Reposted by Western WastesSteph Noh @stephnoh.bsky.social · 07/06/2026RIP to an absolute legend, Stacey King. I hope Stacey is remembered as a man of the people. He would stay for 45 minutes to an hour after games every night for 20 years in order to take pictures and meet Bulls fans. 15624154
Reposted by Western WastesCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22/04/2026You belong here @kylebrandtsky.bsky.social 6359982283
Reposted by Western WastesVince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 21/03/2026My alabaster milk child Teuton keeps asking for ranch dressing at the caviar factory, it is most epic. The fishmongers despise him. 366111521462
Reposted by Western WastesMike Piellucci @mikelikessports.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I've been thinking about the Rangers' decision to display One Riot, One Ranger, and what it says about who this team is for. So I wrote about that. It's a big ol' bummer. www.dmagazine.com/sports/2026/... 629477
Reposted by Western WastesPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Killing a bunch of elementary school girls to distract from having raped a bunch of middle- and high-school girls is pretty fucking grim. 402991795
Reposted by Western WastesWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪! 6550771220
Reposted by Western WastesPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 07/02/2026They’ll be hearing from his father 303121342
Western Wastes @westernwastes.bsky.social · 06/02/2026@waynesbarton.bsky.social by total coincidence i began the second chapter of After Munich this morning and i’ll plow through the night. it’s wonderful stuff; the first-hand accounts are haunting. i go into the weekend spiritually attuned for the ceremonies. thanks, and have a good one, Wayne 042
Reposted by Western WastesDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 31/01/2026It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall. But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!" 128170795038
Reposted by Western WastesMelissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou” 952291534756
Reposted by Western WastesDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14/12/2025With this 7-yard touchdown pass to Josh Downs, 44yo Philip Rivers becomes the weirdest man ever to throw for a touchdown in a NFL game. 271130100
Reposted by Western WastesDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened. 1412368372
Reposted by Western WastesAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/10/2025if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job 154396739
Reposted by Western WastesAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/10/2025as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility 400181713816
Reposted by Western WastesSteve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Yes, arresting a journalist for doing their job is a big flashing red light. But I don't want people to forget the whole reason everyone is out there. This is what I saw inside: Four holding rooms. Two smaller rooms were being used for holding protesters. Two larger rooms held ICE/CBP captives. 5760252
Reposted by Western WastesConnor Lynch @connorlynch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025"not tepid legality" seems like it should show up in a trial exhibit somewhere 319717
Reposted by Western WastesDefector @defector.com · 06/07/2025Bobby Jenks made the most of a short time: defector.com/bobby-jenks-...defector.comBobby Jenks Made The Most Of A Short Time | DefectorBring in the big fella, manager Ozzie Guillen pantomimed on his way to the mound in Game 1 of the 2005 World Series, because the big fella was a phenomenon. It was a miracle he’d even made the show; h... 07614
Reposted by Western WastesBrady Klopfer @bradyklopfer.bsky.social · 26/06/202511/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls 182201113445
Reposted by Western Wastesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/06/2025illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president 4155138211265
Reposted by Western WastesAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/06/2025America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...nytimes.comFIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup 44293543181
Reposted by Western Wasteskeelin @keelin12ft.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The irony of him coming out to “Gold Digger” and then proceeding to get $5.5 million for doing nothing. 1329
Reposted by Western WastesBK? @whitesox.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Only Jerry Reinsdorf could lose valuation on an MLB team. 5224
Western Wastes @westernwastes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024@chorizy.bsky.social @josh.soxmachine.com saw this thought of y’all 120
Reposted by Western WastesJames Fegan @jrfegan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I am (allegedly) going to run the 2025 Chicago Marathon with my best friend. The only way we will qualify for an event designed for actual athletes is by raising money for charity, and we've chosen Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Please donate! fundraisers.hakuapp.com/james-feganfundraisers.hakuapp.comFundraising Page for James Fegan for 2025 Bank of America Chicago MarathonMy friend Mauricio Rubio and I are running the 2025 Chicago Marathon together. This plan is absurd and are bodies won't work anymore after this, so we want to go out having done something good. Little... 3221
