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Social services attorney on the Jersey side of the Philly suburbs; law, history, gardening 😉🌬 and trading cards. MLB: Tigers/Phillies; NFL: Giants; NBA: 90s. @jpesq and @esqgranny on that other site and I'm too tired to maintain two accounts anymore.

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 18d

What the heck, here's my last-ditch effort to save the season:

Here's a photo of my Miggy wall and a couple of Miggy dolls! #Tigers #cardsky

And if you have a lead on something I'm missing for my rainbow, hmu? 🙏

A Miguel Cabrera signed 16×20 photo of his snow homer, a partial Topps Update/Update Sapphire rainbow of the same event, and some other cool Miggy cards and swag all arranged on a wall

Miguel Cabrera WBC bobblehead and Topps Big League Mini Vinyl (triple crown variation) in the foreground, with some signed baseballs and a TMNT Mini arcade in the background)

2021 Topps Update #US155 "Snow Tigers" checklist. I'm missing the vintage stock /99, the mother's day pink /50, the 1/1, and the plates.

$Topps Sapphire checklist for US155 "Snow Tigers." I'm missing the purple /10, the red /5, the padparadascha 1/1 and the superfractor 1/1, as if I can afford any of those.$

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah I think I'm gonna have to invest in some of him soon...

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 4h

Goddamn the Giants showed up to fucking play tonight

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Dear @phillies.com:

As of this writing, my dream of somehow winning tickets to a Tigers/Phillies World Series game is still on the table.

Please do your part tonight.

Very truly yours,

jp

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 11h

2-1 says they have some Canadian performing

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 15h

Just announced: Turning Point USA will present an alternative “All-American” halftime show (performers TBA) for those who don’t want to watch that Puerto Rican.

www.americanhalftimeshow.com

THE ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW

Yes, the rumors are true... Turning Point USA is thrilled to announce The All American Halftime Show. Performers and event details coming soon.

www.americanhalftimeshow.com

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 17h

#otd (1000 CE) Leif Erikson discovers North America (at least as far as Europe is concerned), nearly five centuries before Christopher Columbus "discovered" the continent.

The site is now known as Lance aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada.

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah brother, no doubt he's got concepts of a plan just burning a hole in his pocket, if only the democrats would meet with him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 18h

Lol sure, the Bible says we should be welcoming to immigrants.

What's next, you're gonna tell me it ALSO says we should help the poor and care for the sick? Gtfoh 🤣

NPR @npr.org · 19h

The apostolic exhortation is Pope Leo's first since his election in May. n.pr/3VWUvEJ

Pope Leo says faith and love for migrants are connected

In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.

n.pr

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah man, those were the days

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I could really go for a chipwich right now, you know what I mean?

a close up of a chocolate chip cookie sandwich on a table

Alt: Chipwich

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

In my line of work, a "plenary guardian" means somebody with the legal authority to make any and all legal, financial, and medical decisions for another, up to and including the power to withhold or withdraw consent to life sustaining medical treatment.

For what it's worth.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

CNN: Does the administration still plan to abide by that court ruling?

STEPHEN MILLER: The administration filed an appeal this morning ... ... ...

CNN: Stephen? Stephen? Can you hear me?

MILLER: ... ... ...

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

p.s. you also need to start posting here.

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Dear @phillies.com:

As of this writing, my dream of somehow winning tickets to a Tigers/Phillies World Series game is still on the table.

Please do your part tonight.

Very truly yours,

jp

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Detroit Tigers Jake Rogers GIF

Alt: Jake Rogers saying "don't let the Tigers get hot"

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Random card of the night: 1990 T&M Umpires Joe Brinkman! #cardsky

There need to be more umpire cards, amirite?

Umpire Joe Brinkman in his uniform which includes an American League cap

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jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Idk if Torres would move to 3B, but the thought of adding Bregman has certainly grown on me this year...

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Given the prospects in the upper minors, I'd understand if they go another direction, but I wouldn't have seeing them re-sign him.

Who says no to an infield of Tork, Gleyber, McGonigle, and Keith for at least a couple years?

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I get it

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I gotta get out there to see a home game one of these years. Looks like a great time.

The Phillies are headed to Detroit next year, so I'm gonna have to wait til 2027 to see them (unless I get lucky and we see a Tigers/Phillies World Series and I win tickets somehow 🙏)

jp @jpesq.bsky.social · 1d

The article starts by asking, "Did MAGA activist Jack Posobiec just accidentally compare President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler," and I *PROMISE* you that it was no accident.

The thing about plausible deniability is that the deniability has to be plausible in order for it to work.