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Matt the Dad

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · Jan 12

I may not reply to every Go Birds, but if I notice one that hasn’t been answered yet, you bet I’m hitting that Go Birds reply.

Also, GO BIRDS

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 1m

Laying in bed, but still watching. Damn it Mookie Betts is good at baseball.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 27m

Marsh can’t dive for that. Ok for real. Bedtime.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 30m

it's not going to stop me from just going to bed for my own mental health tonight. but i'm going to try to pick up here tomorrow.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 31m

I like this.

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 38m

Have reached the "actually it's better for me to just go to bed" phase of the playoffs/life.

But I hope you watch, and I hope the Phillies win.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 1h

I like your hat?

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 2h

The Vegas art installation thing? Did that last year with the kids and had a real good time.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 3h

Why is anyone speculating about what happens with UNC football? The contract clearly states the young Mrs. Belichick takes over if her dad is unable to complete the contract.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 3h

Spider should have finished the job.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 5h

Decided to try to turn things around by switching a Power Pop mix, which was cool until Matthew Sweet came on and I remembered what he’s going through and now sad again for both him and my own lost youth.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 6h

That Voracek/Atkinson trade was so sad because they are both great guys who immediately got wrecked by injury.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 7h

This wasn’t supposed to be a musical bit, but my other source of friction at work is my brain’s ability to turn everything into a bit.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 7h

So many people just want to hear Yes. [deep sigh]

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 7h

A lot of my friction at works comes because I pretty much refuse to say “yes we can do that” to every question because I’m always thinking of contingencies that might make that yes into a no.

It’s also probably my most valuable skill.

So that’s nice for my mental health.

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 8h

The only thing we know for sure is this absolutely means the FBI is -currently- spying on democratic lawmakers including tapping their phones.

Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 8h

Republicans have spent the last few days claiming, with varying degrees of hysteria, that the Biden-era FBI was caught “spying” on GOP members and “tapping” their phones.

In reality, that's really not what happened. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The latest Republican conspiracy theory about the FBI and Jan. 6 starts to unravel

Republicans are claiming that the FBI was caught “spying” on congressional Republicans and “tapping” their phones. That’s really not what happened.

www.msnbc.com

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 9h

Made it as far as New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 before I got too sad and had to abort.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 9h

Trying to decide if today is “listen to Automatic For The People” depressing.

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 11h

Sometimes I wonder if people I’m in a meeting with can tell when the C4 caffeine rush hits.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 23h

You can put any doubts that we’re not living in The Simulation to rest.

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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New Jersey Jeff @jawnpaulsarte.bsky.social · 1d

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 1d

Andy Cohen always deserved a longer look. Time to bring him back! (Probably from the dead.)

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 2d

Shows what I know, they died on a bunt.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 2d

Excited to watch the Phillies final 9 hitters all try to hit bases empty grand slams.

Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 2d

They should be playing to win the game at that point, which means you don’t give a free out.

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Eric @ejmaron.bsky.social · 2d

Apropos of nothing, the Phillies have not won a series during the period where the Dobbs decision is precedent and Sam Alito lives

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Matt the Dad @suboptimaldad.gobirds.online · 2d

If you get the tying run on second with nobody out, I bet you don’t bunt.

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