Mike Fast
@fastballs.bsky.social
Baseball Development - Atlanta Braves
Every LGBTQ person is of sacred worth, deeply and gently loved, valued, and embraced by God.
"Whatever you do for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do for me." - Jesus
Ezekiel 34
Every LGBTQ person is of sacred worth, deeply and gently loved, valued, and embraced by God.
"Whatever you do for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do for me." - Jesus
Ezekiel 34
Archbishop Cougar Deshaies
February 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Archbishop Cougar Deshaies
I read that at first as "AI" Michaels, as in Artificial Intelligence, but give it time, I'm sure that's coming, too
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I read that at first as "AI" Michaels, as in Artificial Intelligence, but give it time, I'm sure that's coming, too
I'm currently reading Andrew Rillera's Lamb of the Free, which is making a lot of similar points about how we have misunderstood and misapplied the Levitical sacrifices and thus misunderstood Jesus.
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I'm currently reading Andrew Rillera's Lamb of the Free, which is making a lot of similar points about how we have misunderstood and misapplied the Levitical sacrifices and thus misunderstood Jesus.
Four-letter Balkan capital...Sofi? maybe Buda? Yeah, that's egregious.
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Four-letter Balkan capital...Sofi? maybe Buda? Yeah, that's egregious.
I've seen this map before and have some skepticism about its validity. We really believe the Oklahoma Panhandle drinks way less than the Texas Panhandle? Or that excessive drinking stops at the Wisconsin state line?
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I've seen this map before and have some skepticism about its validity. We really believe the Oklahoma Panhandle drinks way less than the Texas Panhandle? Or that excessive drinking stops at the Wisconsin state line?
Have you ever had a horse step on your back?
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Have you ever had a horse step on your back?
Director was no doubt afraid you would outshine everyone else on the stage
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Director was no doubt afraid you would outshine everyone else on the stage
That sucks. I'm sorry.
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
That sucks. I'm sorry.
I should give the caveat that "Best" as a closing from a friend is fine. It's informal and that makes sense for a friendship. But for business writing, "Best" just grates on me.
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I should give the caveat that "Best" as a closing from a friend is fine. It's informal and that makes sense for a friendship. But for business writing, "Best" just grates on me.
brad also hit one of my pet peeves: I do not love the use of "Best" as a closing. "Best regards", sure. But just "Best" is so informal. And I know that finding the proper closing can be a pain--when to use "Thanks", when to use "Sincerely", etc. It's all a holdover from the day of formal letters.
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
brad also hit one of my pet peeves: I do not love the use of "Best" as a closing. "Best regards", sure. But just "Best" is so informal. And I know that finding the proper closing can be a pain--when to use "Thanks", when to use "Sincerely", etc. It's all a holdover from the day of formal letters.
Pretty sure those are north of $400 now. Pricing on everything memory or GPU related went way up this past fall with the AI data center build out.
January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Pretty sure those are north of $400 now. Pricing on everything memory or GPU related went way up this past fall with the AI data center build out.
there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
and that similarity is more than a coincidence
January 25, 2026 at 7:39 PM
and that similarity is more than a coincidence
I firmly believe it has been a real thing, even if it's been too small or too narrow. I don't know what else to do than to blow on the embers of kindness and inclusion and try to fan them into flames.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I firmly believe it has been a real thing, even if it's been too small or too narrow. I don't know what else to do than to blow on the embers of kindness and inclusion and try to fan them into flames.
I would rather rally us behind the Gettysburg Address, the Emma Lazarus poem, the words and actions of MLK Jr and John Lewis, and see who else we can include in that, than to call it hopeless. People I care about are too outnumbered in any sort of might-makes-right, everyone-for-themselves world.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I would rather rally us behind the Gettysburg Address, the Emma Lazarus poem, the words and actions of MLK Jr and John Lewis, and see who else we can include in that, than to call it hopeless. People I care about are too outnumbered in any sort of might-makes-right, everyone-for-themselves world.
If you say, "No, that's entirely American," then on what basis are you rallying the country to behave differently? If we're going to live in a world without ideals, even ones we fail to live up to, then we're in Stephen Miller's world of might makes right, and that's no good for anyone.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If you say, "No, that's entirely American," then on what basis are you rallying the country to behave differently? If we're going to live in a world without ideals, even ones we fail to live up to, then we're in Stephen Miller's world of might makes right, and that's no good for anyone.
I'm not sure we disagree all that much. But I don't see the point of disagreeing with someone who says, "This is un-American," because we have too often fallen short of that or because we have excluded certain groups from that.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I'm not sure we disagree all that much. But I don't see the point of disagreeing with someone who says, "This is un-American," because we have too often fallen short of that or because we have excluded certain groups from that.
I'm not saying Reagan wasn't awful on AIDS or whatever else. That wasn't my point. JFK got us into Vietnam. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. But even through all the crap our country did, we didn't forget the ideal. I hope we aren't losing that now, but I worry we are.
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I'm not saying Reagan wasn't awful on AIDS or whatever else. That wasn't my point. JFK got us into Vietnam. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. But even through all the crap our country did, we didn't forget the ideal. I hope we aren't losing that now, but I worry we are.
Listen to what he said on immigration, for example. He expressed some American ideals very eloquently. I'm not saying his actions or policies lined up with that, but that was kinda my general point. We as Americans have often failed to live up to what we believe in.
January 22, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Listen to what he said on immigration, for example. He expressed some American ideals very eloquently. I'm not saying his actions or policies lined up with that, but that was kinda my general point. We as Americans have often failed to live up to what we believe in.
It's against American ideals, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, by abolitionists, by Lincoln, by FDR, in the Marshall Plan, by JFK, by the civil rights movement, even by Reagan, even if our national behavior has often fallen short of that.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's against American ideals, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence, by abolitionists, by Lincoln, by FDR, in the Marshall Plan, by JFK, by the civil rights movement, even by Reagan, even if our national behavior has often fallen short of that.