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Damin Esper

@daminesper.bsky.social
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Journalist, musician, broadcaster, media critic or red-headed, lumpy and with a loud voice - Hey, I'm Menelaus! Mr. Rogers was on Letterman on my 16th birthday. Ella Black enthusiast.

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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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It's Craigin' Time @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 2h
Patrick is a stone cold freak for dropping writing this good into the intro of what is a useful, but fairly formulaic Game 2 preview format: www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
There’s an element to sports that sportswriters never weary of trying to capture, hacking through the kudzu of metrics and quotations to get at. It’s the paradox of a sense of overwhelming immortality, mixed with a sense of how fleeting that omnipotence is. Athletes hypnotize themselves into attaining it, fans slurp at it like a shallow oasis in the desert, writers build entire novels constructing a world to provide it. The Boston Red Sox lost a pair of games to the Washington Nationals by 15 runs around the end of June, and then seized that invincibility and held it for more than five full weeks, enjoying a run almost unparalleled in the history of baseball. It was like snorting cocaine while on a runner’s high after finding out you’d aced a college final and fallen in love, all at the same time.

Unfortunately, that time happened to be July, and by the end of September it was a happy memory. Baseball took that perfect month and chewed away at it with its sharp little teeth, as it always does, pulling at hamstrings and snapping bones. And on Tuesday, the capricious and hateful gods of baseball took it and provided it to one Ben Rice, handed him the thunderbolts to strike the heroes down. For one day it was the Yankees who were invincible, led by the league’s best pitcher and a hitter whose resting face might best be described as vague concern, even as their captain stood with his elbows on the dugout railing. The New York Yankees are now, today and only today, the greatest team in baseball. But maybe not tomorrow. The gods need fresh meat.
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יונה דער טינטפיש Squiddlio @estreyagraf.bsky.social · 1h
CA keeps failing to pass anything that could have a material impact on the ruling class. Rent control, ending prison slavery, gig worker protections, prop 13 reform. We physically cannot knock on enough doors to compete with the blizzard of mailers and media buys, nor the “liberal” cachet behind it.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri was named Morocco’s first female prime minister after her party swept parliamentary elections last week.
washingtonpost.com
Morocco appoints its first female prime minister
A royal decree issued by Morocco’s King Muhammed VI tasked Fatima Zahra El Mansouri with forming a new cabinet, probably a coalition government with other political groups.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's easy
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Damin Esper @daminesper.bsky.social · 15h
@marketplace.org ran a story on a book about "personalized pricing" today. This isn't new. Corporations have had different prices for different people for 60 years: Grocery stores charged higher prices in Black neighborhoods than they did in white ones. 1/ www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
marketplace.org
The price tag might be an endangered species
In her new book, “Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — and What That Means for Your Wallet,” Lindsay Owens writes that personalized prices are, in some cases, replacing set prices — and that might not be...
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 16h
When I entered #economics, I learned that for too long of a period JOB INTERVIEWS were held in HOTEL ROOMS. Hotel. Rooms. Babyyyyyyyyyyy these academic streets ain't safe for women.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 16h
The more I learn about this Cornell situation, the angrier I get because it's SO normalized in academic environments.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 16h
In case you think I'm lying, a literal interview about how the practice of hotel job interviews in #economics finally came to an end.
marketplace.org
Economists want to end hotel room job interviews
For many American economists, hotel room job interviews used to be the norm. A new policy from the American Economic Association wants to change that.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h
#MorallyBinding @cnbc.com @politico.eu www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 17h
it's time for playoff basebal
jack white looking upset at a cubs game
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 16h
Breaking: The FBI today cracked the giant antique safe left behind at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ, now the offices of adult film company Kink dot Com. And within it: missionlocal.org/2026/09/fbi-...
missionlocal.org
FBI cracks giant safe discovered at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ
Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on.
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Mere Smith @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Marie Cerda @primalux.thedeadbird.club · 17h
Gavin Newsom? Holding an opinion that a slight breeze (aka money or popularity) could change???
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As public worries about AI grow, Newsom's political calculus is changing
In recent weeks, Newsom has signed a series of AI oversight bills and called for stronger safeguards as some of the industry's own leaders warn about the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems.
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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 18h
Known for producing its own malt for brewers and spirits makers, this unique business “couldn’t make and sell malt economically.”
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Alameda’s Admiral Maltings and The Rake to close
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 18h
until chicago pope i don’t think i ever truly understood that the pope is like a guy
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Basketball Fan, of the Sixers and LeBron James lmao! @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 18h
The Indiana Fever have investigated the Indiana Fever and their fans and have found no violations of the Fan Code of Conduct by any Indiana Fever fans. Case closed!
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 17h
i crack liberty biberty's skull open and the goo runs everywhere, like the uncooked crab in castaway. i tilt my head back and drink deep the forbidden nectar of biberty goo. it tastes like the actuary tables of the devil and maybe tarragon
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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New from @nytimes.com: "Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge and ethics expert who leads the Berkeley Judicial Institute, said that he agreed with Justice Alito’s decision to recuse..." Read more: nyti.ms/3VlQOLN @bji.bsky.social
