Carlisle Chambers
@rcarlisle.bsky.social
Jazz, BBQ snob, accordion, Pittsburgh sports, chemist
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Why are there still Pirates fans? defector.com/why-are-ther...
Why Are There Still Pirates Fans? | Defector
PITTSBURGH — Baseball is one of those sports where most fans head into Opening Day at least with a hint of hope. How else do you explain 48,000 showing up for the Rockies’ home opener? This year, the…
defector.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Why are there still Pirates fans? defector.com/why-are-ther...
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"Some of them do end up being redeemed, but the tragic thing is that all of them are clearly redeemable, if only they’d made different choices." A series of westerns that expertly captured both the genre and much of human nature: www.thebulwark.com/p/randolph-s...
Randolph Scott, Virtuous Loner of the West
Lonesomeness, nobility, and anti-machismo: the ‘Ranown’ westerns are an underappreciated treasure of American cinema.
www.thebulwark.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Some of them do end up being redeemed, but the tragic thing is that all of them are clearly redeemable, if only they’d made different choices." A series of westerns that expertly captured both the genre and much of human nature: www.thebulwark.com/p/randolph-s...
@sickoscommittee.org DIII showdown between George Fox and their rivals Linfield. Beautiful day for football in Newberg, Oregon.
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@sickoscommittee.org DIII showdown between George Fox and their rivals Linfield. Beautiful day for football in Newberg, Oregon.
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"Return the city’s historical monuments to their former, pre-woke glory (slap a new coat of paint on the Hawthorne Bridge)."
Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland
“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Return the city’s historical monuments to their former, pre-woke glory (slap a new coat of paint on the Hawthorne Bridge)."
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"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
September 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda
How quick we forget.
How quick we forget.
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Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children — theonion.com/pirates-unde...
Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children
PITTSBURGH—Detailing the harmful, long-term effects of early exposure to the ball club’s dismal on-field product, parents and child safety organizations denounced the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday for dir...
theonion.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Pirates Under Fire For Directly Marketing Team To Children — theonion.com/pirates-unde...
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Is there a field biologist in the Portland, Oregon, area who wouldn't mind being in a bear suit for an hour in the woods on August 4. For science. DM me.
July 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Is there a field biologist in the Portland, Oregon, area who wouldn't mind being in a bear suit for an hour in the woods on August 4. For science. DM me.
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for some added context; this painting was of Picasso’s underaged muse
July 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
for some added context; this painting was of Picasso’s underaged muse
Beautiful.
good morning. today at IHTOV we have a beautiful essay from saffina jinnah about discovering and treasuring her late dad's records ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/what-...
What Vinyl Taught Me About My Dad
Now, when I say this collection was eclectic, I mean there was everything from The Beatles, Santana, Anne Murry, Miriam Makeba, to the World of Strauss, and Bollywood and more. I flipped through every...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Beautiful.
Great review of a favorite movie.
Many thanks to the folks over at @bwdr.bsky.social for letting me go long on John Sayles’s earnest investigation deep in the heart of Texas. So let’s hit the trail.
New today on the site:
The community issue continues, with @rileywomack.bsky.social on John Sayles' LONE STAR (1996)
(art by @mosesleeart.bsky.social)
The community issue continues, with @rileywomack.bsky.social on John Sayles' LONE STAR (1996)
(art by @mosesleeart.bsky.social)
June 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Great review of a favorite movie.
This is insane.
June 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is insane.
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its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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Jeff Passan is not a fan of what the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing.
Jeff Passan is on a mission to show MLB fans why the Pittsburgh Pirates are a problem
ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan is on a mission to show baseball fans why the Pittsburgh Pirates and their lack of spending is a big problem.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Jeff Passan is not a fan of what the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing.
Beautiful day on the Oregon coast.
April 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Beautiful day on the Oregon coast.
