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Roger McNamee

@moonalice.com

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From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry. Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash) Phillies fan.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · Nov 26

@jay.bsky.team
I hope Bluesky’s business model will match the culture that is forming here. Leverage the goodwill.

If so, BS should engage users ASAP in a discussion: offer no ads, no data/surveillance in exchange for subscriptions. Users will pay to avoid repeating Twitter nightmares.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 3h

Phils top LAD, 8-2, to keep the NLDS alive. After 2 horrible games, offense came alive.

Aaron Nola started and survived a misplayed 3B by Mookie in T1.

Ranger Suarez gave up a 1st pitch HR then shut down LA for 5 innings for the W. Schwarber had 2 HRs, JT had 1. Turner 3H, Harper & Bohm 2.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 4d

Phils lose to LA, 5-3. Too many BB by pitchers. Not enough H by offense. Phils got 3 off Ohtani in 2nd, then shut down.

Cristopher Sanchez was great until 6th. David Robertson put first two on in 7th. Strahm got Ohtani and Betts, but gave up 3R HR to Teoscar.

Bader hamstring is disaster for Phils.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 7d

Moonalice will be joined by drummer Jay Lane (of Dead & Company) for our set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on Sunday, 12:25pm on the Swan Stage. Jay will be double drumming with our main man, John Molo. This will be special!

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2025 Lineup | Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 25 - Fri Oct 3, Sat Oct 4, & Sun Oct 5, 2025. 3 days and 80 acts on 6 stages in San Francisco's beautiful Golden Gate Park

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 7d

Cleveland Guardians are a special team. They have as impotent an offense as has played in postseason. Lost game 1 to Detroit because of two fielding mistakes. Today, CLE had 2 hits going into B8 in a 1-1 elimination game. They got 2 HRs to take a 6-1 lead. DET loaded bases in T9, but got 0 runs.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 7d

Oh, no! Jane Goodall, the primatologist whose frequent appearances in documentaries introduced so many of us to the wonders of chimpanzees, has died.

Rest in power, Dr Goodall!

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Jane Goodall, famous for her study of chimpanzees, has died — Sky News

Primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her ground-breaking studies involving chimpanzees, has died aged 91.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 9d

@codifybaseball.bsky.social

Two Phillies. Would have been 3 had Wheeler lasted a couple more starts.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 10d

Cleveland Guardians came from 15.5 games behind to win AL Central. They finished with a record of 88-74, but somehow managed to give up 6 more runs than they scored.

Has any team ever won a division before with a negative run differential?

No team has come back from a bigger deficit, so why not?

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 10d

When the season began, the NL East was expected to be the toughest division in baseball, w/ ATL, NYM and PHL all looking like powerhouses.

ATL was never competitive. Mets staged an epic collapse. Only the Phils made it to the postseason, as #2 seed.

NL Central sent MIL, CHI, CIN to the playoffs.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 10d

Phils walk off MIN in 10, 2-1. Cris Sanchez was brilliant for 5.2, starting with 21 consecutive strikes. Lou Trivino gave up the run, but bullpen shut down Twins. Kepler tied it w/ HR, Casty won it w/ SF.

Phils improved win total for 5th straight year. They face winner of LAD vs CIN in NLDS.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 11d

Phils lose to MIN, 5-0, ending their bid for the #1 seed in NL.

Former Phil Mick Abel — traded for Jhoan Duran — was brilliant. He got a ton of help from the HP umpire, who was awful, entirely to the benefit of Twins.

Ranger Suarez left T5 after getting hit in the thigh by a liner.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 12d

Per Jayson Stark of The Athletic:

Aaron Nola’s unique start tonight:

8 innings
2 hits
Homer
Triple
No singles
No doubles

Last pitcher with that line:
Pedro Martinez! On 8/14/2005

The only 2 others to do it in the wild-card era were knuckleballers!

Steve Sparks (2002) and Tim Wakefield (1995)

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 12d

Phils top Twins, 3-1. Aaron Nola had a magnificent start. He was perfect into T6, then gave up a solo HR. He finished 8 innings w/ 2 H 1 R 9 K, by far his best start of the season.

