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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander leaves the field for the last time.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well that was beautiful. Go Tigers.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Verlander's arm is still attached to his body. Let him go the distance you cowards.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When I became a parent no one told me I'd be concealing a big empty box Children of Men style, protecting it from vicious marauders who want to turn it into a fort

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know Friday came just in time because I just noticed I've been wearing mismatching sandals all morning.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Noise" isn't a great thing in marketing terms. Probably not a great name for a marketing company. In less funny news: "The startup is tapping into the ever-expanding influencer market, in which 57% of young people and just a little over 40% of U.S. adults overall now want to take part."

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"...about every two minutes, code checked that the camera was still running and logged the message, “Who’s a good boy?!" Some low-level tech bro wrote this in the code, had a little snort at his own cleverness, and went on with his Monday. And for some reason it makes my blood boil.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Back on my bullshit* *Scrolling through hundreds of alternative movie posters on Etsy

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't know what's been up with YouTube's algorithm for the past year or so, but all it shows me is a bunch of stuff I've seen or tons of videos from a few channels I've watched once. 20 years of viewing history and millions of videos and they can't surface anything new and interesting.

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Caroline Luce @lucecaroline.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“But what’s the thing we can do that AI can’t? Hurt. AI can send writing into the world and feel nothing about how it’s received. My writing is mine. I’m connected to it. My nerve endings are here. I labored over choices. I wondered. I guessed. I changed. I felt bad, then good, then bad again.”

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When lazy unoriginal slopmakers add "but don't make it look like AI" at the end of their AI prompts

static.klipy.com

Andy Samberg Says Smort!

ALT: Andy Samberg Says Smort!

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 01/09/2026

A poem by Wendell Berry, who died yesterday at age 92. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vVxSyn

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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026

I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this:

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Anyway. You ARE getting old." - My 4 year old son. We weren't even talking.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Conservatives in Michigan with their Great Lakes sweaters and window stickers won't have anything to say about a New York/Florida billionaire renaming our shit on a whim and letting invasive carp enter our waters. We'll be dealing with the consequences of their bootlicking for decades to come.

detroitnews.com

Invasive carp are getting closer to the Great Lakes, prompting warnings

Work on a project meant to block the fish from reaching the Great Lakes has been halted for 'administrative review'

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Weirdly, of all the tributes and videos over the past 24 hours, this is the one that made me tear up.

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Ryan @ryansimmons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

[pushing a button on my desk that is not connected to anything and speaking to no one]: janice, hold my calls youtu.be/o4I-Y8XiBIs?...

youtu.be

'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

People will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "We won't mind if you look around," you'll say. "It's only $20 per person. Plus you can get $50 in free bets when you sign up for an account."

An outfielder tries to make a catch in the Field of Dreams game up against a fence advertising for FanDuel

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Those outside the state may not be aware, but here in Michigan, the red carpet has been rolled out and news headlines have been dominated by two British TikTokers for weeks, reaching immeasurable levels of embarrassing. Why so many people are eager for these dudes to like our state, I don't know.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I think my chief complaint is it's just... a pretty dumb looking celebration? And he did that before the batter was even rung up. Going to look extra dumb when he does the full dance on ball 4

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

help I have a Puddle of Mudd song stuck in my head

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm so very tired of these guys and their bullshit

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I hope this text never appears over a photo of me

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Every day I'm amazed at what people post on LinkedIn. Today it was a woman who shared what she's learned from her husband's almost fatal heart attack. I've seen people share things I wouldn't tell a therapist. Right there next to their real name. Truly the most insane corner of the internet.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Canceled a camping trip due to wildfire smoke. Can't swim at the nearby lake anyway bc of high E. coli. 4th of July weekend we had no power due to yet another heavy storm. Still dealing w/ tornado damage from April (in MICHIGAN of all places). Summer is a bust. We need major changes NOW

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Me to my 7yo daughter as she was about to quit Mario Kart bc I was beating her: "I didn't raise a quitter. My daughter doesn't quit!" Her: "Yes she does! When things get hard!'

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Brosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Tour de France has begun which makes me and about eight other Americans very happy

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Tour de France is peak summer. The sweeping aerial footage of the countryside, mountains, and chateaus; Phil Liggett's voice; the fans soaking up the sun. For about three weeks every summer, my workday is much more relaxing while it unfolds in the background.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

With the support of my wife and kids, Jaxsyn, Paizlee, and Chymberlee, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of our family-owned line of energy pouches

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I was looking at Tour de France and Giro d'Italia t-shirts on Etsy and found a new AI use case to hate.

AI model for Tour de France t-shirt holding a drink at an outdoor cafe in a European city

AI model for Giro d'Italia t-shirt holding a drink at an outdoor cafe in a European city

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Frankendarling @futurehasbeen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Important news: My wife, who worked in Detroiters’ art department, has located the original Karn on the Cobb file in her archive.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I just saw someone celebrate the conservation work of Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir by posting an AI "enhanced" photo of them at Yosemite. I'm sorry to say we're all out of irony today. Check back tomorrow.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Searched my emails for the word "headphones" to find a link to my last pair. What I found were tons of emails to my wife from 2013 about office coworkers chewing louder than my headphones could handle. Anyway, I've been self-employed since 2014 and sometimes it's nice to remember my "why."

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sure, it's condescending *now,* but at one point in your life, someone saying "You can do it, you're a big boy" was actually encouraging.

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Youth sports cancellations should be determined by more than just weather. Like if a lot of parents are just having a bad day. This may or may not be directly related to the storm that came through earlier and knocked out nearly everyone's power. The softball fields are fine but we're not dammit

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

11 years ago I competed in my first mountain bike race and got dead last. Every year, I've raced elsewhere and gotten faster, but I've always returned to this event seeking redemption. A couple weeks ago, I got 2nd place and stood on the podium.

2nd place medal for the Yankee Springs Time Trial mountain bike race

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Add both WordPress and Siteground to the list of companies saying "We know you didn't ask for more AI, but open your mouth and say AHHH"

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I'm procrastinating so bad today I just opened threads. THREADS!

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Sometimes I get mad about the moronic and incompetent dad stereotype like that new Nate Bargatze movie but I just threw an apple core into a ditch and my wedding ring flew off with it so I guess I'll just go sit in a corner.

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Brian Rosenworcel @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Steve Kerr spot on as usual

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Turns out I've conquered a lot of places I've barely ventured into!

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David Veldt @davidveldt.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

It happened, and in exactly the way it was meant to

Rob Delaney liked your post - "more like Bulging Whitey"

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