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James Attwood

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A dusty old English academic and writer of articles about the Arizona Diamondbacks

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This.
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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
October is LGBT history month
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With recent developments, this is important information. Spread it far and wide people.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/09/2026
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Let me get this straight. An objectively attractive woman reaches out to a company and strikes up a partnership with them in which she gets an equity stake in the company. She then uses the fact she is attractive to get the attention of the main audience that the platform serves. What's the issue?
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seriously? Who the hell decided it was a wonderfully great idea to eliminate traditional telephone service so that now, when the power goes out, there is no communication? It is just ridiculous.
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The next local drunk who hollers out for the bartender to turn off that "old and tired country music crap" during the Dolly Parton tribute hour just might get punched in the damn mouth. I'm trying to honour Dolly by not letting it come to that, but it is getting awfully damn hard.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“There’s this famous 80-year old we need to you to bring in.” Grim Reaper: “Done!” “Hold on, not that one. This one appeared in Home Alone 2.” Grim Reaper: “Done!” “Would you please stop and just listen to the rest of the instructions?”
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jazzrat2000 AKA Bonsai anonymous @jazzrat2000.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Here is help: The Trevor Project US LGBTQ: (866) 488-7386 US Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 LGBT US Hotline: (888) 843-4564 Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860 US Runaway Safeline: (800-786-2929) US Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233 988 US helpline PLEASE REPOST, THANKS!!!
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
HOW TO MAKE A CLASSIC ROCK SONG INTO A HORROR MOVIE Teach Your Children of The Corn Our Last House On the Left In the Middle Of Our Street Wanted Evil Dead Or Alive We're Not Gonna Take IT (The World Is Treating Me Bad) Misery Sarah SMILE Dancing In The Dark Shadows
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I like this, I like this a lot. #BookSky
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🧵 🚨 Jordanian FA accuses FIFA of 'blackmail' 🚨 Prince Ali bin Hussein - There is no shortage of issues regarding FIFA. Let me start by clarifying what some of these are from an FA perspective, in particular that of Jordan going into a World Cup for the first time.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I hope your day starts this serenely: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Important to make sure that context is provided for any of der Fuhrer's claims.
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Vozinha : There is no greater reward than to feel the affection of an entire country. Via Instagram
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/07/2026
Yes yes yes.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The formal end of DOGE marks the collapse of a massive scam. Elon Musk used it to secure tax cuts for the rich while delivering less than ten percent of promised budget cuts. The initiative crippled US soft power and cost more money to fix than it saved. It also caused thousands of deaths
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Back in 2000, a man in Berlin accidentally captured what would become one of the internet’s most legendary moments of all time: Techno Viking & the father to the Norwegian fans at the World Cup 2026 celebrations
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
10-year old boy plays one of the Hardest Violin Piece EVER in public 🎻
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Good on you! I too owe many email responses after being sick for a week. There is a very good chance none are going to get their responses as I keep getting too many to keep up with when healthy.
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The fact that it is essentially impossible to get a landline at my hose at any monthly cost is ridiculous. How the hell are people supposed to call emergency services during a power outage?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026
Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is how you make a statement. Never change Bruce. Never change.
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Forever Red Devil's 👹 @foreverreddevil14.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
#Mufc pre-season fixtures: 18 July: Wrexham (Finland) 24 July: Rosenborg (Norway) 1 Aug: Atletico Madrid (Sweden)  8 Aug: Paris Saint-Germain (Sweden) 12 Aug: Leeds United (Republic of Ireland)
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Okay my people of the azure air, now that I have been permanently banned from/left the shit place that most of us came from, I need some help. The one thing I could rely on that place for was feeding me breaking headline news. Now that I can no longer rely on that, where can I turn to for news?
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Scenes like this make me wish that the U.S.'s space program hadn't been largely shuttered for nearly half my life.
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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Connections Puzzle #908 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Pips #72 Medium 🟡 2:50
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Serious question for all those out there claiming that the major news outlets of AP, Reuters, BBC, and Al-Jazeera cannot be trusted to report the news, where the hell do you actually get real news then?
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
No brush, no pencil. Just a typewriter. Artist James, using a 1930s Smith Premier typewriter, typed out this painting. #art #printer #unique #typewriter #illustration
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
How the hell is it that it is the year 2025, I live in a "fully developed" town, and I have ZERO options for a landline?
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The AZ Snake Pit has updated their prospect rankings, including a new #1 and a somewhat surprising addition to the top-10. www.azsnakepit.com/2025/8/3/244...
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AZ Snake Pit Updated Top-30 Prospects 2025
Now that the draft and the trade deadline are out of the way, it is time to update the top-30 prospects in the system.
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Flashinghotwife @flashinghotwife.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Guys, I'm sure you would rather see my titties but this is important. If you ever feel like suicide is the only option...please, please, PLEASE talk to someone🙏🏻 There are people out there that want to help 😙
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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
3,089 ICHIRO HITS IN 11 SECONDS MY GOODNESS
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
The deep sea (You need a few minutes of educational fun, I'm sure.) neal.fun/deep-sea/
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The Deep Sea
Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Okay, this is fun www.mlb.com/news/minors-...
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Ridiculous play somehow occurs TWICE -- identically -- in the same inning
You're seeing double, eh? No, you're seeing Double-A. Thursday night's game between Boston's Portland Sea Dogs and Colorado's Hartford Yard Goats produced a glitch-in-the-matrix moment so surreal you ...
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and saying guess wut day it is ..
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk while a camel walks by saying guess wut day it is ..
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An ex-NSA/Navy cryptologist explains a VERY DIFFERENT way to see the damage Sec Def Pete Hesgeth, VP JD Vance, Tulsi gab bard et al inflicted on America when they used private mobile phones for advanced war plans and had a journalist in the chat without knowing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MERw...
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SignalGate - A Former NSA Collection Operator Explains Trump's Massive Security Breach
YouTube video by Malcolm Nance
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 25/03/2025
Two illustrations side by side. On the left, a cat is peeking from behind a vertical wall, and underneath is the phrase “sneak peek.” On the right is a little cat sitting on top of a mountain peak, and underneath is the phrase “sneak peak.”
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Wordle 1,365 5/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Have to admit, I got lucky there. Only one more guess allowed and there were at LEAT three or four more options, if not even more than that.
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James Attwood @jamesattwood.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Wordle 1,354 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Had to check myself real quick after jumping to this win.
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