Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mullin citing the well-known constitutional exception to the Bill of Rights for people the police think are the "worst of the worst". 47816
Reposted by Rob VarakReadJack🇺🇸 @readjack.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Happy Chicago Day, Chicago! Chicago Day was an annual celebration every Oct. 9, marking the anniversary of the day AFTER the Chicago Fire started, symbolizing a day of rebuilding. It started in 1893 during the World’s Fair. We should definitely bring it back! 1349
Reposted by Rob VarakAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026"I can go ramp, I can go stairs" -- Trump's audience in Texas gives him an extremely tepid round of applause as he brags about being able to go up stairs without falling 7423973769
Reposted by Rob VarakBilly Krumb @clubhousecancer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thus endeth the unforgettable 2026 #Cubs season. Time to stare out the window and pray for Spring. You just wait 'til next year! #GoCubsGo 2134
Reposted by Rob Varakkat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Enjoy your baseball team tomorrow. Even if they are terrible. Even if they make you mad and frustrated. The offseason is long and the world is full of horrors. Even very bad baseball is better than waiting for spring. 101109227
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Still miss Siciliano. Hanson isn't bad but the DTV broadcast was just better. 000
Reposted by Rob VarakEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here is the New York Times from September 11, 2001, already old news by the time I picked it up from my doorstep. I’ve never been able to open it up or throw it out. 1034732
Reposted by Rob VarakIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We remember, too. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 950142
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 25/08/20261. It's the part I was born to play! 2. Everything's coming up Milhouse. 3. Mmm, that's good Squishee. 4. That's democracy for you... 5. _____ ______, which was the style at the time. 000
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is called cognitive dissonance. Elon is struggling to reconcile his edgelord contrarian beliefs with his recognition of an opportunity to make money. 512824
Reposted by Rob VarakJack Hamilton @jackhamilton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026RIP Dave Marsh, a writer who changed my life. a few years ago I wrote this about him slate.com/culture/2023...slate.comThe Greatest Music Critic You’ve (Probably) Never Heard OfDave Marsh made me want to write about music. 818357
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I can't believe I have to spend my life today responding to people asking me about how Trump has managed to infect soccer. It's like he's specifically seeking to corrupt the few things left in which I take solace. 000
Reposted by Rob VarakCJ Coreschi @cjcoreschi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Every so often r/MLS throws up an absolute banger. 348642
Reposted by Rob VarakMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Oh that was a sick pass, Croatia 32083
Reposted by Rob VarakRui Pinto, count your days @thombomb816.bsky.social · 19/06/2026A Black man with the surname Freeman scored for the USA on Juneteenth in a home World Cup match. 168163202589
Reposted by Rob VarakJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026South Africans know an unnatural hand movement when they see it 424631
Reposted by Rob VarakDeke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026In Atlanta during the FIFA World Cup match between Spain and Cape Verde, a heartwarming moment unfolded when a Spain fan noticed a Cape Verde supporter and gestured asking if he wanted to swap jerseys. The Cape Verde fan enthusiastically agreed, and the two exchanged shirts before sharing a long hug 28296111737
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17/06/2026And all I got was this lousy t-shirt. 2365
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 09/06/2026My daughter and I guested on a local podcast to talk about how geeked we are for the World Cup and why you should be too. An hour that's worth your time whether you're a big soccer fan or merely curious about why people get so worked up about it every 4 years. open.spotify.com/episode/0ppP...open.spotify.comFIFA World Cup Preview 2026Hold My Beer Sports · Episode 010
Reposted by Rob VarakSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo. 4842001988
Reposted by Rob VarakAwful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 31/05/2026The biggest drama to hit US Soccer in years was "too complex" for HBO's USMNT documentary to explore. awfulannouncing.com/soccer/hbo-d...awfulannouncing.comHBO director says Reyna-Berhalter drama 'too complex' for USMNT documentaryHBO director Rand Getlin explained the inexplicable decision to skip over the 2022 World Cup drama in his USMNT documentary series. 281
Reposted by Rob VarakZo @bfootball.bsky.social · 03/05/2026That these are the 3rd and 4th best teams in the best league in the world is genuinely flabbergasting. 0548
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Please, everyone, stop butchering the American flag for your own pet cause, regardless what it might be. 810113
