Michael
@lordstrange.bsky.social
Here to support people who talk about sports I enjoy. Here to follow weather nerds. Occasional posts to /dev/null.
It’s good stuff but when they come to offer you chips and salsa, it’s not free
For the second year in a row, Bombera, Dominica Rice-Cisneros' Dimond District restaurant, takes home the Nosh Award for Best Restaurant Overall.
The best restaurant in the East Bay is a 'neighborhood treasure' that prompts inter-continental travel
For the second year in a row, Bombera, Dominica Rice-Cisneros' Dimond District restaurant, takes home the Nosh Award for Best Restaurant Overall.
oaklandside.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It’s good stuff but when they come to offer you chips and salsa, it’s not free
Feel gutted for Chris Hoy already, but he cannot catch a break www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...
Sir Chris Hoy: Six-time Olympic champion breaks leg in 'worst' crash of his life
Sir Chris Hoy breaks his leg in a cycling crash which he describes as the
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Feel gutted for Chris Hoy already, but he cannot catch a break www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...
Reposted by Michael
Real Madrid is another team at that Ohio State level of “there’s a machine here and the head coach is the custodian and the team doesn’t really need them, personally, to make it work”
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Real Madrid is another team at that Ohio State level of “there’s a machine here and the head coach is the custodian and the team doesn’t really need them, personally, to make it work”
I finally get it about owning multiple bicycles: when bike in shop, I cannot bike
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I finally get it about owning multiple bicycles: when bike in shop, I cannot bike
BOOM! Rattle-rattle-rattle-rattle…
#CaliforniaEarthquake
M 2.9 - 2 km E of Piedmont, Alameda County, CA
12/08/2025 15:01:02
More info at USGS:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75276931
M 2.9 - 2 km E of Piedmont, Alameda County, CA
12/08/2025 15:01:02
More info at USGS:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75276931
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
BOOM! Rattle-rattle-rattle-rattle…
Hell yeah
Ghost Town's Laurel location attracts a crowd with award-winning beer, big salads and juicy burgers, and a spacious, skull-adorned beer garden.
Growlers, grub and good times: The East Bay's favorite beer garden does it all with a death motif
Ghost Town's Laurel location attracts a crowd with award-winning beer, big salads and juicy burgers, and a spacious, skull-adorned beer garden.
oaklandside.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Hell yeah
Reposted by Michael
The CFP Committee is supposed to be an independent arbiter.
But did you know conferences are allowed to lobby members in the final week to make the case for their teams?
Of course we got those presentations.
Read it all in this week's FOIAball:
www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...
But did you know conferences are allowed to lobby members in the final week to make the case for their teams?
Of course we got those presentations.
Read it all in this week's FOIAball:
www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The CFP Committee is supposed to be an independent arbiter.
But did you know conferences are allowed to lobby members in the final week to make the case for their teams?
Of course we got those presentations.
Read it all in this week's FOIAball:
www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...
But did you know conferences are allowed to lobby members in the final week to make the case for their teams?
Of course we got those presentations.
Read it all in this week's FOIAball:
www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...
Pounding the table demanding more pizza beans. I love this dish (just finished some leftovers for lunch)
Pizza beans? In the news? What a fantastic idea. There is no time like a chilly day to bake giant white beans as if they were ziti — i.e. with a robust tomato sauce, vegetables, and finished with bronzed, melty cheese.
smittenkitchen.com/2017/09/pizz...
smittenkitchen.com/2017/09/pizz...
December 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Pounding the table demanding more pizza beans. I love this dish (just finished some leftovers for lunch)
I basically did this once when taking a PK for a shootout. It was my last season of soccer
Younghoe Koo completely missed the ball and kicked the turf, Jaxson Dart can't believe it
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I basically did this once when taking a PK for a shootout. It was my last season of soccer
WVA is using Meta glasses? Grosssssss
Ever wondered what it feels like to be 🇧🇪 Wout van Aert on the cobbles of 🇫🇷 Paris-Roubaix?
He has given us the best look yet with the new Oakley Meta glasses.