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Justice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
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East Bay Times @eastbaytimes.com · 19h
Albany imagines a new beginning at Golden Gate Fields while preparing for a future without the racetrack’s tax revenue.
eastbaytimes.com
Albany weighs future of Golden Gate Fields amid budget concerns
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Damin Esper @daminesper.bsky.social · 19h
Brisbee after dark.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 19h
It turns out you can’t actually base an entire economy on skull measuring
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 19h
They helped create the opioid crisis as well! Truly someone we should be listening to about AI! www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/02...
currentaffairs.org
Exposing the Secretive and Sinister Work of McKinsey & Co.
An interview with two investigative reporters who dug up the truth about the famed consulting company’s misdeeds.
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Damin Esper @daminesper.bsky.social · 19h
This is bullshit of course. More athletic departments are like Cal, which has been broke for decades and a drain on the university. Alabama obviously was making tons of money when Saban was there and will continue to make tons of money.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For San Franciscans longing for a long stretch of pleasant weather, this is about as good as the forecast gets. Downtown San Francisco may not see a day below 70 degrees for at least the next 10 days. The city could briefly hit 80 some days, but 90s are unlikely.
sfchronicle.com
Bay Area is about to see an extended stretch of summer weather. Here is a timeline of the heat
Warmer and drier-than-normal weather is expected to stick around through the middle of October.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21h
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 21h
It I’m being honest I think the real reason men and women often have difficulty sustaining friendships is not because of the “what if they fuck” of it all so much as the fact that women face a lot of social pressures that force a maturity that men simply aren’t required to develop
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J.P. Hoornstra @jphoornstra.bsky.social · 22h
Needed a photo for this so I searched "Pope White Sox" and I'm pretty sure that's just what I'm going to call him now
thebiglead.com
Pope Leo XIV sends message to White Sox before MLB postseason
The world's most famous White Sox fan is ready for the MLB postseason
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h
Amazing community note on threads
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Eugene Freedman @eugenefreedman.bsky.social · 22h
Mattingly made the right call. I'm still waiting for Zack Britton to come into the game in Toronto.
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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 22h
this is only the third time since divisional play both the Cubs and White Sox have made the playoffs in the same season. They both got bounced without winning a series and both times the Cubs didn’t even win a game.
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Damin Esper @daminesper.bsky.social · 23h
I don't want to be accused of telling people how to commit crimes but how the hell do you not use burner phones and burner accounts to do things like this? www.espn.com/college-foot...
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Ex-Auburn staffer arrested, accused of leaking trade secrets
A former Auburn football staff member has been accused of stealing trade secrets from the Tigers and sending them to their competitors, according to court records.
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Damin Esper @daminesper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Guy with econ degree here. The demand is waaaaayyyyyy too high for Disneyland and much as I wish I could go back (many trips as a child growing up in Southern California), if people are willing to pay that much and the lines for rides are still hours long, then keep raising the price, dude.
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SF Giants Bot @giantbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤖 SF Giants on NBCS .@nocontextsfg
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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
shoving all my work aside to report out what led to this sign
a sign that reads DO NOT OUT NOODLES IN THE WATER FOUNTAIN!!
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
loling at Kennedy holding up the sign like a dipshit while Schmitt hits ‘em with the smug “so whaddaya have to say about THAT?”
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Kate Linthicum @kate-linthicum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Migrants were shot at close range by pepper balls, strapped to stretchers and forced on a plane heading to Africa. My story on ICE's violent deportation flights, and a group of Nicaraguan, Cuban, Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers now living in Bangui. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
latimes.com
‘I’d rather die here than in Africa’: Migrants describe violent deportation flight
More than 25,000 people have been expelled to 'third countries' under Trump, including to dangerous and conflict-ridden nations such as the Central Africa Republic.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Three-byline alert: “.. shifting greater resources to states they see as more competitive. The party now is spending heavily to defend reliably Republican Texas ..” @apnews.com #GAsen #NCsen apnews.com/article/sena...
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Gosh Shammgosh @goshshammgosh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think it's important to note Schmitt has staff he relies on from both his personal office as well as the well-staffed Committee's majority office. This *big-Hawks-game-plan* had to have gone through a dozen people first and no one caught it as being, well, the dumbest god damn thing of all time.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
techpolicy.press
Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When the ink is dry and they're all sitting in their offices after a successful midterm with no tanks in the streets, I'll ease up
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
new toon: morning briefing www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
Morning briefing
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An affidavit unsealed Tuesday said that the ICE officer who shot Venezuelan delivery driver Wilber Garcés Pérez in Austin was not wearing a body camera and that another officer turned his camera off www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
washingtonpost.com
Immigrant shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assault
An affidavit unsealed on Tuesday said the officer who shot Wilber Garcés Pérez was not wearing a body camera and that another officer turned his camera off.
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