David G. Blumberg
@dgblumberg.bsky.social
Future Urban Planner, Baseball Lover, Wrestling Enthusiast, Like Dogs more than Humans, Max Forever 🌈
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Can confirm. Was able to leave a VM. Only allows for roughly a minute to a minute-and-a-half.
Durbin’s Rock Island office has an open VM at the moment - 309-786-5173
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Can confirm. Was able to leave a VM. Only allows for roughly a minute to a minute-and-a-half.
Nobody picking up the phone for Dick Durbin because he and his whole team are cowards.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Nobody picking up the phone for Dick Durbin because he and his whole team are cowards.
I have died. I have ascended.
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I have died. I have ascended.
Replace "football" with "baseball" here and you've basically already got a description of me.
Is the cure for late 30s male depression eating a big sandwich and opening a few packs of old wax football cards from 1994
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Replace "football" with "baseball" here and you've basically already got a description of me.
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Absolutely. If you're on a high from tonight's results and want them to keep going, a donation to @katmabu.bsky.social would be a good way to do it.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Absolutely. If you're on a high from tonight's results and want them to keep going, a donation to @katmabu.bsky.social would be a good way to do it.
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TAKE YOUR FREE BUS TO YOUR SOCIALIST REQUIRED AEW SHOW
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
TAKE YOUR FREE BUS TO YOUR SOCIALIST REQUIRED AEW SHOW
This is doing absolutely nothing to assauge my doubts about the viability of this league.
the Women's Pro Baseball League confirmed to me their "salary budget" of $95k per team for a roster of 15 players for the whole season.
roughly, if split evenly, that comes out to $6,300/player per season.
roughly, if split evenly, that comes out to $6,300/player per season.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is doing absolutely nothing to assauge my doubts about the viability of this league.
Counterpoint: James Harden
TBH if I did get into a new sport it would probably be basketball because fuck those guys are so goddamn elegant that game looks like professional dancing. Truly beautiful.
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Counterpoint: James Harden
Certainly we can find a non-Nazi to run in Maine and defeat Mills. Right?
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Certainly we can find a non-Nazi to run in Maine and defeat Mills. Right?
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It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers are built different. 😤
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers are built different. 😤
As someone married to one of the people employed to catch the errors...all I can say is that, yeah, it's tough out there.
tangential point but it concerns me that basically no one is doing their homework properly anymore and the people whose jobs were to catch such errors are either vastly overextended or just laid off
amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
As someone married to one of the people employed to catch the errors...all I can say is that, yeah, it's tough out there.
Funny to who
I love the Indiana story and all but it would be pretty funny if they started completely sucking again now
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Funny to who
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Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
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Curt Cignetti is a pro wrestling fan, confirmed.
Indiana extending Curt Cignetti is very good to see, as is the staged publicity photo in which he very much appears to be signing not the contract but a blank piece of paper on a notepad
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Curt Cignetti is a pro wrestling fan, confirmed.
Wooooooooooo
IU football coach Curt Cignetti agrees to new eight-year contract worth $11.6 million annually
www.insidethehall.com/2025/10/16/i...
#iufb
www.insidethehall.com/2025/10/16/i...
#iufb
IU football coach Curt Cignetti agrees to new eight-year contract worth $11.6 million annually
IU football coach Curt Cignetti has agreed to a new eight-year contract worth an average of $11.6 million annually, the athletic department announced today.
www.insidethehall.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Wooooooooooo
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It's cool that when they think the audience is progressive, the Edgewater residents organizing against the Broadway rezoning say they're fighting gentrification, but otherwise they're pretty open about what they're worrying about
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It's cool that when they think the audience is progressive, the Edgewater residents organizing against the Broadway rezoning say they're fighting gentrification, but otherwise they're pretty open about what they're worrying about
Working on this one. Hopefully it ends up helping.
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Working on this one. Hopefully it ends up helping.
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There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
Not one.
To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.
Yes. I do this for all the games. Switch it to a local radio team, which is generally preferable.
If you have a cable/dish/streaming login that gives you access to broadcasts, you can use it to log in to MLB dot TV app and then you should be able to change the audio to something other than Smoltz. (I'm unable to test this, but it has worked in previous years.)
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Yes. I do this for all the games. Switch it to a local radio team, which is generally preferable.
It is a beautiful place, and it's not an exaggeration to say that living here helped make me come alive again.
You may have noticed that folks who are from Chicago love this city. There's a reason for that. I walked to the lake with friends yesterday, and when I saw the waves rolling in, I felt something shift back into place inside of me. So many parts of this city are part of me. We will defend this place.
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It is a beautiful place, and it's not an exaggeration to say that living here helped make me come alive again.
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NEWS: Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans issued an order today meant to prevent immigration arrests -- "civil arrest" -- for individuals attending court proceedings in Cook County.
October 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEWS: Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans issued an order today meant to prevent immigration arrests -- "civil arrest" -- for individuals attending court proceedings in Cook County.
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