Banjo
@banjolegs.bsky.social
Yelly Nerd. Upper Midwesterner. Tom Bombadil Enthusiast. No pay, no Goldblum. I basically talk about Spurs and Chicago sports nonsense with some Midwestern (Wisconsin and Illinois) politics scattered on for zest. HS Social Studies Teacher.
To dare is to lose again, but listen, there's a good reason for it
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
To dare is to lose again, but listen, there's a good reason for it
they have to decide on a gimmick to make these sprints worth watching.
I would post more but it's hard to keep up with all this action
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
they have to decide on a gimmick to make these sprints worth watching.
Introduced my very white and rural juniors to Tribe Called Quest today
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Introduced my very white and rural juniors to Tribe Called Quest today
Moneyballing keeps ruining sports (ban set pieces in soccer) but I feel like someone needs to a study/article about how basically every QB contract is bad and therefore how someone should run the triple option in the NFL
I AM STILL
THINKING
ABOUT THIS
THINKING
ABOUT THIS
Anyway do you guys ever think about how Sam Darnold, who is better than Brock Purdy, was the 49ers backup QB when they lost one of the closest Super Bowls ever
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Moneyballing keeps ruining sports (ban set pieces in soccer) but I feel like someone needs to a study/article about how basically every QB contract is bad and therefore how someone should run the triple option in the NFL
I am as non-melty of a Spurs fan as they come but I just don’t know if this is doable long term thing, even if it works
Spurs' entire gameplan had seemed to be to sit deep as a physical bloc, so it's going to take some shift in emphasis now.
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I am as non-melty of a Spurs fan as they come but I just don’t know if this is doable long term thing, even if it works
the nerds have destroyed the xFun of the Premier League
I predicted that this would be unwatchable stop-start football - it was very obvious - but even then this is beyond what I expected.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the nerds have destroyed the xFun of the Premier League
Book rules, the movie also rules so hard. Everyone is the coolest dude ever in that movie.
The answer is The Right Stuff, distressing number of people suggesting the overrated Devil in the White City. SPOILER ALERT: they invent the fucking Ferris wheel.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Book rules, the movie also rules so hard. Everyone is the coolest dude ever in that movie.
Make the @wisdems.org the Wisconsin DFL. Easy layup.
democrats love all their moderate, progressive, and top-of-the-distribution leaders <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
they can all live in harmony together under a big diverse tent if they restore regional party identities and stop the circular firing squad on nationalized media <3
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Make the @wisdems.org the Wisconsin DFL. Easy layup.
“Let’s make Wisconsin a fun Air Raid team“ was a very noble but in hindsight dumb idea. Get as many large linemen as possible and just run the ball.
It’s the fourth quarter and Wisconsin is currently winning a game against a ranked opponent where their punter is their leading passer because he competed one pass
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
“Let’s make Wisconsin a fun Air Raid team“ was a very noble but in hindsight dumb idea. Get as many large linemen as possible and just run the ball.
Spurs desperately need that other 8 spot to be filled with Adam Wharton or an Adam Wharton shaped player. It's a whole team of bad passers.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Spurs desperately need that other 8 spot to be filled with Adam Wharton or an Adam Wharton shaped player. It's a whole team of bad passers.
Spurs have managed to build a team that doesn't have enough player who can pass and who can run through a midblock.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Spurs have managed to build a team that doesn't have enough player who can pass and who can run through a midblock.
Chris Larson run for Governor dot com. (Unless he’s waiting for a House seat/Senate race)
The COVID crisis should have led to universal single-payer healthcare. Instead, it led to a new gilded age, and the dumbest politics imaginable.
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Chris Larson run for Governor dot com. (Unless he’s waiting for a House seat/Senate race)
I was galaxy brain thinking about what superstar trade should happen now that they’ve inexplicable built a good foundation driving in today
incredible note in here: Kevin Huerter has almost as many FTAs in 4 games as he did in 26 games with the Bulls last season
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I was galaxy brain thinking about what superstar trade should happen now that they’ve inexplicable built a good foundation driving in today
@edsbs.bsky.social brother, it was right there. Arkansas Coach: Jason Jarrett.
