Rho 🌹
@chronicallyrho.bsky.social
I like to read, craft and watch sports (mainly tennis 🎾). Covid conscious 😷
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Wow, really did not see that coaching split coming, Spanish players tend to bond for life.
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wow, really did not see that coaching split coming, Spanish players tend to bond for life.
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friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
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Why does it always feels like tennis is going backwards instead of forward
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Why does it always feels like tennis is going backwards instead of forward
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I wrote for @slate.com about the tennis ban on trans women and girls, and the Renée Richards of it all
The Attack on Women in Sports Just Claimed Another Victory—This One Really Hurts
50 years of progress undone, just like that.
slate.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I wrote for @slate.com about the tennis ban on trans women and girls, and the Renée Richards of it all
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.
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Follow the money.
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Follow the money.
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Seems a good time to recommend Tested, Rose Eveleth's podcast about the ugly history of sex testing in women's sport
www.tested-podcast.com/listen/
www.tested-podcast.com/listen/
Listen – TESTED
www.tested-podcast.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Seems a good time to recommend Tested, Rose Eveleth's podcast about the ugly history of sex testing in women's sport
www.tested-podcast.com/listen/
www.tested-podcast.com/listen/
Oh she can fuck right off
And now this stupid, contemptible ignorance www.reuters.com/sports/tenni...
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh she can fuck right off
The final nail in the coffin of me ever being able to support her.
The WTA world #1 did an interview on Piers Morgan with Nick Kyrgios
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The final nail in the coffin of me ever being able to support her.
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“When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more. I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more. I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent.”
Oh I think I need it
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oh I think I need it
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her colleagues are enjoying their free vacations in the Maldives or cashing in on exhibitions / she's hanging out with scumbags and giving interviews to disgraced hacks and will eventually lose to a retired man who hates women's sports
December 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
her colleagues are enjoying their free vacations in the Maldives or cashing in on exhibitions / she's hanging out with scumbags and giving interviews to disgraced hacks and will eventually lose to a retired man who hates women's sports
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Sabalenka is happy to carry water for misogynistic men. A pick-me world #1.
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sabalenka is happy to carry water for misogynistic men. A pick-me world #1.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.
It wasn’t that racist misogynistic nepo baby Verstappen and that’s all I care about 🙏🏻
Lando Norris is a Formula 1 world champion for the first time 🏆🇬🇧
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It wasn’t that racist misogynistic nepo baby Verstappen and that’s all I care about 🙏🏻
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“Tennis is the best sport for people with addictive tendencies...because it just offers you a continuous supply of the drug.” via @simonowens.bsky.social
www.thesecondserve.com/withdrawal-s...
www.thesecondserve.com/withdrawal-s...
Withdrawal Season - The Second Serve
With the WTA and ATP seasons over, Owen Lewis lacks an adequate outlet for his attention.
www.thesecondserve.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“Tennis is the best sport for people with addictive tendencies...because it just offers you a continuous supply of the drug.” via @simonowens.bsky.social
www.thesecondserve.com/withdrawal-s...
www.thesecondserve.com/withdrawal-s...
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a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
a lovely obituary but this in particular really got me
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Oh damn, Pantone can paint a room but can’t read one
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Oh damn, Pantone can paint a room but can’t read one
It’s easier for me to imagine stopping watching TV than it is to stop reading, and I know that sounds pretentious but I don’t mean it to. Reading helps me understand myself and the world, many of the big breakthroughs I’ve had in therapy have been started by something I’ve read. It is a necessity.
It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
What Keeps You Reading? - Reactor
Becoming a reader is different than *staying* a reader...
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It’s easier for me to imagine stopping watching TV than it is to stop reading, and I know that sounds pretentious but I don’t mean it to. Reading helps me understand myself and the world, many of the big breakthroughs I’ve had in therapy have been started by something I’ve read. It is a necessity.
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the plethora of depressing articles about reading lately made me think about how a person winds up a reader—and stays that way. it's not a science, that's for sure! the weird alchemy of childhood and curiosity and countless variables that all could have easily been different
It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
What Keeps You Reading? - Reactor
Becoming a reader is different than *staying* a reader...
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
the plethora of depressing articles about reading lately made me think about how a person winds up a reader—and stays that way. it's not a science, that's for sure! the weird alchemy of childhood and curiosity and countless variables that all could have easily been different
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it feels gross that Substack does auto/non-consensual sign-ups. It’s a pretty schlocky growth strategy.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
it feels gross that Substack does auto/non-consensual sign-ups. It’s a pretty schlocky growth strategy.
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Serena got that first 3:00 AM knock on the door for a random drug test and was like NOPE🤣
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Serena got that first 3:00 AM knock on the door for a random drug test and was like NOPE🤣