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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 8h

Why would a team bunt with a runner on second and no outs, down 3? It's pretty much the dumbest thing possible.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 8h

Well done. You scared them off. Or maybe it's b/c their own writer @keithlaw.bsky.social liked the criticism.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 8h

I think some of the on-field player interviews are decent as long as they aren't merely cliches. If they ask the player about getting ready on defense and what they are going to do if the ball is hit to their left/right, they can be really good.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 8h

mentioning “high” payrolls anytime a team loses is such anti labor bullshit

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 8h

Man, I hate the in-game manager interviews.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 12h

I remember George Foreman commentating a boxing match between two relatively unknowns on an undercard in a 4 round fight. He saw the thick thighs and calfs on one and said, he's going to knock the other guy out. It proved true.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine getting ethered by a judge

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

Drake sitting there reading about how good the judge thought the song was and how everyone really enjoyed it

The song contains lyrics explicitly accusing Drake of being a pedophile, set to a catchy beat and propulsive
bassline. "Not Like Us" went on to become a cultural sensation.

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 15h

Between this and the circumcision statements, I think we know where this administration falls on the Jewish Question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

The hood is off... literally

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 17h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 16h

This is antisemitic.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h

RFK Jr: Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol.

Trump: There's a tremendous amount of of proof or evidence. I would say as a non-doctor, but I've studied this a long time

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 16h

"Welcome to my center
Honeys feel it deep in they placenta
Cold as the pole in the winter
Far from the inventor
But I got this rap shit sewed
And when my MAC unloads
I'm guaranteed another video"
Biggie Smalls "The What"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 16h

So much cooler if Brienne of Tarth had been transporting Jaime Lannister with his head shaved like in the books. Because, it's supposed to be a parallel story.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18h

First trailer for ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ ⚔️

The ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series premieres January 18 on HBO

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 18h

"So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me
Scannin' while you're plannin' ways to sabotage me
I leave em froze, like Heron in your nose
Nas will rock well
It ain't hard to tell"

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 1d

Good news for heron fans. Not such good news for pocket gopher fans.

Reposted so more stabby stabby, less me breathing into the mic. 🪶

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K. Liakos @kliakos.com · 1d

America 2025:

The facade of a store in a Delaware strip mall called its fashion but the lights on the o n and exclamation point are out so it says it’s fashi

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

This is just like Full Force in House Party.

youtu.be/2Ywmgxn_tPc?...

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

Max Scherzer's head must be exploding

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

Today, Van Jones became a journalist.

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 1d

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

This is aggravated assault.

Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 2d

This is not going to end well. Sooner or later an American citizen is going to get killed.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1d

About 10 years ago, I wrote a blog post about the time I needed to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Few years back, I heard from a follower in Texas whose son was really struggling. She shared my post with him and, according to her, it opened a dialogue she believes saved his life...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Steve Ferra @abpow.bsky.social · 1d

"Why am I Mr. Pink? Why can't I choose my color?"

"No way, no way. Tried it once, it doesn't work. You get four guys all fighting over who's gonna be Mr. Black"

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 1d

Our business is based solely on stealing other peoples' work. If we aren't permitted to steal, it would kill our business.

This is no different than movie and music piracy. It's stealing. Make it stop.

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