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
@edsbs.bsky.social brother, it was right there. Arkansas Coach: Jason Jarrett.
Bluesky politics discourse these days is "I read a screenshot of a thing and I will restate the things I've already said while taking in no new information."
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Bluesky politics discourse these days is "I read a screenshot of a thing and I will restate the things I've already said while taking in no new information."
We need @jamellebouie.net to write the "this is what the new Democrat party should look like" proscriptive piece that Klein is mehing his way around in these interviews. I do not any more wishy washy academia crap.
funny that everyone read "the hollow parties" but that few people seemed to have internalized its implications for building the democratic party into an actual majority party
October 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We need @jamellebouie.net to write the "this is what the new Democrat party should look like" proscriptive piece that Klein is mehing his way around in these interviews. I do not any more wishy washy academia crap.
He seems...too small
Reed Sheppard's defense in that first half was a bit of a rollercoaster. He has great instincts and hands but he's gotta be able to stay in front of the ball better.
October 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
He seems...too small
Going to try to handle post-teacher fuzzy brain better this fall/winter and commit to watching more regular season NBA and NHL games. Less phone scrolling/more single game following etc. The question will be if I get sucked into paying for NBA.TV so I can watch the stupid Bulls be bad.
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Going to try to handle post-teacher fuzzy brain better this fall/winter and commit to watching more regular season NBA and NHL games. Less phone scrolling/more single game following etc. The question will be if I get sucked into paying for NBA.TV so I can watch the stupid Bulls be bad.
I mean, we already learned our lesson with candidate selection from the Fetterman saga. Sometimes the solid boring normie person is actually fine.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I mean, we already learned our lesson with candidate selection from the Fetterman saga. Sometimes the solid boring normie person is actually fine.
@nathanaclark.bsky.social if you don't make and share a list of 10ish passy central midfielders that Tottenham could sign in January, I will set myself on fire. Please and thank you.
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@nathanaclark.bsky.social if you don't make and share a list of 10ish passy central midfielders that Tottenham could sign in January, I will set myself on fire. Please and thank you.
Frank has to pick a lane. Either play two 6s and drop the attacking line deeper and counter or play an 8 who can actually run with the ball.
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Frank has to pick a lane. Either play two 6s and drop the attacking line deeper and counter or play an 8 who can actually run with the ball.
I know they’re trying to fix it but shoutout to the last iteration of Spurs recruitment for deciding that having passers was overrated
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I know they’re trying to fix it but shoutout to the last iteration of Spurs recruitment for deciding that having passers was overrated
we can probably say this about every Brighton player but Jan van Hecke would be a fantastic Spurs player
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
we can probably say this about every Brighton player but Jan van Hecke would be a fantastic Spurs player
I teach HS social studies and also a book reader and this is something I think about a lot. Kids are so "fill the sheets/get work done"-itis that they just never engage with books. Need like, interesting short ones that kids will actually talk with each other about.
Let's be positive, what are 5 books you'd assign for a high school English class to get the kids on board with literature? I'll start
The Remains of the Day
Fatelessness
A Bend in the River
The Life & Times of Michael K
The Handmaid's Tale
The Remains of the Day
Fatelessness
A Bend in the River
The Life & Times of Michael K
The Handmaid's Tale
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I teach HS social studies and also a book reader and this is something I think about a lot. Kids are so "fill the sheets/get work done"-itis that they just never engage with books. Need like, interesting short ones that kids will actually talk with each other about.
My take on this is that we need to shove all the nerds who keep coming up with these wacky academic meta analysis's on left-liberal messaging problems in a locker and start talking about what policies we all agree on and want to do and how they'd be helpful to voters.
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...
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My take on this is that we need to shove all the nerds who keep coming up with these wacky academic meta analysis's on left-liberal messaging problems in a locker and start talking about what policies we all agree on and want to do and how they'd be helpful to voters.