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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4h

Can’t wait to hear what you think!

Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 13h

Well, one night’s reprieve from the goblet, Boone.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 15h

MLB’s app asks you to watch 15 seconds of commercial to watch a 20 second home run video and no

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 15h

2109: a century since the last title. Aaron Boone looks at the goblet. He knows what he must do. Again. Go back and hit that dinger. Again. And maybe this time, next time, he’ll guide the team to a ring. The bitter taste, then a too-brief moment of silence. And then, the 11th. And maybe, redemption.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

The Texas Tribune has done a fantastic job of covering the pretty horrendous stuff the legislature and others are doing at TX universities; my colleagues routinely refer to it and rely on it for information. Good to see this happening.

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

I’m thrilled about the upcoming Texas Tribune Festival, when I’ll be interviewing the amazing Catherine Coleman Flowers about civil rights, activism, faith, sewage and more. festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

Hey buddy

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck is that part about*

*I think I get what that part is about; I just recoil from it and can’t believe it has any oxygen

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

Lucius Cornelius Sulla is bucking tradition and legal precedent in leading his army back to the city of Rome due to what he says is rampant corruption and to support his crackdown on illegal political chicanery.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

First thought was “was the grink there” and my god it’s time to just go read a book now

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 1d

The paper that brings you Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman asking about the dangers of trying to succeed with old talent.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

From @theathletic.com: The Yankees are one loss away from another season of failing to win a title with Aaron Judge at the peak of his powers. How many more chances will the Yankees get before he starts to decline?

The Yankees’ season is on the line. So are their chances to maximize peak Aaron Judge

The Yankees will need to win three in a row over the Blue Jays to overcome a 2-0 deficit in the American League Division Series.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 3d

The ur-text

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 3d

BUCK: Off to the 11th we go

SMOLTZ: have not seen mariners this resolute since Quiberon Bay

BUCK: …

SMOLTZ: good year for the British Navy. Just like my 1996. I went 24-8.

BUCK: what is going on

SMOLTZ: pitchers today, they aren’t winning 24 games

BUCK: back on firmer ground now, the count 2-2

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 3d

That epic handshake meme.

Left arm: “the life of pi”

Right arm: “tonight’s ballgame”

Where they meet: “Tigers and Mariners”

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

I drive from north to west TX and back a lot and am consistently struck by just how much visible evidence there is of cleaner energy being used and developed and how little of this is mentioned

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

This is a fantastic form of public engagement! I haven’t heard of this either

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

I suppose more than anything else I like the discourse around this, as the reaction to it seems to suggest so clearly to people the monarchical ambitions of this guy. As someone teaching coinage and iconography in the late Repiblic next week in a deeply red state, I’m curious as to how this will go.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

Caesar’s actions at home are different, of course, but part of a longer emerging ethos around glorifying military commanders, one very much tied to transforming values as Rome expanded.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

Lots of “Julius Caesar was the first Roman to appear on coins/produce coins with his likeness on them.” This isn’t totally true. Flaminius did this in Greece a century earlier, though perhaps they were gifts rather than mandated by him. Others, like Pompey, did so but only outside of Italy.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

How did you know

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

Have hit a weird phase where I see a name on here I remember from twitter and can’t remember if at the time I followed the person or hated the person

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

Not news, but whatever the equivalent of “if it gets posted enough it might happen” is

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

Well, everything else has been grim this week, so I’ll hope this news is true

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 4d

I have never, ever seen history faculty more scared than they are now. Scared of politicians; scared of writing; scared of their students; scared of teaching what what have given their lives to studying.

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 5d

THE WORLD: things are grim all the time, know despair, frail human

MLB: it’s cool, I’ve got you, my man. someone whose name looks like the word Shitter is going to throw a gem tonight

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Just some guy @rocinante.bsky.social · 5d

Why are we doing this shit

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 5d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood

The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.

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