Michael

Michael

@michaelmcdaniel.bsky.social

Teach Native American Lit./History by day and watch as much baseball as possible in the remaining hours of my life. Avid lap and open water swimmer. Dogs are better than us. #Brewers #Athletics (AL sidepiece) #Rangers (Hometown club)

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“All the authority of their chief is in his tongue’s end; for he is powerful insofar as he is eloquent; and, even, if he kills himself talking and haranguing, he will not be obeyed unless he pleases the Savages.” Fr. Paul Le Jeune

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Milwaukee, soak this feeling in. The Brewers have plated 8 runs in the fifth inning. 8 straight batters have reached. Jackson Chourio is 4 for 4.

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AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

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More for the "There's nobody like Murph" file: ⚾️He coached his son's baseball practice the night before NLCS G1. ⚾️He worried an 11-year-old was tipping pitches. ⚾️He told MLB's leading bunter that he's a bad bunter while suggesting that he bunt. www.mlb.com/brewers/news...

mlb.comBrewers have been MLB's best team under Pat Murphy. Can he lead them to a World Series win?MILWAUKEE -- How does the manager of one of Major League Baseball’s final four teams unwind when the workday is over and it’s the night before Game 1 of the National League Championship Series? If you...

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MLB should take a page from fantasy leagues and design a "punishment" uniform for each last place team to have to wear as their primary uniform in the following year.

This statement needs to be contextualized to the specific case here, to apply such logic in every context is an erasure of the rights of Indigenous peoples as established by www.ohchr.org/en/indigenou...

ohchr.orgUN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPublished: 13 September 2007Author: Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsPresented: At the 33rd session of the HRC.Links: A/RES/61/295 (also available in 60 more languages)
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social

I have rarely seen it expressed more concisely than this.

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In section 106 tonight, a 45-minute drive from home, was a man wearing his lucky Jake Bauers shirt. Stu Bauers has worn his son’s t-shirt the last four Brewers games. They are 4-0. It hasn’t been washed yet and at this rate it may never be.

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Jacob Misiorowski doesn't seem to be looking at his catcher after this strikeout following the balk call. Kyle Tucker, either.

Welcome to Brewers baseball. Much like Everest you learn to acclimate to it. Here in game 168 of the season this feels pretty normal.

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Luis Lara was asked if his go-ahead single in the fifth was a dream moment. “The dream is for me to win the World Series.”