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Ari Trujillo-John

@reftw.bsky.social
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Organizer. Engineer. Writer. Eternally rooting for the San Francisco Giants/Firebells, even in Homeric Greek. Header by @rabidya.art

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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 23h
That man's columns are dreadful. I shudder to think of his YA fantasy? Yuck. I gotta get back into it.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Eww Nasty
Alt: A bald black man stares at the screen, grimacing in disgust.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wasn't it because of Oklahoma City? Like, Clinton nuked an entire pilar of jurisprudence cause he was on a crusade to murder McVeigh as quickly as possible?
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shit like this can jinx us, just as we're about to face the literal GOAT and her squad of Aces.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump posting Tom Cotton's personal cell phone number to bully him into killing Daylight Savings Time is so unhinged and so hostile and as someone who used to lobby Congress, I unfortunately deeply approve.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The wildest thing about this phase of the child's life is that he comes home, eats dinner, does bedtime and then the wife and I look at each other at the grand hour of 830p and crawl into bed. I've never been happier.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's fucking wild!
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"They were evil AND bad at infrastructure! Hand them nothing!"
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just saw Genevieve Verlander throw out a pitch her dad and I need her to get on the Hunters stat.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TIL that Russia and Japan have not formally agreed to the end of WWII.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After spending August in Springfield to watch the WPBL, we had to head back home. Proud to report that even when watching on television, the baby starts screaming his head off right around the 5th inning. Truly legendary behavior.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You get lost and run into a bunch of vibes out stoners who smoke out your crew? Fine. But this Cyclops shit is literally spitting in the eye of a God for the hateration alone.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The Odyssey" is the OG idiot plot. None of this is necessary, damn.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I've been very busy moving the past couple of weeks, so I'm tickled to open this app and see some people licking the third rail of political discourse with total strangers while other folks are hype about Sumo wrestling. Never change, friends.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dozens!
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
IS THAT GOOD?
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In related news, this article lead me down a rabbit hole of @strangemattersmag.bsky.social articles. This quality of writing and level of analysis is not an anomoly: it's just what they do. I'm thrilled to be getting a print edition delivered to mark up while sitting on my patio. Recommend.
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Futurama: Shut Up And Take My Money Meme
Alt: Futurama's Frylock, who is a cartoon character with a blaze of red hair, with a white t-shirt under an open red button down, shaking a wad of cash at the viewer, yelling, "Shut Up And Take My Money"
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I love how Chomsky is the worst Disco Elysium playthru character ever.
Black text centered on a white background reads, "Chomsky’s lasting legacy will be the impressive feat of having combined the worst aspects of just about every leftist and progressive tendency: anarchists’ lack of economic theory and class analysis, Marxist-Leninists’ defense of state atrocities and insistence on viewing politics as a global chessboard, and liberals’ elitist disdain for the masses’ ability to be trusted with interpreting information.”
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Alys Rujasu @rujasu.net · 31/08/2026
Hey so for folks who haven't been keeping up with the Women's Pro Baseball League (WPBL) Last night's game ended with a two-out, full-count, ahem (taps mic) WALK OFF GRAND SLAM, the first walkoff HR in league history and LeBlanc's first HR in the league. Unforgettable moment!! youtu.be/ULTauIiCZrE
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FIRST WPBL WALK-OFF
YouTube video by Women's Pro Baseball League
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
God, what a San Rafael ass letter.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!
Photo of three kittens. Two are orange; one is black. Photo of two orange kittens in a cage.Photos of two orange cats in a shower. Photo of two orange cats, one black, and one dark gray.
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Bored Humungus @writtenlow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm glad this post is back up cause I want the recipe. This cake is gorgeous and the Rosh Hashanah is around the corner, yo.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In related news, I have cyclosporera. The absence of tracking protocols and communication to medical teams is galling. They're letting this thing spread and they don't want to know how far.
