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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 12h

I was listening to this game when driving home from work. Now I am concerned I may still be watching this game when I have to go back to work.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 12h

The moral of today is pretty clear. Baseball good, tariffs bad. We need more extra innings and fewer orange frauds fouling things up.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 12h

I'm the 18th inning, every player gets a puppy.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 13h

Ken Phelps later famously broke up a perfect game after 8 2/3 with a home run for the A's.

Everybody knows that.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 21h

1. I am already subscribed.
2. Shared with Google Cloud AI marketing. How about that?

/cc @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 23h

I am trying to overindex on fun, clearly. Should be great.

Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 1d

October concert calendar:

Above & Beyond w/ Gabriel & Dresden
Purity Ring (SF)
The Wombats (SF)
Stereolab (SF)

November concert calendar:

Pink Pantheress (Oakland)
Underworld (Denver!)
Mau P w/ Andrew Beyer (Red Rocks)
Sasha & Digweed (Alameda)

Fill up your calendars before fun is illegal!

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 1d

That's the same excuse I tell the attendance office when I take my daughter out of class to go to a concert.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes they have batting practice before the game. This is not one of those times.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 2d

Back in my day, we all used iMacs, and the monitor was the computer.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 2d

I got a new monitor in January and it's been very good.

Earlier today, I was looking in my Downloads folder and I saw items going back to last year, and I was trying to figure out how that was possible, only to realize the computer was the same the whole time. Duh.

Technology, how does it work?

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 5d

I'm treasurer for our local Little League, and the fiscal year ended on September 30. Board meeting is tomorrow, so I told my daughter I had to "go play Quicken".

I mean, what else is Quicken besides a giant puzzle game with bad graphics where you never actually win?

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 5d

My son and I showed up at 12:50 today to umpire the 1 pm Little League game, only to find out it started at 12 and they had a coach behind the mound. Schedule mixup!

It was about 90 and I was plenty hot, so when the game finished in record time (for us), I didn't object.

Game two is at 3:30. ⚾🌞

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 6d

Back at Shoreline Amphitheatre tonight to see the marvelous Above and Beyond. Got the best seats possible too! Will be an excellent show.

See them if they ever come your way.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 6d

"Mr. Sanchez was arrested in the hospital and charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication, the police said. All of the charges are misdemeanors, the police said."

He is a leading candidate for Deputy Attorney General.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 6d

Go local sports team!

Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 6d

Depeche Mode is at 15, but number 12 was not a world champion.

Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 7d

Full Self Dying

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 7d

Possibly true. But what's also likely is that there are a number of ways to address a community and say you acknowledge their issues. Jay hasn't chosen that this week. It was gasoline on embers.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 7d

Why is it so hard to just say she is incredible and have the highest level of respect for her, without saying you have to love all her music? She's a phenomenon who makes millions of people happy and we need more of that.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty wild to see @jay.bsky.team burn the good will for Bluesky in just a few days.

Maybe if they had actually hired a head of comms, instead of leaving that job role open for months, somebody would give her advice on how not to communicate with users.

jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

Bluesky Jobs

jobs.gem.com

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 8d

Most valuable *private* company

Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 8d

Ah. So you read about Oracle, Nvidia and OpenAI too.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 8d

Such tone deaf behavior. It's not more funny, or "remember when we all had a good laugh yesterday". It's a miss.

Louis Gray @louisgray.bsky.social · 8d

@jay.bsky.team doubling down here is not funnier or showing you are aware of being "in on the joke."

The correct response is a walk back of the casual response, and a reiteration that you are working to keep Bluesky a healthy place for everyone... *especially* marginalized groups that built it.

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