David_j_roth
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The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
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this is an absolutely infuriating angle to take in this situation. why is it on the union to find creative solutions to ownership problems, exactly? why is it on the union to save owners from themselves when it comes to sacrificing games?
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For all the salaciousness of Tony Clark's resignation, it offers MLBPA an opportunity to be a force for good and help keep baseball on the field in 2027. Free at ESPN: How creativity and open-mindedness from the players can save the game from doomsday. https://t.co/L2gEcmDDQd
For all the salaciousness of Tony Clark's resignation, it offers MLBPA an opportunity to be a force for good and help keep baseball on the field in 2027. Free at ESPN: How creativity and open-mindedness from the players can save the game from doomsday. https://t.co/L2gEcmDDQd
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@JeffPassan tweeted
For all the salaciousness of Tony Clark's resignation, it offers MLBPA an opportunity to be a force for good and help keep baseball on the field in 2027. Free at ESPN: How creativity and open-mindedness from the players can save the game from doomsday. https://t.co/L2gEcmDDQd
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February 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
this is an absolutely infuriating angle to take in this situation. why is it on the union to find creative solutions to ownership problems, exactly? why is it on the union to save owners from themselves when it comes to sacrificing games?
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oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
oh you think white people don't have culture? what about this sickly family of incestuous warlords from a book i didn't read?
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Only kind of related, but I went on IMDB to remember who else was in the ROBOCOP 2 cast and this dude's IMDB profile headshot is him getting devoured by a TREMORS graboid. That's cool as fuck.
February 18, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Only kind of related, but I went on IMDB to remember who else was in the ROBOCOP 2 cast and this dude's IMDB profile headshot is him getting devoured by a TREMORS graboid. That's cool as fuck.
Sincerely, this is a "look what they took from us" thing for me. I agree Robocop 2 stinks, give or take the robots, but buffing all the skankiness out of studio films makes them less memorable; mandating that everyone onscreen be hot means not just no new Noonans but no Duvall-style character stars.
"Robocop 2" is a bad movie on its own merits but it's a perfect example of a genre of film that only existed in the 80s and 90s which was: a bad action movie saved by the fact that both the protagonist and the antagonist are played by really weird actors.
February 18, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Sincerely, this is a "look what they took from us" thing for me. I agree Robocop 2 stinks, give or take the robots, but buffing all the skankiness out of studio films makes them less memorable; mandating that everyone onscreen be hot means not just no new Noonans but no Duvall-style character stars.
The Dolarhyde performance is iconic and he played a lot of memorably unsettling characters, but he had the sort of character actor charisma that even in small parts made you wish a movie would follow him around for a while. I saw him carrying his groceries home a few times in the East Village, also.
Oh, man. Tom Noonan died? His performance as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter is one of the most terrifying, mesmerizing I've ever seen in a film.
February 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The Dolarhyde performance is iconic and he played a lot of memorably unsettling characters, but he had the sort of character actor charisma that even in small parts made you wish a movie would follow him around for a while. I saw him carrying his groceries home a few times in the East Village, also.
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staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Hey the memorial fund for Dan McQuade's wife and son is *so close* to 100k, feel like we can collectively push it over the top in honor of our favorite Springfield resident
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Visit Dan McQuade's Memorial Website
Take part in remembering Dan McQuade. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Hey the memorial fund for Dan McQuade's wife and son is *so close* to 100k, feel like we can collectively push it over the top in honor of our favorite Springfield resident
everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
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Ray Ratto drinks a rare craft beer: defector.com/an-afternoon...
An Afternoon With Pliny The Younger | Defector
Sunday was a rather dry sporting day, even if you include the “discovery” of Kevin Durant’s supposed burner account. The combination of the NBA’s All-Star break and the Milan Cortina Olympics…
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February 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Ray Ratto drinks a rare craft beer: defector.com/an-afternoon...
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it's simple: i see Mike Alstott highlights, i share Mike Alstott highlights
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
it's simple: i see Mike Alstott highlights, i share Mike Alstott highlights
A lot of 1990s photos of Oasis look like this to me.
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
A lot of 1990s photos of Oasis look like this to me.
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That’s Dan❤️🩹🦅
Top right corner. Can't help but wonder if The Simpsons paid subtle tribute to Dan McQuade in tonight's set-in-Philadelphia 800th episode.
February 16, 2026 at 1:55 AM
That’s Dan❤️🩹🦅
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Arguing about Gavin Newsom is just bluesky’s enrichment activity now. Just drop it in our little terrarium and watch us go.