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ceej @ceej.online · 24/08/2026
that’s right
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@ceej.online
you wouldn't talk to me like that if you knew I had two semesters of stage combat
2:36 PM • Jun 10, 2024
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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
New York Heights catcher Denae Benites has 4 games this year in which she has at least 1 home run and 1 stolen base. The Heights have played 10 games. #WPBL
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Natasha Cloud is one of the fiercest, most loving human beings in the world. She doesn’t hesitate to take action for those who need a voice. She is who Congressman John Lewis had in mind when he told us to never, ever be afraid to get in good trouble ⛅️💛 #TransPeopleBelongEverywhere
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Don't get me wrong, Van Hollen is good people and we could do (and have done!) much, much worse, but Christ, just... can the midterms happen first? I'm begging you - go help win elections now. At least knock doors in Jacksonville before going to SC, for crying out loud.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Every cycle the presidential campaigns come earlier and earlier, like Mariah Carey encroaching on Halloween.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The child is in his crib! Repeat: the child is in his crib!
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Call of Duty: Defusing the Bomb
Alt: A shot from the video game "Call of Duty", where an animated figure with blonde hair in a head band with a goatee is cutting the wire of a bomb and exhaling with relief when it doesn't explode.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Some nights the baby screams inconsolably for hours and all the hits fail, so you start rummaging through your for something the child won't kick out of like John Cena during an "I Quit" match. Tonight, "Dear Prudence" is my one winged angel.
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Kenny Omega Goodbye
Alt: Kenny Omega in the middle of a wrestling ring, on the mic, saying "Goodbye and Good Night! Bang!"
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It really is. After not shopping at Walmart for almost twenty years, I have now spent almost a dozen hours in Walmart parking lots while driving across the country. It's so weird? By contrast, I've found one set of Tesla charging stations at one Target in Utah. End of list.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Did a deeply gender affirming thing and made dinner on the grill. First time grilling (at the ball)!
A white plate on a brown wood (laminate) toned table top with a steak knife and fork to the side. Center is a surprisingly well barbecued piece of chicken breast, a small mountain of charred garlic bread and a piece of corn on the cob.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I love that the transphobes can only consistently name two white, straight women, whereas true WBNA fans are like, "Shall we start from the dynasty builders, my team's best stars or my faves of the week?"
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One of the weirdest collaborations happening in middle America is a thriving EV charging network in the parking lots of super Wal-marts. They're some of the best - fastest, most reliable - chargers for sometimes hundreds of miles and they draw you into the aisles like a moth to the flame.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Will someone cover the real story of the #WPBL: That a frightening large number of the batters have Eminem as their walk up music? All of them have birth years that start with "2", too, so it's just baffling.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is it worth getting murdered over? Well, it's no, "God only knows".
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In defense of Dennis Wilson, "Never Learn Not to Love" is way better than the original "Cease to Exist", conceptually and lyrically.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/08/2026
Wait a damn minute. The things Arday did, like the marathons, had been previously covered, with first hand primary sources, by English news orgs, contemporaneously?!?! And yet the Telegraph and others just kept repeating that he'd lied about them, despite tons of documentation they happened?! 🤬🤬🤬
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Jason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death
Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My take on Nancy Mace's tattoos is that the line work is so poor, I think her artist hates her.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Genuinely: The edges of a bullet proof vest.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I'm listening to a podcast where one of main characters is a 21 year old Chicano from East LA. And the cops are trying to get him to answer the phone, so they stop calling him and call his tias. And like, yep. That'll do it. 24h turn around every time.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Amazing! Was just listening to Rocky's commentary and I've become obsessed with our home grown legend!
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It's important to express to you, ma'am, that knowing when to take a pitcher out is by no means a pre-requisite to managing that ball club. And, after listening to her talk baseball, Rocky should be managing the #SFGiants.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Apologies to every player in the #WPBL who's had an at-bat interrupted by my baby's wailing. You could literally hear him during today's broadcast of the 6th.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 10/08/2026
Paloma Benach, LHP, is making her first WPBL appearance as a reliever for the Hunters. I met Paloma in 2018 when I profiled her team, DC Girls Baseball, on their way to the national girls’ baseball tournament. Here is that story, no longer online but republished at my newsletter:
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the path to the women's professional baseball league
“One day it won’t be interesting anymore that I’m a girl playing baseball.”
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's the biggest thing which concerns me from watching in Springfield. Jaida didn't even warm for a full inning before going out there. They are very thin on arms and those arms are pushing themselves hard.
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You've also got a nasty fucking breaking ball, Paloma. Will root (as long as it's not against my Firebells).
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Ari Trujillo-John @reftw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
One of the best things about going to #WPBL games is that you regularly run into a very proud parent cheering for their kid's professional debut. It happened tonight and was just a delight. Paloma, your family is great, and I'm so excited to keep cheering for you!
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