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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 2h

I think Jamal Murray has proven to be more impactful for the franchise than Karl.

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 22h

I think they are just trying to manifest @pablo.show to start taking interest into the universe. Honestly, we all are.

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Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 1d

For this sliding-doors piece, I compiled about 50 what-ifs of the 21st century and whittled it down to five. But I left out some damn good ones (Hello, Wolves drafting two point guards over Steph Curry).

What were your favorite what-ifs (2000-2025) that didn't make the cut?

Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Every dynasty starts with a missed train. For the Ringer's quarter-century project, I explored some of the biggest sliding-doors moments of the 21st century. (h/t Gwyneth Paltrow)

NBA Sliding Doors: The What-Ifs That Changed Everything

Forget Oden vs. Durant or ‘The Decision’—these five forgotten twists altered the course of the league forever

www.theringer.com

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 22h

That's hilarious, I would never trust it solely because the man's face did not change one iota whether he was tomahawk dunking on an opponent or ordering a coffee.

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 22h

That is fair, but I remember even at the time that getting rid of Jokic was not ever really on the table. It was more of what do we do with Nurkic as a prospect? Twin towers? Cut bait?

RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 22h

For us Nuggets fans, the Carmelo trade, if he just waits out the rest of the season and signs with the Knicks in the off season, the Nuggets don't get the haul that allowed them to play semi-competitive basketball for years and eventually select Jamal Murray. A whole different Nuggets timeline

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Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 1d

All brought to you by the same group that in a previous episode staged a riot inside the national capital to disrupt and prevent the legal transfer of power to their political rivals after losing an election

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1d

Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 2d

It’s obviously a conspiracy to have him play at least one snap with every NFL team.

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 2d

Amazed this isn't something in Helldivers 2

Justin Buist @justinbuist.bsky.social · 2d

Bikes are kind of silly. What you really want is a Vespa with a mounted 75mm rifle on it for your paratroopers.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_1...

Vespa 150 TAP - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Reading this thread while in my 3rd airport in 2 days (on my way to a 4th) and whether you travel a lot or not, it's an amazing read.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 2d

Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 2d

The Chiefs going 12-0 in one-score games last year and 0-3 this year is a clear omen the gods have abandoned them. It should be treated the same way ancient peoples treated solar eclipses and floods. They must sacrifice Harrison Butker at sunrise to rid themselves of evil

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2d

Electricity prices are up 38% over the last five years, and are re-accelerating this year

A trade regime that tariffs the wires, transformers, batteries, & other capital goods necessary to meet growing electricity demand is just going to exacerbate our power cost problem

A graph of US electricity price growth since 2020

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 9d

Advocating for something that Pearl Harbor VERY FAMOUSLY showed the USA was obsolete technology to a bunch of USA military leaders is really senility incarnate. The man is too old, and his brain is mush.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump: "I think we should maybe start thinking about battleships, by the way. We have a Secretary of Navy who came to me, 'cause I look at the Iowa out in California and I look at different ships, the old pictures. I used to watch Victory at Sea. I love Victory at Sea. And I look at those ships... "

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 11d

MANDATE OF HEAVEN TO ALABAMA THEY JUST THREW A PASS TO 360 POUND KADYN PROCTOR

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12d

I’m going to hate whatever this call is

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14d

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is in select theaters October 2.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 14d

The last time a senior American official blurted out this kind of stuff, the Korean War happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Bessent on why US troops won't get involved in defending Europe: "As I told my European counterparts about two weeks ago, 'All I hear from you is that Putin wants to march into Warsaw. The one thing I'm sure of is that Putin isn't marching into Boston.'"

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 15d

WWI: Lawerence of Arabia
WWII: A Bridge To Far
Vietnam: Full Metal Jacket
Desert Storm: Three Kings
Wildcard: Tinker Tailor Solider Spy about the Cold War

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15d

Piercing

xkcd.com/3145/

Comic. [Large panel showing curve of Earth with upward opening curve below the surface labeled “constant curvature borehole.” Two smaller overlaid panels show (1) People next to machine on tracks with a tube pointed to the ground labeled “directional drilling rig” and (2) Earth with a ring embedded in it.] [caption] Good news: Geologists have decided that Earth is finally old enough to get its first lithosphere piercing!

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16d

Doctors in Colorado and across the US are scrambling to address confusion after President Trump offered unproven medical advice linking Tylenol and vaccines to autism.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18d

Oklahoma ran a trick play that's been illegal since the 1950s. But time after time, teams get away with it, because it's such a good trick that it tricks the referees too:

The trick play so tricky it tricks refs

Oklahoma scored a TD on this illegal trick play that refs ALWAYS miss. (PLUS! A new buffalo rises, another embarrassing L for Bill Belichick, AND THE AGE OF HOOSIER IS UPON US)

rodgersherman.substack.com

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RacoonHail @racoonhail.bsky.social · 19d

a group of soldiers riding horses in the desert

ALT: a group of soldiers riding horses in the desert

media.tenor.com

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Vidjagame Apocalypse @vgapocalypse.bsky.social · 20d

Borderlands 4 is here, so this week, we take a look at other loot games that leave you in constant pursuit of that legendary piece of gear you've been chasing, and the dopamine hit that comes with it.

vidjagameapocalypse.libsyn.com/best-loot-ga...

Episode art for Vidjagame Apocalypse episode 645.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 NEW SPORTS NEWSLETTER 🚨

—If I lost the marathon by .03 seconds I would lie down on the track forever and you'd have to run the rest of the races around me
—a former toilet paper factory employee (and Minnesota football player) is now a world champion
—STONE SKIPPING CONTROVERSY

26.2 miles decided by .03 seconds

The marathon World Championship was incredible for everyone except the guy who lost by 0.3 seconds. PLUS wild wrestling comebacks, and stone-skimming CONTROVERSY.

rodgersherman.substack.com

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