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Richard Romkee

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Meteorologist - UNCO '22. Denver sports fan. Loyal Rockies fan. He/him.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · Feb 27

For my non-meteorologist friends who may not get why the gutting and privatization of NOAA/NWS are so concerning, keep in mind: this is what we work day in and day out to prevent. These layoffs cannot stand. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Ga...

1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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🐈‍⬛ Spooky L.A. 🕸️ @tiredderit.bsky.social · 14h

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 5h

At what point do we admit that the Yankees are baseball's Steelers

Tim Healey @timbhealey.bsky.social · 6h

This is the first time in Yankees history that they have won just one World Series in a quarter-century.

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 6h

Clayton Kershaw is now the second pitcher ever to give up 100 or more earned runs in the postseason. He's at 102. Andy Pettitte gave up 117, but Andy Pettitte also pitched 80 more innings than Kershaw has.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 6h

Ortiz was absolutely loving this sitting between AROD and Jeter

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 6h

Probably. Dodgers chokes are always welcomed regardless of context, though

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks, Kersh!

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 7h

DAAAAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE

MLB Scores @mlbscores.bsky.social · 7h

Final:
BlueJays 5
Yankees 2

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 8h

2025 Phillies Postseason run

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 8h

Hoooooold up

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ice.cream.assassin @icassassin.bsky.social · 10h

Felt compelled

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

In all seriousness: every public statement about Trump needs to begin by pointing out the obvious: that his brain is soup and he's not really running the country anymore. bsky.app/profile/crai...

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 11h

Trump and whatever advisor last spoke to him.

Wormtongue and Théoden in Lord of the Rings

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 12h

The Brewers so far

A group of blankly staring robots with the text "me and the boys watch the spoons in the microwave sparking"

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 12h

Why, what happened

Ollie Connolly @ollieconnolly.bsky.social · 13h

Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 12h

An ongoing flux of moisture from the Tropical Pacific into the Southwest will foster locally heavy rainfall through early next week, brining daily flash flooding risks. Follow your local weather forecast office for specific information.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15h

you cannot lose elections to people that suggest lee greenwood for the super bowl halftime show over bad bunny

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 16h

A post from Racism WatchDog: BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 17h

who should the NFL choose for its halftime show: Bad Bunny, who sold out basically every major arena in the country last year, or Lee Greenwood, whose current tour features the following dates

leegreenwood.com
Fri, OCT 17
Niswonger Performing Arts Center of
Northwest Ohio
Van Wert, OH
Sat, OCT 18
Ohio Star Theater at Dutch Valley
Sugarcreek, OH
Fri, OCT 24
Rayne Drop Inn Il
Marion Center, PA
Sat, OCT 25
State Theatre Center For the Arts
Uniontown, PA

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 17h

Happy birthday to the 2026 NL MVP (I am delusional)

Baseball Reference @baseball-reference.com · 17h

Born on this date: Donie Bush, Wally Moses, Albert Suárez, Mike Morgan, Paul Splittorff, Hunter Goodman... see more: https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/birthdays.cgi?month=10&day=08

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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 19h

A non-tropical low pressure system is forecast to develop late this week along the East Coast, bringing a renewed surge of onshore winds and moderate-to-major coastal flooding to the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic shores.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Don't wake the neighbors don't wake the neighbors don't wake the neighbors don't wake the neighbors don't wake

Colorado Avalanche @avalanche.bsky.social · 1d

From way downtown!

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

God I love baseball

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

this rules so much

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s 61st home run with a fan

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Update:

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Blue Jays turned my favorite team inside out a few months ago...but they're also dismantling my least favorite team.

I'll allow it.

a group of men are sitting in a stadium watching a game .

Alt: A group of disappointed basketball players sit on the sideline before one of them gradually begins to nod and accept whatever's happening

media.tenor.com

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Generational trauma but it's just Rockies fandom

Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 1d

The year is 2763. The GM for the Rockies steps to the podium. "We've signed international free agent Vladimir Guerrero LXI." Finally, after seven centuries, they're the 64th and final team to have a member of the Vlad line.

The year is 2769. The Rockies trade Vlad LXI at the deadline for a PTBNL.

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Man, ICE ruins everything...oh, not that one

SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 1d

"Under the terms of the agreement, ICE will invest up to $2 billion in Polymarket, reflecting a valuation of approximately $8 billion pre-investment." ir.theice.com/press/news-d...

TLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced a strategic investment in Polymarket, the prediction market and information platform tracking event probabilities across markets, politics, sport and culture.

Under the terms of the agreement, ICE will invest up to $2 billion in Polymarket, reflecting a valuation of approximately $8 billion pre-investment.

Alongside its investment, ICE will become a global distributor of Polymarket’s event-driven data, providing customers with sentiment indicators on topics of market relevance. Additionally, ICE and Polymarket have also agreed to partner on future tokenization initiatives.

“Our investment blends ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1792, with a forward-thinking, revolutionary company pioneering change within the Decentralized Finance space,” said Jeffrey C. Sprecher, ICE Chair & Chief Executive Officer. “Shayne Coplan has assembled a team at Polymarket to create a user-driven company relentlessly focused on product, building usage and distribution. There are opportunities across markets which ICE together with Polymarket can uniquely serve and we are excited about where this investment can take us.”

"Our partnership with ICE marks a major step in bringing prediction markets into the financial mainstream," said Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket. “Together, we’re expanding how individuals and institutions use probabilities to understand and price the future. Jeff and his team have redefined how modern markets operate, establishing ICE as the gold standard for trusted financial infrastructure. By combining ICE’s institutional scale and credibility with Polymarket’s consumer savvy, we will be able to deliver world-class products for the modern investor. Realizing the potential of new technologies, such as tokenization, will require collaboration between established market leaders …

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