Dan Chibnall

Dan Chibnall

@bookowl.bsky.social

STEM Librarian & Associate Professor in Iowa Expect science, baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels

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The Brewers are the first team to face the minimum through seven innings of a World Series game since Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956, per Elias Sports Bureau.

So glad we got some footage of Raymond and DJ Kitty

MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social

James Shields won the last #WorldSeries game at The Trop in 2008 💙 He delivered tonight's first pitch alongside former Rays manager Joe Maddon!

Oh yeah, this won't blow up in their faces at all. Nope. They're safe and sound. I should bookmark this for a few months from now when the CNBC headline is "Microsoft hiring back everyone they offered buyouts too in massive failure of AI"

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

CNBC: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

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What happens when the autistic 6yo child of an ornithologist watches too much How to Train Your Dragon? She hatches an elaborate plan to harness and ride the vultures that hang out on the roof of her school.

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People in Belgrade celebrated following Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic speech conceding defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country. reut.rs/4zkXvww

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

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Look, if you think that “describing what makes your child special” is a problem so hard it needs to be cracked like the Enigma machine, you suck as a parent. Like, I’d question if you even *know* your child.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social

cool, cool

Power to the people, especially students.

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

The Hunter’s Moon rises tonight October 25th. October’s full moon is also known as: Drying Rice Moon, Falling Leaves Moon, Freezing Moon, Seed Fall Moon, Pagan Blood Moon, and Sanguine Moon.

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Aaron Ashby this postseason: 8 G, 15 2/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 17 K He's converted all three of his save opportunities, each of which have been at least 1 2/3 innings long.

Moon rising into a dark blue sky. Cocktail in hand. Good book in the other. Stew on the stove, bubblin’. And soon: baseball. Enjoy the evening, friends.

We need to have a national dialogue about the number of people sitting in their cars in parking lots staring at their phones. What’s the plan? You coming or going? Why’s the car running? You reading the Wikipedia entry for ennui?

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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

Quote-post with your favorite fall trees near where you live, work, unwind, etc. We have tons of beautiful trees on Drake's campus but these gold ones near the library always make me smile.