Oh, the Inanity

Oh, the Inanity

@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Load up on guns, bring your friends Economic refugee from Lorain County OH, biding my time, "report any injuries promptly" while in Jump School, back up on the hill at the House Armed Services Committee. https://www.gpo.gov/

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Nothing like having your FEHB premium go up 85% biweekly — additional $5K/year. Already started with the spreadsheets trying to cover the majority of our self+family costs while retaining access to providers. No raise. No bonus even with a perfect review due to OPM interference (new 40% rule).

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Sam Wang
@samwang.bsky.social

Hakeem Jeffries is a follower, not a leader. And not the transformative agent the nation needs. Democrats can do much better.

Karen Tumulty@ktumulty.bsky.social

Great new profile of the speaker-in-waiting from @AnnaLissRoy www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comHakeem Jeffries is poised to make history. His leadership style faces a test.The New York Democrat is likely to preside over the House come January. Even some allies say he’ll need to be tougher.

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Russell A. Carleton
@pizzacutter4.bsky.social

1/ Time for an update on this thread. If you've come across people who claim that Cleveland's MLB team was formerly called "Indians" as an honor to Louis Sockalexis, the record shows that this is a polite fiction made up after the fact. Let's look at the contemporary historical evidence.

Russell A. Carleton@pizzacutter4.bsky.social

1/ I wanted to bring this thread to BlueSky (with some new information!) It's about the "Sockalexis Myth" that the Cleveland Guardians, formerly Cleveland Indians, were so named as an honor to former player Louis Sockalexis. There is very little evidence for this idea.

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Cops are great, @gregdoucette.bsky.social "City Council Vice President Katie Nash said that an ICE agent approached her Thursday evening and told her he knew her name, license plate and where she lived." www.fredericknewspost.com/news/politic...

fredericknewspost.comICE activity in Frederick causes protest, criticism from officialsAs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents actively searched for a person in Frederick, community members gathered near the Taskers Chance neighborhood to monitor ICE's activity.
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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Nonsense. You can vote where you live not where your post-secondary permanent address is located. Only thing I didn't vote for in college were tax levies but that was a personal choice.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social

Students should vote where they - or their parents - pay taxes. I use to ask Dartmouth students: "Who has a car?" Some hands go up. "Who registers their car in New Hampshire." The hands go down. "Vote where you registered your car."

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

White and Kanter could not handle the spironolactone and estradiol, much less for two whole years.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...

burnsnotice.comHere's How the WNBA Can Win the Anti-Trans ControversyThe league has a golden opportunity to make a definitive and educational point about trans athletes–if it has the courage to do it
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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Was playing center, got downfield on a play that broke to the outside and slammed my shoulder into the chest of the linebacker—without breaking stride—who was the last chance to stop the touchdown. My girlfriend at the time said I looked to the crowd with the biggest grin on my face.

Flan Magnussen@flan-magnussen.bsky.social

Do you remember a hit from your playing days that still stands out? (Would've been a good Tailgate mailbag question, oh well)

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

A Schrödinger's McConnell is worth more in keeping the vote margin close than appointing a replacement. Why don't people understand that Beshear does not have to do anything — especially since they changed the law where he would have to choose from among three Republicans?

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Forest City Failson

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp

ow.lyAssault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max MillerPolice reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Winter Kills when I was 11. Part of a drive-in double feature with Earthquake (1974) as the first movie. Dad thought we would be asleep by that point. Wife's was Caddyshack when she was 10.

Patrick Klepek@patrickklepek.bsky.social

Do you remember what *your* first R-rated movie was? I finally asked my mom (I couldn't remember), and she told me it was The Lost Boys when I was roughly the same age as my daughter (about 9). The movie traumatized her more than it did me, apparently

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Opposition to hyperscale data centers is a unifying, bipartisan coalition. Old/young, exurban/rural, liberal/conservative were agreeing in my precinct hallway to vote out the officials who foisted this upon us. For me that also includes @govwesmoore.bsky.social who waived the environmental regs.

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@jmcrowell.bsky.social

Woken abruptly at 7:39 when the power went out. Now the internet is out. Cloudless day at 62F. They promised that the new hyperscale datacenters up the road would strengthen both but apparently that's just for them because there's a carve-out the same size as their footprint on the outage map.