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Dave Clapper

@anhourofplay.bsky.social

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He/him Improviser in Kansas City (mostly at The Bird) Alumnus of Unexpected Productions (Seattle) Founding Editor (Emeritus): SmokeLong Quarterly Currently reading fiction submissions for FRiGG I don't auto follow back people I don't know personally.

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · Apr 19

1/8 I've participated in a fair number of protests over the years, starting with the first Gulf War. I was surprised how moved I was at today's 50501 rally in KC. Partially, that was because of the sign I myself was carrying, and the conversations that led to.

My hero, my grandfather: Carl E. Accola
He fought fascism for 3 years abroad in WWI (1942-1946).
My turn to fight it here.

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 2h

The Mariners winning last night salvaged what, to that point, had been one of my worst days in recent memory.

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 1d

The origin of my profile pic.

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 1d

The -58% is your clue. It's a breast reduction device.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 3d

KCMO reporting for duty.

GOMS @mrfurious.bsky.social · 3d

Mariners diaspora checking in!

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 3d

Note: this particular issue is not specific to the GOP. The Overton Shift to the right by the Democratic Party that began with electing Bill Clinton is culpable as well.

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 3d

Everything run by government that gets farmed out to for-profit corporations always becomes much, much worse. I have yet to see a single exception.

Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 3d

Profits drive every facet of the multibillion-dollar business of putting and keeping people in prison. https://bit.ly/3VKYeFh

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

This is my favorite thing I've ever read on Fangraphs. Not just about baseball, but also about what we're all living through. Read it, even if you don't like baseball.

🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, it's me, your local spooky-coded baseball writer, with some on-the-ground reporting about the Mariners, witches, and the magical power of hope.

Must Be the Season of the Witch

The Mariners won the AL West for the first time since 2001. And they did it with a little help from some witchy friends.

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

This is my favorite thing I've ever read on Fangraphs.

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

a woman stands in front of a microphone with two men behind her and the words only murders in the building behind them

Alt: NAILED IT

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

Entirely possible. Both my folks were born in 1942.

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

I'm betting this is staged. Who has a camera crew filming when you're heading for the bathroom?

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 4d

One of the agents said, "F*** them kids," thus proving that MAGA's favorite f***ing musical key is f***ing A Minor.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

abc7chicago.com

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 5d

Any voter who thinks the GOP is standing up for them is delusional. Unless said voter is a billionaire.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5d

In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95%

Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 5d

My state government hard at work to make us the most fascist state in the country.

Bolts @boltsmag.org · 5d

Currently, no state requires ballot measures to win majorities in multiple districts (let alone all of them) in addition to a statewide majority. Missouri would be the first under a constitutional amendment the GOP advanced last week

Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed

Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.

boltsmag.org

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!

I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.

Explore, share, save:

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts

Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...

boltsmag.org

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 5d

That this isn't trending is obscene.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 6d

It's a massive departure from the norm.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 6d

This should be getting a hell of a lot more attention than I'm seeing.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 6d

I hate the phrase beta cuck, and how willfully toxic men use it. But when we're talking about Stephen Miller, I'll allow it.

Stephen Miller is a beta cuck.

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Dave Clapper @anhourofplay.bsky.social · 7d