Patrick Abdalla
@paddyabs.bsky.social
Educator and journalist. Penn Stater. Phillies and Sixers. NEPA proud.
Alumni of: The Keystone, The Citizens’ Voice, York Daily Record, The Hanover Evening Sun, The Towanda Daily Review, The Daily Collegian
Alumni of: The Keystone, The Citizens’ Voice, York Daily Record, The Hanover Evening Sun, The Towanda Daily Review, The Daily Collegian
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Patrick Abdalla
@paddyabs.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I’m going to try to be a better person on here than I was on the other site. More positive, more fun.
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last night of the holiday
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
last night of the holiday
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Pope Leo should call Robert Barron to a life of silence and penitence.
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Pope Leo should call Robert Barron to a life of silence and penitence.
I can’t wait for this dialogue.
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I can’t wait for this dialogue.
Peter Dipshit would be tweeting out the “It’s Happening” gif.
imagining thinking this administration's CIA could stage a coup without fucking it up and/or leaking it to like five journalists and ken klippenstein
i think it's the fact that the government can't keep the electricity on in tehran
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Peter Dipshit would be tweeting out the “It’s Happening” gif.
When you’re 9 years old and play Monopoly for the first time, and you ultimately discover that capitalism sucks.
January 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When you’re 9 years old and play Monopoly for the first time, and you ultimately discover that capitalism sucks.
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Improbably, I think Stranger Things stuck the landing.
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Improbably, I think Stranger Things stuck the landing.
We normally spend the new year’s at my brother’s. However, a sick kid is keeping us home. My compatriots and I are playing an awesome Monopoly game.
This means a lot because my friends and I did this on new year’s when I was a kid.
This means a lot because my friends and I did this on new year’s when I was a kid.
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
We normally spend the new year’s at my brother’s. However, a sick kid is keeping us home. My compatriots and I are playing an awesome Monopoly game.
This means a lot because my friends and I did this on new year’s when I was a kid.
This means a lot because my friends and I did this on new year’s when I was a kid.
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
“He’s just a different Bobby Abreu” is quite a thought.
I’m a Phillies, but Gwynn was my favorite player for several years.
It think it shows just how good Tony ways.
Gwynn played 15 more games, but was +9 WAR.
I’m a Phillies, but Gwynn was my favorite player for several years.
It think it shows just how good Tony ways.
Gwynn played 15 more games, but was +9 WAR.
Thanks. I find it helpful to group things like this.
Abreu, well, he's just Different Tony Gwynn.
bsky.app/profile/dant...
Abreu, well, he's just Different Tony Gwynn.
bsky.app/profile/dant...
Cool spreadsheet! I'd be a yes on the top 4, and I need to mull Abreu's case a bit more.
December 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“He’s just a different Bobby Abreu” is quite a thought.
I’m a Phillies, but Gwynn was my favorite player for several years.
It think it shows just how good Tony ways.
Gwynn played 15 more games, but was +9 WAR.
I’m a Phillies, but Gwynn was my favorite player for several years.
It think it shows just how good Tony ways.
Gwynn played 15 more games, but was +9 WAR.
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It really feels like Kamala Harris consistently winning a majority of young voters in primary polls is something that more people should be talking about
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It really feels like Kamala Harris consistently winning a majority of young voters in primary polls is something that more people should be talking about
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Easiest job in a 2029 Dem presidency would be running the Kennedy Center. You'll be able to book anybody for the Restoration
December 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Easiest job in a 2029 Dem presidency would be running the Kennedy Center. You'll be able to book anybody for the Restoration
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
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If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If we learned that the Obama or Biden DOJ was casually monitoring the comings and goings of a reporter for any reason, much less b/c she was the lead reporter on all things Epstein, it would be a Watergate-level scandal but of course since it's Trump, one day (at best) and we move right along 🙃
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“And the Peanuts” remember how peanuts was written in a default san serif font and was always about some bullshit that a Facebook addicted boomer would someday be obsessed with
December 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“And the Peanuts” remember how peanuts was written in a default san serif font and was always about some bullshit that a Facebook addicted boomer would someday be obsessed with
So, I just realized Ray Kinsella’s journey is oddly similar to a certain Christmas character: Ebenezer Scrooge
December 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So, I just realized Ray Kinsella’s journey is oddly similar to a certain Christmas character: Ebenezer Scrooge
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there are lots of very smart and very sensible people around the NBA and all of them absolutely lose their minds at a team that is 17-46 because they are terrible and have no star power going “what if we try extra hard to be bad for 18 games because that is what the draft incentivizes”
December 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
there are lots of very smart and very sensible people around the NBA and all of them absolutely lose their minds at a team that is 17-46 because they are terrible and have no star power going “what if we try extra hard to be bad for 18 games because that is what the draft incentivizes”
I’m watching “Blindspot.”
