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Michael B

@parkeffects.bsky.social
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Recovering data scientist, physicist, and sports fan. I enjoy outdoorsing. No room for bigots. WatchedSky test: 🌩️👀 vBVzQ3ZQvqD8

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11h
This is horrifying and exactly what a lot of us have been warning against for years. So fucking frustrating. We could have had better—politically, technologically, socially, and economically. We need far better leadership in all fields, at all levels.
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 12h
Well Jim is a good thing Trump is well-known for his willingness to admit to doing something wrong.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h
Not just impeachable. Impeachment, both pres. and agency heads, is the only option. It's impeachment or nothing. Courts won't stop it. Other tools are impotent. Put them on trial the only way you can. Even if you can't get 2/3, use process as punishment. Make it miserable and costly. It can be done.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Agree with Greg‘s general point. But let me ask the hard question about moral hazard: if the likes of Zuck or Jensen (or Dartmouth or Paul Weiss) pay no price for having kowtowed to Trump, won’t they end up looking smart for having done so? And if we want to curb this moral hazard, what must we do?
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 11h
As was the New Deal under FDR. We DO still have agency.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 17h
please keep in mind that many shitheel things tucked into the big beautiful bill aren’t set to take effect until AFTER the midterms, because they know they’re fucked. so tell everyone this, as often as you can so no one forgets, because the republicans WILL blame everything in that bill on democrats
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14h
Time for this classic again.
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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you want to go down a rabbit hole on how early #NWSL teams—and the league itself—got their names and logos, I did a series on it years ago on @equalizersoccer.bsky.social. Start with the Seattle Reign story. I promise you the NWSL logo silhouette is not who you think it is.
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NWSL Beginnings – Equalizer Soccer
The No. 1 Source for Women's Professional Soccer News
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 16h
I wouldn't mind a second and longer and more thorough MeToo tbqh
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Michael B @parkeffects.bsky.social · 13h
This… doesn’t quite do that Tatis steal justice.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 16h
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h
Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. (Published May)
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 17h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Shawn Fleek @shawnfleek.com · 16h
I have decided that I am going to be a noisy advocate for re-electing @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social for the rest of this year and very likely for the rest of her career as an elected official. Making a donation tonight, and so should you. www.mobilize.us/angelitaforp...
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Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Angelita Morillo for City Council (OR Working Families Party) on Mobilize
Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with Angelita Morillo for City Council (OR Working Families Party).
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 13h
Exhibit D.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 13h
Exhibit E.
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 13h
Exhibit F.
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Zoe Samuel @zoesamuel.bsky.social · 14h
[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never been part of a secret police force? [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with the Gestapo! [SMITH]: That's a bowl of gazpacho soup. #schmitt #mtg #jacksmith
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 16h
LMFAO the official America.gov AI website uses a Chinese open source model
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Michael B @parkeffects.bsky.social · 13h
There is a super big exciting thing happening that I totally can’t mention but you should notice that the middle column for the Cubs is a zero.
Screenshot of Padres-Cubs where after six innings Michael King has not allowed a hit, but woe betide anyone who says the words “no hitter” out loud
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 15h
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vote them out 🗳️🚫🐘🌻 @prowhaledad.bsky.social · 15h
I think people should ask their college to ban this fraternity on college campuses across the country
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h
🇫🇮🥔 At the Nations League match "Finland - Belarus" a banner with an owl attacking a cockroach with the face of Lukashenko was unfurled Nearby were Ukrainian flags and the inscription: "Your day will come".
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premium goblin @sasscarpone.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
once again, aaron sorkin and dick wolf must answer for their crimes
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15h
I also like this explanation, i.e. they simply forget women’s sports exist when they don’t need them as a cudgel against trans people, because actually “it never occurred to a single one of us that a man would go to a women’s basketball game” is an even more stunning self-own
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16h
this is the funniest imaginable explanation for the Hawks/Hawkeyes mixup and I desperately hope it's true
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh shit, I totally forgot the last, most important part: -because players have to be a member of the AFL-CIO to be hired, we’re now teaching a bunch of young meatheads why having a union and fighting for collective rights is so important to your future prospects in life
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
-edge case “will they won’t they” guys can realistically pursue an NFL career without worrying about their future job opportunities based on education -the 99% of college players who never see a dime from putting their bodies through the same punishment as everyone else will actually get paid
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let me give you the actual solution to this problem. Universities and colleges have to hire football players as union employees (AFL-CIO, same as the NFL), with no requirement to attend school. They get health and retirement benefits, and are limited to a five year employment contract.
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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Uh, hey, to anyone who traveled through Nelson BC recently, don't eat the mushrooms you bought at the market! thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca
Potentially Toxic Mushrooms Were Sold at a Farmers Market Near Nelson | The Tyee
Interior Health is still working to track down customers who bought what they thought were chanterelles.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I was 6 I had to write an apology letter to Robert Wells when I was messing around too much and spilled water all over his painting of a lorry. I was 6. It was a shitty painting. I'd spilled the water by accident. I got treated like a college rapist apparently.
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out
Marjorie Taylor Greene
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the
GOP needs to scare you into voting because
nothing else is working.

Anthony Aguero Live
Over 400 aliens predominantly from
Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday,
ready to make their way to the US southern
border ... Here's footage of the caravan.
Someone is incentivizing this movement, t ...

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@Anth ... . 1d
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i predict that someone is going to make some money insider trading off of whatever this is
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you love stationary and based on sales, I think a lot of people do. Here's a gentle nudge to move past "collecting" and to actually USE the stationary. Write letters to friends and family. Send thank you notes. Write actual cards and MAIL THEM.
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M. Anton @mdotanton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Big ups to the college journalists
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
how is silicon valley real
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now would be a good time for @pallone.house.gov to send Fox a letter promising an investigation into why they accepted this ad and how much they got paid to run it.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.
vote.nyc
Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
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Derek Young @derekmyoung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’ll bet the dictators compete with each other on how much they wring out of him. The group chat must be hilarious.
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Michael B @parkeffects.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Verlander yesterday, Scherzer today
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OK. Huge baseball fan here, and I've also backpacked the Teton Crest Trail. Building a baseball stadium at a national park is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. It's insane that MLB would ask, and worse that the National Park Service would consider Grand Teton.
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fuck trump and MLB! MLB approached trump's admin about hosting a game at a national park. WHY??!! The Tetons are about “wildlife, opportunity for solitude, not for more amusement,” said the county commissioner. wapo.st/4yhcHKC
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Brian @brhi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fuck Rob Manfred #MLB www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
espn.com
MLB, White House discuss playing game at national park
The White House said in a statement that MLB asked the administration about hosting a game at a national park, adding that the National Park Service has not granted a permit to do so.
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling.
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