Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 2hThe hubris and arrogance of trying to lobby a group of people who live in a city (the Vatican) that is -- more than a monument even to religion -- a monument to human art. There are so many sculptures, paintings, hand-drawn maps, etc. in Vatican City. To think you could lobby for this is baffling. 000
Reposted by Paul SwydanAlex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 6hThe upside of a quick end to the baseball season: I'm grateful for the chance to rejoin forces with Team 49 this Sunday at the 2026 Jimmy Fund Walk for Dana-Farber! danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_i... 1492
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 19hIt remains ridiculous that Boston doesn't have a WNBA team. But until we get one ... go Aces. 010
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 20hUnforced error by Fever to challenge what was a very obvious foul on Mitchell. 010
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 20hEspecially gross saying this on the same day NY's governor opened a special investigation into the Cornell 7. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"...it seems safe to say his overall belief system can be summed up as 'Tom Brady.'” I think that's perfectly said. Not a surprise, since David is awesome. 110
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The refs of this game have been truly awful. The WNBA really needs to level up. 010
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Terrible. Williams decked James. It's a foul whether James had possession or not. 010
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That shot by Ogunbowale had no business going in. Wow. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Copy/pasting since this would be several posts otherwise. 000
Reposted by Paul SwydanAlex Speier @alexspeier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is tracking to go down as the most lopsided Wild Card Series in history. No team has ever been outscored by more than 10 runs in the best-of-three format. In the bottom of the seventh, the Yankees have outscored the Red Sox, 18-2, over these two games. 12517
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Willson wants the Sox to hold on for one more day.static.klipy.comWilson Phillips - Don't You KnowALT: Wilson Phillips - Don't You Know 110
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Never a great sign when bringing in a reliever that the announcers are first-guessing turns out to be a bad idea. 100
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Before the Project Meridian announcement, Hegseth introduced the Autonomous Warfare Command, a unit focused on robotic, artificial intelligence and drone warfare—domains in which Musk and Luckey have a particular interest." Just another way for Musk to bleed the country dry via gov't contracts. 130
Reposted by Paul Swydanercolesfondrati.bsky.social @ercolesfondrati.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is called tax fraud, ffs. 0164
Reposted by Paul SwydanJoe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This may hold up, from Tuesday. 2133
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Leaning more "man he was snakebitten this year" than "man is he fragile or what" but it'll honestly be an open question until he puts up 500 PA in a big league season. Very sad. 120
Reposted by Paul SwydanAnne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every woman I know is talking about what happened at Cornell. None are surprised. All are furious. And there is a palpable feeling of being fed up with the last few years of male dominated loneliness/rage/incel stories and movements. 26513
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not a great sign when you get outmanaged by Aaron Boone. Not a great sign for your scouting dept when the other team's two most impactful players grew up in *your team's* state. Other than that, Sox are doing great. 100
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You can say baseball moves faster now, and that is true. But also the Lynx/Liberty game started after Sox/Yankees started, and it's over now, and Sox/Yankees is still in the 7th inning. Just sayin'. 110
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lombard might have got back to the bag in time if he wasn't wearing that stupid fucking oven mitt. What loser behavior. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So ... why is the Lynx/Liberty game available on NBC cable channels but not Peacock? 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Adley Rutschman with a Jeter/Helton/Papi-like AB, just fouling off pitch after pitch on purpose until Schlittler made a mistake. Thanks, Orioles! 100
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Aces offense looked a lot better when A'ja Wilson was hitting every single shot. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sophie Cunningham smoking a wide-open layup.static.klipy.comToddlers And Tiaras Girl's Evil Hehe SmileALT: Toddlers And Tiaras Girl's Evil Hehe Smile 100
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Gasper article in the Globe today is super embarrassing, talk radio garbage. I realize it's a lot easier to just write whatever the hell you want instead of doing the research, but people who actually watch the team know better. To wit: www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...espn.comInside the six-person meeting that's fueling the Celtics' torrid startThe Celtics can boast six starters -- even if only five can start and finish games. A preseason sit-down ensured they were all on the same page. 100
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Alternate headline: "NBA pushes itself ever closer to bursting its bubble, allows greed to win over common sense." There really shouldn't be a single expansion team added until the ownership situation of the Pelicans and possibly the Clippers are dealt with. But it's so much easier to cash checks. 010
Reposted by Paul SwydanCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everyone knows that staff are the biggest source of prison contraband, but banning books is way easier than pissing off the correctional officer unions. 7505112
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I haven't watched a single MLB game this season because it was so clear from the jump that AL teams took the season off before it started. I was sort of looking forward to watching Sox-Yanks tonight, but might do WNBA instead. Or at least split my time. 2004 me would very much not understand. 100
Reposted by Paul SwydanHoward Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026RTing in part for John's sharp analysis, but in truth mostly for John's t-shirt. 4536
Reposted by Paul SwydanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Still wondering why people are fed up with the system? 8836641422
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great first step. Now scrap the whole company. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...wsj.comExclusive | OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety ConcernsThe model, dubbed GPT-6.1 Astra, was due to debut inside ChatGPT and Codex in October. 000
Reposted by Paul SwydanBen Natan @thebennatan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Can’t stop wars. Cant stop the president committing nonstop crime. Can’t do anything about Epstein. Or cost of living. Or the environment. They can fuck over workers though. They’ll do that real fast. 137776
Reposted by Paul SwydanJoe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So far, just 38% of teams in the first round are *starting* their playoff runs with bullpen games. Compelling stuff. Excited to add more of these. 4323
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tampa Bay should not have an MLB team. Feels ridiculous to have to keep saying it, to need more proof. 010
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In those 3 games, Bledsoe also threw for 1,166 yards and 8 TDs. Maye is at 585 yards and 1 TD. Not even remotely the same. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Last fall figured to be a tough one for Boston sports fans. Sox lost to the Yankees and the C's were heading into the season without Tatum. But the Pats were unexpectedly good. My thanks to them for holding it down. It's all over now, but JT is back, and the Sox seem better now too. Shrug. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Not as awful as those two TDs in two plays the Pats just allowed though. Good thing only one counted. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Collier played that perfectly and they whistled her for her 4th foul anyway. Awful. 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Bad news: Pats game is unwatchably bad thus far. Good news: The Liberty-Lynx game started 010
Reposted by Paul SwydanTom Westerholm @tomwesterholm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A hot take I genuinely believe is that the 1v1 hoops circuit is the most slept-on sports internet entity and it has massive potential/staying power. 231
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Like, why are the nine defenders who are not lined up at the goal line not lined up at the goal line? Sports is not as hard as these college football teams are making them. 000
Reposted by Paul SwydanCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My goodness, what an incredible moment. After Justin Verlander secured the final out of his career, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch came out of the dugout...to summon Verlander's daughter out to embrace her dad on the mound. 642334460
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Turned on TEX-TEN w 1:12 left. I saw: - QB run into sack - 3 straight egregiously stupid penalties (1 on TEX) - QB underthrows a 3-yd pass to inbounds WR. Idiot WR catches it anyway - Instead of clocking it, QB throws hail mary into triple coverage. End game. And these are the GOOD teams? 000
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This was so much fun. Congrats again, @tamrynspruill.bsky.social !!! 120
Reposted by Paul SwydanTamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Before the Nor'easter clobbers us all, please join me and Abby Chin tonight for an evening of books and basketball! Full details: www.silverunicornbooks.com/events/51082. I hope to see you there! @tvabby.bsky.social @swydan.bsky.social @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social 011
Paul Swydan @swydan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We talked about the weather, and we think it'll hold. So we're doing this. Join us tonight! 000