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Nicoletta Penguin

@nicoguin.bsky.social
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I do not live in Brooklyn. I am not writing a memoir. I did not attend high kindergarten. Founder, Sam Antonacci Fan Club/NYC Chapter.

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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 18m
Not a perfect analogy, but for me it echoes how NYC political media missed and misunderstood the rise of Mamdani and was gobsmacked by how easily Cuomo was rolled twice.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 23h
Live from the White Sox dugout....
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Hard stop at 5pm(ET) for me today!”
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Messaged you
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Chicago sports media feels like it has wider/more entertaining lanes. I've heard more salty/zany language from players-analysts-broadcasters since hopping on the bandwagon in May than in decades of NYC. David Cone can politely be as brutal, but it's more fun when everyone shoots from the hip.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I love learning the path of MLB interpreters. uafs.edu/news/2025/ua...
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A Major League Dream
UAFS alum, Daniel de Mondesert, '20, is one of the youngest coaches in Major League Baseball. He has climbed the ranks with the Milwaukee Brewers and is proof that it doesn't matter where you start if...
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Collin Whitchurch @cowhitchurch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Opposing team: Here's our ace. White Sox: Here's three toddlers in a trenchcoat. White Sox win.
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
another incredible Murakami champagne celebration interview (via CHSN White Sox)
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Related: bsky.app/profile/nico...
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Resting Witch Face @amandalc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Phillies fans seem upset with Don Mattingly, have they considered replacing him with Tino Martinez?
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Being middle aged is deciding the number of PT appointments a night of standing on Brooklyn Steel's cement floors is worth. Decision: cash and a player to be named later. (Thank you @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social for flagging the tour!)
From @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social's Cup of Coffee newsletter:
Shannon and Narducy are gonna do "Document" next year

