Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph 31226491
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Boston sports media keeps mistakenly referring to Drake Maye as Mac Jones. So funny. 000
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Heeeey! Did you know that an Indiana Fever player set the WNBA record for points in a single season? No, not her. No, not her either, ugh, why would you even think that? 001
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports 7275782172
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Indeed, in that alternate universe we get Senator Joe Tache, of course, not Deaton. 020
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Texting Diana. Not watching the play clock. 000
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Pat McAfee with a George Washington (Brad Neely) reference on College Gameday - incredible 010
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026Sophie Cunningham Claims Any Woman Who Averages More Than 8 Points Per Game Should Not Be Allowed To Play In WNBA theonion.com/sophie-cunningham-clai… 243137412
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What do you do when you've launched a moral panic about transgender athletes in the WNBA, but there has never been an active trans player in the league? Simple: you start a conspiracy theory about every single woman on the court.wired.comThere Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some UpAs culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play. 8442601189
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Exactly as anyone would guess, the transphobes can’t name any WNBA players except Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. 022
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I do this almost every time Lisa Frank comes up and my wife teases me. 010
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026As of this moment, the highest paid guard and the highest paid right tackle in NFL history are both former Tennessee Volunteers. 010
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cedanne Rafaela is going to hit 8 home runs tonight. 010
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026They want so badly for an ICE agent to die. They’ve been licking their lips in anticipation for months. 010
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026FIFA rescinded Balogun’s red so that more people would make bad bets on the USA to win. Wake up sheeple. 090
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Ms. Rachel should replace Platner in the Maine senate race 070
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialBrandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026anyone who finds more things to like about this country than me is a glassy eyed, historically illiterate moron. anyone who likes fewer things is a nihilistic doomer 223200419
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2026publiccomment.blog/p/hyperfascism 22860238
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Could you even go so far as to say that Trump is *submitting* to Islam? 040
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Not significantly different from Infinite Jest 010
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The big question is: are the WH insiders lying or stupid? And what of the Politico reporter: gullible or happy to publish lies from the administration for clicks? Hard to tell! What *is* clear is that Rubio won’t be the 2028 pick unless Trump dies first. 020
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Ok, ok wait. I’ve decided maybe this is just ambiguity/confusion with the wording. Are the odds of both events, separately 50%, even though you’re flipping two? Yes. Maybe that’s what some (many?) of the 48% were thinking 000
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026can we impeach someone for crimes against math 791758254
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 15/04/2026the usual suspects will bitch and moan about how this isn’t fair and people will leave and as always no they won’t the entire point of owning an enormously expensive second home there is that it’s New York City you can go somewhere else but it’s not gonna be NYC 422272279
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The best part is that, to the nearest percent, 100% of those men don’t know shit about sports. They’re casual fans with no expertise or insight just throwing their money away. 010
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026More than half of men ages 18-49 (52%) now say they have an active sports betting account with an online sportsbook like DraftKings, Caesars, FanDuel, or BetMGM. sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/m...sri.siena.eduMore Than a Quarter of Americans, 27% Have An Active Online Sports Betting Account; A Third Have Opened an Account At Least Once – Siena Research Institute 64645177
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I feel like this is the move right? We should make a bunch of these featuring people hated by MAGA and spread them everywhere. Perhaps someone who gets upset at one of the fakes, will be less likely to defend Trump? Well, here's hoping. May I present Obama-Jesus: 020
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Alright let's see. In 2019 Trump was angrily posting about the 1.8 billion in cash the Obama administration gave Iran in 2016. 1.8 billion divided by 2 million is 900. Prior to the start of this war, about 135 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz every day. 32940266
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 02/04/2026But surely if *I* debase myself enough, Donald Trump won’t cast me aside in a fit of pique, 758846
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Zero percent chance this ever gets built. Will they raise money for it? Yes. Will the money go to building it? No. 2173383482
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Incredible scene: Travelers wait on hours-long security line at George Bush International Airport in Houston while Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” blasts through the speakers. (video shared directly with me) 43345681298
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 21/03/2026The vibes are bad. Nevertheless, Lady Vols by 8. 000
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialKori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Aid to Ukraine from 2022-2026 was a rounding error. We used more in the first two weeks of the Iran war than we provided in the 4 years of aid to Ukraine. 14340921472
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026NBA broadcast chess graphic of… the Opera House Game? 100
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026What’s with the scare quotes around “Straight”? Is he doing a Gender Thing again? Or is it just his weak spelling skills on display? 010
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This is what ICE has done to journalist Estefany Rodriguez. 6732251665
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 16/03/2026At the *very* least, who could object to the sentiment that we think the world would be a better place if they sat the next few elections out 020
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 14/03/2026What a tremendous villain that Auburn coach turned out to be. There’s just no doubt at all that if he was a better football coach he’d still be, you know, coaching football. Alas. 000
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Thanks for fighting the good fight, Alex! 020
Reposted by @mfbabbitt.bsky.socialAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 04/03/2026The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE. Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009. A quick thread: 171950775
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Loyalty test to thin the ranks of anyone who wouldn’t gleefully follow an illegal order? 110
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I’ve just been handed a note from a time traveler from October 2026. Republican/Republican leaning voters responded to the question “Which party was most responsible for introducing U.S. voters to the Epstein Files?” with these results: 54% Democrats 34% Republicans 12% Both parties equally/unsure 020
mfbabbitt.bsky.social @mfbabbitt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Crybaby Bondi has a nice ring to it, I think 030