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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm not sure how to prepare you for quite literally the goofiest looking hit-by-pitch I've ever seen

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Rob Kimbro @robwk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Odd. I’d’ve figured Trump for an Orangeman

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Just passed the most existential door

Door says “not an entrance, not an exit”

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The US Army realised in 1941, as it spooled up for war, that it needed around 500,000 typewriters to function. so great was the need that they had to requisition and ration them. HALF A MILLION. Equivalent to 40% of the entire US domestic supply at the time. Logtics wins wars.

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

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Joon Lee @joon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sports only works if fans trust the game. The more teams directly partner with prediction markets, the more they risk blurring the line between competition and the money being made off predicting it.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.”

We’ve spoken about capitalism versus socialism.

Do you want to talk about capitalism? Let’s talk about capitalism. Are you recording? Capitalism is about leveraging the laws of supply and demand to efficiently allocate capital expenditure to maximize value. When capitalism works, it’s because you have free entry and exit into markets. So if you believe in capitalism, you have to believe in government regulation to protect markets. In fact, right now, we have exactly the opposite. You don’t have to be a socialist to believe that you should be taxing billionaires their wealth. In fact, if you are a capitalist, you should believe in that. So, I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Cookie Monster's Take Me Out To The Ballgame

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

the Green Bay Packers should be the model and that is precisely why they changed the bylaws so they will never be the model

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Tansy Gardam @tansyg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

obsessed with Ian Flemming's daily schedule - swim - brunch - write 1500 words no edits just freestyle - lobster hunting - pink gin - lunch - siesta - sit in garden - another swim - 500 more words - "a couple of powerful drinks" - dinner - scrabble with wife - sleep

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The Emotion Engine @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thinking about how Osprey, a publishing house almost entirely devoted to publishing military uniform/equipment fetish material disguised as dry but picture heavy non-fiction tomes, put out a book dismantling the right wing mythologization of Sparta with an absolute all-timer table of contents.

Table of Contents
Preface
List of Maps

PART I: THE MYTH OF SPARTA
Introduction

PART II: THE REALITY OF SPARTA
I. Cuckold Kings and Wolves' Work: Behind the Spartan Mirage
II. Archaic Sparta at War: Early Losses, Foreign Roots
III. The Greco-Persian War: The Thermopylae Speed Bump
IV. The Peloponnesian Wars: Floundering at Sea, Surrendering on Land
V. Masters of Greece? Sparta Squanders its Hegemony
VI. The Boeotian War: What Cannot Bend Must Break
VII. The End of Sparta: Irreformable and Irrelevant
VIII. Conclusion: The Bronze Lie

PART III: TANGLING MYTH AND REALITY
IX. The “Moron Label”: The Spartans and the Political Far Right
Appendix A. Historiography and Objectivity
Appendix B. The Fundamentals of Ancient Battle

Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Making Count von Count watch a 0-0 half is rude.

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Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"

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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Mobile Suit Golem @kpopncommunism.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not the use of the word "detained" here to make it appear as though the settlers have some legal capacity to be doing this. If i ran up on a US Rep with a rifle and prevented them from leaving it would be, correctly, described as kidnapping; and doing so with political ends would be terrorism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026

Folarin Balogun, who is a US citizen because he was born here, scores a go-ahead goal for the US team in a knockout game. Score one for birthright citizenship.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Technically, they’re Remains now.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20/06/2026

The Zlatan and Thierry just VIBING, with Lalas only featured long enough to get got. I love it. Right into my veins.

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Playing on their turf never ever wins, not morally, not politically. Here's a response: "this is a wedge issue targeting kids, getting into their doctors' decisions. Next, they'll come for your hysterectomy, your vasectomy. And it's because they can't talk about the economy." Say Fuck You back

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/05/2026

"Since 1988, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive at Little League concession stands and any place that smells like popcorn and feet. But now that the future is here, we regret to announce that we are extremely disappointed."

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This Isn’t the Future We at Dippin’ Dots Envisioned

“Since 1988, we’ve been waiting for the future to arrive at Little League concession stands and any place that smells like popcorn and feet. But now that the...

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America. He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/05/2026

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed. Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026

not subtle

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I thought this point Eric made about how libraries are early introductions to a social contract was really interesting, too:

“And what I think is so amazing about that is not only do you start to feel like you you are welcome in and belong in this place, the public library, but also you start to learn what it means to be part of a community. Because, let’s say you love Curious Georgebooks and you take out a Curious George book. You get the generosity of your society because it’s like “Here, take this Curious George book home, it’s free. Just bring it back and keep it in good shape. Don’t tear out the pages. Don’t write in it.” And you learn that you want to do that—not only because they tell you—but also because when you return it, you want to get the next Curious George book. And you realize that if the other kids in the community don’t return the book, or don’t take care of their books, you won’t be able to take it out. So, you learn mutual obligation and reciprocity from an early stage.”

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Dr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The point of the university as a concept is that it's been here for a thousand years and meant to be here another thousand. Turning education over to producing what the market needed five years ago is never going to work well.

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pig'slaundry @pigslaundry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad

Screenshot of Elmo next to his pet's fishbowl in Elmo's World. The subtitles say "We. Dorothy's been thinking abou and down to what’s her daughter."

four birds in a cartoon from Sesame Street, with the caption reading "Oh, shit"

Another Sesame Street cartoon saying "Oh shit"

Screenshot of Big Bird in Hooper’s Store with live human Alan and a flying red bird. The subtitles read: "Time for the birth of terror. Me"

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Rob Kimbro @robwk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

As a theatre educator I use the word “ensemble” a lot. This is what I mean.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Only one of these is bad defense, I would argue, and it was going to be a tough play. The other two are just good bunts.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

'This tells us the issue is the system, not the subject. Leaving decisions about what is taught and researched in our universities solely to market forces risks narrowing provision in ways that do not reflect national needs'. (Charles Forsdick) 3/3

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

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Bearded Stoner @beardedstoner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

No matter how much it's talked about, it's still not talked about enough that the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on whether the words in the 14th amendment mean what the words in the 14th amendment mean.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

speak loudly and ask if you can borrow somebody else’s stick

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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

“If you’re gay or transgender, I love you. And if anybody gives you shit, tell ‘em Charles said fuck you.”

youtube.com

Charles Barkley: “If you are gay or transgender, I love you!’”

YouTube video by NBA On Fire

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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

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Rob Kimbro @robwk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sounds like a lot, but when you realize it’s only 1999 boxes of 207 KitKats each…..

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life: - Lioness Rampant, Pierce - Chrestomanci, Jones - Percy Jackson - A Wrinkle In Time!!!!! - URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS - Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!!

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

More: - Tiffany Aching, Pratchett - Prydain, Alexander (great as a pre-LOTR series imo) - Dark Is Rising, Cooper - His Dark Materials (hits real hard for weirdo smart kids) - Graceling, Cashore (I mistakenly read them in order 1-3-2 and actually might recommend that) - Queen’s Thief, Turner

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Marc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The correct way to watch March Madness is "yeah this will fuck up my bracket but holy shit," which is my current High Point stance

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Venezuela: América’s team.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

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