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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the Fuel Clock shows Americans have paid $74.4 billion more on gasoline & $47.5 billion more on diesel since March 1 compared to a year ago. Total cost will hit $122 billion today. also updated the state map where you can find out how much more you're paying. link in my profile.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

2 fantasy leagues, 2/3 qbs injured in the span of several hours Sunday. Dang. Hope they get better, but man. A noticeable number of teams playing backups this early in season has to worry the league office. Related: Seahawks probably lose Drew Lock to free agency after this year. He’s been great

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The average global surface temperature was never above 15 C until 2016, and it's been 15 C or more 8 of the last 10 years. Pre-industry baseline average is 13.8 C. (climatechangetracker.org/global-warmi...)

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Memphis is back out west in Boise this week, but for a comfortable 4pm MT kickoff Saturday on the blue turf. what an interesting story here, though. and I'm jealous because I could really use a sleep coach.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Never thought about it this way. this makes a disturbing amount of sense.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I wonder if Canada's delegation (or any invited country, but Canada just because that would be excellent) could find a path for excluded reporters to attend under their diplomatic umbrella.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My fun King Harald V memory, when he and the Queen visited Seattle in 1995 I was a HS freshman and the jazz band got to play as part of a welcome banquet. It was my first show with the band and our warm up room at the Westin was the presidential suite. We entered thru the kitchen à la Goodfellas.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

some of it is anecdotal, and I know kvetching about this comes with its own privilege, but wow. really noticed both inflation and shrinkflation at Costco today, in a way I haven't before. bread, cereal, sauces, canned goods and apples I think, too. all smaller quantity/packaging. the squeeze is on.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

NYT: “.. The move could prevent residents from raising concerns about — or even learning about — data centers before permits are approved and construction starts.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/c...

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

this is what fascists do. full stop.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

in unrelated but also very timely news, I have a good chunk of time off starting tomorrow. 🍻

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

getting passed around by public information officers all the way back to the original person I made a request to is triggering a particular level of psychosis.

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Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) - Here's Johnny!

ALT: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) - Here's Johnny!

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

this encapsulates the real-world weaponization of the famous phrase 'a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can put its pants on'

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Selling a Boise State-branded “baseball is better on the blue” after what went down less than a decade ago is a bold move, Cotton.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Have they arrived at a certain moment in history yet?

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I carefully studied one party taping laws in multiple states and people are out here just recording everything

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Soccer announcers can explain until the end of time how flopping and faking injury is “part of the game” but I will forever not be as big a fan of soccer as I would without it. It’s annoying and unsporting. #getoffmylawn

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Abe Simpson Yelling at Cloud

ALT: Abe Simpson Yelling at Cloud

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A Comedy show, but devestatingly on target

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

interesting read. I'm holding out for a return of the generic branding from the 80s. who-really-cares-anyway.blogspot.com/2007/03/gene...

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Who Really Cares, Anyway?: Generic Food

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

humans will always find a way to reach new highs, including pedantry. open the thread, this is amazing.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

100 years ago.

The klan marching in front of the US Capitol in 1926

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Turns out I should have mentioned to the TV crewer that I don’t really like heights…. Pray for no winds tonight 😬

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

that red card is some aggressively inconsistent officiating compared to the tone set in the first 55 minutes.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

some folks need to read up on the greater fool theory

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

this is incredibly funny but also incredibly, incredibly bad.

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SCOTUSblog @scotusblog.com · 30/06/2026

The court also holds that West Virginia and Idaho did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment by maintaining female sports teams for biological females. Justice Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

theyre not “predictors” theyre gamblers, hes trying to get 18-34 year olds addicted to gambling

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Read the room, dude. In Portland of all places, the public willingly subsidizing a wealthy sports team owner just doesn’t seem likely. Also, see Seattle, circus 2006.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

seeing how comfortable some folks are these days with absolute gutter racism is just bananas.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

(NBC News) - Alan Greenspan, the influential economist who steered U.S. monetary policy during his five terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve under four presidents, died Monday, his wife said in a statement. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

it’s not Christmas but extended family lands in 90 minutes and I have 2 of these to assemble before chaos. Feel like an @edsbs.bsky.social ‘how many beers’ ruling would be helpful.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I thought this was a really great conversation on the show this morning.

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Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The champs got their rings 👀

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

humans have known how to construct a shoulder seam for thousands of years, but with AI, we are unlocking untold new ways to fuck it up

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

the World Cup but only for the world who can afford access. Seeing this, I’d wager BSU would have had to offer the stadium to be a “base camp” training site instead of its grass soccer pitch at Boas.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Prices up 4.2%, wages up 3.4%

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

No economist, Wall Street investor, policy wonk, or even undergrad econ student believes growth stops inflation — not even the cranks.

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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

get in folks we're taking our family annihilation rates - to the moon

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I feel this so hard. So much so that I’m looking forward to Jury duty next week.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The schadenfreude remains top notch.

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of my strongest takeaways from the Bee this week is that it was a showcase for why critical thinking matters more than ever. So much of what the kids do up there isn’t rote memorization—it’s using their insane prep to solve words like puzzles (using etymology, patterns) in real time.

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Troy Oppie @troyoppie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I think about this A LOT. and, at least right now, there is little deterrent to this approach.

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