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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Very heartwarming that when my daughter‘s 14u softball game was delayed mid-game for heavy rain, the other team came out of their dugout and invited my kid‘s team to frolic and goof around in the rain with them.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well, that’s a wrap for the Phillies this year. Real bummer of a game to roll into the almost inevitable 2027 lockout on.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Congress should take back its power to legislate

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is psychopathic. Should be removed from office yesterday.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everybody read this right now

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This story is wild. If the parties were reversed, this shit would be all Republicans talked about for years. Meanwhile, Democrats will get handed yet another juicy corruption story on a silver platter but will stay laser focused on their kitchen table issues. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

propublica.org

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Mike Schmidt should have worn his disguise when he came out of the cornfield tonight for the Field of Dreams game

Mike Schmidt in a disguise worthy of the Mission Impossible movies

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

pausa de hidratación

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I love a good street before and after, but it’s depressing when the “before” pics from overseas are already as nice as some of the best American streetscapes

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I scoffed at people paying thousands of dollars for a Knicks ticket, but to be able to boo Trump in person and have him hear you might actually be priceless

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Do not care for the beer situation at Citizens Bank Park. They have a lot of beers I like, but are only available in 24oz tall boys. Nothing quite so refreshing as finishing off that last very warm 14 ounces on a hot day. Would 1000% prefer to buy two 12 oz. beers.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 30/05/2026

“There is a larger principle here. States should not outsource their housing policy to local governments that tend to have a bias toward the status quo. States should assert more control over lot sizes, multifamily zoning, permitting processes and more.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | How to Stop the Affluent from Rigging the Housing Market

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’m sure this is true. Here in the US we chose the other side of this trade. I do feel bad for the Americans who are bankrupted by healthcare costs, but at least those of us with decent coverage absolutely never have to accept any frustrations or indignities, unlike our poor Canadian counterparts.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I need to print this article out and go through it with a highlighter. So many utterly delightful sentences.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If your Dem member of Congress isn’t spending every waking hour reaching out to their Republican colleagues trying to build a short-term coalition to immediately impeach and remove him then they are an absolute waste of space.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

morethanjustparks.substack.com

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

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Matt Ufford @mattufford.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Team USA at the WBC might be the most straightforward argument for DEI that I’ve ever seen

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A pervy former game show host and his morning news Sec of Defense launch an illegal war so they can look tough, and this member of the so-called opposition party’s big demand is a classified briefing.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Fucking called it. @norcross.house.gov’s statement leads with the framing of Iran as a threat, makes no mention of the illegality of the strikes, and his big demand of a senile president launching a war on a whim is to receive “a classified briefing.” What a fucking joke.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, the third time as ‘are you fucking kidding me?!? this isn’t even believable as farce!!’”

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

If we attack Iran this weekend, I guarantee that my Dem House Rep puts out a statement that leads with Iran being a terrible regime and accepting the Admin framing of the conflict but then getting huffy that Congress wasn’t briefed with no concern about the lack of a Constitutional basis for action

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Minneapolis is “in theater.” Send all of these motherfuckers to jail.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“questions about whether or not this officer took the proper course of action” ????!!!!! He fucking shot her in the face while she was trying to drive away. There aren’t any “questions” other than how you still fail to see ICE for what it is.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/01/2026

worthless

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Just came across this monster red oak next to an abandoned mansion in Trenton. Over 6 feet in diameter (19 ft in circumference). Not big enough to be NJ state champ, but would be pretty high on the NJ big tree database. May have to submit!

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

One common defect in urban trees are stem-girdling roots, where, rather than growing outwards, a root will wrap around its own trunk, limiting growth and nutrient flow, and eventually destabilizing the entire tree.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Sadly, there will be no Dodgers fans celebrating and no Jays fans talking about next year, as the entire collective fan bases of both teams perished as a result of watching the most stressful game of all time.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I’m not particularly impressed with Mikie Sherril so far, but this guy’s such a fucking fraud. Punt him into the ocean.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Oh shit, this is finally my chance to find out

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Street trees make good neighborhoods great

A line of London planes lining a residential block in Trenton No

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The one thing I know for sure is that the exact things that did and didn’t work in the last election cycle will have the exact same effect in the next one. That’s why our current politics are so predictable and stable.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Just thinking about this moment for no apparent reason youtu.be/UCBJv3Xz7QY?...

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Stairs RIPS one into the night

YouTube video by MLB

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

On the day the senile President told assembled military leaders he was going to unleash them on the American people, my sub-replacement-level Congressman did this shit

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hegseth is out there really sticking it to those fat admirals

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Just took my son to the last Phillies regular season game of the year. I have lots of good stories from the game, but alas, I failed to get express written consent from the Phillies and Major League Baseball, so I’ll be keeping them to myself.

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Matthew @dlthings.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon The Guardian: 1st paragraph BBC: 4th paragraph AP: 5th paragraph Time: 6th paragraph Politico: 8th paragraph NPR: 9th paragraph CNN: 10th paragraph NBC: 12th paragraph Fox News: never mentions

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

This man is absolutely not up to the challenge that’s facing him.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Hey @norcross.house.gov , what does the Armed Services Committee say about the deranged President ordering the military to use “full force” against American citizens?

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The US military keeps murdering civilians in international waters, and Armed Services Committee member @norcross.house.gov appears to have no comment

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Very inconsiderate of the Phillies towards the Gets Up Early For Work Community to start a 3-game series on thr West Coast with a magic number of 1

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@norcross.house.gov @booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov This man needs to be removed from the government immediately or thousands of people will die.

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Dr. Pretorius @doctorpretorius.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I’m working on a street tree inventory and have mapped hundreds of ashes dying due to EAB infestation. Every once in a while I find one that’s so far completely unaffected, like the one on the left.

Two ash trees, one declining due to EAB infestation and one that is, so far, still thriving

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