Sign in

swampbaseball.bsky.social

@swampbaseball.bsky.social
357 followers 755 following 68 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 14h
AI doesn't "bring the archive to life" or to even "show what this looked like in color." The medium is the message, in the sense that there is never life in a photo, there is a material object with artifacts that memorialized technology as much as any moment. It's all more imagination avoidance
317947
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Poirot would love Veronica Burton
020
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Chad Moriyama @chadmoriyama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Imagine having your dreams crushed, logging onto Instagram and seeing the man who did it on this shit. www.instagram.com/jon.soohoo/p...
211414
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What bums me out is it didn't have to end this way! The Mohegan tribe deserve so much credit for taking a real risk on women's sports and they could have made more profit in a sale of their choosing that would keep a team in the larger region. Instead it's ending on such a sour note for everyone
140
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Really liked this episode!
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
have we considered banning injuries
020
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I get the cap space math of building a roster is newly complicated with the recent CBA but it's still a pretty glaring problem
010
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
time to nominate your favorite bookseller *and* your favorite store
bookweb.org
James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program 2026
James Patterson is once again supporting independent booksellers with a revival of his Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program.Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in a...
01715
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
119115972877
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the frustrating thing is I honestly don't even think it would have taken much to nip it in the bud (CC's PR team letting her statements sound like 15% more woke, a little more specificity in league behavior policies, etc). But no one talked Cathy out of her Bird/Magic visions fast enough!
041
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
throughout her NCAA career I never could understand why someone so obviously talented and driven (and point for some stacked teams) never made it past the elite eight. I have to think whatever block there is in the post season is something she will get past, though, and I trust Cheryl!
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I really wish more teams would do this! Especially since there's so little time between the end of regular season and the beginning of playoffs this year
010
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
great advice in general but doubly so if you're going to spend any significant amount of time on social media
8909163
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I fear she deserves better than my Sparks and their terrible history with promising young talents!
010
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My whole career the Humanities seem to have been curled up in a defensive crouch trying to justify our meaning/existence. At times it has even seemed a productive thought exercise, but I think generally whatever body has demanded the justification is not really open to being persuaded of anything.
15973137
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I feel the difference is that the WC announcers clearly knew these big American stars and were just doing their best and failing wrt pronunciation, while US announcers getting the few foreign names wrong feel like they truly haven't bothered to learn (especially with players on the team they cover!)
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
such a bummer, she's so talented and she just can't seem to catch a break this year
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
oh, that's interesting! Thank you!
000
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
might be a big question, but I'm curious about what happens when players with recent injuries get waived. What happens with insurance, access to team doctors and staff and rehab facilities, etc? Is there a standard procedure, or does it just depend on the specific situation?
130
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
really, really upsetting to think about the other kids trying to shade their prone teammate while the staff did nothing
0110
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
70149193713
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Sarah Jones @sarahjones.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
it’s frankly sexist to frame MAHA and adjacent pseudoscientific attitudes as if they’re solely or predominantly driven by women’s feelings or thwarted maternal instincts. and it gets us no closer to understanding MAHA, or defeating snake oil peddlers who are racking up a body count
310213
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
grapesmoker @grapesmoker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
we actually have to destroy the alt-health industry in its entirety, much like we also need to destroy car dealerships
362887497
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
The Sickos CBB Committee @sickoscbb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good morning. Have you heard about Mali basketball?
1786
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Every major news outlet was scooped on the biggest sports story in the US this year by a podcaster, not because they don’t have the resources but because they all primarily do access journalism and boosterism instead of actual reporting.
803293577
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
individual teams have been great about this! I've seen social media posts and pre-game celebrations for all athletes playing in the cup, not just those representing the US. Fans have been celebratory too, e.g. so many excited comments from Aces fans on team Japan posts. Wasted opportunity for the W
140
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remember if you’ve ever heard a Republican claim they’re actually ok with immigration but just want all the immigrants to do it legally, they were lying
162964741
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
they can't even name five Fever players???
020
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
today's episode where she litigated social media responses to her latest article, clearly didn't understand how playoff standings work, and said she thought Azzi could have just kept playing through the pain if she wanted to...
131
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
one of the greatest women's basketball players of all time who helped reach the transformative CBA is retiring why are we talking about a mid bench player still
646871
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
columbo screenshots @columboscreens.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
111159215
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
have we considered just banning these things entirely
402648541
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Cassidy Hettesheimer @cassidyhett.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Cheryl Reeve’s shirt today:
436720869
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Agreed! It's a great moment for young teams in the W!
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
as an Angeleno I'd love to see JuJu stay home, but even I have to admit the Sparks have proved they won't develop and don't deserve brilliant young talent! I'd like to see her on the Storm. Her, Malonga, Fam and Johnson would be the most exciting, dynamic young core we've seen in awhile.
110
Reposted by @swampbaseball.bsky.social
Tricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
imagine if the bennet sisters had experienced garlic bread
1559399
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
(also, to be clear, I think the impulse to grant grace/hope for the best-case for people who've fucked up in public is often good! I just think it's misapplied in this particular case)
0100
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
She's not a college student like Hidalgo, who deserves a chance, she's 30-year-old fan of TPUSA and Gaines who knows how these spaces work, and there's about zero chance she's not a full-time media bigot with the "love" act dropped in two years. Still appreciate the reflection and conversation!
1230
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I still think this grants undeserved grace to Cunningham. If she didn't exactly plan on transphobic rallies, confused but vicious harassment of her cis allies, and the unfortunate circumstance that Ben Shapiro knows who Azzi Fudd is now, she must have at least had an inkling of what could happen
1230
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'd love this for Lauren! Not an overly high pressure situation to start with, but she'd get more off the bench minutes and opportunities to develop than she's getting now, and she's already shown she works well in a gritty, selfless, defense oriented system. Also the Bay would love her!
120
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's so awful for research accessibility that a lot of university records and newspaper archives only exist on microfiche!
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
100%!
010
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I agree! If you just listened to the way trans issues were presented in media you wouldn't understand anything about how hormone therapy works or how exceptional these cases are at all. It's just hard to counter misperceptions that are based on outright lying and I wish I knew how to do it!
110
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Not the most important part of this but man, the "love" stuff makes my skin crawl. Instantly recognizable to anyone who grew up around the evangelical right in the early 2000s as just being about how Christian bigots want to see themselves, not placing any limits on how they plan to treat people
120
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I think there might very well be people who hold no ill will for trans people and still support exclusive policies I wouldn't agree with in sports. Cunningham definitely isn't even pretending to be one of them, though, and it's frustrating that some are still trying to read her as good faith!
210
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I didn't include the multiple transphobic comments directed at Ezi herself for some reason. I don't know how exactly to scare people like this away, but when Cunningham (imo deliberately) invites them into the W space I do think some affirmation of trans and intersex people is called for
0480
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I do understand the impulse to not let transphobes dictate the conversation, but things are already hostile in a way I don't believe for a second Cunningham didn't foresee or expect. This is the comment section on just a random picture the Storm posted of Ezi Magbegor practicing
2593
swampbaseball.bsky.social @swampbaseball.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Your larger point that her strength and frame are underrated and play into her strong 1 on 1 defense is still valid, though, so I'm just being pedantic!
000