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New Buying Power: I wrote about how America built the postwar world order and its own society on “consumer choice” and cheap goods, and what happens if Trump strips that out while also gutting the social safety net. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cheap Consumer Goods Are the American Dream, Actually
Trump’s tariffs upend a nearly century-old bargain between politicians and US consumers.
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New Buying Power: I wrote about how America built the postwar world order and its own society on “consumer choice” and cheap goods, and what happens if Trump strips that out while also gutting the social safety net. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The full transcript of the leaked DoD text thread is absolutely bonkers.
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March 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The full transcript of the leaked DoD text thread is absolutely bonkers.
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New today on the site—
Our Best of 2024 issue continues, with @jmayward.bsky.social on @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social:
"HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is the perfect blend of sagacity and stupidity; its wisdom is found in its foolishness."
Our Best of 2024 issue continues, with @jmayward.bsky.social on @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social:
"HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is the perfect blend of sagacity and stupidity; its wisdom is found in its foolishness."
Hundreds of Beavers: Pilgrim’s Progress
Hundreds of Beavers is the perfect blend of sagacity and stupidity; its wisdom is found in its foolishness.
www.brightwalldarkroom.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New today on the site—
Our Best of 2024 issue continues, with @jmayward.bsky.social on @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social:
"HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is the perfect blend of sagacity and stupidity; its wisdom is found in its foolishness."
Our Best of 2024 issue continues, with @jmayward.bsky.social on @hundredsofbeavers.bsky.social:
"HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is the perfect blend of sagacity and stupidity; its wisdom is found in its foolishness."
If you don’t have Smile, here’s your chance to get a fantastic movie!
ATTENTION SHOPPERS! The last of FCE's MGM-licensed titles will cease being for sale on January 15th!
SMILE, BORN TO WIN & HEARTBREAKERS.
They are marked down to rock-bottom prices, so if you've been on the fence, this is the time to act.
Shop link: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
SMILE, BORN TO WIN & HEARTBREAKERS.
They are marked down to rock-bottom prices, so if you've been on the fence, this is the time to act.
Shop link: vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...
January 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If you don’t have Smile, here’s your chance to get a fantastic movie!
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Every December, for the past 17 years, I've been fortunate enough to put together collections of amazing images of outer space for a Space Telescope Advent Calendar. I just posted Day 1 of this year's edition, & will also share this year's images here on Bluesky. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...
December 1, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Every December, for the past 17 years, I've been fortunate enough to put together collections of amazing images of outer space for a Space Telescope Advent Calendar. I just posted Day 1 of this year's edition, & will also share this year's images here on Bluesky. www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/1...
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You should read this. In particular if you have an interest in science or how history is written. But you should read it in any case. A great mystery has been solved. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
You should read this. In particular if you have an interest in science or how history is written. But you should read it in any case. A great mystery has been solved. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Time to post on the blue butterfly one of my favorite Thanksgiving-adjacent pieces. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jok...
Jokes That Everyone on the Mayflower Is Getting Sick Of
This document was found in the records of Puritan William Bradford, sometimes referred to as “America’s First Traveler Blogger.”
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www.mcsweeneys.net
November 28, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Time to post on the blue butterfly one of my favorite Thanksgiving-adjacent pieces. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/jok...
An interesting take on social media transformations.
I wrote this story about the migration to Bluesky, what it means and what it tells us about oligarchdom, state actor propaganda, big tech and whether you're the user or the product. Tell me what you think. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-fun...
A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To Your Phone: Thinking About Bluesky
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter two years ago, those who despise his evolving mix of predatory trolling, stunted emotional development and right-wing extremism have been hoping for an alternative.
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:04 PM
An interesting take on social media transformations.
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I don’t agree with everything in this article but I think it makes some excellent points about defending your values.
And Yet It Moves
Thoughts The Day After
www.popehat.com
November 7, 2024 at 6:28 AM
I don’t agree with everything in this article but I think it makes some excellent points about defending your values.