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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 21h
Tampa Bay going back to the Devil Rays jerseys this season was such a great choice. That color gradient is superb.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 22h
My thinking on this is that Democrats have a role to play in actually chastening Republicans by ensuring they finally face consequences for their blatant corruption and lawlessness. They dragged their feet in 2021-22 and can't repeat that mistake.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yeah, this postseason really hasn't backed up the narrative MLB owners are trying to push before they lock players out this offseason.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
First: series 2 of YHCIH. Next: set 6 of No More Jockeys? Presumably just have to get Taskmaster and The Paper canceled to free up the other two, so I'm sure it's right around the corner!
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seems more like an investment than a gift tbh.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Looked into it a bit and they did struggle against fastballs during their rough stretch in July/August but were still the best team in the baseball against 95+ MPH fastballs. Obviously 95 =/= 105, so it's not to say Misiorowski will get shelled, but it's no surprise he's already at 69 pitches.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hot take: the Brewers' cream uniforms are vastly superior to the Giants' cream uniforms (which don't go well with black and orange and would be better if they were just white).
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I haven't checked the numbers this season, but I know one thing the Dodgers have been built to do the last several years is hit velocity. Misiorwoski is throwing almost all fastballs, and even at 102+ MPH, I don't think you're gonna beat LA that way.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
After a bunch of wild card and division series matchups I wasn't that interested in, I'm pretty intrigued by both the ALCS and NLCS. I also haven't had many opportunities to watch Misiorowski pitch, so tonight's game is especially exciting.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I still think Republicans have both a higher floor and ceiling for Senate seats than Democrats, and regardless of partisanship I think the Senate is a problematic institution, but if Dems can beat an incumbent in a state like Kansas I may tone down my "we should abolish the Senate" takes a bit.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Even if true, it just makes the whole sequence worse. They took 37 seconds to call and run the "throw an incompletion" play and didn't take any of that time to remind Daniels to not scramble since they were out of TOs. Even in a world where you can't just spike the ball this would've made no sense.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I honestly don't know why this became a story, and if this is how he really feels that's fine, but I would've advised him to handle this differently and draw a contrast between his ability to disagree with the party leader with Republicans having to demean themselves more and more on a daily basis.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
LOL all-time great clock management from Dan Quinn there.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Let's cut the guy some slack. He's been through a lot.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Football referees signaling a first down before even getting the ball from the ball carrier--let alone spotting it--on a close play is so bizarre to me. Feels like something they just started doing last year, and I'm not sure why or what purpose it serves.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I agree and even started doing this recently despite never using ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. It actually convinced me that these general-purpose models still really aren't that useful for most people. But that *probably* won't always be the case, so if you have the hardware, learn how to use it.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I know it's minor, but it really looks like he took a new hat and just rubbed a bunch of dirt on it to make it look artificially worn, which, if so, is kinda pathetic and also pretty telling. It's like when a politician takes off his suit jacket and rolls up his sleeves to appear more approachable.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Matt Campbell has been at Penn State for like ten months. Why does his hat look like it's been worn for the better part of a decade?
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Was it an intentional choice to make the Matchbox trailer look like the kind of cheesy parody you'd see in a bad sitcom?
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's so weird seeing Oregon actually wearing a uniform with a jersey, helmet, and pants that all match each other. Can't remember the last time I've seen that.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I'm not saying any of this is incorrect, but there are some obvious reasons not included here, namely that the average person's actual exposure to AI is having general-purpose tools that are still pretty bad (and are largely still worse than what they replaced) forced down their throats.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Can confirm that certain ad breaks on my HBO Max stream are too long, and if I don't select "jump to live" I fall 20+ seconds behind. So I can either miss part of the game to stay live or fall further and further behind if I don't want to miss anything. Live sports on streaming services are great!
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Baffling that this continues to be the default response. I understand the urge to respond, but you can do it in a way that makes you look disingenuous while increasing the issue's salience, or in a way that preserves your integrity, reframes the debate, and turns the tables on your opponent.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Shortening the regular season to give teams a day off each week makes sense, but having teams pick their postseason opponent is a colossally dumb gimmick that serves no purpose other than to try to manufacture drama for sports radio talking heads.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I didn't pause this game at all but somehow got a couple minutes behind and saw a prompt to "jump to live" on multiple occasions, and the only explanation I can think of is that HBO Max had longer ad breaks than the live broadcast and just delayed the game more and more.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Love it when a guy like Ryan Vilade, who has basically been a replacement-level player his entire career, somehow winds up on a postseason roster and comes through with a huge home run.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wild that there hasn't been a single game yet where both teams have scored at least 4 runs.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In fairness, they had five days off then had to face Cole and Schlitter and still only struck out 9 times total, so the early offensive numbers aren't necessarily anything to panic about. But they aren't gonna beat any of the NL teams if they can't hit considerably better than they have so far.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I think most of the recent rule changes have been for the better. Even the ones I didn't necessarily agree with, like the extra innings runner or banning extreme infield shifts, I (mostly) understood. This, on the other hand, seems like a solution in search of a problem.
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nobody Wants This, season 3
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've had this experience a couple times watching the White Sox this postseason.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A 3-run lead by the Dodgers feels a lot different this postseason without Blake Treinen in the bullpen for Dave Roberts to bring in at the worst possible time.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Gonna be fun to watch all the lame duck activity from Republicans at the state level trying to strip as much power as possible from incoming Democrats.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wonder if Tommy Pham is gonna ask Manfred to investigate how both of those long flyouts from the Guardians stayed in the park in the bottom of the 9th.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This home plate umpire might set the record for most overturned calls by the 4th inning.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"In battlegrounds such as North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, and Alaska" says it all.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There's a reason "migrant caravans" are back in the news.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If there's one thing Trump actually can do, it's sell really terrible stuff to really stupid people.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Has any company ever spent as much on a totally forgettable ad campaign as Liberty Mutual has on "liberty biberty"?
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The "Democratic adviser" bubble isn't quite as out-of-touch with reality as the right-wing bubble, but it's still pretty bad.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They got most news organizations to adopt this framing through endless bad faith complaints (before they realized they could just buy them). Of course they want to run the same playbook on education.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm not so sure. Seems entirely possible that it was for more than just one person.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, it looks like Republicans are going all-in on anti-trans messaging for the midterms, which actually seems like a pretty good opportunity for Democrats.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yeah, the idea that you can have a forward pass when the ball never actually leaves the QB's hand and goes forward is nonsensical.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is wild--and a good reminder that Trump is a symptom of a larger problem--that the justices most willing to go along with whatever a Republican president wants to do are not the ones Trump appointed.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I watched the second season of The Paper, and it started off fine, but wow it went off the rails by the end. There's one particular character arc that is the worst thing I've seen on a TV show in as long as I can remember.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I've never been a fan of those short-sleeve hoodies, and I'm not sure anyone has ever been further from being able to pull it off than Kyle Whittingham today.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Unitary Executive Theory!
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I keep coming back to 2022. Dems had a relatively good midterm and tried to frame it as voters wanting to protect democracy after 1/6. But their campaigns had been overwhelmingly about Roe v. Wade. They claimed victory in a fight they didn't actually engage in. And they're about to do it again.
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R.J. @rjva.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just saw a YouTube ad with an AI-generated child selling burial insurance, and it's more dystopian than any piece of fiction I've ever seen or read.
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