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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 8h

Perfect I’ve been meaning to pick one up

A white cooler bag labeled with “human organ for transplant” in red letters, 35% off for Prime Day

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Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 8h

Devon

Touhy

Giardiniera

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Scott @scarvis.bsky.social · 8h

Paulina

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · 9h

#FlyTheW!

Final: #Cubs 4, Brewers 3.

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neil young’s shirt on the last waltz @mikeferguson.bsky.social · 9h

and the cubs live to see another day

a man is sweating while wearing headphones on a plane .

Alt: a man is sweating while wearing headphones on a plane .

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Brutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · Aug 6

The grand hall of Valencia Airport, Spain r/brutalism

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 12h

when UNC scored on the first possession of the first game and Colin Cowherd immediately posted this, and then UNC lost by 34

Wasn’t really sure what to expect from Chapel Bill. But after that drive, I have him as second best college coach I’ve ever seen, just below Saban.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 12h

He could have just retired to hang out with his girlfriend but somehow he got himself into a fiasco that has put “maybe it really was all Tom Brady and he was never that good” on the board in a serious way. Hustling backwards!

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 12h

Who could have seen this coming except pretty much everyone who knows anything about college football

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 13h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 13h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 15h

you're not allowed to spin anyone right round (like a record) anymore

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Quickening Enabler @staledimsum.bsky.social · 16h

As a long time Milwaukee resident I can tell you there are resentments here but sweating Chicago's status in the world is waaay down the list.

People on here seem to be complaining a lot about the Brewers not being 'cool' enough. To them I say: grow up and watch yr money burn this season.

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Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.social · 17h

The failure of playing by Jordon Rules: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Guest column | Who knew Bill Belichick would be a disaster at UNC? Anyone paying attention.

Tar Heels boosters intent on making a splash hired the eight-time Super Bowl winner to lead their program. An actual college football coach would have made more sense.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 16h

Especially with Toyota leaning more and more into hybrid-only models outside of the Prius.

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Nathaniel William Horadam @horadam.bsky.social · 16h

This is the sort of thing I expect to see a lot of over the next 2-3 years. Hybrids (both gas and PHEV) hitting near-cost parity with conventional ICE.

🔌💡🔌🚗

www.caranddriver.com/news/a688880...

www.caranddriver.com

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Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 16h

Our inferiority complex is less than Chicago’s but we’ve also lost a good amount of leadership, ambition, & accountability.

Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 16h

We were a COVID migration net importer at least as a region - that helped.

However there is a healthy creative tension between inferiority complex/comparing yourself the “bigger/better” things and productively improving yourself. I feel like Atlanta has lost some of both.

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Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 17h

The most irritating thing about my native city is it’s periodic inferiority complex over NYC.

Reorienting that negative energy to what should be our “little brother city to north”, which is quite nice, is just stupid.

Save that stuff for Green Bay.

Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 18h

Paul Sullivan in the Tribune this morning. Dumb as hell. Milwaukee thanks Chicago for burning down in 1871, which made it the beer capital of the world. Beyond that they appreciate being so near to Chicago. They don't resent it. If anything they want to be more like the Milwaukee of 1960.

Sullivan's theory that Milwaukee fans resent Chicago as a world class city, while Milwaukee has The Fonz, and they should get over losing Craig Counsell.

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Athens Grease @athensgrease.bsky.social · 19h

I didn’t see that “Vonnegut going out for an envelope” thing until maybe two months ago but I’ve been thinking about constantly since then. getting out to Do A Thing is something we should consider ourselves truly fortunate to be able to do and I wish more people felt this way

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David King @cityplanning.bsky.social · 19h

This is a good post. We can build places to minimize exposure to elements while preserving walkability in any climate. We don’t have to build for hours long strolls. Think in terms of only needing to be outside for a few minutes, which is fine even in a Phoenix summer or Minneapolis winter.

Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 19h

Is climate really a barrier to making cities walkable? Only if you listen too much to elites ... humantransit.org/2025/10/nobo...

"Nobody Walks Here. It's too Hot or Cold or Wet or Dry." — Human Transit

Almost everywhere I travel as a consultant, someone asks me whether it’s realistic to expect people to walk given the extremes of their climate. They don’t just ask me this in Edmonton and Singapore. ...

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 19h

Is climate really a barrier to making cities walkable? Only if you listen too much to elites ... humantransit.org/2025/10/nobo...

"Nobody Walks Here. It's too Hot or Cold or Wet or Dry." — Human Transit

Almost everywhere I travel as a consultant, someone asks me whether it’s realistic to expect people to walk given the extremes of their climate. They don’t just ask me this in Edmonton and Singapore. ...

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Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · 19h

I'm a recreational (and occasionally scientific) scuba diver and I prefer analog gauges to digital ones. All that stuff is tested and safe, I just like gear that has fewer failure points and generally indicates when it is about to fall apart before it does.

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Mihir Shah @mihirpshah.bsky.social · 19h

Ngl I’m at the point where Louisville is a more interesting city than Nashville

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 22h

Nothing says "Country Music Capital" like miso cod bb

*NOBU HOSPITALITY TO OPEN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT IN NASHVILLE, TN

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Airport Architecture @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com · 21h

Pittsburgh, landside terminal model (opened 1992, closing 2025), by Tasso Katselas. 📷 Gift of Tasso Katselas/Carnegie Museum of Art. #airportarchitecture

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