Andrea

Andrea

@adfrts.bsky.social

I’m here for baseball, basketball, bikes, urbanism, travel, tech, and my unfortunate addiction to following current events.

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The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "You know, the first question -- they have a lion, a snake, a giraffe, and a bear. And they say 'which is the snake?' ... by the time you get to number five a lot of people are left out on the road ... I get no credit for it."

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It has been brought to our attention that it is entirely possible Doug Ford does not understand that a podcast called "The War on Cars" might be in favor of things like protected bike lanes.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

We recorded an episode today about the bike lane removals in Toronto and decided to text Ontario Premier Doug Ford to give him the opportunity to comment. (Yes, we have his real phone number.) He wrote back.

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I also have to say collapse was bound to happen when people started allowing JERRY REINSDORF to take multiple victory laps for this accidental goofball team that went 84-78 on idiot good vibes. Don’t get me wrong I like idiot baseball good vibes but Jerry is the ultimate bad vibes guy.

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context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.

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No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York.  That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years.

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Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003 (the year after they won the Series) for $184 million. He then spent 23 years running them into the ground, let the stadium decay, wasted Trout and Ohtani, and sold for $4 billion. And the owners are crying poverty and threatening to kill baseball next year.

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macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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The funniest thing about people spending their precious last moments on earth fighting to save a surface parking lot is that directly across the street is a five-story parking tower.

Spokane Rising@spokanerising.com

imagine spending your retirement doing this

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There's a non-zero chance Dodgers' Mark Walter is voting to approve the players' demands to avoid a strike because he can't afford to lose a single dollar of revenue, and suddenly Rob Manfred doesn't love the Dodgers so much

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"You were riding in the morning, or at night, or on a quiet road, or a main road. The only time and place to ride a bike is a time beyond time and a place beyond place, where the space-time continuum is bent so strangely that you are both everywhere and nowhere." buff.ly/bSa1Wm5

mcsweeneys.netYou’re a Cyclist Who Was Just Struck by a Car Driver. Here’s Why It Was Your FaultYou were riding during rush hour Why were you riding then? There are way too many cars on the road. If you were commuting, you should have contacted your bos...

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"Today, everyone sees the name Taylor Farms and suddenly becomes the Hercule Poirot of the commode. You had our guacamole at noon. You experienced what you describe as a bowel emergency of unprecedented violence at 12:07. Case closed, you say."

mcsweeneys.netWhen You Really Think About It, Everything Makes You Poop (by Taylor Farms)“Today, everyone sees the name Taylor Farms and suddenly becomes the Hercule Poirot of the commode. You had our guacamole at noon. You experienced what you d...

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This is billionaire propaganda and why so many fans think most teams can’t afford players

Aaron Cameron@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social

Seriously, this is fucking ridiculous. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS YES. Even by the standards of ownership access and bootlicking, this is indefensible lol

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Replying to @dicknixon.bsky.social

Note that nowhere in our statement do we encourage complacency or sitting still. They will act. But you should understand they don’t have the power they want you to think. When they do act, you will be equipped to respond.

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Replying to @dicknixon.bsky.social

They are going to try what they try. But they are not smart people, nor are they coordinated, and a real plan would be five years in the making. Remember what you're dealing with.

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I want to get ahead of this speech tomorrow. You are going to hear a lot of cries of the sky falling. Remember: the President of the United States does not control elections. States and localities do, and even if you say "he has the military," there aren't enough in the 48 states to make a dent.

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Back-to-back World Cup games held at 40 and 50-year-old stadiums, one of which was privately built. Remember that the next time a politician tells you they need a new taxpayer-funded stadium to attract world-class mega-events. It's bullshit.

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Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

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This is Bagel. He has traveled far and wide, experienced many different cultures, seen all kinds of sights, and most importantly, figured out his best angles. 13/10 (IG: livingwithbagel)

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One man is a trillionaire while millions of people struggle for food and most struggle for a middle class existence. This is not necessary, this is not some natural order of things. This is the result of decisions we’ve made, of policies that have been enacted, of the way Americans have voted