Andrew

One apolitical rule I've learned to live by: Online or in real life, I picture if someone I just met can speak the phrase "I'm interested in what you have to say" in a normal tone of voice. If they can, that's a great sign. If not, uh-oh. I hope to give the same thing back. Once I adapted this, 1/

Looking back, this was wrong. "Los Angeles Dudgers" seems more apt now.

More like "Lose Angeles Dodgers," amirite?

@sickoscommittee.org this isn't college football but something wonderful happened last night in Indiana high school football! The masses must know. www.maxpreps.com/in/football/...

A few really shocking moments USA vs Belgium left us all deflated and wondering “why” and “how.” But enough about Gianni Infantino and Jeff Bezos getting their screen time.

I like how the "for senate" watermark was kept. Made it easier to figure intent. ROT13: Guvf jnf na nq sbe Qnivq Creqhr'f snvyrq Frangr pnzcnvta va 2022, jura ur ybfg gb Wba Bffbss. Nzrevpnaf cebonoyl erzrzore ubj Creqhr obhtug naq fbyq pregnva fgbpxf nsgre yrneavat ubj onq PBIVQ zvtug or.

I'm sad they never got to play a Christmas Day game in Mannheim.

Here I'm reminded of the wise words of an MTV cartoon philosopher: "Beavis, just because something is cool doesn't mean something else doesn't suck" And just because someone does one thing cool doesn't mean... ...we can't enjoy it and still remember we owe them nothing!

Egypt 0-1 always reminds me of this clip. SportsCenter from the 80s. Egypt not mentioned til the end but the beginning is great too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhZp...

Still processing the passing of Daniel Naroditsky, 29, American chess grandmaster. He was smart and funny and I learned so much from him, whether he was commentating on PogChamps or the FIDE World Team Championships. I thought I would have many years to learn even more. RIP.

It sucks, on other sites, ppl you have neat stuff in common w/ & thought "no way they're MAGA" turning out to be MAGA. But surprisingly a simple "I'm sorry you share these views" has actually pushed me into doing something I meant to. I thought it'd be a lot tougher or complex to break away.

I have followbacks to catch up on but I am too lazy to vet. (There is a nice pile but not that money.) So in the meantime, enjoy (I guess) this topical and not-too-forced palindrome: Hey! Car, cots, I: kakistocracy. Eh?

I've noticed a few posts at DailyKos saying "I'd like to come over to bluesky" so if I sent you a follow today (11/13 noon central) that's probably why.

Woke up to 25 alerts in my notifications. This is probably unsustainable -- but it struck me. I'd need to buck myself up for potential trolls over there. Here, I felt buoyed enough to go get stuff done. So, yes, good morning all, both new follows and old, from here and there...

Not that I have a huge following, but I will be coming back to this. So I'll try to amplify it.

My first quote post, for one of the reasons I still stayed on twitter, who made their way over here. Yay!

So I just reported my first spammer here, who posted nonsensical "greetings." On the one hand, it's good to feel useful. On the other hand, I hope it doesn't become too common an occurrence. I'm hoping the moderation team does better than That Other Place.