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@drjoiner.bsky.social
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Professor, college football enthusiast, Dungeon Master, crossword doer, and occasional political analyst.

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Should’ve known they were gonna do something when they blew up their own fucking stadium in the last home game before the World Cup
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the *penalty for carrying a gun you have a legal permit to carry is not being executed on the spot It’s very famously not illegal to carry a firearm in America! And even if you do have one and are being arrested, it is not a reason for you to be executed
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
years and years of avoiding plain language and the active voice do make the choice to use it more impactful, I suppose
NYT: Federal Agents Kill a 37-Year-Old
Minneapolis Man
The victim was an American citizen with no criminal record who had a firearms permit, the city police chief said. Videos of the encounter contradict the federal
government's description of the shooting, a New York Times analysis found.
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 01/01/2026
Thanks so much to everyone who's supported @splitzoneduo.com so far in 2026
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Let’s all just try to do a little better this year okay?
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Brigit @brigit.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Hello yes hi I have seen the new “Knives Out” and it was so fucking good
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Waking up every morning and taking stock of my life and the various choices that led me to this place.
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Seth Emerson @sethemerson.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Gunner Stockton’s breakout game raises the hopes — and ceiling — for Georgia www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 13/09/2025
COLUMN: The ACC airing replay review communication is awesome, and every conference should start doing this. Transparency is good for fans, plus it's more entertaining TV than the status quo. More: www.nytimes.com/athletic/662...
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The ACC’s live look into replay review is working, and other conferences should take note
The ACC has introduced a level of replay transparency that should become the norm across the country.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2025
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
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CFBNumbers @cfbnumbers.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My consensus power ratings after week 1. Still not much separation at the top of the pecking order, Oklahoma-Michigan are neck and neck heading into their game
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
@alexkirshner.com When thinking about a qb who transferred out of the SEC to a lower level and then came back, who immediately came to mind for me was one Stetson Bennett IV!
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I think my favorite thing about Bluesky is how it encourages conversation and new dialogue with interesting strangers
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/06/2025
wrote about what the protests say about the strength, or lack thereof, of the trump administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/o...
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Opinion | Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He’s Actually a Weak Man (Gift Article)
He is still dangerous, though.
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Game Changer is the greatest show ever devised and they can’t keep getting away with this Season 7, episode 1 is just pure joy. Absolute comedy gold. Devious. Sensational. Wholesomely unhinged
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Supreme Court legalized bribery, took bribes themselves, and declared this was all just how democracy is supposed to work
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I tried to pet every breed of dog at the Westminster Dog Show. The resulting video: 12 minutes of extremely good dogs 132 dogs pet 5 face licks 2 belly rubs Me saying “BEAUTIFUL dog” at least 59 times youtu.be/nOzLZH29wFc?...
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I pet 132 dogs at the Westminster Dog Show
YouTube video by Rodger Sherman
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 11/02/2025
Again, when we explain things to people who don't pay much attention to politics we sound insane
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
More blatantly illegal acts by the administration. They truly believe they’re above the law
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2025
andrew johnson was impeached for violation of the tenure of office act. in the scheme of things, was that a huge deal? not really. the actual issue was that johnson was trying to scuttle any attempt to reconstruct the former confederate states on an egalitarian basis and *that* was intolerable
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
This is a good explanation of a very important problem. The ability to shut down any payment Musk and/or Trump don’t like is not only extremely illegal it’s also a power grab on an unimaginable scale. This one move potentially renders Congress’s power of the purse meaningless.
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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
nytimes.com
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad. There’s not.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History. The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter: A thread.
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Much congrats to Notre Dame. Hell of a team, deserved win. This Georgia team wasn’t the best, and they were absolutely infuriating to watch at times. But they were resilient, and they never gave up, and I’m so happy and proud and grateful to have gotten to see them win another SEC championship.
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
If you’ve missed the drama today in South Korea, this thread is a good place to start getting caught up.
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
While we are still in a world AT war, rather than a World War, the connections between the various wars are becoming ever more clear. Case in point, Israel's current conflicts and the War in Ukraine are directly related to the offensive in Aleppo.
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Not a World War But a World at War
The past two years have seen the most conflicts of any time since the end of the Second World War.
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
truly delightful that every power 4 conference championship game has an interloper in it, congrats on your expansion, sorry the new guys are taking your stuff
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 30/11/2024
As someone who was personally on the side of "Michigan should prob change their tunnel logistics" after that Michigan State fight a few years ago, I want to be on record that framing a harmless flag-planting as some kind of evil unsportsmanlike act is very poor form by Gus. Don't lose at home
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 30/11/2024
Gus Johnson saying "no need to be disrespectful" after THAT win? What are you talking about? What sport do you think you are calling lol
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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 25/11/2023
[Gus Johnson commentating the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo] Princip, stepping out of the crowd. Princip! PRINCIP. OHHHH. GAVRILO PRINCIP
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
My takes on the situation in Syria: 1) You should be following @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social 2) The Aleppo offensive is connected to Assad's supporters (Russia and Iran) becoming distracted and resource strained the past year due to other conflicts. Wars don't happen in isolation.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 29/11/2024
Every academic right now
A version of the kermit vs darth kermit meme where good kermit tells the online academic that they should grade, while darth kermit tells them they should eat more pie.
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Man lived the Hatchet dream
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actioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 27/11/2024
having exactly (1) day out of the year where every amateur chef in America attempts to cook a giant bird and not fuck it up is, honestly, a wonderful and hilarious tradition
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Jason @jasongarner.swifties.social · 13/11/2024
Here's a feed: bsky.app/profile/robp...
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
the background screaming
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I’m one of the few Dems in NYC who even RUNS a general election campaign, and the only one who ran a robust field op. We ran ahead of top of the ticket. Excellence matters. A lot of folks w/ poor campaign fundamentals are now blaming “wokism” but haven’t held a town hall or knocked a door all cycle
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
More folks should follow Professor Poast - he regularly has some of the best analysis of world events informed by current political science research
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The Trump foreign policy is going to have some good, some bad, and some “good luck with that”. For instance: - Good: “encourage” allies to spend more on defense - Bad: Tariffs - Good Luck With That: Talking with Putin
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
So glad to do the crossword again. I had no idea how much I’ve come to rely on that as part of my day! #nytxw
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hello new followers and welcome! If you're new to my account, you should know that I almost always have a tab open with the wiki entry for List of helicopter prison escapes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of helicopter prison escapes - Wikipedia
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
📚💙 Repost with your five favorite reads from this year. Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn Hell is a World Without You - Jason Kirk Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World - Walter Russell Mead The Black Prism - Brent Weeks
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Georgia Tech beating Miami last year was funny. Somehow this is objectively funnier
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
A) BYU B) Texas A&M C) Punishing a team who loses a conference championship by jumping up a team who stayed home D) Gotta be Penn State somehow
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College Football's Split Zone Duo @splitzoneduo.com · 08/11/2024
Exactly one month until Selection Sunday. What is your: a) Current 1-12 team that misses b) Current 13-25 team that makes it c) Most annoying thing the committee winds up doing d) Likeliest team to lose a home game in Round 1
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drjoiner.bsky.social @drjoiner.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Ok it’s early but I think we can put a fork in this Florida-Texas game
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Sharon Burke @burkese.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
If you want to make sense of the world & you’re not already following @profpaulpoast.bsky.social you should!
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