Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Randall

@rsanders.bsky.social

940 followers 140 following 5.3K posts

Existing quietly (sometimes) at the intersection of sports & a few dialects of nerdery. I constitute a fraction of @numbersmlb.bsky.social.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1m

skeet skeet mfer

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 9h

no wonder people have lost faith in the agency

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 9h

all of whom were either broadcasting or officiating the game

1 1

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 9h

Bears defeat the Commanders, the referees, and the gambling mafia

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 10h

here we go gambling here we go clap clap

here we go gambling here we go clap clap

2 1

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 10h

gam-bling in-terests clap clap clapclapclap

1 1

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 10h

clearly the Bears winning this game would not serve the gambling interests to which the officials are beholden

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 10h

I hate to constantly harp on the work that NFL referees put into ensuring the game is called as poorly as possible but we all see it every game

1 4

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

making “How to hate Eugenio Suárez” pamphlets and handing them out to Jays fans like the community-minded individual that I am

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

the ability to turn off quote posts - both on your posts, and keeping them off your timeline - is easily among this site’s best features. I wouldn’t need more than one hand to count the number of people who use the feature properly, versus abusing it to dunk or just spread mindless engagement bait

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

that certain point is… immediately, every time

1 1

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

WI sports fans are definitely the experts

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

Two Green Bay fans in cheeseheads with a cologuard ad in front of them

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

measured by a barimeter

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

and that's unfortunate because in a vacuum, I like watching football. But the NFL's broadcast model means whatever actual football is present gets completely buried under a mountain of mindless, unwanted noise and tripe. It's simply unwatchable in its current state.

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

correct.

In seriousness, I do genuinely believe the league is propped up primarily at this stage by people with gambling/fantasy interests and interest in whose romantic partners are in attendance in a suite, and less so by people with actual interest in the games. Declining league.

1 2

Randall @rsanders.bsky.social · 1d

only because we allow it to.

The NFL builds itself entirely upon people simply allowing them to do whatever they want, like putting two teams about whom nobody cares in international games and then telling people to wake up at 8:30 on a Sunday to watch. Simply tell the NFL "no, and go to hell."

1 1