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I still think that's true but when you zoom out you see its really a story about addiction; they're addicted to sadism and we're addicted to content. I think its really that simple.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 16h

A year ago I would have said that the Unifying Theory Of Everything that explains the world and why it is was that social media raised the baseline level of typical narcissism that everyone experiences and this change, while small (for most people), resulted in massive changes in group dynamics.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Mark Andrews might be done done. #Ravens

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

These the weather channel live shot crews are getting smashed.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You will live forever, Rats Kissing. #Squeak

Unvandalized version of the Rats Kissing grafitti.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Damn! I had a ticket but bagworm got finished way later than I expected. I should have just gone but I was pretty beat.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Grateful for another amazing New/Next weekend. Favorite film of the festival was Bagworm. Bagworm ruled.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got my whole weekend planned: La Gradiva The Arrow At Rest Riptide Little Doors MacKenzie Big Break Bagworm Almost Midnight Shorts Sitting Ducks

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy New/Next weekend yall. This has turned into a top 5 Baltimore weekend for me and its only year 4.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Or inside the guiness brewery.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In retrospect the move would have been putting the casino next to the arena.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Its the same shit here. Endless fucking ragebaiting because there are never consequences for doing so. So congrats NPR! Your value to the public continues to approach zero.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think about it all the time because it was such a peak behind the thought process, that harmful ideas should be platformed when the objections come from the left, because the media has an obligation to publish repugnant shit not in spite of but because of who does the objecting.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A couple of years ago the banner published an editorial from some tiny man making the case that pride flags in libraries was equivalent to hanging Let's Go Brandon flags, and the response from management was well if youre mad then we've successfully challenged your pre-existing beliefs which = good.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NPR really is news for unserious people.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I know but its the NFL. Both teams settled in, we lose Stanley, the offense has the ball for 90 secs the entire 2nd half, they make their 2 point conversion and get away with the worst call of the day (the 4th down td) unharmed. Everything broke their way.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

However.. the Saints coaches are the dumbest idiots in the world for going for it on 4th down. #Ravens

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I dont think it was that bad of a loss? Shough and Olave were awesome. They had a million first downs. The Saints looked tough on the road last week and again today. We lost two WRs and it showed. Move on. #Ravens

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gonna learn something about our new coaches here; will they be aggressive or come out like Harbaugh and try to kill the clock for the entire 2nd half and lose on the last drive. #Ravens

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

RIP Duncan Sheik. A terrible loss for theatre.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Mets fans were so right. Pete rules.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just when I thought I was starting to understand the rules of rugby a Springbok line drived a free kick into the first row of seats on purpose and everyone cheered.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yes. Let the poison spread through the Steelers locker room. Good.. Good..

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ran the Charles St 12 Miler this morning. Honestly dont know what was harder, that, or the Charles St 2 Miler uphill walk back to Mt Vernon. I think it was the walk.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Even restaurants in the area that used to be kitschy and fun have remodeled to this everything tan Lands End catalog ass aesthetic. All based on one boring ass family's boring ass sense of style.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I haven't been here in years but its truly unbelievable what they did to cross street market. Its like a cramped airport food court. Entirely soulless and boring as shit.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It looks like soo much fun. A group of 9 passed me earlier going downhill and crossed the stream going full speed and I just went oh hell yeah.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Im telling you no one has more fun than the mountain bikers at PVSP.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

12 lbs. Sorry girl I dont mean to get your weight wrong.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

99% of the public is incapable of risk management. Its a near entirely forgotten skill.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A big part of my job is safety and I stare in absolute amazement/pure horror every time I see a guy doing 30 mph on a scooter with no helmet and over the ear headphones heading straight into traffic before doing a hard 90° turn onto a busy sidewalk at the last second.

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Mike @mikesbadtweets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I see we have flipped the lever back to "bad" for presidential ambitions. Wonder what changed??

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I guess its also a much larger city. I guess thats a big part of it. Its just depressing that we'll never have this. Shit management. Shit owner. Shit angry hostile state around us. Its just a bummer.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I'm at the Cubs game and I cant overstate how packed and alive this stadium is. Its amazing. Its the anti Camden Yards. The traffic is terrible and the prices are outrageous, I think the difference is the fans here haven't been trained to hate the city their team plays in like Os fans have.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm absolutely sure I had the conditioning to finish, and almost certain I had the leg strength, I just sweat too gd much. WAY too much. By the time I got to the last aid station I was just two long cramps going from my toes to my lower back.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tried my first ultra this weekend.

This loser asshole couldn't even finish the race and got a DNF.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hogan is an opportunistic panderer and his cheap, empty shtick got him two terms as governor. We know what he is. Our problem is the Banner doesnt just not see anything wrong with his long abusive relationship with Baltimore City, they see his fake centrism as the path to their own future growth.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sorry I just watched a guy with his whole face in his phone do 30 through a red light at Cathedral and Eager. Never even knew it was there. The next 6 drivers were also looking at their phones.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Even saying "texting while driving is common" is too quaint and doesnt do enough to describe what's happening out there. A more accurate way of saying it would be "using your phone is just something you do while driving".

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fright-chael 👻 @radplanets.com · 10/08/2026

give me a fucking break lmaooo

Opinions among policymakers remain divided about how best to deal with nuisance crimes
The men set up folding chairs and linger on the stoop of a shuttered club in Southwest Baltimore. Each day, they congregate almost directly underneath police signs declaring "NO LOITERING."

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I dont know how to convince people that we're in a car crisis. I dont know how to convince anyone that driver standards and risk taking have deteriorated beyond sustainability. All I have to do it wait for an entirely preventable violent homicide that shocks leaders and shocks the city into acting.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've walked about 10,000 miles in MV but yesterday was the first time Ive ever had to dive out the way to avoid being hit by a car. A very intelligent fella wanted to run the red light by zipping around the parking lane at St Paul and Chase.

Shot from above. Me, in red, minding my own fucking business, is crossing the street when a driver, in purple, tries running the light by cutting through the parking lane.

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paul @paulmgardner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This isn't even the worst part because we still have 10 years of Adley killing the Orioles to get through.

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