Reposted by Western WastesLaura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 30/09/2024Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Dikembe Mutombo's untimely passing. A story: one day in 2010, I got the most random phone call to my office at Morehouse. It was Dikembe's personal assistant, asking if I'd be willing to meet at his office to talk about the D.R. Congo. Obviously I said yes. (1/n)espn.com'Larger than life' Mutombo dies of brain cancerHall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday. 11891275
Reposted by Western WastesIt's Craigin' Time @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 21/09/2024BB, 2B, BB, FC (RBI), K, HBP, K possibly the platonic ideal of a Joe Kelly inning 3303
Reposted by Western WastesDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 05/03/2024This is so good. We raised global ocean levels by three-quarters of an inch last month to remake the Safdies' "Good Time" except now Robert Pattinson's character is played by Muncher. And it's only going to get better.... 1539438
Reposted by Western Wasteswaxmonkey @waxmonkey.bsky.social · 26/01/2024big strong accountants come up to me, big tough guys with tears in their eyes, and they say sir, sir, youre insolvent 6981158
Reposted by Western WastesDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14/01/2024I began attending children's birthday parties years ago, to get a look at what delights our youngest Americans. I was surprised to find that, instead of a silly clown, I encountered a versatile, even chameleonic entertainer, one capable of fashioning astonishing and lifelike animals from balloons. 11962131
Reposted by Western WastesNick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 08/01/202420 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital. 1862704213595
Reposted by Western WastesPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 07/01/2024the rest of history is just going to be billionaires throwing little tantrums while half the population thinks it’s the coolest thing ever because they believe the pinnacle of human achievement is to be an extremely powerful baby 533371640
Reposted by Western Wasteslaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 02/01/2024Me saying let’s circle back after the holidays: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me after the holidays: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck. 132077474
Reposted by Western WastesPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/12/2023You can believe: (1) plagiarism is bad (2) elite college professors should be held to plagiarism standards (3) the people pursuing President Gay are mostly doing so in transparent bad faith (4) It’s news, but very dubious it’s a front-page story other than by bad faith (5) it’s not a Congress issue 271032172
Reposted by Western WastesMichael Linden @michaelslinden.bsky.social · 14/12/2023My father, a political science professor for 40 years, used to joke that his undergrads would write, "The earth cooled. And there was Poland." 312211
Reposted by Western WastesSamer @remas.bsky.social · 11/12/2023Palestinian suffering is never as urgent as the counterfactual: defector.com/palestinian-...defector.comPalestinian Suffering Is Never As Urgent As The Counterfactual | DefectorOne month ago, a group of children stood outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and begged the world to value their lives. 111742
Western Wastes @westernwastes.bsky.social · 11/12/2023@sarahemclaugh.bsky.social here’s a rage focus fxtwitter.com/laurencowlin...fxtwitter.com 140
Reposted by Western WastesS Peter Davis @speterdavis.com · 09/12/2023Ian Miles Cheong starting to sweat profusely: "Keep correcting it. KEEP CORRECTING IT." "I'm tryin-" "NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH." 31700107
Reposted by Western WastesSarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 08/12/2023this is lovelyyoutube.comRendition of Fairytale of New York at the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Nenagh, Tipperary 77837
Reposted by Western Wastesryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 07/12/2023payback for every grad student that has to read Foucault 520226
Reposted by Western WastesSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in pissrollingstone.comHenry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally DiesHenry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday. 427138945226
Reposted by Western WastesPaul Tree @paultree10.bsky.social · 27/11/2023Originalism is ad hoc, usually post hoc, amateur history and it’s just deeply stupid. Training in the law absolutely in no way qualifies you even a little bit for robust historical analysis, and pretending otherwise—as originalism requires—is fundamentally dishonest. 510119
Reposted by Western WastesKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/11/2023The lead paragraph in Chris Coons’ obituary should be that he short circuited Trump’s impeachment because he had to make a goddamn date night with his wife. 716116
Reposted by Western WastesStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 25/11/2023Hard to overstate how much the precipitous decline of American journalism has to do with the fact that there are no longer any stable and viable careers to be made at places like the Cleveland Plain Dealer or the Kansas City Star. 211116233
Reposted by Western WastesKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 24/11/2023If you haven't had a loved one in jail, you may have no idea what a hideously cruel racket prison telecom really is. The rates for calls or emails are extortionate--because the contractors literally have a captive audience. Good on Massachusetts for ending this vile practice. 101307336
