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dad, reader, writer, editor, baseball fan, former data journalist. MeFite.

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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ah, OK. A million years ago I used to work with Syracuse TRAC data on federal courts, looking at the gaps between referrals and prosecutions and convictions. A comprehensive equivalent for state and county would be handy. But I imagine you either have or compile something like that.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I know this would not be in your data, but any thoughts on the reason and is there a dataset that would identify it? I doubt it's better policing, so is it a shift in prosecutors' approach, insisting on tougher plea deals? Judges, doing the same? Undermanned public defenders, accepting worse deals?
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is being super intoxicated on controlled substances ever debated as potentially exculpating for any violent crime other than sexual assault? It’s like saying: sure he was driving while intoxicated when he ran that lady over but that’s just cause he was wasted.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
see, I'd be hoping not so much for distance but for explosion, like an overripe melon. Can we math that please?
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Damn, that show was fantastic. As a former reporter who’s gotten beaten up a time or two - this is the hero we need.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bill, imagine a reporter came to you with a bombshell scoop like this. Do you a) stop the presses, rush it through, 72-point hed on the front page, or b) say, "hey kid, how do you know this?" and fact-check it from scratch. clearly, there are no ex-reporters or editors in 404 Russell...
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
hanging out in the cuppagentsia of course
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh, I know. I've been on both sides of that equation.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
terrific story. you're slowly dragging back into following cycling again after I gave up post-Armstrong. PS, you've got a pseudo-homonym gumming up a sentence: "One of the best American cycling riders — if not the best outright — is Jason Gay of The Wall Street Journal...."
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yeah, and you know what else drives me crazy? political cartoonists drawing him like still has hair like Redford or a Ken doll or something. Draw him with a sad comb-over and he'd probably have a stroke from the rage.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
in kilos or pounds?
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ray Liotta is terrific - check out Something Wild if you haven't -- but for Tampa Bay Rays, it's Brett Phillips. Not a great player but he did a few things really well, always played with enthusiasm and was just a lot of fun. See ball, hit ball...
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
clearly my alltime second-favorite Ray did not get the memo.
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WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 25/09/2026
/ U CULD SEE UR NOR'EASTER HEADED 2WARDS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND & BOSTON QUITE CLEARLY ON THIS FUTURE BLOBDAR / UP2 5 INCH FREE WATER FROM UR WEATHER LORDS / W/ A WICKED WIND W/ WICKED GUSTS UP2 55 MPH / MOST OF UR FRIDAY THO UR WETLESS / RAINBLOBS FLOAT OVER SUMTIME FRINITE / TEMPS IN THE MID 60S
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A grizzly fate indeed.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Secret Service is refusing access and refusing to return their passes? Cool. Order the director of the Secret Service to appear, and then lock him up.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
actually good news because I figured the jetway was going to dump you all right into the sea
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of course this particular bear is my pick for Fat Bear Week. Thumbnail is vague, so click through: explore.org/meet-the-bea...
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Meet The Bears of Fat Bear Week - Explore.org
Explore.org is the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel. Our mission is to champion the selfless acts of others, create a portal into the soul of humanity...
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
the guy sounds like a rapist even when he's talking about his illegal wars. also, just give it up with the hair already, man. you are fooling no one.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I managed and coached Little League for three years and many times had exactly that conversation with parents. Cost them a lot less than price of AI smartglasses.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
wow, this is great. learned so much from it. (like, Sacajawea's husband was part of the group, too.) and let's hear it for the doggo! and I do wonder what happened to the grizzly cubs, but then again maybe I don't.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The vast majority denied SNAP are denied for procedural reasons. Even 4 in 10 of those with NO INCOME in the previous year are denied, with 80% of those denied for *procedural reasons*, or, effectively, missing paperwork. And The One Big Beautiful Bill is making this so much worse.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The sheer music of the alliteration plus the three rhyming “lays” (external and internal) expressing a truly gruesome statement - that is perfection and I shake my head in wonder and admiration at it every time.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
yr review on MeFi has me actually eager to see it!
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
well, yeah. but while I appreciate his questions about the editors' partisan connections, it's literally been prompted to not answer that. but if you ask it how many words were changed in a political story, that's tougher to dodge.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah. That’s the great thing about asking that of an AI - it’s an objective and quantitative way to ask about editing and in theory it can’t lie or waffle.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good interviewing. I wish he had asked it about a specific story on politics, where the main parties conflicted with each other, and asked it how much of its own writing was altered by the editor in the final version. And to cite specific passages.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I looked at yr story to see how Witz asked the question. Holy hell. He *didn't even ask a question* let alone the key question. And this is a reporter at The New York Times. There are thousands of laid-off reporters, including me, who would have done better. Also: Should have sent a news reporter.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
got some news for you, Senator - it's gonna be somebody else's legacy, too.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
not readily available to Americans, except the ~20 million people on this carefully vetted list that includes leftists like college professors and journalists
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Amusing ourselves here in a Lakeville, Minn. brewpub: ToFoo Fighters Grateful Bread Hershey’s KISS Corn Philet o’ Phish Led Zeppoles Almond Brothers Band Bon Bon Jovi Ice T-bone S’Morrissey
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Obscure Peter Falk trivia: He had a master’s degree in government from the top program in the country and could have gone on to a career at the top levels of public service. Seems like he chose wisely by going into acting.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm watching Jimmy Kimmel's interview of Talarico and how I wish everyone could just watch these 94 seconds. Please take a minute and half of your day. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh no. I didn’t know him well but I remember him and I know I have a tip sheet or two of his in my collection.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
they did a second season? great news! thanks!
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Feels like one of those jokey placeholder cutlines that copy editors used to write. And usually don’t anymore, because a lot of copy editors have been fired when they forgot to change the jokey placeholder before it got published.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yes, such a fun movie. Not high art, not meant to be. Did exactly what it was supposed to do, and did it well. The kids and I still talk about the gelatinous cube maneuver.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I heard “fox wedding” years ago and immediately adopted it.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
he got him. he finally fucking got him
real-life coyote and roadrunner encounter captured in southern california
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thank you. People think I’m crazy when I tell ‘em I watched a young Sandler in the late 80s (iirc) on an MTV game show. Thought his shtick was stupid and unfunny. Shows what I know.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
and best of all of us, really. 💔
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
right, and same. and as you said, the guy's a journo (supposedly). and this was potentially explosive. he'd note the sender. Guessing O'Neal was either not under oath, or didn't understand that his attestation had that weight.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
and how convenient that the message from the forgettable sender was sent on Signal and not a system that the Post has archives and almost certainly an archiving policy. Also, arbitration procedures can vary I wonder if a) O'Neal was under oath and b) what level of discovery was involved.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A story a couple of years ago, in the New Yorker iirc, looked at how youth football participation was way down even in places like Texas. .. I used to love pro football, but I can’t even watch a few downs anymore. Every play, I’m just tallying up the brain injuries.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
lumpy space potato transit :)
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Oh, yes. And: “For this reason, and the undisputed law below, we are prepared to protect our students, defend our rights, and preserve religious freedom…. we remain willing to meet with… to see if there is a productive and amicable way to resolve our differences.” IOW, nice chat, piss off, moron.
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gully @gullyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
weird, I thought it was $20, same as in town. (old internet joke)
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