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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Connecticut Sun's final game is tonight. Connecticut and its fans bought into the WNBA at its low point, turning a profit when the NBA's owners saw the league as a moneypit, only to lose their team now that everyone sees big bucks in women's sports. Some thoughts on the setting of the Sun:
Surprisingly, moving the team to Connecticut worked. In 2010, the Sun became the first WNBA team to turn a profit — during a global recession, and during the league’s nadir of popularity. The casino in the middle of nowhere became a fortress. The Sun has won 64.5 percent of its home games. It developed a real fanbase and made four WNBA Finals. 

The Connecticut Sun is not the first WNBA team to die. (Enjoy this haunting image of the mascots for the Sacramento Monarchs, Utah Starzz, Detroit Shock, and yes, the Houston Comets, hanging out, smiling, not realizing that death will soon come for them.)

But it’s the first WNBA team to die for this reason: Not because nobody cared, not because it couldn’t make money, not because it couldn’t find fans or win games, not because the league is shrinking … but actually because the league is growing. The Sun helped the WNBA survive, but the period of mere survival is over. The league is moving on to bigger markets and bigger money and leaving Connecticut behind.
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
also the memeification of charlie kirk exposes that a politics based on appealing to nihilists is not viable long term. you cant build a strong foundation on a void
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Chris Towers Missed The Playoffs @cptowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hi, limitations on when players can sign during free agency *only* serves to put downward pressure on salaries. that's the only reason this proposal exists.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
As of this morning, the WNBA has been mentioned on Fox News 163 times since last Monday. During that same timeframe, they have only mentioned Max Miller's name 5 times.
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
may all the so called journalists trying to poke holes in racicot's story and coming up with stuff like "her door was unlocked" never ever live this down
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Chris Towers Missed The Playoffs @cptowers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Starting to think athletes think they are the only people who pay taxes? Like why is every athlete podcast explaining that they take home less money than the headline number of their salary, a thing that is also true for every single person?
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joshpheterson.bsky.social @joshpheterson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How do they do a VAR review for that but not the cheap shot on Tyler Adams?
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In 1982 Margaret Thatcher cutoff weapons to Israel because they invaded Lebanon. Today Israel are invading Lebanon and instead of banning weapons to Israel they are trying to ban Palestine marches.
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I have had just about enough of this Donald Trump guy.
Guy bravely standing meme
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Mark Ruffalo has a message for you: @markruffalo.bsky.social
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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Ruthlessly, cynically pursuing a record at all costs is literally what Kobe would have wanted
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Chris Towers Missed The Playoffs @cptowers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
caffeine free diet coke, this man does not have a soul
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 09/02/2026
The Champions League final in Germany last year opened with Linkin Park
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"It's not sexist. Roger Ailes used to tell us that." 😭
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giannisanceman.bsky.social @giannisanceman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I don’t think that personal information is up to date
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Jared Dubin @jadubin5.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Not really sure an issue should be described as split if it's essentially 60-40. Or that the lead quote should be from the 40 side. Or that said quote should insinuate that Puerto Ricans are not American.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What they’re saying is okay vs not okay
Kyle Rittenhouse brandishing a gunAlex Pretti brandishing a camera
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Gary1955 @gary1955.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Iran was threatened for killing protesters. After two killings in America, is it ok for Iran to now threaten America for killing protesters?
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
An ICU nurse does more in one day than an ICE officer does in their entire life
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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Frankenbert Graveyardko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
baseball’s second-biggest problem is that fully 29 of its franchises don’t actually care to compete for the best players and would rather do price collusion. its biggest problem is how many baseball fans are herb-ass scab losers who think this makes the 30th franchise the bad guy
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giannisanceman.bsky.social @giannisanceman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I would tell the Bears fans to act like they’ve been there before but the truth is, they haven’t
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
i get so annoyed when people talk about "obama era optimism" bc the economy had just COLLAPSED! I guess we were optimistic about some things but we were in a tremendous recession and no one could find a job! it was not a particularly optimistic time!
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
i think it's important to note that bill maher doesn't like mamdani because he's muslim. that's the whole reason
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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I like to imagine the guy in the all state commercials is actually Dennis Duffy who got discovered by a commercial agent when he yelled “fuck her right in the pussy” during a New York One on the ground segment
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Fight The Right… 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿 @wtafc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
WIRED headline reads: Trump's FBI pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock from Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The guy who was accused of sexual assault and who is now federally indicted was always nice to me
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The Dem base is now way, way to the left of its elected representatives, for sure. Boomer moms are out in the streets begging Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to get their shit together and fight back.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe"

Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken.  How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2025
Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity. And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
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giannisanceman.bsky.social @giannisanceman.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Fly the L
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
This is the way. Frog costumes blasting Yakety Sax and the Imperial March at these losers. Fascists want fear. They crumble when you point and laugh in their faces. Turn the protests into circuses! Dance! Bring tamales! They HATE IT.
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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 11/10/2025
Mark Davis paid $2M to buy the Las Vegas Aces in 2021. $40M training facility opens in 2023. 3 titles in 4 years. Valuation in June 2025 made them worth $310M. Pretty sure that’s going to be higher next time. 15,400% increase so far. He invested. Time for the WNBA to put that investment back
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her
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All WNBA All The Time @wnbatalk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
WNBA analyzes itself, provides no data, and says there's nothing to see here, folks. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...
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WNBA sources: No link between injuries and refs
As WNBA officials face renewed criticism, league sources told ESPN that their data does not show a correlation between recent playoff injuries and missed calls by officials.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 30/09/2025
"treat your men as your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valley" - sun tzu; the art of war "what is this faggot shit?! you're a warfighter, son! hit him! hit him!! drop and give me fifty, fat boy!" - pete hegseth; podcaster
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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
It's Sunday. You Say You're a Christian? Be This Kind of Christian.
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giannisanceman.bsky.social @giannisanceman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Vikings, Bears
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