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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 16h

Maybe the answer is that all yellow cards get reviewed too. Game doesn't have to stop; VAR can just review as play goes on, and the card can be null and void if necessary. And if it's a double yellow, then play can stop momentarily. Which it does anyway.

Not that VAR is totally reliable either. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 16h

I know flopping and clutching and rolling are all part of the game, but I hate it. So much. Especially when it results in a red card that completely changes the game. #Barca #ChampionsLeague #BAROLY

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 1d

😭

Please, if nothing else, can someone just leak the script? Please please. I NEED IT.

Braddington @bradwhipple.bsky.social · 1d

whelp, I’ll be thinking about the Steven Soderbergh movie about Ben Solo until the day I die, I guess. we could’ve had it all.

apnews.com/article/adam...

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 6d

One of the negative side effects of this is that garbage like Newsmax and others like it are getting classified as "news organizations," giving them a legitimacy they in no way deserve.

NPR @npr.org · 6d

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon. n.pr/3ILiHaj

News outlets reject Pentagon press restrictions

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, NPR and Newsmax, are refusing to sign a new set of restrictions on news gathering inside the Pentagon.

n.pr

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 7d

Seeing a discussion of stanch vs staunch and wondering why some folks don't consider staunch as acceptable for "to check or stop the flowing of"?

It's literally listed as an MW variant? What am I missing?

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 7d

Pedri actually out at the 68th minute. Still should have been rested but at least did not play the full match.

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, we really jumped right from Hades-hot-October straight into low-tire-pressure season. I’m here for it. 🍁

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 12d

Just finished up working on an adult romance with a main couple who had the absolute best tension and chemistry! And it was a setting I wasn't super familiar with, so I learned a lot too! Anyway, A+ storytelling. I hope it finds an audience. #amediting #amcopyediting #amproofreading

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 14d

Amidst all the truly awful stuff, they are also just so...gross. On the surface and at their core, they are just so grasping and grotesque and obvious. It's as embarrassing as it is disturbing.

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah, I’m definitely going to give it a shot. If nothing else, the music alone might carry it.

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 14d

I think watching the Billy Joel documentary ruined me for movies like the new Springsteen one starring Jeremy Allen White. Like, just give me the real thing.

Though, I did watch and enjoy A Complete Unknown, so who knows. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 15d

The homily was great, the whole "Go and do likewise" passage about showing mercy. I should have felt reassured at the message but instead was incredibly uneasy. Like even in the most progressive of atmospheres (for Catholics anyway) there seems to be a definite shift toward performative extremism.

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 15d

I go to Catholic mass 1–2x a yr w/ my dad. Today (same church & time as 1 year ago) I noticed a huge uptick in women wearing head coverings. And an unusual number of folks dropping to their knees for communion. I realize these are not *new* things, but the number of people performing like this was.

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 19d

If you get purple first in Connections today, your brain works in ways I truly can comprehend! Ha!

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 21d

If you get purple first in Connections today, your brain works in ways I cannot fathom. 😂

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 19d

“Vance says he’ll talk Obamacare premiums with Schumer — but only with government open”

a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag

Alt: a cartoon girl in a blue dress (Lucy from the peanuts) is kneeling in a field holding a football. Charlie Brown earnestly runs up to kick it even though Lucy has pulled the ball away every single time before this. Nonetheless, Charlie falls for it when she says “not this time” and confirms he’s a fool when she once again pulls it away.

media.tenor.com

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 20d

Second half much less joyous. Oof.

Nonetheless #forcabarca

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 20d

What a first half though. A (nervy) joy to watch.

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 20d

The anticipation for this Barcelona vs PSG game is making me nervous. I wish I knew the score already so could watch without anxiety, ha.

#forcabarca #UCL #ChampionsLeauge #barcapsg

a man wearing a black shirt that says " i 'm very anxious about it "

Alt: David Rose from Schitt's Creek fiddles with his hands and rocks gently to the side as he says "I'm very anxious about it."

media.tenor.com

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 21d

I’m sorry, but no. Absolutely not. I will fight to the bitter—and I mean absolute BITTER —end for my beloved em dash.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too

The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it

www.theguardian.com

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 21d

If you get purple first in Connections today, your brain works in ways I cannot fathom. 😂

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 22d

This would be fantastic! #publishing

Nathan Bransford @nathanbransford.com · 22d

As "no response means no" takes hold at publishing houses, it's long past time to stop leaving authors' careers in limbo and reform industry submission procedures. Here's a modest proposal at a Publishing Submission Bill of Rights.

A publishing submission Bill of Rights

A modest proposal. The submission process in the publishing industry these days is increasingly broken. Many literary agents have long had a “no response means no” policy on query letters, but now the...

nathanbransford.com

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 22d

And I see her proving this point yet again today. Sigh.

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 23d

Sergio Gomez is going to have nightmares about those nutmegs #barcarealsociedad

Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 23d

That Emma Watson interview and how J/K Rolling in the Deep responded is a great example of why you don't try to appease (or whatever it was Emma thought she was doing there) people like that. The rot goes too deep.

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Lynne Hartzer @lkh.bsky.social · 23d

This deserves more attention. As does the (as of this moment) single reply.

Pure gold, both of them.

Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 23d

KPop Demon Hunt for Red October

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