Reposted by Rob VarakBruce Feldman @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Favorite pick of the night: Bears getting Dillon Thieneman at No. 25: “I think Dillon Thieneman is pretty special. He’s ready right now. I think he’s the best tackler I’ve seen in years, but he’s also got the speed and flexibility to turn and run…”nytimes.comAnonymous NFL Draft intel: Fernando Mendoza better prospect than Cam Ward, Drake Maye? (Gift Article)In what was once expected to be a great quarterback draft, most of the 2026 NFL Draft feels average, except for safeties and edges. 1369
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Baseball players and managers are the most small-C conservative human beings on the planet. Give it more than 6 games, maybe? 000
Reposted by Rob VarakSam Fels But Who's Buyin'? @felsgate.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Opening Day, coming home, free for everyone. sam-fels-but-whos-buying.ghost.io/coming-home/sam-fels-but-whos-buying.ghost.ioComing HomeIt's Opening Day. It's always a good day. “[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the s... 052
Reposted by Rob Varakkat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Pretending like you are going to war instead of a baseball tournament and then losing at baseball is super funny 55272962
Reposted by Rob VarakNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Opinion | As a 3x Trump voter, I feel betrayed by his second term. I thought he'd be putting kids in cages, sending a violent mob to DC, and shaking down foreigners to stay in his hotels—not invading Iran, sending violent agents to Minneapolis, and shaking down foreigners to buy his crypto. 559494
Reposted by Rob VarakSnow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Kristi Noem on her first day as Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas 22931212
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 03/03/2026My giddiness as a young music nerd in 1989 at ABB's rebirth was overwhelming. I saw them several times between '89-'95 and they had the power and dynamics of a band in its prime. 010
Reposted by Rob VarakJacob Knutson @jaknutson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026It was not, in fact, appealed immediately. 3434347
Reposted by Rob VarakRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026People in Milan have to be absolutely SICK of Norwegians at this point 1447974
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I've read at least 5 books by the following 5 authors: Elmore Leonard Peter Guralnick Bill Bryson Gary Giddins David McCullough And about 20 others... 010
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 20/02/2026It's ok, we're going to make up all that revenue from pay-per-view for cage matches on the White House lawn. 4546
Reposted by Rob VarakMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Same thing with billionaire baseball owners. If they whine about spending money they are free to sell their teams at huge profits to someone who wants to *try* to win. Bob Nutting is replaceable. Paul Skenes is not. 517120
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The important part is the very last part: “Can I prove it? No.” 2938050
Reposted by Rob VarakHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 01/02/2026The right way to get into the Epstein files. 662913619
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Crickets from people who complained about Obama's "red line" in Syria. 16010
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It’s a nice quip. But I think he should also mention how egregious it is that one of Bondi’s demands is to turn over the state’s voter rolls to Trump. 621557
Reposted by Rob VarakRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/01/2026the Pope's team may have lost to the Antichrist 727822
Rob Varak @robvarak.bsky.social · 17/01/20262025 wasn't good for much, but every year is good for music. My favorite albums of last year. open.spotify.com/playlist/10m...open.spotify.comAt Least 25 for '25 000
Reposted by Rob VarakDan Bernstein @danbernstein.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Remember what we just experienced. As in - actively commit to recalling the smallest details and intensity of feeling, because that was an all-timer of a #Bears game. The Forward Progress postgame on @312sportschi.bsky.social. Links in replies. 9883
Reposted by Rob VarakPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Palantir, Sauron … It’s like they skimmed LOTR but didn’t understand it, particularly the warnings. 626240
Reposted by Rob VarakSteven Goldman @stevengoldman.bsky.social · 25/12/2025I so miss the many loved ones who crowded the table when I was young, but I also find a lot of joy in the generation that has arrived in recent years. It's a bittersweet thing forever. 0112
Reposted by Rob VarakKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 19/12/2025When I was a kid you could get a penis for six hundred bucks. And they threw in the testicles for free, because they valued the customer. Inflation is ruining the country! 3480754
Reposted by Rob VarakRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Our local news recently reported that a nonprofit is collecting toys for kids whose parents were deported. FB commenters were overwhelmingly negative. Many suggested ICE raid the toy drive and arrest the kids, too. I hate that I’m now aware of how much of our country craves this sort of cruelty. 34828173
Reposted by Rob VarakAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported? Noem: We have not deported military veterans. Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea. 705168705399