I feel like the fourth season is fully self aware. It regularly has scenes that normal procedurals rely on you to suspend disbelief for, but then it explains away regular plot holes in slyly humorous ways.
I feel like the fourth season is fully self aware. It regularly has scenes that normal procedurals rely on you to suspend disbelief for, but then it explains away regular plot holes in slyly humorous ways.
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I’m watching “Blindspot.”
I feel like the fourth season is fully self aware. It regularly has scenes that normal procedurals rely on you to suspend disbelief for, but then it explains away regular plot holes in slyly humorous ways.
I feel like the fourth season is fully self aware. It regularly has scenes that normal procedurals rely on you to suspend disbelief for, but then it explains away regular plot holes in slyly humorous ways.
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My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My usual reminder that “we’re gonna file a lawsuit” isn’t news. That’s a press release. “We filed a lawsuit and here’s the complaint” is news.
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this feels like a "you won't guess where this is going" LinkedIn post for the ages
December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
this feels like a "you won't guess where this is going" LinkedIn post for the ages
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I’ve lived through the videos of Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz hitting jumpers.
I’m not excited yet.
I’m not excited yet.
I think Angry Bryce Harper is gonna have a monster season in 2026.
(Shirt says “not elite.”)
(Shirt says “not elite.”)
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’ve lived through the videos of Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz hitting jumpers.
I’m not excited yet.
I’m not excited yet.
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Ballot #59 is from Steve Gardner. He keeps all seven of his holdovers and checks off Hamels’ name in his first year of eligibility. With this ballot, Hamels climbs over 35% to 35.59%.
His column: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Coming Soon to the Tracker
His column: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Coming Soon to the Tracker
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Ballot #59 is from Steve Gardner. He keeps all seven of his holdovers and checks off Hamels’ name in his first year of eligibility. With this ballot, Hamels climbs over 35% to 35.59%.
His column: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Coming Soon to the Tracker
His column: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Coming Soon to the Tracker
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
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Pope Leo: “While a distorted economy leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise, God becomes like us, revealing the infinite dignity of every person. While humanity seeks to become “god” in order to dominate others, God chooses to become man in order to free us.”
Full homily:
Full homily:
Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (24 December 2025)
HOLY MASS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD PAPAL MASS HOMILY OF POPE LEO XIV St Peter's Basilica Wednesday, 24 December 2025 [ Multimedia ] _________________________________________
www.vatican.va
December 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Pope Leo: “While a distorted economy leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise, God becomes like us, revealing the infinite dignity of every person. While humanity seeks to become “god” in order to dominate others, God chooses to become man in order to free us.”
Full homily:
Full homily:
Frederick Douglass wrote three memoirs and made this country better.
TCW is an lickspittling imbecile masquerading as a truthsayer, and he has the charisma of microwaved gym socks.
TCW is an lickspittling imbecile masquerading as a truthsayer, and he has the charisma of microwaved gym socks.
Does one person really have that many interesting things happen to them that they require 3 memoirs?
Really?
Really?
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Frederick Douglass wrote three memoirs and made this country better.
TCW is an lickspittling imbecile masquerading as a truthsayer, and he has the charisma of microwaved gym socks.
TCW is an lickspittling imbecile masquerading as a truthsayer, and he has the charisma of microwaved gym socks.