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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1m

This may be my pettiest complaint ever on Bluesky: why do sports commentators always use the term “fan base” now?

What was wrong with “fans?”

I could see, maybe, distinguishing between fans who come and go (bandwagon) and loyal core (e.g. me, Sharks season ticket holder) but that’s not happening

Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 3h

just in case you had any questions about our national priorities when it comes to philanthropy, under which category this may or may not apply

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 4h

Stanford was slow to embrace the dramatic changes in college sports in recent years, but the football program took a major leap forward in landing a $50 million donation from alum Bradford Freeman.

Stanford football lands $50 million gift from alum Bradford Freeman

Stanford was slow to embrace the dramatic changes in college sports in recent years, but the football program took a major leap forward in landing a $50 million donation from alum Bradford Freeman.

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 3h

Good decision, given the career arc of the five players involved. Happy for all of them

Sheng Peng @shengpeng.bsky.social · 3h

Sharks Will Have No Captain in 2025-26, Celebrini Joins Leadership Group sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sha...

Sharks Will Have No Captain in 2025-26, Celebrini Joins Leadership Group

The San Jose Sharks will not have a captain. The Sharks announced that Tyler Toffoli, Barclay Goodrow, Macklin Celebrini, Mario Ferraro, and Alex Wennberg would be their alternate captains for the…

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 5h

This is getting some attention and in my view it gets far northern California wildly wrong. The coastal strip from Humboldt Bay south to the SF Bay region in no way aligns with the State of Jefferson

I’ve lived/worked in both

Give the Redwood Empire its flowers

Terry @terrylamarche.bsky.social · 9h

The creator has a newer version of the map and still refining
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Reddit - https://preview.redd.it/cultural-map-of-the-us-which-number-are-you-im-from-the-v0-6qni1uq553of1.png?width=4501&auto=webp&s=38a1e7be2962abca329e74698e84a9191d060518

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 23h

very coherent analysis of the farce unfolding before us

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

The reason this therapy is used on kids is because it's often abusive, coercive, manipulative and dangerous—no kid would choose it if they had adult faculties, making Justices' claims that the therapy is "voluntary" profoundly misleading. And the idea that therapy has no medical component is insane.

Supreme Court’s conservative majority prepared to rule against conversion therapy ban | CNN Politics

A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, with several justices indicating they sympathize with a licensed coun...

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

Today in “rush jobs”

Postcard from the California Secretary of State. “If you received this postcard, your household was mailed the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election Voter Information Guide which contained a typographical error.”

The guide included a map of the proposed congressional districts. A district in northern Los Angeles County was misidentified

Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

Longer, and rich in detail

“Good luck, babe” may be the best line ever uttered in such a piece www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

More vividly, as is Laura’s wont bsky.app/profile/laur...

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

"Ladies and gentlemen if you aren't skullfucking the news all day every day you have no place in this newsroom."

"On your desks you will find a copy of the 120 days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade. Consider this your new manual for how we treat the news here at CBS"

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of all the CBS News personnel I’ve met over the years and trying to picture how they would react to someone above them in the chain of command saying “Let’s do the fucking news”

This figures to be really, really messy, unless they’ve all taken buyouts or early retirement

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for having us along!

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 1d

a selective and very unexpected rapture?

SensMonster @sensmonster.bsky.social · 2d

They vaporized Ullmark

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Hannah Bloch @hannahbloch.bsky.social · 1d

Many congratulations to @npr.org’s Anas Baba on this wonderful, hugely deserved recognition of his “steadfast and factual coverage of the war in Gaza [that] is making a singular contribution to public understanding of the conflict at great personal risk.”

www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-r...

Press Release | The Academy’s 2025 Ross Media Award Winners Announced | American Academy of Diplomacy

In a statement issued on October 6, 2025, the American Academy of Diplomacy announced that the winners of the 2025 Ross Media Award for Reporting and Commentary on the Practice of American Diplomacy a...

https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-release-%7C-the-academy’s-2025-ross-media-award-winners-announced

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

Godspeed, boys

Max Miller @real-max-miller.bsky.social · 2d

The #SJSharks final roster moves likely mean Sam Dickinson and Michael Misa have made the opening night roster. Read on Sharks Hockey Digest.
sharkshockeydigest.com/san-jose-sha...

