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Maggie Wiggin

@maggie162.bsky.social

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You can’t hurt me, I root for the Mets

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 26d

This is going to be so, so good and the cause is amazin’ 💜

A Pod of Their Own @apodoftheirown.bsky.social · Aug 25

We will cap off our month long pledge drive with an in-person raffle event on Saturday, September 20th at 2:00pm ET at Lion's Head Tavern in Manhattan. There will be many cool raffle prizes (including a Pete Alonso signed bat!) and a great atmosphere to watch a ballgame.

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 15h

I did this for about a month once, it’s not fun but it is effective.

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Ky (she/her) @kyalynn.bsky.social · 18h

LMAOOO they might as well have just given it to the guy directly

This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer
Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 19h

Security guard looking mildly concerned when I say “have a good evening” at 11am

Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 20h

Too busy reading all those memos

Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m interested in any particular ideas to achieve that goal” is so lazy it almost hurts to read.

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 22h

Men should be lonelier

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

I take it back, AI should replace exactly one writer

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

The actual maga-heads are definitely a dime a dozen but I think the most surprising part to me is how many normalish, slightly liberal leaning sports fans are like “yeah, none of this bothers me, the slurs and everything are fine”

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · Sep 4

happy football season, quick reminder that sportsbooks win about 3% of your money on straight football bets, but almost 20% on parlays and same-game parlays.

which is why they have all the ads for those and not regular bets

(info via NJ Dept. of Gaming Enforcement monthly report, July 2025)

YTD win rates
football: 3.4%
basketball: 3.7%
baseball: 4.8%
other: 6.8%
parlay: 19.6%

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

The Nazi tolerance level among my sports acquaintances is miles higher than I would have guessed

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

Adidas is a big enough brand that they also might have slim cuts of their regular styles

Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, this is the exact reason I’ve never bought H&M pants for myself.

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 1d

Alright folks, where are we buying sweatpants for tall and skinny tween boys? Every pair I get is falling off this kid, who is now my height.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 2d

Nazis gonna be a protected class in about a minute

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 2d

Houston

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 2d

Which journalist is brave enough to ask Zohran how many white button-downs he goes through in a day?

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 2d

The next Boomer that scolds me for not saving for retirement is going to the worst nursing home I can find

Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 2d

She’s not medically cleared to jump into anything

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Norm Hill @normhill.bsky.social · 2d

This is Pastor David Black, First Presbyterian Church, being pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 3d

my favorite stat about this series is that the Yankees have a higher ERA in this ALDS than all position players who pitched in 2025 did

Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 3d

I don't think it's Aaron Judge's fault for not getting clutch hits in games that are over by the second inning

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assbutt @nasboat.org · 3d

I will never vote for Gavin Newsom and I’m handing out Chesters to any dipshit who shows up to scold me about it in the replies.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Maggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 3d

Dems like *Newsom* are the reasons we lose. Empty suits with consultants where their brains should be