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Daniel Shank Cruz

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🇵🇷 genderqueer bisexual Mennonite writer, they/multitudes. #Mets #LGM #haiku danielshankcruz.com

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · Nov 15

Lots of new followers recently (good to see you all!), so here's a list of some of my obsessions that I post about: the #Mets, #haiku, #senryu, other reading/writing, fountain pens, #queer stuff 💙🧡🖋️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to the Mariners and their fans! I’ve been watching baseball for forty years and that was one of the best games I’ve ever seen.

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 15h

Well, I’m really glad this game is being played on a Friday night so that I can sleep in tomorrow 😆

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 16h

Constantly complaining about how baseball was better when I was younger (see: pulling Tarik Skubal after only six innings—smh) is totally my thing, so I’m a hundred percent on board with this question/complaint 😆

robneyer @robneyer.bsky.social · 16h

So I guess we just don’t say forkball any more. Who decided that.

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Stephen 🇵🇸 @tgk.bsky.social · 16h

God, playoff extra innings is a lot more fun when it's not happening to you

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 17h

Baseball players on their birthdays…

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 1d

The Romo dialogue makes this perfect 😆

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 1d

🤯🤯🤯 I suppose the shifting higher ed landscape makes such a move inevitable, but it’s tough to see MQR end as an independent entity.

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 1d

Also, if Ron Darling had been calling that game instead of the other TBS series we would have justifiably gotten one of his trademark rants about pitchers these days not being able to field their position.

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I’m a Mets fan, and I’m glad that the Phillies lost, but the way they just lost, wow 🤯

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · Sep 1

A drawing of a raccoon washing an apple in a river. The caption reads, "I don't know how to fix my problems, but I can look after myself carefully today."

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Brian H. Feighner @feighnerbh.bsky.social · 2d

Schadenfreude is such a base emotion. On the other hand, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yankees. Don't let the door hit you in the Arsch!

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Kerry @kerrylyn130.bsky.social · 2d

Now I know why I slept so well last night and it’s because I woke up to the Yankees being eliminated from the postseason.

When the Yankees lose, America wins.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 3d

Vast, vast majority of trans people aren't going to leave the country. Many can't leave the areas they're currently in.

If trans survival/liberation are something one cares about, at all, that's the reality.

So...🧵

(And no, this is not — in the main — about indviduals leaving the country).

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed, I'm frustrated he hasn't excommunicated a certain VP yet.

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed, alas.

acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 3d

if john lennon were alive today he'd say "oh boy" every day he read the news

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 5d

Arya loves to smoosh her head up against Bella’s butt 😻

Two tuxedo cats laying curled on a light grey couch. One has her head up against the back of the other.

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 8d

I'm a little surprised (but not particularly saddened) that Hefner is part of the group that's gone, but overall I'm glad to hear this news--it's another indicator that the Mets are willing to make necessary personnel moves even when they are tough. #LGM #MetsSky www.mlb.com/mets/news/er...

Mets shake up coaching staff as Chavez, Hefner among coaches to depart

NEW YORK -- Following a difficult campaign that saw them miss the playoffs on the season’s final day, the Mets shook up their coaching staff on Friday. Hitting coaches Jeremy Barnes and Eric Chavez, p...

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 8d

Conservative attacks on libraries keep getting more violent. bookriot.com/a-rash-of-bo...

A Rash of Bomb Threats Hit College and University Libraries

At least 15 US colleges and universities received bomb threats targeting the library since Sunday as part of a nationwide swatting event.

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 8d

Well, hopefully the Red Sox are able to mount a stirring comeback, but right now it looks like the series turned when they were unable to execute a bunt in game two due to bunting technique that was worse than mine when I was in Little League.

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 9d

I'm so excited that this anthology of critical and creative work about Dungeons & Dragons edited by @oozannesay.bsky.social and @edmondchang.bsky.social is out in the world! You can download it for free or buy a hard copy here:
playstorypress.org/books/roll-w... #DnD

Roll with Advantage – Play Story Press

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 9d

Woohoo! Congratulations!!!

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 10d

Here's the #writing activity I accomplished in September: danielshankcruz.com/2025/10/01/w... #haiku #senryu #poetry

Writing Activity, September 2025

Since January 2021, I’ve been keeping a list of my writing activity for each month (here’s last month’s). I do so partly as a form of encouragement for myself to show that I am still able to do som…

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Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 11d

All I’m saying is that ABC better show a ton of 1984 NLCS flashbacks during this Cubs-Padres series.

Daniel Shank Cruz @shankcruz.bsky.social · 11d

I like the current system where each game mostly has its own time slot so there’s a full twelve hours of playoff baseball