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Craig Calcaterra

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I write Cup of Coffee, a daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter: https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Dec 1

Hi. I write Cup of Coffee. It's a baseball, news, politics, culture, and nonsense newsletter. You'd dig it the most.
www.cupofcoffeenews.com

Cup of Coffee Newsletter

A daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter

www.cupofcoffeenews.com

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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 36m

I can't take these folks seriously, I'm sorry. I know they have a lot of power and seeing this country backslide is so disturbing but they're all dipshits, man. I can't respect a dipshit.

P @intothejunction.bsky.social · 38m

I mean

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10m

I don't know anything about this movie but every time I'm in Los Angeles there's one movie that is PLASTERED on every sign, wall, bus stop, you name it, and this time this was it. The movie I've seen get the biggest such treatment was "Hobbs and Shaw" in 2019, but this rivals it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27m

Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance goes to extreme lengths to make immersive environments for his actors.

‘Roofman' tells a stranger-than-fiction story with rigorous accuracy and a whole lot of toys

Filmmaker Derek Cianfrance goes to extreme lengths to make immersive environments for his actors. In the case of “Roofman,” that meant shipping in a whole lot of toys.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

I dunno. I grew up in West Virginia and I drive through the Adirondacks a couple of times a year to get to Vermont and I feel like I'm back home.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

There will always be quislings and whitewashing and consent-manufacturing and other bullshit in the national media, but am I wrong to be sensing a shift this week in how all of this is being covered? Things seem to be getting more pointed and reality is not being as eagerly denied. I dunno.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, when I drive up to Burlington, Vermont to visit my daughter I go through the Adirondacks and it's nothing but rebel flags and Trump signs.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 2h

Today's newsletter: The Mariners have pushed the Tigers to the brink, the Yankees have gotten up off the mat, my winning-the-lottery writing plans, Zelda Williams on AI, the double whammy, and Wish You Were Here.

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Cup of Coffee: October 8, 2025

The Mariners have pushed the Tigers to the brink, the Yankees have gotten up off the mat, my winning-the-lottery writing plans, Zelda Williams on AI, the double whammy, and Wish You Were Here

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3h

It is important to remember that, for all of his skills, all of his accomplishments, all of his wealth, and all of his fame, LeBron James is first and foremost an Ohioan, and there are some disabilities that even the greatest of us cannot overcome.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 3h

lebron might go down as the least interesting public figure of our lives. i can't tell if he's intentionally uninteresting or if it just comes naturally, but man that guy is boring.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3h

That's for planing/economics and stuff, like the Appalachian Regional Commission.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3h

This is pretty interesting, and I think it does a good job of segmenting the Midwest. But I also think that making a distinction between "Northern Appalachia" and "Upstate" is just a sop to New York people who don't want to admit that a big part of their state is basically Appalachia.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

Haha, guessing that's a big reason for the upgrades.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

What a time to be alive.

News headline in the Columbus Dispatch: "White Castle unveils updated look, new technology at rebuilt Columbus location"

A woman wearing a t-shirt that reads "Slider Queen," standing behind a podium in a White Castle restaurant, no doubt about to say something momentous. There is a lighted sign behind her which reads "Fresh Hot Sliders." There are red, white, and blue balloons to the right.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 10h

I HATE that I have laud Rob Manfred for doing an unequivocally good thing.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · Sep 6

Was talking to someone from another state yesterday who couldn’t believe it but yes, Ohio law not only requires public school buses to transport kids to private schools, it actually *prioritizes* public bussing for private school students over public school students. Total insanity.

Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands
by Julie Carr Smyth
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Thousands of Ohio students left without a school bus ride as private school transport expands

A scramble is underway in Ohio over a staple of the back-to-school season: rides on the big yellow school bus.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11h

Straight to jail:

- Stephen Miller
- Hegseth
- Noem
- Homan
- Bondi

Just for these ICE attacks, just for starters. Plenty more should follow.

Prosecuting Trump - if he doesn’t croak in office - is harder thanks to fascist SCOTUS (most of whom should be impeached). But state courts can do it.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

A three and a half hour game in the pitch clock era. Woof.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah. Like, back in the indie bloggy days I'd get polite "please take that photo down" notices from Reuters or Getty or AP, I'd honor them, and we'd all play nice. At NBC it was VERY strict license only. I priced licenses and they're a LOT. Luckily I don't use a lot of photos. Like one a day.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Same!

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

I usually just screencap videos, which ain't exactly kosher, but since I'm behind a paywall and it doesn't really travel far I tend to go with the forgiveness > permission approach.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Is that not American English past tense for leap too? Sounds right?

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

I think I've done that bit before actually

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Right? This is brutal.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Pig's blood too.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

That's gonna be down in the M's-Tigers recap

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

Oh, wait, I can still use the pic in the body of the recap by saying "Toronto . . . leapt out to a 6-1 lead" while putting a Judge pic at the top.

And that, folks, is how the newsletter sausage is made.

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sure the answer to this mystery is in an 88 year-old computer file.

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CNN @cnn.com · 14h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

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