Phils scored on Bohm SF, Sosa HR, Marsh 2B.

MIL lost, so Phils still have a narrow path to #1 seed. Must sweep.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 13d

Phils top MIA, 1-0. Buehler went 5, Walker 2, Strahm 1. Robertson got SV (2) after 1 hour rain delay (B8). (Duran had warmed up before delay.)

Only run scored in 1st on 1Bs by Bader and Harper and GO by Bohm. Pitchers made it hold up.

Phils’ 3rd 1-0 win. Buehler 3-0 as Phil. 2nd win with Tai.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 14d

The Phillies’ win over the Marlins means they clinch a bye for the wildcard round. They will have home field advantage in the NLDS against the winner of the wildcard series between the 3rd and 6th seeds, currently the Dodgers and Mets.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 14d

Phils crush MIA, 11-1. Jesus Luzardo was magnificent for 7, w/ 0 ER. Set personal bests for IP, W, K in a season. Huge contribution.

Phils 1/7 w/ RISP, but hit team record 8 HR. Edmundo Sosa came back from IL w/ 3 HRs, 5 RBI. Schwarber had 2 HR. Bohm; Kemp, Stott had HRs.

Fielding sucked again.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 15d

MIA 6-5 PHL

Phillies played like a team that is in the playoffs and still hung over.

Bad fielding. Horrible base running. 3 for 15 with RISP.

Bench was short because Harper was out “with the flu,” whatever that means.

Bullpen is having rough patch, especially Robertson, Kerkering.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 15d

Phils lose to MIA, 6-5 in 11. They jumped to a 3-0 lead on HRs by Schwarber and Kemp. Cristopher Sanchez was brilliant for 7. Bullpen failed, though poor fielding was a factor. Robertson gave up 2 in T8. Duran blew save on a T9 HR. Kerkering gave up 2 in 10, but Phils tied, before losing in 11.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 17d

Phils get crushed by AZ, 9-2. Ranger Suarez did not have it, surrendering 6 ER across 1st and 2nd innings. Terrible fielding contributed to the early deficit.

Phils had 11 hits - Alec Bohm went 4 for 4 - but did not string them together.

MIL lost, but Phils did not gain ground.

6 game to go.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 18d

Phil lose to AZ, 4-3. Nola was better but ran out of gas in B6. Banks might have stopped rally, but allowed the winning run.

Phils had Gallen on the ropes early and then stopped hitting. DBack defense saved a couple runs: Phils D was not good enough to win.

MIL is likely #1 seed w/ 7 gms to go.

Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 19d

Moonalice dedicated tonight’s show at the Hog Farm to Doug Clifton and Kathy Katz. We played Bird Song for them, and then the encore: Hallelujah.

Fare thee well, Doug and Kathy. We love you!

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 19d

I forgot Alec Bohm, who came back from the IL! He and Marsh accounted for enough offense to win the game.

Bohm 2H 3 RBI

Nick Castellanos hit is 250 HR!!!

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 19d

Phils top AZ, 8-2, behind the Walker/Buehler twosome of Taijuan Walker and Walker Buehler. Tai gave up 2R in B1, and Buehler allowed bases loaded B8 w/ 2 out, but Banks shut the door.

Bader 3H 1 HR 1RBI
Harper 2H
Marsh 2H 3R 1BB
Castellanos 2H 1HR 3RBI

MIL lost, so Phils are 2 back + tiebreak (3)

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 20d

KCBS radio story about the death of our dear friends Doug Clifton and Kathy Katz.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 20d

The Moonalice tribe is reeling from the news that our dear friends Doug Clifton and Kathy Katz were killed in a vehicular accident. We have known Doug since the band’s early days. A retired fire fighter, he was the kindest, most generous fan imaginable. We are shattered.

RIP, Doug and Kathy.

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Roger McNamee @moonalice.com · 21d

Phils lose to LA, 5-0. Phils only managed 3 hits off Snell — who was lights out for 7 — and 2 relievers. Jesus Luzardo pitched well enough to win many games, but not this one. He lost command a couple times and that cost him.

Phils lost a game to MIL in race for #1 seed. Now 2 1/2 back. AZ next.

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