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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 16h

Every day out of California is Gavin Newsom vetoing a bill that guarantees puppies a loving home so he can drop out before Nevada

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Andy Rattinger @rattinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On this week’s Secretly Sporty, we have Simpsons and The Office writer Brent Forrester! We’re also prepping something really special for spooky season. I can’t wait!

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Brent Forrester Catches a Wave to The Office

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · September 14 · 30m

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JK ✨️ @jkmakes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I tire of being subjected to the worst thoughts and deeds of the worst people in the world.

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Wojtek the Union Law Bear @wearyhobo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm so jealous and pleased that Austen got to meet Laura Veirs for Secretly Sporty

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House.

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Had the great pleasure of having the amazing singer-songwriter Laura Veirs onto Secretly Sporty to discuss her new album Temple Songs and her love of weightlifting classes, among other things. Thanks to @rattinger.bsky.social, as always, for co-editing with me. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Laura Veirs: Lifting Pulse, Tempo Rides, and Temple Songs

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · August 17 · 27m

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Stepped up to the mic and co-hosted this episode of Secretly Sporty - Rest Day Radio edition. It's all about the best sports movies ever, and there was no way I was sitting that one out. My favorite genre! Serious question: Is Ford vs. Ferrari a sports movie? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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Matt Bird’s Epic Elliptical Ride

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · August 13 · 24m

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/08/2026

they did actually complain about inflation under biden that was a pretty significant thing that happened like I get what you’re trying to do here but they very much did complain about inflation under biden

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/08/2026

You say that hiring young people purely based on their ability to be obnoxious and provocative and racist enough to attract an online following might present some problems when the time comes to actually govern?! 🤔🤔🤔

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GOP Staffers Say the Party Has a Groyper Problem

Party veterans are concerned that the pipeline of young Republican talent is veering off course — and into terminally online extremism.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 27/07/2026

It’s okay for the thing you like to not be someone else’s thing and it’s kind of a bad personally trait to take criticism of the thing you like personally. That’s not who you are, that’s just something you enjoy consuming.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 27/07/2026

Please, please, please stop uploading your medical records to LLMs 😭

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The idea that a book could be considered inapprop for kids because it's "too difficult" doesn't sit well with me. Let 'em try. If it's too hard, they'll put it down. But give them a chance to rise to the challenge.

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ryan @chronolynx.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

this imo is also true re: the larger focus I've seen on "optimization" and doing everything the "right/best way" over the last decade or so

These artists weren’t going on about perfect blood panels or maximum efficiency or tracking immense protein intake. They cared about feeling alive in their bodies, sleeping well and having the stamina to do meaningful work. Health, for these artists, was the cornerstone of a creative life, the ingredient that made everything else possible. I didn’t need to go back to my days sitting in a smoky Oxford room, holding a shriveling contact lens in one hand as I pored over medieval literature, acknowledging (I thought) a perfect metaphor for the vision of the soul against the failure of the body. I could find a path in which physical health fueled intellectual health.

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Excited to see this essay published in the NYT today by my co-creator/host of Secretly Sporty Sebastian Langdell about what fitness influencers miss when they only focus on "optimization" and the upsides of a more holistic approach, featuring insights from several of our guests!

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Opinion | Fitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit (Gift Article)

Manosphere fitness influencers are the wrong model. Health requires looking at life as a whole, not as an exercise in “optimization.”

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So honored that @cmonstah.bsky.social agreed to come on Secretly Sporty and regale us with her observations on the aesthetics of 1980s exercise videos. (Plus, she convinced me to do a Jane Fonda workout...a thing I never thought I would do.) Check it out!

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Carolina A. Miranda’s Aesthetically Pleasing Aerobic Adventure

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · July 9 · 30m

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Dani Welch @daniwelch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It seems like we could have avoided a lot of issues by simply allowing "no nazi tattoos" to be a firm line in the sand for people seeking power.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.

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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years

If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I was thrilled that @isaacbutler.bsky.social, author of The Method - one of my favorite books of the past 5 or so years - and of the new book The Perfect Moment, about the birth of the culture wars, agreed to come on to Secretly Sporty and talk Pilates and so much more! Check it out!