Just a couple of days after I talked about seeing Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy touring R.E.M.'s "Lifes Rich Pageant" album, yesterday they announced that in 2027 they will be touring "Document." You know, the one with "The One I Love" and "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" on it: [image with tour dates, too many to list, you can find them here: https://www.axs.com/events/1636717/michael-shannon-jason-narducy-and-friends-play-r-e-m-s-document-tickets] A limited presale is gonna happen tomorrow with the password "Document40" at 10AM venue time today. General sale starts on Friday.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As of yesterday afternoon in NYC, White Sox gear is no longer an invisibility cloak. Three random people stopped me to chat (not fans, just aware of the team for the first time). Middle aged women who were contemplating a bank heist and had a shirt as part of your disguise, consider yourself warned.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was at that game, sitting just past first, and saw it live. He's a delight.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These are sublime. I snagged “You need to think action” and am already cracking up thinking about wearing it out and about.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 28/09/2026
Former ‘South Park’ writer Toby Morton has created a website to expose information about Cornell University’s administration in response to the group sexual assault case: “Accountability should not disappear when the headlines do. And we all know this headline will disappear.”
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yesterday's CSA share included 15-20 perfectly ripe Italian plums. No time to write a poem. I am racing against the clock to deal with them before they cross the compost bridge.
A bowl of 15-20 Italian plums from yesterday's CSA pickup in a dark red bowl on a shelf in my fridge. All perfectly ripe. Resigned that some will end up in the compost.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Road trip.
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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's the 50th anniversary of Tom Waits's great album "Small Change" and his YouTube account just put an unedited video of his appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test to promote it. It's transcendent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBb3...
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Tom Waits – Live on The Old Grey Whistle Test (1977)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think way too often about the Ken Burns Baseball 1986 Red Sox episode where someone describes the instantaneous dismantling of the clubhouse celebration setup.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Inspired by you, I took a ceramics class this summer to make trinket box animals but I sprained my wrist wedging clay before animal creation started. No ceramic animals. Aging is hilarious.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Everyone seems to be having a week/month/year, so here's one of my favorite moments from my favorite concert ever: an 11K person singalong of "Andogynous." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWtP...
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The Replacements - Androgynous (Forest Hills Stadium) New York City 9.19.14
YouTube video by markit aneight
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You should have heard me answering questions about my poster. I had it down to a haiku by the end of the day.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I learned about this earlier in the year from @djinnandtonic.bsky.social who had both some amazing posts about Minnesota people using similar tactics against ICE and has shirts via www.etsy.com/shop/WideAwa.... They inspired one of my favorite protest posters.
@djinnandtonic.bsky.social-inspired protest sign of the Boston anti-man hunting league sign with ICE at the center instead of SH (slave hunter). It's a bright green circle with magenta letters: ICE in the center, surrounded by 6 letters representing people who have different roles in stopping a kidnapping, one who tries to talk the kidnapper down, 5 to grab the kidnapper if that doesn't work, and an outer circle of 12 people who create a commotion so that the kidnapper can be removed from the situation).
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watching the AL this week is kind of like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Oa...
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 22/09/2026
jason benetti you are my GOAT
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Random teen, we didn’t even exchange names. I’ll send the recommendation telepathically. I made a Baby’s on Fire reference, which he did not get, so I hope there was no emotional scarring on his end.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Earlier in the show, he went bonkers cheering for the Make America Gay Again image. I want the world for this kid, but I think he’s in good hands.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I stood next to an Awkward Teen at last night’s show who finally let go and danced during Once in a Lifetime. When I asked, he said he got into Talking Heads through his dad (I saluted him). AT told me he discovered Brian Eno - his favorite musician - through them. Made my night! Go younger people!
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/nico...
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Neither of them is redass enough to be on Team USA under a Judge-esque captaincy (complimentary), so let them have their fun with teams that are a joy to watch. Also, imagine Meidroth next to Arozarena!
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My Bikini Kill Trans Pipeline fundraiser sweatshirt from last year salutes you. You're inspiring me not to be so bad at staying on top of tickets this year.
Bikini Kill's Trans Pipeline funderaiser sweatshirt from last year. It's brightest pink that can be imagined but not photographed, with white and blue alternating capital letters BIKINI on one row KILL below.
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Jesse Dougherty @jessedougherty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I asked some professional hitting coaches to break down Vivek Ramaswamy's swing. "Very, very, very much a front-foot hitter, so that’s the first thing we’d attack. But I’m not sure it’s salvageable." For @washingtonsun.bsky.social: washingtonsun.com/campaigns/vi...
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Hitting Coaches Break Down Vivek Ramaswamy’s Baseball Swing
The candidate for Republican governor was mocked for his swing in a campaign video. We asked experts to weigh in.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows a black cat. The text above the cat reads, "For a long time, black cats were said to be evil and working with the Devil."
The second panel zooms out and shows Sarah, the protagonist, next to the cat. The text above the pair reads "But now we know that's not true."
The third panel shows Sarah hugging the black cat.
The fourth panel shows an orange cat behind Sarah, standing with its arms reaching up as a fire blazes behind it. The text reads, "It's the orange cats."
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Can you translate? bsky.app/profile/gone...
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bookmarking this for the future baseball-free endtimes.
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big bleat from badsville @djepelgesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time
a picture from the NY Post titled "	today’s leftists are possessed by the spirit of France’s 18th-century guillotine-loving revolutionaries" (way too long) that shows Mamdani (the specter haunting Europe) smiling in the sky as a bunch of French people goof around
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I've heard more sweary talk following the White Sox this season than in 25+ years of the Yankees. To be fair, it's mostly post-game and heavily - but not exclusively - Ozzie. My favorite part is when they debate whether or not they stopped at FU(whisper of ck).
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I have suspected this for a while.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One Red Sox Heated Rivalry night highlight was hanging out in the bleachers before regular gate time. I radiate "Mom's kooky friend who will take you vintage shopping or for your abortion" so I had many random conversations with the youth and I made sure to flag perimenopause in all of them.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brooklyn Dodger fan. Never got over the move to LA.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm so giddy I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep. I wish my dad could have seen this day.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Is this what Christmas Eve feels like?
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How many of us grew up thinking his full name was Walter O'Malley That Evil, Evil Man?
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fellow Adult Children of Brooklyn Dodger Fans, I hope some of your parents are still on this earth to see this glorious day.
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Nicoletta Penguin @nicoguin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AL leader is not enough for Samuelito
Player                         Team  AB    HBP   
1 Iván Herrera      DH  STL    617	27
2 Sam Antonacci LF  CWS  475	25
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bobo tucci @no-flashlight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Average MLB player Wikipedia page
Wikipedia sections:

Early life
Baseball
Racially insensitive comments
Personal life and family
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
absolutely wheezing at an Instagram clip of comic Stevie Martin (who I love from being a maniac on Taskmaster) claiming that Shakespeare only had three plays: 1. “I’m Not a Good Monarch” 2. “I’ll Pretend To Be You, You Hide Behind That Plant, and We’ll Both Marry Her” 3. “The Lion King”
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