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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I am up at 4AM and going to participate in The Discourse against my better judgement. For whatever else is true about Twitter, insisting that “everyone who uses it supports Nazis” about a place where LeBron James and Barack Obama and the United Nations maintain a presence makes you sound insane.
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Anders @derzquist.net · 11/10/2026
Finally some good news in the paper
Saint Paul Pi-Press Sunday Life with The Jacket StorySaint Paul Pi-Press Sunday Life with The Jacket Story
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
last night at dinner I told one of my oldest friends about this PSA graded Phylicia Rashad card from the 1991 ProSet NFL Wives insert set that I owned. the chortle of joy he let out when I told him that, and the faces he made as I showed him the photo. that’s why we collect things.
1991 NFL Pro Set Phylicia Rashad PSA 7
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this was so, so, so good.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Payton Tolle on the hill for Yankees/Red Sox in the playoffs with Jason Benetti on the call is such a wonderful sports broadcast experience.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
this Gopher team is very good relative to its resources and I will continue to go to war with anyone who wants to be snarky about only making the Duke’s Mayo Bowl or whatever. this year’s team is an awesome version of what our resources allow for!
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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Cards will heal America. Hear me, hear me
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
if someone who watches more of the Loons than I do would like to talk me out of panic about the squad, feel free. I need a new keeper. I’m really rooting for Knowles and want that to not be the problem. but god damn is this sort of embarassing.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
if anyone tries to talk to you about the male lonilenss crisis you need to ask them how many trading cards they are gifting their bros. @erikhane.bsky.social remains an absolute king.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I just wanna get this out of the way before we see any more of Kyler Murray - I have never once believed in short people.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
this morning my kid heard sirens in the distance and said “daddy, daddy I need a whistle we need to keep neighbors safe!” I suppose it is possible that at some point I will stop being Irate at the people who made it necessary for a 3 year old to have some sense of any of this, but I doubt it.
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Douglas Farmer @douglasfarmer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reached a breaking point with work on a few levels. So I did the smart thing, I left. My last column until I find whatever is next: On the soul of college football. Joy, community and hate. Red Bandannas and the Border War. Play Neck. Drink Malört. www.sportsbookreview.com/picks/colleg...
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Friday 40-Yarder | College Football Week 2 Best Bets, Bandanna & Border War
Our best bets for Week 2 start with Friday night's Red Bandanna Game and the Border War in Lawrence, both games remembering the soul of college football.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
got hit by an absolute hammer of a flu bug midday today, but please know I am supporting The Jacket Community in spirit.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
my wife just rolled over in bed and said “I want you to know that I love you and you are a good man,” as I was Googling “can I take a 3 year old to hibachi for lunch?”
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
if we are the right kind of friends who chat about sports and shit, I will eventually come to you having gathered sports cards that remind me of you and present them to you as a gesture of love. it is a meaningful act in my culture to have Fleer Ultra bestowed upon you.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
happy college football season, here’s one of the best pieces of sportswriting I have ever read, which is ostensibly about a penalty in the 1993 Sugar Bowl, the myths on which this country is built, and perspective. channel-6.ghost.io/gods-away-on...
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GOD'S AWAY ON BUSINESS [ARCHIVE]
I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck This was the chair and desk of the ne...
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I once worked for a politician who was giving a speech that was meant to end with confetti falling from the ceiling. but absolutely nothing had gone to plan. we were in hell. there was nothing to celebrate. a young staffer came rushing in midway through to ask me “do we still want the confetti?”
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If I stay awake until 1AM to watch Alexander Zverev win, I’m going to be so god damn mad.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
god what a perfect post.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
it’s not an every weekend thing and you certainly aren’t lesser on the days you can’t manage it, or if you never manage it. but when you can - getting up early and getting the house smelling like cinnamon rolls and bacon before the family is up? 10/10. fantastic every time.