Sharks Make Final Roster Cuts; Misa & Dickinson Make NHL

The San Jose Sharks have made their final roster cuts. Top prospects Sam Dickinson and Michael Misa appear to have made the NHL team.

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, ruining everything for the rest of us since 1978

CalMatters @calmatters.org · 2d

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, a low tax advocacy group, is currently gathering signatures to put a measure on California’s November 2026 ballot. https://cal.news/4nCLwog

📷 Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Mid-century modern house in the Vista Las Palmas neighborhood of Palm Springs on April 4, 2025. Photo by Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

HED: California is about to have a massive fight over taxes. Here’s why Los Angeles is the frontline

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 2d

wait, international governing bodies and pro leagues can just... align their calendars because they think it will improve the sport? what a concept.

NEW YORK AND TORONTO (October 6, 2025) –– The IIHF, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), and the global women’s hockey community have come together to reimagine the international calendar, aligning around a shared vision to grow the women’s game and strengthen opportunities for players at every level.

As part of this collaboration, the IIHF Women’s World Championship will move to a new November timeslot, in advance of the PWHL season. The revised tournament calendar ensures there will be no clash with the closing stages of the PWHL campaign. It also enables a full World Championship program in Olympic seasons.

In addition, a new European Women’s Championship is set to start in April 2027, creating more opportunities for elite international competition, ensuring the development of women players throughout the entire season, and elevating visibility for women’s hockey across Europe.

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Current @current.org · 2d

The fiscal year 2026 funding will make up for the loss of federal support through CPB due to the rescission in July. current.org/2025/10/new-...

New Mexico governor approves emergency funds for public media

The state will provide $6 million in additional funding to New Mexico stations to make up for the loss of federal funding.

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, somebody’s gonna have their undies in a bunch

A better picture of SZA and Cyndi Lauper holding up a Progress Pride flag at the Hollywood Bowl

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

This is bound to trigger someone

Cyndi Lauper and SZA holding up a Progress Pride flag at the end of True Colors as broadcast on CBS tonight

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild to see a crowd shot on something like this include somebody wearing a shirt that’s hanging in your own closet but one cutaway included a glimpse of the shirt that celebrated the Go-Go’s induction into the Rock Hall a couple of years ago, and I guess that’s kind of fitting

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s posts here have typically been weighty (like, atomic weight of uranium weighty), so for counterpoint if you’re on the West Coast CBS is running a Cyndi Lauper tribute taped at the Hollywood Bowl for two hours of prime time

The network’s new owners are probably revolted but sorry, too late

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 2d

I hadn’t thought of it this way, that’s for sure

Joe Mathews applies divorce law to the constitutional republic www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Trump’s America is effectively abandoning California

OPINION: “The question of whether California’s future belongs inside or outside the United States remains a choice, but it is no longer a difficult one,” Joe Mathews writes.

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 3d

Every Guard member I’ve known (and I’ve known a few) would take deep, profound, and personal insult at being treated this way

Which is not to say the whole CNG is woke, and they may have handpicked this group in hopes of some kind of unit cohesion, but if not they’re playing with fire

Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 3d

Oregon leaders say California National Guard members were flown into Oregon last night in an effort to circumvent a federal court ruling.

Oregon, California governors blast Trump for deploying California Guard despite court order

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that the president's action to send 300 California National Guard members to Portland appears to circumvent the federal judge's Saturday ruling to temporarily block ...

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3d

Ten cars rammed into an ICE agent's vehicle and yet zero footage of the incident: ain't that something

Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says

The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 3d

I hope Couture, Price, and Ellis can get together someplace for a round of golf. Or dominoes. Something

Annelise @mxannelise.bsky.social · 3d

Oh?

Clears a little roster space

NHL Trade Alert @nhltradealert.bsky.social · 3d

San Jose has traded Carl Grundstrom and Artem Guryev to Philadelphia for Ryan Ellis and a 2026 6th round pick. #sjsharks #LetsGoFlyers #NHL

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