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Isaac Butler’s Perfect Moment for Pilates

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · June 29 · 27m

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/06/2026

Thousands of Scottish soccer fans in Boston to see their national team play in the World Cup have put a serious dent in the region’s strategic beer reserves. The Tartan Army has charmed locals and become social media darlings in the process. nyti.ms/4uHIHVL

A person in a blue and white "SCOT" shirt plays bagpipes in a crowded room. Many people around them hold phones and drinks, some smiling. A headline reads: Boston Is Full of Joy and Low on Beer. Blame the Scots. Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.

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Lucas Schaefer @lucaseschaefer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Had a blast talking writing, boxing gyms and working out with Sebastian at the Secretly Sporty podcast. I also offered up some of my Peloton fan fiction. Hope you’ll check it out! shows.acast.com/secretly-spo...

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Lucas Schaefer Slips into the Ring | Secretly Sporty

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Every text I send my friends includes a brief bio of myself in case they forgot

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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This headline is hilarious when you learn that the rocket toppled over in a fiery explosion on landing

NYT headline: SpaceX completes mostly successful starship rocket flight

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

one member of Los Angeles County's board of supervisors has more constituents than the U.S. senators of 12 states

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Just months ago, I told @wearyhobo.bsky.social that my X-Files nostalgia was over. Turns out, I was wrong, and I will 100% watch this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/05/2026

anyway listen to me on the latest episode of secretly sporty talking about my fitness habits podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Jamelle Bouie Lifts for The ‘Fit

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · May 18 · 27m

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

tennis too. They once did this experiment where two guys who were only allowed to serve but knew no other shots at all played a match at Wimbledon, their names were Isner and mahut. I wonder what happened to them after they went back to whatever their real jobs were

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

We were thrilled to welcome @jamellebouie.net onto our podcast Secretly Sporty. He talked weight lifting, clothing, and movies! (All the important things...) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Jamelle Bouie Lifts for The ‘Fit

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · May 18 · 27m

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Joel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Some of you might be into this new pod, Secretly Sporty, hosted by a writer here in Austin, Sebastian Langdell. All about the way fitness practice informs creative practice. Great guests so far—Alison Bechdel, R.O. Kwon, Laura van den Berg, and today, Hanif Abdurraqib, who was predictably so great.

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Hanif Abdurraqib Runs the Memory Palace

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · April 27 · 36m

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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

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Wojtek the Union Law Bear @wearyhobo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I'm biased but the Jason Kander episode of Secretly Sporty (an interview podcast about the fitness lives of arts people) is really good. It's got baseball! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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Jason Kander Swings for the Fences

Podcast Episode · Secretly Sporty · April 20 · 28m

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This is genuinely amazing and I want people to shout it from the rooftops.

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DrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

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Jane Espenson @janeespenson.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

NY Times disagrees with itself about "DUDED"

Sunday NY Times crossword with "DUDED" as the correct solution for "GUSSIED (UP)".

Monday NY Times Spelling Bee with DUDED not accepted as a word.

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Austen Rachlis @austenr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Returning to BlueSky to say that I co-created a podcast and it launched today. It's called Secretly Sporty and the host interviews creatives about their fitness routines/athletic passions and how those impact their artistic work. First ep features Alison Bechdel. linktr.ee/secretlyspor...

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Secretly Sporty | Instagram | Linktree

View secretlysportypodcast’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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WRONG or METAPHYSICAL IN NATURE @jsthrill.modphi.com · 15/08/2025

Experimental philosophy

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Them - You can't throw sandwiches at ICE Agents.
Grabs a hot dog. "I guess we'll finally answer the old question."

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 20/07/2025

Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

maybe there's still some good left in this world after all

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 10/08/2025

Never forget today, when, on this day in 1988, Zero Cool crashed 1,507 systems in one day.

2 images from hackers as characters converse. "I've got a record. I was Zero Cool." "Zero Cool crashed 1.507 systems in one day, biggest crash in history. Front page New York Times August 10, 1988"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

He resigned the governor’s office in disgrace and currently holds no office. Where is he going to propose this little law? A Panera on Long Island?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

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