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Micah @rincewind.run · 7h

all jokes aside I'm glad they haven't brought any of this ghost runner bullshit to the playoffs

you want to win a playoff game you had best find a way to manufacture a run from scratch like the baseball gods intended

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not autistic, just a parent to an autistic kid w/ fairly significant support needs, but I personally find it very frustrating to see so many people fixated on preventing, reducing, or “curing” autism and neurodiversity instead of talking about inclusion + getting folks whatever support they need

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I use a different computer, apparently I need to tell Microsoft Word, yet again, that I don't want their Copilot. Because I am a writer. Who writes things.

Is there a word processor that doesn't do this crap? (I have Scrivener and love it, but sometimes you just need something basic.)

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 3d

The 2025 Yankees are uniquely talented at gaslighting their fans into believing they have It, and then pulling the rug out from under us.

Having said that, when they give us those moments it's magic.

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IfNotNow🔥✡️ @ifnotnowmovement.org · 3d

Today, on the second anniversary of October 7, we pause to mourn, to grieve, and to remember.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Kenny-

Author of a book Anthropic stole here. I consent to every library on earth having my book on loan.

I do not consent to billionaire tech bros stealing my work without my consent to destroy the planet/democracy etc. etc. because they want to become trillionaires.

I hope this helps!

Kenny @kenny.macdermid.ca · 7d

Yeah, shut down the libraries! It should be up to the author to decide who reads their words.

While we're at it, arrest anyone that's ever used knowledge they've learned from a book.

You better not be reading this post without permission, it's my copyright

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 7d

Sure, Trump sucks on climate science. And virology. But, sure, he and his goons are fully equipped to "solve" autism!

Such magical thinking from people who never should have been taken seriously in the first place.

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone who thought that Trump and co. would focus on "gold standard science" is so unserious.

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 8d

Yankees 8+ IP, 0 R, 12+ K in Postseason Game

Roger Clemens 2000 ALCS Gm 4 at SEA
526th career start (incl postseason)

Cam Schlittler 2025 ALWC Gm 3 vs BOS
15th career start (incl postseason)

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Jake (Real) @jakemhs.bsky.social · 8d

Cam Schlittler

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 8d

Into my veins

Freezing Cold Takes @oldtakesexposed.bsky.social · 8d

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, it's early, but right now it's hard to look at Cam Schlittler and NOT think we're witnessing the birth of a Yankee great.

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 8d

HIT JUDGE ON THE FIRST PITCH.

Who does this schmuck think he is.

Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, look. It's a team not the Yankees making critical defensive errors in the postseason.

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 9d

Jazz Chisholm Jr and Ben Rice sure are positive-impact players. Wouldn't it be nice if they played everyday?

#FireAaronBoone

Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 11d

The whole push to make "stupid" into an ableist slur was conducted largely without the input of people with intellectual disabilities (ID).

People with ID are not stupid! They should be listened to. And disabled people without ID should not try to talk for them.

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 14d

Should I or should I note post this in one of those threads:

2025 SEASON WAR LEADERS:

1. Aaron Judge
2. Cristopher Sanchez
3. Paul Skenes
4. Shohei Ohtani
5. Cal Raleigh

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 14d

When you want to feel righteously angry over something that's objectively low-stakes, try reading FB comments about the AL MVP race. That's a real palette cleanser.

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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 17d

Happy Bi Visibility Day 2025!

It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At…

Happy Bi Visibility Day 2025!

It's Bi Visibility Day, and we're celebrating as we do with books starring bi main characters! For even more recs, check out past years' posts! Young Adult Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin All’s fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn’t hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl.

lgbtqreads.com

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Sarah Kapit @sarahkapit.bsky.social · 18d

Autistic children--and non-autistic children--deserve thoughtful representation at a time when our "leaders" are spreading misinformation.

Think about reading my award-winning novel about an autistic girl who becomes a knuckleball pitcher:

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602207...

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit: 9780525554196 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball--not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal. Vivy Cohen is d...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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dogcolumbo.bsky.social @dogcolumbo.bsky.social · 19d

Paul O'Neil played a World Series game despite his father passing away.

Matt Shaw didn't care about helping his team clinch the top Wild Card because his favorite podcaster died.

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Morgan K. Bell @morgankbell.bsky.social · 21d

I don't want to watch a fucking video. I don't want the only instructions of how to do something to be in video format. I don't want my social media to be a bunch of videos. I should not have to bring headphones (or annoy everyone) to doom scroll on the train. GIVE ME TEXT.

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21d

Trump my mom when I go to a train museum
🤝
"Autism is totally out of control"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Trump: "I think we're gonna have something very very big coming up soon on autism. Autism is totally out of control ... we're gonna have a news conference early next week on autism."

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 23d

Here's a challenge for male pundits & commentators:

When you talk about all the wicked things Charlie Kirk said, all the people he sought to disempower & hurt - maybe mention the gals.

I've seen almost no men raise his vile, dehumanizing male supremacism, aka misogyny.

Which you know what? Sucks.

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