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Arguing about Gavin Newsom is just bluesky’s enrichment activity now. Just drop it in our little terrarium and watch us go.
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I guess to be fair there’s really nothing more American than a white guy immigrating, making a lot of money, never bothering to learn much about the country outside his narrow social sphere, and coming up with a racial hierarchy atop which he sits from first principles.
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I guess to be fair there’s really nothing more American than a white guy immigrating, making a lot of money, never bothering to learn much about the country outside his narrow social sphere, and coming up with a racial hierarchy atop which he sits from first principles.
I understand why people are doing it but I do not care for the Richard Hanania screenshots. If I cared what the nasty son of Nicolas Cage's character from Longlegs was up to, or thought about current events, I would have written the worst screenplay of all time addressing that very question.
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I understand why people are doing it but I do not care for the Richard Hanania screenshots. If I cared what the nasty son of Nicolas Cage's character from Longlegs was up to, or thought about current events, I would have written the worst screenplay of all time addressing that very question.
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
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Some people think that it's weird that while everyone else is cutting bait the LA Olympic Committee doesn't want to shed this guy but those people don't understand that for someone involved in running the Olympics being close to Epstein is a resume builder.
Exclusive: Casey Wasserman is putting the talent agency that bears his name up for sale after the latest Epstein revelations.
Exclusive | Casey Wasserman Putting His Talent Agency Up for Sale After Epstein Fallout
Wasserman has said he “never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein” and told staff he felt that he had “become a distraction” to the firm’s work.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Some people think that it's weird that while everyone else is cutting bait the LA Olympic Committee doesn't want to shed this guy but those people don't understand that for someone involved in running the Olympics being close to Epstein is a resume builder.
Nicholas Hoult in The Order is one of the most Early Tom Cruise Performances (Complimentary) I've seen. The movie itself is excellent but Hoult is doing all the movie star stuff a movie star could possibly do. As I am the first person to note that he's good at acting I expect to be credited as such.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Nicholas Hoult in The Order is one of the most Early Tom Cruise Performances (Complimentary) I've seen. The movie itself is excellent but Hoult is doing all the movie star stuff a movie star could possibly do. As I am the first person to note that he's good at acting I expect to be credited as such.
This is a gift link to an old story on this subject, which is still more or less my last word on it. A bunch of HOA tyrants and snitches who are too degenerate and emotionally volatile to hold down any real job are in charge of the state. It's not what you want. defector.com/the-united-s...
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is a gift link to an old story on this subject, which is still more or less my last word on it. A bunch of HOA tyrants and snitches who are too degenerate and emotionally volatile to hold down any real job are in charge of the state. It's not what you want. defector.com/the-united-s...
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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This story is really something else!!! (gift link)
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
This story is really something else!!! (gift link)
It doesn't explain his relationship to the rest of the human race but a big part of RFK Jr.'s broader damage is clearly trying to find out if he can die. I guess if I had lived a life like his and was somehow still around drinking out of puddles at 72 I'd have some questions on that as well.
February 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It doesn't explain his relationship to the rest of the human race but a big part of RFK Jr.'s broader damage is clearly trying to find out if he can die. I guess if I had lived a life like his and was somehow still around drinking out of puddles at 72 I'd have some questions on that as well.
In an effort to embody the vibes we wish to see in the world, most of this podcast is Kathryn's experience at the Westminster Dog Show and a lot of the rest of it is about Sturla The Emotional Norwegian Biathlete. It's a start. defector.com/choosing-you...
Choosing Your Pomeranian, With Kathryn Xu | Defector
Because last week was such a sad and difficult and busy one for us at the site, and also for the broader world in the way that things have been sad/difficult for some time now, I didn’t get around to ...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
In an effort to embody the vibes we wish to see in the world, most of this podcast is Kathryn's experience at the Westminster Dog Show and a lot of the rest of it is about Sturla The Emotional Norwegian Biathlete. It's a start. defector.com/choosing-you...
Critical insights from Sabs on the most hilariously "fuck it we're doing five blades" event in the winter olympics. defector.com/high-level-a...
High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course this op...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Critical insights from Sabs on the most hilariously "fuck it we're doing five blades" event in the winter olympics. defector.com/high-level-a...
It probably isn't entirely correct but the answer I always want to give here is Younghoe Koo.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
It probably isn't entirely correct but the answer I always want to give here is Younghoe Koo.