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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Howard, excellent analysis. I appreciate you articulating the seriousness of these various threats to the NBA.

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tonight’s game is to your point.

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Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

No 20-point lead is safe. No 60-win team is secure. There’s a historic level of havoc around the Association. Welcome to the NBA’s Age of Chaos. www.theringer.com/2025/05/20/n...

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Welcome to the NBA’s Age of Chaos

From 20-point leads to 60-win teams, nothing is guaranteed in today’s NBA. This isn’t parity or a coincidence—it’s something way more unruly.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon

Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

“A republic…if you can keep it.” —Benjamin Franklin

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy St Valentines Day from Chicago

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

“Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" — OW Kenobi

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. California dreamin' on such a winter's day

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 23/01/2025

Researchers detail Subaru's now-fixed web vulnerabilities that let them track millions of Subarus via its Starlink features in the US, Canada, and Japan (Andy Greenberg/Wired) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Brian Zahnd @brianzahnd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

"By the end of the second century, Roman officials were not particularly aware of the nuances of Christian teaching, but they did know what the word 'bishop' meant—it meant someone who kept on agitating about the needs of the poor." –N.T. Wright

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/01/2025

The Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory evacuation zone as the Palisades fire’s footprint has grown. An active fire is about a half mile away, but the blaze is not threatening the museum’s main buildings. nyti.ms/3PwJWVC

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Dan Woike @danwoikesports.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Full video of JJ Redick's opening remarks about losing his home in Palisades fire youtu.be/KsDsFJV0E90?...

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Lakers coach JJ Redick talks about losing home in Palisades fire

YouTube video by Los Angeles Times

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

A street is orange from flames and you can see the high winds in the palm trees. Sparks fly down the street

A fire truck is engulfed in parks and flames are seen on the hill. The entire photo is red and orange from the fire

A fireman with a hose runs across the front of a house in flames in the background

The inside of a house is a ball of flames. The only visible thing inside is a burning Christmas tree

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Tom Morris @tomvmorris.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Some aspects of life may dull us, but then others sharpen us up if we’ll just let them. And then when I think about it all a bit more, I realize that our days are best when we use our inner wisdom to give them a point. Happy Sharpening!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/01/2025

The Atlantic is preparing to hire roughly a dozen new reporters and editors to beef up its politics coverage as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.

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The Atlantic Beefs Up Politics Coverage Under Trump

The magazine is recruiting from a crosstown rival, The Washington Post, to bolster its political staff.

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Thoughtful and affecting perspective.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/12/2024

Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time.

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Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says

The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Check out the new Trending Topics ! Let @bsky.app know what you think !

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

"There's a ton of energy around building nonprofit local news organizations. That train is accelerating," former L.A. Times editor Kevin Merida said, calling it "one of the most promising developments in journalism."

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Well, if Diehard is a Christmas movie…

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Why does that not surprise me

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

For the record, this account is not me. No “9” in my username. I’ve reported it. I’d appreciate it if it is reported by others as well.

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Howard Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I’m old enough to remember when independent journalism was a thing.

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Rick Hardy @rickahardy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Still have Threads but don’t use it much. I don’t like how it’s structured and it has a different type of follower. I enthusiastically prefer Blue Sky, and am hopeful too because of how it’s set up. So far it reminds me of old school Twitter.

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