Mighty Apollo
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Mighty Apollo
@mightyapollo.bsky.social
· Nov 13
@darthbluesky.bsky.social, @mollyknight.bsky.social posted about activities beyond resisting. Something to help us recharge.
My job is fighting climate change, so I know you can’t stress 24/7 and stay sane.
How about a🧵with everyone’s hobby’s?
I rock climb in my 60s and create craft cocktails.
My job is fighting climate change, so I know you can’t stress 24/7 and stay sane.
How about a🧵with everyone’s hobby’s?
I rock climb in my 60s and create craft cocktails.
Been having seriously weird dreams since I saw it!
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Been having seriously weird dreams since I saw it!
Also, the Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla, who hasn’t played since 2001.
In fact, the Mets will pay him more than the difference between their offer and the Dodgers to Diaz, but sure, the teams putting money on the field are the problem…😉
In fact, the Mets will pay him more than the difference between their offer and the Dodgers to Diaz, but sure, the teams putting money on the field are the problem…😉
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Also, the Mets are still paying Bobby Bonilla, who hasn’t played since 2001.
In fact, the Mets will pay him more than the difference between their offer and the Dodgers to Diaz, but sure, the teams putting money on the field are the problem…😉
In fact, the Mets will pay him more than the difference between their offer and the Dodgers to Diaz, but sure, the teams putting money on the field are the problem…😉
I’m not painting anything. The Dodgers spend on their product and it is profitable. They’ve more than made up for Ohtani’s salary already.
Shit owners like Jerry Reinsdorf don’t. They pocket the luxury tax.
I like baseball like Toronto/LA, I don’t want a league of White Sox. YMMV.
Shit owners like Jerry Reinsdorf don’t. They pocket the luxury tax.
I like baseball like Toronto/LA, I don’t want a league of White Sox. YMMV.
January 17, 2026 at 5:42 AM
I’m not painting anything. The Dodgers spend on their product and it is profitable. They’ve more than made up for Ohtani’s salary already.
Shit owners like Jerry Reinsdorf don’t. They pocket the luxury tax.
I like baseball like Toronto/LA, I don’t want a league of White Sox. YMMV.
Shit owners like Jerry Reinsdorf don’t. They pocket the luxury tax.
I like baseball like Toronto/LA, I don’t want a league of White Sox. YMMV.
In related news, the Mets tendered an almost identical offer, but then refused to validate Skenes’ parking…
Sorry, it just kills me that the difference between the Mets and Dodgers offers to Diaz was less than the Mets will pay to Bobby Bonilla over the next two years.😹
Sorry, it just kills me that the difference between the Mets and Dodgers offers to Diaz was less than the Mets will pay to Bobby Bonilla over the next two years.😹
January 17, 2026 at 4:37 AM
In related news, the Mets tendered an almost identical offer, but then refused to validate Skenes’ parking…
Sorry, it just kills me that the difference between the Mets and Dodgers offers to Diaz was less than the Mets will pay to Bobby Bonilla over the next two years.😹
Sorry, it just kills me that the difference between the Mets and Dodgers offers to Diaz was less than the Mets will pay to Bobby Bonilla over the next two years.😹
Got a chance to get outside for some workday rock climbing with my daughter and then played hooky again to go have some epic queso blue corn tortilla tacos in the park with my spouse.
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Got a chance to get outside for some workday rock climbing with my daughter and then played hooky again to go have some epic queso blue corn tortilla tacos in the park with my spouse.
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"Until Minneapolis, I would have told you that as bad as Trump is, he’s not capable of ordering ICE agents to shoot people...at random, and that as bad as ICE is, they’d refuse such orders. Now I no longer believe either of those things."
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
We’re Nearing the Day When ICE Thugs Just Open Fire on Crowds
The United States is now closer to Assad’s Syria than to anything we recognize as fitting within the understood norms of American history.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"Until Minneapolis, I would have told you that as bad as Trump is, he’s not capable of ordering ICE agents to shoot people...at random, and that as bad as ICE is, they’d refuse such orders. Now I no longer believe either of those things."
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
No, money usually can buy a spot in the playoffs, though even that isn’t certain. The Mets were the highest payroll last year and couldn’t even land a wildcard spot.
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 AM
No, money usually can buy a spot in the playoffs, though even that isn’t certain. The Mets were the highest payroll last year and couldn’t even land a wildcard spot.
It works in other sports.🤷♂️
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
It works in other sports.🤷♂️
If people want more parity, use revenue sharing and require a certain percentage to go on the field.
January 17, 2026 at 2:55 AM
If people want more parity, use revenue sharing and require a certain percentage to go on the field.
There are basically 1200 spots on mlb 40 man rosters. The world competes for them, it takes years of work to get one, and injury can end careers at any time - even while they are under team control making minimum.
I’m in favor of those people making whatever they can, not the greedy owners.🤷♂️
I’m in favor of those people making whatever they can, not the greedy owners.🤷♂️
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 AM
There are basically 1200 spots on mlb 40 man rosters. The world competes for them, it takes years of work to get one, and injury can end careers at any time - even while they are under team control making minimum.
I’m in favor of those people making whatever they can, not the greedy owners.🤷♂️
I’m in favor of those people making whatever they can, not the greedy owners.🤷♂️
That’s why most the bad teams suck.
