Andrew Forbes
@utilityofboredom.bsky.social
Human, author. Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living (@pressassembly.bsky.social). The Diapause (novel), McCurdle's Arm (novella) (@invisibooks.bsky.social). #SABR (Hanlan's Pt). He/him.
📍Peterborough, Ontario
linktr.ee/andrewgforbes
📍Peterborough, Ontario
linktr.ee/andrewgforbes
It seems to me that the defining characteristic of the far right is a lack of open curiosity, combined with a lack of (or outright hostility to) empathy, and those are crucial components in the creation of art, which is after all a question, not a statement.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
As the right stokes culture wars, their alternatives to ‘woke’ Hollywood prove to be shoddily made and uninspired
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It seems to me that the defining characteristic of the far right is a lack of open curiosity, combined with a lack of (or outright hostility to) empathy, and those are crucial components in the creation of art, which is after all a question, not a statement.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
"Limpid jets of love." Hey, Crash, does that mean what I think it means? "Limpid jets of love?"
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"Limpid jets of love." Hey, Crash, does that mean what I think it means? "Limpid jets of love?"
Reposted by Andrew Forbes
don't forget they were trying to sell you NFTs on latenight talk shows, they were asking you to join the Metaverse without any legs, they were claiming you could raise your family up out of poverty on gambling apps.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
don't forget they were trying to sell you NFTs on latenight talk shows, they were asking you to join the Metaverse without any legs, they were claiming you could raise your family up out of poverty on gambling apps.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
now it's 'writing' 200 books a year - the same shitshake with a new flimsy straw.
Reposted by Andrew Forbes
It's hard for me to understand how anyone could object to the vision of America that Bad Bunny just offered.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
It's hard for me to understand how anyone could object to the vision of America that Bad Bunny just offered.
I brought a half dozen 15 year old boys up to the cottage today. Let them do whatever they wanted to. It never got warmer than -18°C. They went snowshoeing, then played pickup hockey on the lake. The kids are alright.
February 7, 2026 at 11:58 PM
I brought a half dozen 15 year old boys up to the cottage today. Let them do whatever they wanted to. It never got warmer than -18°C. They went snowshoeing, then played pickup hockey on the lake. The kids are alright.
I'm stuck in traffic.
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I'm stuck in traffic.
Reposted by Andrew Forbes
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Don’t know how many more examples it’s going to take for people to realize that billionaires are an existential threat to democracy and its institutions.
Moonlight on snow
February 1, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Moonlight on snow
Beautiful day to get the ODR up and running.
January 31, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Beautiful day to get the ODR up and running.
Only of the owner. Proud of the boys on the floor. Sitting on top of the Atlantic!
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Only of the owner. Proud of the boys on the floor. Sitting on top of the Atlantic!
A little chilly this morning.
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
A little chilly this morning.
oh but sure it's gonna write legislation and research papers and poems and paint the most beautiful paintings
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January 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
oh but sure it's gonna write legislation and research papers and poems and paint the most beautiful paintings
foh
foh
Busy planning the next thing.
When I'm working on fiction I find it helpful to draw up a timeline, and that's what I'm doing tonight, with a Bill Evans record on the turntable and Bucks-Sixers on TV. Ultimately a meaningless task, but it's good to focus on something other than the end of things.
When I'm working on fiction I find it helpful to draw up a timeline, and that's what I'm doing tonight, with a Bill Evans record on the turntable and Bucks-Sixers on TV. Ultimately a meaningless task, but it's good to focus on something other than the end of things.
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Busy planning the next thing.
When I'm working on fiction I find it helpful to draw up a timeline, and that's what I'm doing tonight, with a Bill Evans record on the turntable and Bucks-Sixers on TV. Ultimately a meaningless task, but it's good to focus on something other than the end of things.
When I'm working on fiction I find it helpful to draw up a timeline, and that's what I'm doing tonight, with a Bill Evans record on the turntable and Bucks-Sixers on TV. Ultimately a meaningless task, but it's good to focus on something other than the end of things.
"In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it."
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it."
Given that it's no longer safe to travel to the US, it's nice that there are so many other baseball-related destinations to visit all over the world.
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Given that it's no longer safe to travel to the US, it's nice that there are so many other baseball-related destinations to visit all over the world.
Really enjoyed this doc on the Rouen Huskies. Charles Vincent, one of the filmmakers (and the narrator), reached out and shared it with me, and I'm glad he did. Worth a watch if you have 20 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Nq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Nq...
Rouen Huskies : la référence du baseball français
YouTube video by Into The Pitch
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Really enjoyed this doc on the Rouen Huskies. Charles Vincent, one of the filmmakers (and the narrator), reached out and shared it with me, and I'm glad he did. Worth a watch if you have 20 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Nq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Nq...
"Wilbur Wood was[...] Old Testament. He was the last vestige of a time when men named Rube and Mordecai and Smokey Joe and Grover strode as giants upon the land, their won-loss records both gleaming and gory, good and bad entangled."
(& read Cardboard Gods by @joshwilker.bsky.social if you haven't)
(& read Cardboard Gods by @joshwilker.bsky.social if you haven't)
cardboardgods.net/category/tea...
If you want to get a sense of what Wilbur Wood meant to a kid in the 70s, don’t miss this blog post.
If you want to get a sense of what Wilbur Wood meant to a kid in the 70s, don’t miss this blog post.
Wilbur Wood – Cardboard Gods
Posts about Wilbur Wood written by Josh Wilker
cardboardgods.net
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"Wilbur Wood was[...] Old Testament. He was the last vestige of a time when men named Rube and Mordecai and Smokey Joe and Grover strode as giants upon the land, their won-loss records both gleaming and gory, good and bad entangled."
(& read Cardboard Gods by @joshwilker.bsky.social if you haven't)
(& read Cardboard Gods by @joshwilker.bsky.social if you haven't)
Winter Saturday night: this and a beer and a book and Sens-Habs (which started badly for OTT, then got really good, then ended badly).
January 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Winter Saturday night: this and a beer and a book and Sens-Habs (which started badly for OTT, then got really good, then ended badly).
Also impossible to hear that song without thinking fondly of the late, lamented SABRcast with @robneyer.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Also impossible to hear that song without thinking fondly of the late, lamented SABRcast with @robneyer.bsky.social
I was humming that as I typed and posted, of course.
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I was humming that as I typed and posted, of course.
Curt Flood filed his lawsuit against Bowie Kuhn et al. OTD in 1970, for which Kyle Tucker is no doubt very, very grateful.
January 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Curt Flood filed his lawsuit against Bowie Kuhn et al. OTD in 1970, for which Kyle Tucker is no doubt very, very grateful.