James Yates
@jamesyates.bsky.social
Writer, runner, basketball fan, baseball fan, animal lover, pessimistic optimist, he/him
Between unexpected snow last week and long, crowded hours in retail, I didn't go to the gym at all last week, and I only squeezed in one shitty 3 mile run. Today's my first day off since Wednesday, and my body and mind are still drained from an absolutely chaotic holiday shopping weekend.
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Between unexpected snow last week and long, crowded hours in retail, I didn't go to the gym at all last week, and I only squeezed in one shitty 3 mile run. Today's my first day off since Wednesday, and my body and mind are still drained from an absolutely chaotic holiday shopping weekend.
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Congratulations to everyone who gets an entire winter break that starts now. Happy for y'all. Really.
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Congratulations to everyone who gets an entire winter break that starts now. Happy for y'all. Really.
Annual viewing of "Home Alone," annual wondering how different it would be if the McAllisters weren't white.
December 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Annual viewing of "Home Alone," annual wondering how different it would be if the McAllisters weren't white.
I've watched great basketball teams over the years, and Oklahoma City is one of those who make me think "goddamn, this is just unfair."
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I've watched great basketball teams over the years, and Oklahoma City is one of those who make me think "goddamn, this is just unfair."
Gonna repost this a few more times over the next week. ❤️
This is something I used to do on Twitter: if we're mutuals and would like a holiday card, feel free to DM me your address.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Gonna repost this a few more times over the next week. ❤️
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This is something I used to do on Twitter: if we're mutuals and would like a holiday card, feel free to DM me your address.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is something I used to do on Twitter: if we're mutuals and would like a holiday card, feel free to DM me your address.
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Every episode of Smiling Friends is the most stressful 11 minutes of my week.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Every episode of Smiling Friends is the most stressful 11 minutes of my week.
This is something I used to do on Twitter: if we're mutuals and would like a holiday card, feel free to DM me your address.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This is something I used to do on Twitter: if we're mutuals and would like a holiday card, feel free to DM me your address.
Quite possibly my favorite internet video of all time.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Quite possibly my favorite internet video of all time.
Every commerce website I've visted in 2025, in my inbox yesterday and today:
"Heyyyyy sexy, it's Black Friday weekend 👉👈 🥺🥺🥺🥺"
"Heyyyyy sexy, it's Black Friday weekend 👉👈 🥺🥺🥺🥺"
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Every commerce website I've visted in 2025, in my inbox yesterday and today:
"Heyyyyy sexy, it's Black Friday weekend 👉👈 🥺🥺🥺🥺"
"Heyyyyy sexy, it's Black Friday weekend 👉👈 🥺🥺🥺🥺"
This was my second sober Thanksgiving, and Jesus Christ, I don't know how I used to put away so much whiskey AFTER eating so much food.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This was my second sober Thanksgiving, and Jesus Christ, I don't know how I used to put away so much whiskey AFTER eating so much food.
Forgot school was out today, so the Y basketball courts were overrun with kids. I drove to a nearby court and had to battle hard winds to get any shots up. But at least I got this pretty photo.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Forgot school was out today, so the Y basketball courts were overrun with kids. I drove to a nearby court and had to battle hard winds to get any shots up. But at least I got this pretty photo.
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You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.
I ran the Star City half-marathon this morning. Set my PR, and completed the local Triple Crown: the Blue Ridge half, the Salem half, and now Star City.
I just ate a big sandwich, so zzzzz
I just ate a big sandwich, so zzzzz
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I ran the Star City half-marathon this morning. Set my PR, and completed the local Triple Crown: the Blue Ridge half, the Salem half, and now Star City.
I just ate a big sandwich, so zzzzz
I just ate a big sandwich, so zzzzz
Mark Sanford looks like a baseball player from 1975 who was shockingly thirty-six years old when the picture was taken.
Could just as easily be satire as reality:
"He was a famous politician, 32 years older than Olivia...But more importantly, he was a presidential candidate, a source, and the subject of Olivia’s recent profile for New York....Olivia is sleeping with Mark Sanford.”
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
"He was a famous politician, 32 years older than Olivia...But more importantly, he was a presidential candidate, a source, and the subject of Olivia’s recent profile for New York....Olivia is sleeping with Mark Sanford.”
www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Mark Sanford looks like a baseball player from 1975 who was shockingly thirty-six years old when the picture was taken.
Anything by Wendy C. Ortiz, whom I need to reread soon, an artist I've looked up to for years now.
Can people post about memoirs that are good and they liked?
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Anything by Wendy C. Ortiz, whom I need to reread soon, an artist I've looked up to for years now.
I rewatched the "Back to the Future" trilogy this week, they're some of my favorite comfort movies. The biggest plot hole: why doesn't Marty get violently sick when he eats 1885 or 1955 food?
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I rewatched the "Back to the Future" trilogy this week, they're some of my favorite comfort movies. The biggest plot hole: why doesn't Marty get violently sick when he eats 1885 or 1955 food?
I think Hobbes is finally over his kidney or urinary infection. Ten days ago, I thought he was dying, now he's back to his sassy self, and we're both exhausted after giving him a twice daily pill since last Tuesday.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I think Hobbes is finally over his kidney or urinary infection. Ten days ago, I thought he was dying, now he's back to his sassy self, and we're both exhausted after giving him a twice daily pill since last Tuesday.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
He's a senior cat, but I hope we have a few more years together.
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If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
Every season finale of "The Great British Baking Show" gets me weepy when they show the contestants hanging out together after.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Every season finale of "The Great British Baking Show" gets me weepy when they show the contestants hanging out together after.
I did a six mile run this afternoon, now I'm cooking a frozen pepperoni pizza in the oven. My diet has no happy medium between "Instagram influencer vegan cook" and "hungover college sophomore."
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I did a six mile run this afternoon, now I'm cooking a frozen pepperoni pizza in the oven. My diet has no happy medium between "Instagram influencer vegan cook" and "hungover college sophomore."
Like 70% of the posts about the Starbucks boycott are "here's why you should boycott; I personally don't need to, because I haven't been there in years."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Like 70% of the posts about the Starbucks boycott are "here's why you should boycott; I personally don't need to, because I haven't been there in years."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
I love the social media tic of "let me educate you, but just to be safe, I'm actually better than you."
The only times I truly feel old and out of touch are when NBA teams post celebrities sitting courtside and I only recognize like 30% of them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The only times I truly feel old and out of touch are when NBA teams post celebrities sitting courtside and I only recognize like 30% of them.
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everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
everybody gets twenty-four hours to lib out with impunity, tonight is the cringe purge