'm about 1/3 through, and... this book is racist as hell, right? I'm not even talking about the slurs — the characterizations are appalling, and I don't sense that there's a subversion coming.

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 14h

Obligatory

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · Nov 29

My favorite Jordan Peterson thing is how he styles himself a Master of Narrative who has a deep understanding of How Stories Work, and yet he didn't understand fundamental plot mechanics of the movie "Frozen". time.com/5176537/jord...

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 14h

There are actual guys on record describing this dynamic: like Paul Ryan.

Did Paul Ryan Even Ever Really Like Rage Against the Machine?

Is it possible Congressman Paul Ryan never even liked Rage Against the Machine? After becoming the butt of jokes two years ago, Ryan now claims the whole things was an "urban legend."

www.billboard.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17h

there's a lot of things dangerous about AI and the AI boom, but it's important to get them *right*

⚡️🌙 @dystopiabreaker.xyz · 17h

andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...

The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

andymasley.substack.com

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 15h

What's this about editing grown up movies?!

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 15h

Don't know enough to say definitively, but wonder if this is related.

Agricultural Land Is Becoming an Investment Vehicle for the Rich

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t work the land on his Hawaii ranch, but he and other wealthy landowners still benefit from huge agricultural tax breaks. The scheme allows the superrich to hoard wealth at the e...

jacobin.com

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 15h

There's a Simpsons joke from the 90s about exactly this!

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 17h

One of my driving ideas for this podcast is that it's good for kids to hear adults talking about stuff that interests them. So, while each episode is adults speaking with each other, the conversations are still accessible to kids, *and* we're not talking down to them — we're inviting their attention

David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 1d

Excited to announce I'm starting the Kids Popcorn Podcast, where interesting people talk about movies they watched as kids, and kids movies they find interesting as adults. The first season will launch soon, and I think you'll love these conversations. Subscription links are on popcorn.29sunset.com!

Kids Popcorn Podcast

Conversations with interesting people about the kids' movies that matter to them

popcorn.29sunset.com

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19h

there's something here

A normal-versus-normal matchup is what politics used to be — persuasion, messaging, negotiation, compromise. Behaving this way will lose against someone donning body armor while calling you an antifa domestic terrorist MS-13 gang member. And the guy in the body armor will always lose to the guy in the inflatable frog suit.

3x3 grid charting how aura farming, shitposting, and acting normal interact

Aura Farming Shitposting Acting Normal
Aura Farming Stronger aura farmer wins Shitposter wins Aura farmer wins
Shitposting Shitposter wins Society loses Acting normal wins
Acting Normal Aura farmer wins Acting normal wins We live in a society

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 20h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 22h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 21h

Every time I see a Mamdani ad, I want that kind of figure to rise up in San Francisco.

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

youtu.be

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22h

I really recommend browsing a reddit called "Is this AI?" for this purpose. people post questionable images and commenters weigh in on their validity, but are required to provide specifics as to their reasoning. once you start seeing the signs, it gets easier and easier over time

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 21h

what I find frustrating about this is that Zohran won the primary because he successfully occupied both the magnetism and pollingism positions at the same time, focusing his obvious charisma and skilled campaign apparatus on a message designed to win the median voter www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 22h

Here's the trailer.

Coming Soon: Season 1!

YouTube video by 29 Sunset

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 1d

Excited to announce I'm starting the Kids Popcorn Podcast, where interesting people talk about movies they watched as kids, and kids movies they find interesting as adults. The first season will launch soon, and I think you'll love these conversations. Subscription links are on popcorn.29sunset.com!

Kids Popcorn Podcast

Conversations with interesting people about the kids' movies that matter to them

popcorn.29sunset.com

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David 29 Sunset @29sunset.com · 1d

Also!

Sam Miller @sammillerbb.bsky.social · 1d

This feels like the craziest thing: The White Sox, an original franchise, have only had one winner-take-all game in their franchise history. Wild Card round in the covid season.

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Sam Miller @sammillerbb.bsky.social · 1d

You ever look around and think, "wow, it's incredible any of this even came to be, the fact that we even exist in this moment is a plain miracle, all of it totally contingent on accidents of history like A.J. Hinch pulling Tarik Skubal (at least) one inning too early"?

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