Bote Man
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Nats mostly. Trying to live in a baseball world amid the sorrow and strife. SoFLA
Baseball and other neat sounds:
https://soundcloud.com/boteman/sets/beisbol
Nats mostly. Trying to live in a baseball world amid the sorrow and strife. SoFLA
Baseball and other neat sounds:
https://soundcloud.com/boteman/sets/beisbol
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The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports
The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports
The Banner will expand its sports coverage to include Washington, D.C., teams, Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper announced in an internal email to staff on Thursday.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Banner announces coverage of Washington sports
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
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#Florida House votes to establish the flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn't immediately clear whether the Senate will go along with the plan. www.wusf.org/politics-iss... via @wusf.org
House votes to make Flamingo Florida's next state bird
Florida's House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn't immediately clear ...
www.wusf.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
#Florida House votes to establish the flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn't immediately clear whether the Senate will go along with the plan. www.wusf.org/politics-iss... via @wusf.org
He also gave himself the award for BEST Enforcement Agency in D.C. so he can def be trusted.
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
He also gave himself the award for BEST Enforcement Agency in D.C. so he can def be trusted.
Or, in the spirit of this season, a giant aching hamate bone.
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Or, in the spirit of this season, a giant aching hamate bone.
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"Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the IOC's athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition."
Ukrainian skeleton slider disqualified from Olympics after breaking IOC rules on helmet honoring dead compatriots | CNN
Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines reg...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
"Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the IOC's athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition."
A Mr. Met giant baseball fitted with a frowny face should do it.
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
A Mr. Met giant baseball fitted with a frowny face should do it.
Wouldn't they then just dress up as a huge frowny face???
February 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Wouldn't they then just dress up as a huge frowny face???
I mean, one would expect that high number to contain all the crapola being pumped out in Tallahassee.
"The priciest contract belongs to the porta-potty company Doodie Calls. Since September, nine payments have been made totaling $92,765,075.38."
Try to get your head around the fact that almost $93M of Florida taxpayer money went to a porta-potty company over the last 6 months.
Try to get your head around the fact that almost $93M of Florida taxpayer money went to a porta-potty company over the last 6 months.
Florida emergency agency ran up $405 million immigration tab in six months • Florida Phoenix
Florida’s emergency managers spent more than $405 million in taxpayer dollars in six months to fight illegal immigration, but that doesn't just include law enforcement, state spending records show: It...
floridaphoenix.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I mean, one would expect that high number to contain all the crapola being pumped out in Tallahassee.
Idaho??!! Watch out for the Night of the Long Guns!
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Idaho??!! Watch out for the Night of the Long Guns!
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February 12, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Lower taxes, smaller gummint™️
February 11, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Lower taxes, smaller gummint™️
Hey, hey! Let's not be too harsh on her. It's likely her many, many, many, many botox injections have addled what little brainpower she used to have. She was an A.G. in Floriduhhh before this Federal post, after all.
February 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Hey, hey! Let's not be too harsh on her. It's likely her many, many, many, many botox injections have addled what little brainpower she used to have. She was an A.G. in Floriduhhh before this Federal post, after all.
Florida Man (with an extra serving of asshole) lays on the horn in his shiny air hauler for at least 2 solid minutes going down our residential street because the car in front of him was driving speed limit pace. More honking at stop sign at busy cross street. Quit honking and sped off when clear.
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Florida Man (with an extra serving of asshole) lays on the horn in his shiny air hauler for at least 2 solid minutes going down our residential street because the car in front of him was driving speed limit pace. More honking at stop sign at busy cross street. Quit honking and sped off when clear.
Well *I* dispute it! Are they forgetting about Senator Manchin???
February 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Well *I* dispute it! Are they forgetting about Senator Manchin???
Yeah, but look on the bright side: without that residue they never would've caught the guy who didn't do it.
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yeah, but look on the bright side: without that residue they never would've caught the guy who didn't do it.
Is your house pink???
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Is your house pink???
Notepad3 greatly improves upon the tired Windows Notepad and even installs itself in place of the garbage one from M$
github.com/rizonesoft/N...
github.com/rizonesoft/N...
Releases · rizonesoft/Notepad3
Notepad like text editor based on the Scintilla source code. Notepad3 based on code from Notepad2 and MiniPath on code from metapath. Download Notepad3: - rizonesoft/Notepad3
github.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Notepad3 greatly improves upon the tired Windows Notepad and even installs itself in place of the garbage one from M$
github.com/rizonesoft/N...
github.com/rizonesoft/N...
LIES!! Jacob Young never made it out of the prelims!!!!1111!!!
February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
LIES!! Jacob Young never made it out of the prelims!!!!1111!!!
Stephen Strasburg would've been undefeated!!
What if you made a jetpack using rifles?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/IdlQsjq5vKo
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/IdlQsjq5vKo
What if you made a jetpack using rifles?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Stephen Strasburg would've been undefeated!!
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Washington, D.C.-Early 1970's. That "computer" font, though.
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Washington, D.C.-Early 1970's. That "computer" font, though.
Unless low ratings could lead to a recall, I don't see the point.
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Unless low ratings could lead to a recall, I don't see the point.
Ferengenar was based on England???
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Ferengenar was based on England???