📹 Wout van Aert
He has given us the best look yet with the new Oakley Meta glasses.
📹 Wout van Aert
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
WVA is using Meta glasses? Grosssssss
Shopping sucks. The East Bay Regional Park District declared Green Friday. Most fees waived
Green Friday
Join us on Friday, Nov. 28 for a Free Park Day in the Regional Parks. Trade in your shopping bags for a backpack and spend the day after Thanksgiving in nature!
www.ebparks.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Shopping sucks. The East Bay Regional Park District declared Green Friday. Most fees waived
It’s 9 in the morning and I just finished pancakes. The Egg Bowl is meant to be played in the dark. What is going on?
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It’s 9 in the morning and I just finished pancakes. The Egg Bowl is meant to be played in the dark. What is going on?
Reposted by Michael
OKAY OKAY FINE, GOD 🌝
submit your THANKSGIVING DISASTERS to [email protected]
do NOT submit it here, we won’t see it, sorry that happened to you (or happy for you)!!
submit your THANKSGIVING DISASTERS to [email protected]
do NOT submit it here, we won’t see it, sorry that happened to you (or happy for you)!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
OKAY OKAY FINE, GOD 🌝
submit your THANKSGIVING DISASTERS to [email protected]
do NOT submit it here, we won’t see it, sorry that happened to you (or happy for you)!!
submit your THANKSGIVING DISASTERS to [email protected]
do NOT submit it here, we won’t see it, sorry that happened to you (or happy for you)!!
Reposted by Michael
Whale breaching to watch a rainbow. 🌈
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Whale breaching to watch a rainbow. 🌈
Well, it’s a *socialist workers’ party*, after all
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, it’s a *socialist workers’ party*, after all
ACC lore
For Big Game week between Cal and Stanford I tracked down the anonymous Oski and Stanford Tree who got into a nationally televised brawl on ESPN 30 years ago that required police intervention. The untold story involves 18 beers, suspensions & lots of blood.
My latest:
www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
My latest:
www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
What really happened the night Oski beat up the Stanford Tree
"I must've been 18 beers deep at that point. I was in big trouble."
www.sfgate.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ACC lore
Reposted by Michael
A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out - BBC News
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Reposted by Michael
For the record, Oakland Unified's administrators refused to grant Oaklandside's journalists access to the Skyline campus today to cover the student protest.
We're up there anyway to hear from young people about safety issues in Oakland schools and solutions.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/s...
We're up there anyway to hear from young people about safety issues in Oakland schools and solutions.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/s...
Skyline High students stage walkout protest against 'unsafe conditions'
Hundreds of students walked out of class at 11 a.m. today to protest a lack of safety on campus after a student was injured in a shooting last week.
oaklandside.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For the record, Oakland Unified's administrators refused to grant Oaklandside's journalists access to the Skyline campus today to cover the student protest.
We're up there anyway to hear from young people about safety issues in Oakland schools and solutions.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/s...
We're up there anyway to hear from young people about safety issues in Oakland schools and solutions.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/s...
Got a ride window between rain systems. Bay Area late afternoon from the Oakland Hills
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Got a ride window between rain systems. Bay Area late afternoon from the Oakland Hills
Fucking hell Go Cocks
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Fucking hell Go Cocks
Iowa / USC is gonna be a very wet slog, should be pretty entertaining
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Iowa / USC is gonna be a very wet slog, should be pretty entertaining
Reposted by Michael
don’t think this sorry about your dick situation can be topped www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ado...
Hitler's DNA reveals Nazi leader likely had syndrome that can affect genitals, researchers say
Researchers behind the "Hitler's DNA" documentary say the Nazi dictator likely had Kallmann Syndrome, a rare genetic condition which can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
don’t think this sorry about your dick situation can be topped www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ado...
Hosting two separate, small Thanksgivings with each parental unit (they all have to fly across the country). The first is today…
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hosting two separate, small Thanksgivings with each parental unit (they all have to fly across the country). The first is today…
Two pages at least about a great catch, go Hoosiers
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Two pages at least about a great catch, go Hoosiers