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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

Oh and the song Billy Beane’s daughter sings to him was written in 2008 despite the movie being set in 2002

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

Some odd editorial choices

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

Also it completely mischaracterized the personality and approach of the manager Art Howe, who in reality was on board with using analytics (and the team had been doing so since the 1980s-90s)

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 20h

I hate when people say bluesky is a toxic echo chamber when really it’s annoying in a rich tapestry of other ways

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

Saw Moneyball and thought it was surprising that it made it look like the success of the 2002 A’s was thanks to e.g. Scott Hatteberg and basically omitted the star pitching rotation of Zito/Hudson/Mulder and AL MVP Miguel Tejada. I can see doing that with a film set long ago but it was made in 2011.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 22h

New email auto reply just dropped

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 23h

This evening's walk on the beach

Beach at low tide with a twilight pink & blue darkening sky reflected in the wet sand with the sea and harbor islands beyond.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yep. Left in 2023. Not a close call.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Maybe a reason why the others don’t work is that they’re all named after something with a bolder/sweeter flavor than they actually have, setting up disappointment. Punch. Lemonade. Popsicle. Whereas the last one, Dream, matches the weaker flavor. Or maybe it’s just that the last one tasted better. 🤷‍♂️

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pineapple Tangerine Dream: Mercifully, it works. Starts off with a sweet taste reminiscent of a pineapple Lifesaver candy. Then it crosses over to a more bold citrus taste with a tangy finish. Refreshing and interesting. Would buy a whole case of it. 8/10

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Kiwi Lemonade. Uh-oh. I was sure I’d like this one because I’m a sucker for citrus seltzer. But this one tasted like lemon seltzer with an extra bitter and lingering aftertaste and a hint of…not sure what. We’re 0-for-3 here. 3/10

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I thought maybe if I look at my phone from further away? Nope

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Deborah Griscom Passmore did NOT put her name on this one

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I am slowly live posting my reviews of the new flavors. I wouldn’t buy a whole case of either one I’ve tried so far. I am a fan of the grapefruit, lime, lemon, mandarin, blueberry lemon, and blackberry mango flavors…

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Nice! When I lived in Cameroon I had a guava tree in my yard and enjoyed getting them from the market (they had pink ones and white ones)

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Prickly Pear Guava Punch: as a fan of Ocean Spray’s discontinued Mauna La’i guava drink in the 90s, I had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t pack much of a Punch. If the name hadn’t suggested guavas, I would have been hard-pressed to guess what soupçon de fruit this was. 4/10

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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Lake Michigan sunrise. Wisconsin's East Coast. #GreatLakes

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A tiny posy of October garden flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle. There are small spots of dopamine-inducing floral colour out there if you search for it...🌿

A tiny posy of flowers found in the garden and a very few very common ones from a nearby hedgerow, in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are still here :)

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/10/2026

fun fact: in 1992, berkley replaced columbus day with Indigenous Peoples day. then no other city or state did until 2014,when i was a policy aide for Alondra Cano and some friends and i convinced her to pass the resolution in Minneapolis. i got to write it and plan the celebration.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

First up: Poolside Grape Pops. You know how when you get a snowcone but most of the syrup is on the bottom and the top is basically just snow? Or when you’ve chewed a piece of Bubblicious grape gum for 10 minutes? That’s this flavor. Bonus - when you burp it tastes like purple skittles. 5/10

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Delightful thank you very much

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Spent this past week in Mississippi. Of all the college mascots, Delta State University's Fighting Okra is the greatest mascot.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! 🇨🇦🍁🦃🌽

A homemade lattice top apple pie & pumpkin pie cooling on a rack.

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Madrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Want to see some of the apples?

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

That was the one getting slandered! Giant version is classic. I got spoon size just to make my life a smidge easier

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Grape Nuts are also good! Texture of kitty litter. Burn extra calories spending half an hour chewing it. What’s not to like

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have procured a 12-pack of “summer” Polar seltzer flavors I have never tried before, in mid-October

Polar Seltzer summer limited edition 12-pack with these flavors:
• Poolside Grape Pops
• Prickly Pear Guava Punch
• Kiwi Lemonade
• Pineapple Tangerine Dream

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Connoisseurs of cereal that tastes like wicker furniture unite (laudatory)

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Someone posted anti-shredded wheat slander on here the other day. I just bought it for the first time in years (spoon size variety) and am eating it for dinner at 10:32pm on a Sunday, as one does

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The Commonest Man in Festo @sheriffofgay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hello I just spent a week in Alaska and it was beautiful

Shot of Ketchikan, Alaska shoreline with the Tongass forest in the background

Shot of an Alaskan glacier in glacier bay

I forgot where this was but its a sunset behind a forest on a shoreline

A shot of the ocean surrounded by a forest with a mountain and sunset in the distance

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For my fellow pika enthusiasts, today’s update from the Washington Cascades (sound on). Me: This would be such great pika habitat, but it’s a south-facing slope, so — Pikas: MEEP!

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

People block words and phrases related to things they don't want to see on Bluesky. Sometimes these are genuinely triggering things; sometimes it's just preference. Include a pic with no alt text, and you're forcing them to see blocked content.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Apparently “monadnock” is named after Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire (which is a monadnock)

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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume. me: yes, that’s the store where i sold clothes

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Year Progress Bot @yearprogress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Guy from discourse two weeks ago [sweating]: Uhhh *spills iced coffee all over the table*

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

*calmly slips a printout of this across the table*

Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off target

Figure ES.5 Global GHG emissions under different scenarios and the emissions gap in 2030 and 2035

A chart showing global emissions going up toward 60 billion tons CO2e in recent years, and emission reduction pathways showing the world needing to instead reduce emissions toward 40 billion tons by 2035 to stay below 2C of warming and toward 25 billion tons by 2035 to stay below 1.5C of warming.

Source: UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2025 https://wedocs.unep.org/items/d47253f8-47d3-4402-8621-690b6ff9ca49

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Climate professional: look, that is insignificant compared to the large and growing gap between our total emissions and the level of emissions consistent with achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement

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United Nations University @ununiversity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What do 1.4 billion hectares look like? Nearly 2 BILLION football fields ⚽ That's the total area used to grow food that's never eaten. This International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, learn how you can play your part: go.unu.edu/fBaYX #FLWDay via @fao.org

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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 11/10/2026

What to do. Apple and grape jelly Grape jelly Any other suggestions welcome

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