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Tom Basgen, Mr. Saint Paul @tombasgen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Saint Paul is out of the Flock game. Wards 2 & 3, Noecker and Jost, pulled the metaphysical plug with a 7-0 vote. Talk to Bob Fletcher if you want the rest. They belong to him.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
the best way to understand this is through the lens of our society and economy’s current obsession with growth at all costs. every single business that is dependent on investors values growth over all else. bigots like Enes or Sophie Cunningham offer growth at a scale that their opposition doesn’t.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I’ve been bidding on various items in the estate sale of former NBA journeyman Mike Muscala (not dead just moving to Phoenix) while watching the USA Network Original Program Anna Pigeon.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
my child is now at the age where she is making me play board games with her under VERY incorrect rules explained VERY confidently. it rocks.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
came to Stillwater for the morning. first human I see says “hey man, love the @djgloverepair.bsky.social shirt!” guy used to live across the street from Jimmy. a fun little happenstance to start the day.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
texting @erikhane.bsky.social 6 different versions of film breakdown guys tweeting “what the fuck how is JJ McCarthy this shitty” football is so back, baby.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
woke up to my 3 year old having brought her training potty into our bedroom, sitting on it next to our bed and making direct eye contact with me as she was peeing and announcing “Good Morning!!!”
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is tremendously fucked but in a world where the young are trapped in the r>g nightmare described by Thomas Piketty one of the only ways to get ahead is literally hitting the jackpot.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I think it is pretty remarkable that this tweet has like 75 replies and basically no one has named a single person who would have a reasonable chance of winning a statewide election. (except for Steve Simon who will not and should not do this.)
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I really think the ICE stuff is going to have some very long tails here in Minnesota. for most folks in the 7 county metro, and a few key outstate population centers, it’s just not an issue with more than one side. right and wrong. the safety of my community. can’t equivocate.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Vengeance is going to be a winning platform
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
who are my local election dorks here. I keep borrowing @johnnyskins.bsky.social IRL but I need some hyper local smart folks on here.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
some truly insane shit in here. my daughter sleeps with a blue bunny. the notion of withholding a thing that makes a child feel safe as some sort of negotiating tactic with her mother makes me so physically repulsed it is hard to put into words. there’s no punishment harsh enough for this bullshit.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Black Hart of Saint Paul, forever and ever.
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Anchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is like watching the NBA draft lottery and asking “who’s winning?” after pick 8 is revealed.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
this is a quote tweet that is operating as a personal save of this video. which I will use 1000x during college football season.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Best NFL game of all time and it went for 20 bucks! It was a budget title!
NFL 2k5
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Matt Browner Hamlin @mattbh.com · 31/07/2026
“If you see nothing wrong with this, you’re probably either one of Infantino’s staffers or a blood relation.” Fire from @raf.bsky.social
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Abolish FIFA
Gianni Infantino’s latest grifty scheme should begin the conversation about replacing an organization that cannot be reformed with something better.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
does all daily life in Saint Paul eventually find its way back to local minor league baseball merchandise? who can say really.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
best soccer bar in America, continuing to do cool shit. printed on every pint glass in the bar. incredibly lucky to have @blackhartstp.com as my local.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I don’t want to alarm anyone but it’s looking like @erikhane.bsky.social and I, from a tennis perspective, might be back.
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🚲🕸️𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖘🕸️🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You should hear your jacket buzzing. This is normal. The Eye is reaching out to you. Please contact your liason for further instruction.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
ate my child’s leftover cookies last night, as is my god given right as a father. got an upset tummy. told child “my body paid the price for those cookies” when questioned about their whereabouts. she is now repeating “my dada paid for my cookies with his body” to anyone who will listen.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I am, against my will, watching a college a cappella group perform. and we need to either bring back bullying or legalize violence against men in shorts and neckties. I don’t think I’m being unreasonable here.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1000% true. we need 30 free to play academies that look at kids with marginal talent and money and tell them to get fucked. instead it’s a whole system that gases them up so they can drain their parents bank accounts.
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Sam @mcculloughsam.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
the one MLS guy left on the team fucked it up. I’d like to point that out. we need to achieve zero MLS guys before we can become a truly competitive soccer nation.
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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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