John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 04/10/2026I’m sure I’ll have made a change to this in 24 hours. 010
Reposted by John CarrollMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Seriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you > 341185182
Reposted by John CarrollJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502914788
Reposted by John CarrollCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Return of the Obra Dinn is one I don't see go on sale very often, but my god what an incredible game! I knew it was going to be special going in, but I didn't realize how elated I'd be at getting the correct solution and that jaunty theme plays, or how invested I'd be in uncovering the story.store.steampowered.comSave 33% on Return of the Obra Dinn on SteamLost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn. 315746
Reposted by John CarrollStew Smith @stewbiedoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When I was a newspaper reporter, it was part of my job in Huntsville to go and witness the executions conducted at one of the prisons in town. I don't remember the exact number I was present for but it was close to at least a dozen, each of them via lethal injection. /1 13814
Reposted by John CarrollMatt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With the season in the balance, Bryce Harper misplays a ball in right field that is scored a double. The Phillies' defense has hurt them all season; a fitting way for this to perhaps end. Cris Sánchez threw a career-high 116 pitches. 176410
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 30/09/2026Self-imposed internet rule: I will never comment so you can DM the link. 000
Reposted by John CarrollJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 26/09/2026I don’t gamble much, but when I do, it’s because I have a really bad feeling about a Philly sports team. 110
Reposted by John CarrollFranzke & LA @franzkela.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A lot of people are saying the Phillies won’t even make the playoffs but no way they let us off that easy 3354
Reposted by John CarrollRuss The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The coverage of Piker made so much more sense once I realized they see him as a business competitor. 192348313
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 18/09/2026I had a Very Best Wrong Answer place in the Top 15 at Learned League, thus cementing the fact that I am better at comedy than trivia. DISCLAIMER: still relatively bad at both, though. 020
Reposted by John CarrollSnowden St. @snowden.st · 13/09/2026people have been convinced that every institution is a retail institution, at root, and that the job of institutions is to satisfy and delight the user. 759690
Reposted by John Carroll🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Blew a cashiers mind because she was like “damn you are tan” so I said “wanna see something” and I took my hat off to show my tan line and everyone in line and the cashier freaked out 641712
Reposted by John CarrollGoodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts. 895433545
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 02/09/2026I’ve been playing a good game on my Switch called Beyond Words. It’s Balatro for Scrabble. Scrabbalatro. 000
Reposted by John Carroll🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The media never asks democrats to denounce racist or antisemitic republicans that they work with. They commend them. It only happens when they work with a leftist 523817
Reposted by John Carroll🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I would rather a politician talk to Hasan Piker than Jared Kushner 7112679
Reposted by John CarrollJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 27/08/2026whoa, okay, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. i know i've complained about discover tab replies, but i didn't actually want a solution to the problem. i only wanted to complain 132065185
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 16/08/2026Am I a Stubs Insider or Non-Member? You’ll never know. 000
Reposted by John CarrollJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I was thinking the other day how those not in DC (I'm not) aren't hit as clearly with how Trump has turned the White House grounds into something between construction site and waste dump. Genuinely upsetting. Far from the worst thing he's done but among the most tangible and graphic. 602158662
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 05/08/2026All right, who wants to get a group going and play this? 000
Reposted by John CarrollLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all. 271151269
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 02/08/2026@chrisalmeida.bsky.social as a curious Tony P onlooker, really enjoyed your piece about him in the Washingtonian. Great work! 100
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 01/08/2026I’m not sure what is more surprising about the Tony Romo stuff — that there’s a consequence for his actions, or that the President hasn’t weighed in yet. Sad that I had to think about both of those angles! 010
Reposted by John CarrollVladRock (bleh) @padrock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026One of the quotes of the modern political era I always remember is John Dickerson jumping into an argument about some Trump policy with “you need to keep in mind: Americans do not like this. They hate it.” 011
Reposted by John CarrollJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 24/07/2026It is political malpractice for Democratic senators to be helping Trump fill judicial vacancies four months before the midterms. Completely unserious people.ballsandstrikes.substack.comI Am Begging Senate Democrats to Do Anything Other Than Help Confirm Trump JudgesFour months before the 2026 midterms, three Democratic lawmakers have decided to give a historically unpopular president a little boost. 10556421340
Reposted by John Carrolljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/07/2026interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country” 18190222606
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 24/07/2026Excited and baffled by the LeBron news. Also bummed that D-Mac isn’t around with us for it. 000
Reposted by John CarrollQueen of Jeans @queenofjeans.bsky.social · 24/07/2026they announced that we got LeBron over the PA speakers at the Acme lmao 9697142
Reposted by John CarrollChristine Nangle @nanglish.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I heard LeBron saw the 800th episode of the Simpsons and thought “that looks like a great place to be.” 1634
Reposted by John CarrollFeild @feild.work · 23/07/2026There's nothing to "join" in the Democratic Party. It's a brand with products I spend my vote on once a year at the democracy store. Most people's experience of it is an endless stream of texts that read like scams, their reward for donating or signing a petition. No wonder DSA is growing 913868683
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 22/07/2026Jazz Chisholm just challenged a third strike call and the crowd groaned before they even showed the confirmation. 000
Reposted by John CarrollHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts. 34787833987
Reposted by John Carrollpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I enjoyed The Odyssey (2026) but I have one historical nitpick. The phrase “Jiminy Christmas” is a minced oath for “Jesus Christ”. As the story is set around 1200 B.C. it is unlikely that Odysseus would have said the phrase even once, let alone the dozens of times he says it in the film 1575498569
Reposted by John Carrolljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/07/2026in a lot of ways the current republican government is just the worst, extractive red state governance taken national. total hostility to public goods, total indifference to long-term investment, and a monomaniacal interest in using the state to enrich private benefactors 7455161319
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 15/07/2026England went up 1-0 with 30 minutes left and I said, “They’re going to lose 2-1.” If I know this, I can’t imagine what it’s like to care deeply about them and know this. 000
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 14/07/2026Bonus: there will be some hilarious WIP caller who will say “the Phillies just can’t win the big one” in the next 24 hours. 010
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 14/07/2026Obviously was pulling for Schwarber, but that was awesome. 110
Reposted by John CarrollMichael Levin @michaellevin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026a Hostile Environment Home Run Derby is suddenly, obviously, the most delightful all-star event in sports. i love Philadelphia. 011312
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 14/07/2026“Magenta ball” the creation of someone who hasn’t watched any baseball. 010
Reposted by John CarrollJames Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026(Slightly later correction) Knizia did not, of course, win the SdJ this year. I apologise: after two hours everything begins to blur. He won the Kennerspiel, his first, making him the only designer in history to have won the Kinderspiel, Kennerspiel and main Spiel des Jahres poppels. Amazing. 0171
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 09/07/2026I’ve now been to over half of the current MLB ballparks. Time for a ranking. Yes, I know, some obvious home cooking at the top. 010
Reposted by John CarrollSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hope The Odyssey is a huge success and inspires more big budget adaptations of famous poems. An empty icebox. A fruitless marriage. Jessie Plemons and Kirsten Dunst in This Is Just To Say 1623049
Reposted by John CarrollJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is probably because i've been steeped in too much Mike and the Mad Dog as a youth, but Belgium should've said something like "Obviously this is a corrupt decision but we can't wait to cook the US with their best guy on the pitch." 1019612
John Carroll @john.gobirds.online · 05/07/2026Me walking around this minor league baseball team store… 000
Reposted by John CarrollDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This soft-launch of a birth tourism panic is fascinating. It *is* true that some people come to the United States specifically to have a kid. It's just never really affected the average American in any way! 1461675224
