jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I can’t bring myself to root for them but a Brewers Rays World Series is objectively the funniest way to end the season before an lockout. The league would still run their stupid “level the playing field” ads too. 0180
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026cool that MLB owners are gonna do a lockout and cancel part of the season next year purportedly for "if we don't crush player salaries, small markets can't compete!!" when 3 of the final 4 teams this year are Tampa, Cleveland and Milwaukee. 1326941
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialJoe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Running ads promoting a labor war during the biggest game of the season to date should reeeeaaallly tell you how much MLB cares about being partners with the players. 2759
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialvictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3659371505
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialSuss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“No Way To Prevent This,” Says Only Ballpark Where This Regularly Happens 563336673
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312298600
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 414024659
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797733047
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Gasoline-only cars fell below 50% of global new vehicle sales for the first time, as the Hormuz crisis and record fuel prices accelerated the shift toward EVs."oilprice.comFuel Price Shock Pushes Global Gas Car Sales Below 50% for First Time | OilPrice.comThe share of gasoline cars in global vehicle sales fell below 50% for the first time ever as the Hormuz shock and the resulting record-high fuel prices accelerated the previously sluggish shift toward... 561273361
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If someone breaks laws and you choose not to hold them accountable, you have effectively rescinded said laws. That applies to constitutions as well. This is an immutable, non-negotiable fact. Any analysis of what Democrats should do once they regain power that does not acknowledge this is worthless 47460129
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Too many people view sports as all or nothing. Championship or failure. I blame football and hot takes. If you can’t appreciate an 89 win team and a 40/40 breakout MVPete, baseball might not be for you and that’s ok! 110
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TBF this is "industry insiders", I am not taking anything away from this. 000
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am really not convinced a 3 game series is any better than the 1 game wild card. Since 2022 one team has lost the first game and gone on to win the series. If you include the 2020 wild cards, there have been three. Personally, I enjoy the drama of a 1 game wild card better. 000
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853502189
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have seen some really strange takes and reactions the last few days. 110
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialMike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"What if a playoff game ends on an ABS challenge?!?" well, the world won't end and the call would be a correct one 718218
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@dszymborski.fangraphs.com Curious if you could help me settle an argument. How much would the ZiPS playoff odds change if the Cubs were hosting the series? All else being the same, just trying to understand how much home field impacts the WC series. 101
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Don't forget that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social wants to let the GOP get away with all of this. He said let's turn the page and get on with business. He's on the side of the Nazis if he thinks this kind of thing is acceptable in the United States of America. This can't be allowed to slide. It can't. 151824433
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.cbsnews.comTrump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegalPresident Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa... 691785475
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026i like when i’m walking too close to where a pigeon is walking and he does his bitchy little flap-hop. well excuuuuuuse me 222410
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialMeghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pete Crow-Armstrong and Cubs assistant hitting coach John Mallee’s deep bond goes back to Triple A in ‘23. PCA still remembers the moment that sold him on Mallee and it had nothing to do with hitting. On their relationship & how it’s helped PCA become an MVP: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/22/c... 2336
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just really can’t stand watching him play baseball. 010
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud 13775061561
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not. 12247241140
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026While overall inflation is relatively low, the prices on everyday items and energy are being hit harder than average. I think people wouldn’t really care about inflation if their groceries and energy bold were not going up every week/month. 030
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 337185635078
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There's a lot of stuff we have done in the past which turned out to be a bad idea. So we stopped doing it. It's difficult for me to accept the inevitability of [things] knowing this. But I am worried there are not enough people standing up and saying "this is a bad idea" in 2026. 2241926
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Wrigley is a much better home run park for righties. 000
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:thehandbasket.coRepublicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problemA spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same. 10182512699
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How many times do we think he has given this same speech to Usha? 190
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There’s a good chance they have generational wealth and we’re going to be able to afford it all either way. 0420
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good. “I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.” 251488271
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The energy shock is already here. Trump’s Iran War has put two of the world’s most critical oil-shipping chokepoints at risk: the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. Oil is above $100, and diesel has already hit a record. These are the consequences of Trump’s decision to launch a reckless war. 53492196
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Driving me crazy that a lot of very smart people aren't entertaining the idea that the **AI might kill us all** narrative is kabuki theater -- orchestrated by some of the world's richest people, whose net worth is tied up in people believing their technology is just on the cusp of super intelligence 2859577
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860741589
jbigs.bsky.social @jbigs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I want my next boss to be super chill, not care when I leave every Friday at noon, and will always give me a raise when I ask. 020
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026FINANCIAL WOES CAUSED BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF!!! 571916299
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialm @keptsimple.bsky.social · 15/09/2026what's weird to me is how frequently people use AI to reproduce things that you can already easily obtain for free. like how many human made separation of powers infographics were already freely available on the internet via a 5 second google search? 1154378
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I had missed this when I wrote my Clemente Award nominee post but why in the living fuck is Jason Adam a nominee for a humanitarian award? He was one of the Rays homophobes who defaced his cap on Pride Day. 213325
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I read stories like that one in Wired yesterday and watch privileged assholes like Arch Manning and a room full of male reporters act like violence against women is funny and I worry about young men and boys. Then I go to my 21 year-old son's Insta and realize that some of them are OK. 813710
Reposted by @jbigs.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026some chud interviewing for patel’s FBI: “if anything the goat fucked *me*” 2345466806
