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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 9h

I think at this point I’m just trying to make managers quit and take up farming.

Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 9h

If you run out of pitchers you can start using them again, like turning over a discard pile, BUT you have to shuffle them and have them pitch in random order, and they each have to pitch for at least one inning or three earned runs.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 9h

If a player is hit by a pitch and the speed gun is under 90, shake it off, ya wimp, it’s a ball.

Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 9h

Hell, I might even ben convinced that a free runner on first to start is doable after, say, 12 innings.

At least with that you can credibly play quality small ball with bunts and sac flies, rather than just generally trying to poke a single into a lean spot in the outfield.

Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 9h

I aged seventeen years that night. Shuffled out of Wrigley an old man.

Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 11h

Well yeah, but that was before the whole place burned down

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 11h

Though I suppose it could also be considered to be equating "curse" and "reality", in which case

a group of men are watching a chicago bulls vs. miami heat game

Alt: Alonzo Mourning gif

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 11h

After thinking about it for a moment, juxtaposing "curse" and "social media algorithm" is perfectly apropos.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 11h

I'll be happy to keep you abreast of the latest updates from the other direction and give you the play-by-play of their every tortured shriek...

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 12h

A friend made these fridge magnets and I am keeping mine forever

A refrigerator sticker showing frog and toad riding a tandem bike with "Fuck the police" under it

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 16h

Pedocon theory remains supreme

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 17h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 16h

ICE have disappeared multiple long-time tamale street vendors around Chicago, apparently. Even the fuckers at Abu Ghraib would think that's crossing a line.

May ICE thirst and starve in my city, the inhumane assholes.

Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 20h

More street vendors taken by ICE today, according to rapid response team & neighborhood reports.

Masked men arrested one of Pilsen’s longtime tamal vendors near Damen and 21st Pl, by Chase.

Those ladies are very loved by the community. I bought tamales from her many times.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

Don't threaten me with a good time

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

Thermal printers were doing so well before their heel turn by working with CVS

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

At least the cost for a bris is going down, since Trump promised no taxes on tips.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

And the Froggin' Legion will take its uniform cues from the Foreign Legion and encourage beards and axes

French Foreign Legion engineers in dress uniform, with leather apron, axe, and full beards

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

And make it authentic! When the soulless diagnostic program is checking your emissions sensors to make sure your mixture's optimal, it should grumble about "the old days" of adjusting the carburetor's butterfly valve rather than these "new-fangled computers", ignoring the irony all the while...

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

We shall fight the Gravy Seals as the Froggin' Legion

The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 22h

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

a woman is smiling and looking at the camera while wearing a white jacket and a pink shirt .

ALT: a woman is smiling and looking at the camera while wearing a white jacket and a pink shirt .

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

That's every printer driver, and the vibe is always "Fuck you and your entire family."

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

Plague of Frogs is right out of the Bible, darth

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, there are a fair number of extended families in Argentina that were extremely down with the original "America First," too...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

🇦🇷 🇺🇸

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

Dunno, I haven't seen evidence of even that modicum of foresight from them...

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

*Boston Dynamics nerds nod, make new model of terrifyingly capable Atlas robot with five boobs*

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 17h

*screams in "Director telling me to just use Copilot to make a bunch of slides for training people on a custom Salesforce implementation"*

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