My problem with a salary cap is it screws the players. The Dodgers have already recouped Ohtani’s contract in Japanese marketing deals. He brings in extra fans everywhere. Why shouldn’t he get paid.🤷♂️
My problem with a salary cap is it screws the players. The Dodgers have already recouped Ohtani’s contract in Japanese marketing deals. He brings in extra fans everywhere. Why shouldn’t he get paid.🤷♂️
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
That’s why most the bad teams suck.
My problem with a salary cap is it screws the players. The Dodgers have already recouped Ohtani’s contract in Japanese marketing deals. He brings in extra fans everywhere. Why shouldn’t he get paid.🤷♂️
My problem with a salary cap is it screws the players. The Dodgers have already recouped Ohtani’s contract in Japanese marketing deals. He brings in extra fans everywhere. Why shouldn’t he get paid.🤷♂️
It matters a lot because players start under franchise control. Free agency didn’t even exist before 1976.
So the big spenders give cash to the other owners and first pick to low cost talent, and still…
The White Sox don’t suck ass because the Dodgers spend to much.
So the big spenders give cash to the other owners and first pick to low cost talent, and still…
The White Sox don’t suck ass because the Dodgers spend to much.
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
It matters a lot because players start under franchise control. Free agency didn’t even exist before 1976.
So the big spenders give cash to the other owners and first pick to low cost talent, and still…
The White Sox don’t suck ass because the Dodgers spend to much.
So the big spenders give cash to the other owners and first pick to low cost talent, and still…
The White Sox don’t suck ass because the Dodgers spend to much.
Interesting to me that so many people think a salary cap will solve this.
Mets were highest payroll last year, and yet..:
The White Sox are a major market team owned by a billionaire, and yet…
Mets were highest payroll last year, and yet..:
The White Sox are a major market team owned by a billionaire, and yet…
Crazy offseason so far! Look at these AAVs
Kyle Tucker - $57M
Shohei Ohtani - $46M
Blake Snell - $31M
Tyler Glasnow - $27M
Yoshinobu Yamamoto - $27M
Mookie Betts - $26M
Freddie Freeman - $25M
Edwin Díaz - $21M
Teoscar Hernández - $20M
Oh, wait, this is one team
Kyle Tucker - $57M
Shohei Ohtani - $46M
Blake Snell - $31M
Tyler Glasnow - $27M
Yoshinobu Yamamoto - $27M
Mookie Betts - $26M
Freddie Freeman - $25M
Edwin Díaz - $21M
Teoscar Hernández - $20M
Oh, wait, this is one team
January 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Interesting to me that so many people think a salary cap will solve this.
Mets were highest payroll last year, and yet..:
The White Sox are a major market team owned by a billionaire, and yet…
Mets were highest payroll last year, and yet..:
The White Sox are a major market team owned by a billionaire, and yet…
Seems more like you need a salary minimum. The top 5 teams paying to contend are all paying a luxury tax to the other owners, who mostly pocket the money.
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Seems more like you need a salary minimum. The top 5 teams paying to contend are all paying a luxury tax to the other owners, who mostly pocket the money.
I bet Rollins hums show tunes when gargling Trump’s balls - so Trump knows who it is.
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I bet Rollins hums show tunes when gargling Trump’s balls - so Trump knows who it is.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
As Molly points out, you should probably think more about a salary minimum.
The competitive teams spending all pay a luxury tax - which goes to the other owners, who mostly just pocket the money.
If a team really spends, like the Dodgers, it costs them draft picks…
The competitive teams spending all pay a luxury tax - which goes to the other owners, who mostly just pocket the money.
If a team really spends, like the Dodgers, it costs them draft picks…
January 17, 2026 at 1:07 AM
As Molly points out, you should probably think more about a salary minimum.
The competitive teams spending all pay a luxury tax - which goes to the other owners, who mostly just pocket the money.
If a team really spends, like the Dodgers, it costs them draft picks…
The competitive teams spending all pay a luxury tax - which goes to the other owners, who mostly just pocket the money.
If a team really spends, like the Dodgers, it costs them draft picks…
Poor thing…😹
a black and white photo of a woman making a funny face with her mouth open .
Alt: Lucy going “Waaaaah!”
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Poor thing…😹
But interpretive dance is still ok?
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
But interpretive dance is still ok?
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Biological female gives biological male her trophy and assures him that he is a winner.
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Biological female gives biological male her trophy and assures him that he is a winner.
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ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE has kidnapped one of my MN News Guild siblings
MAGA brain still seems to think this ICE brutality is popular.
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
MAGA brain still seems to think this ICE brutality is popular.
Seems like it would backfire for this. No way any employers doing the firings won’t get outed and at least some would get sued.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Seems like it would backfire for this. No way any employers doing the firings won’t get outed and at least some would get sued.
It’s not just the lying, but the presumption that everyone listening is breathtakingly stupid that gets me.
If someone assaults offices they get arrested…🙄
If someone assaults offices they get arrested…🙄
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It’s not just the lying, but the presumption that everyone listening is breathtakingly stupid that gets me.
If someone assaults offices they get arrested…🙄
If someone assaults offices they get arrested…🙄