Sym

Sym

@symmering.bsky.social

I'm too lazy to make a new profile so here's my old one: Hot cocoa zealot. Occasional funny man. I've been told I make a mean calzone. Might be a sports fan, but the jury is still out.

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so priceless that prolific ratfucker James O'Keefe, by going undercover to prove how easy it is to commit voter fraud.... ends up proving how hard it is to commit voter fraud, and then catches charges for unlawful voting chef's kiss, stellar work all around www.startribune.com/conservative...

startribune.comConservative influencers face identity theft charges over Minnesota primaryCam Higby and James O’Keefe disguised themselves and used hidden cameras to try and expose voter fraud in Minnesota’s primary.

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If you’re looking to enjoy *anything* where there are no abusers or men doing bad things, good luck finding it. The minority of bad actors won’t prevent me from working in a sport I love, or drawing attention to its problems.

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They had all this time to craft up an excuse after being dragged and all they came up with is throwing the league under the bus? lol ok

Meghan L. Hall@itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social

The Atlanta Dream sent out a letter to fans. They dove into the scheduling hurdles of the WNBA Finals and expressed what appears to be frustration. “Our concerns did not receive the attention, nor the urgency they deserved.”

FWIW, ESPN's Alexa Philippou reported on Twitter/X that the WNBA sent out dates for playoff holds LAST DECEMBER. 💀

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Incredible loser energy. Just fucking pathetic. At some point you have to clearly signal that it's wrong for the president to break the law. And if there are Senators who will protect him, fuck them, make them protect them. At least it'd be clarifying. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…

Two of the five not on the local linear schedule will be national games on ION (vs. Seattle on Feb. & Mar. 13- funny how that worked out). Like most games in the final weekend, Apr. 17 vs. Vancouver currently has no time & network designation- possibly a wild card option.

The remaining two games, Dec. 23 vs. Ottawa & Feb. 28 vs. San Jose, will at least be on available on YouTube unless the league has something up their sleeves. Also, it appears Scripps is simulcasting six of Detroit's ION games on 20 ala what they do with Aces games in Vegas.

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Detroiter Nicole Williams when asked if Abdul El-Sayed is ‘a bit too left wing to win in Michigan’: “At this point what do we have to worry about? Anything but what we have. We're on our way to hell, so at this point: socialist, socialize, social, dont matter to me, lower my cost of living!”

I appreciate Channell elaborating more on the Detroit staff talks beyond "vision." :) I think there's a few nuggets in the piece on how the shape of the team *may* look like, at least to start. I've harped on familiarity & connections and it feels they're going to lean on those.

I've been hesitant projecting lines & d-pairings, but the back end might be an easy one to peg. - Barnes & Markowski (pivotal pair down the stretch for OSU in '24) - Bard & Jobst-Smith - Channell & Biotti/Borgiel/Adolfsson Barnes & Markowski/NJS as the PP QB's 🤷

As of now, Scripps only has local linear distribution rights for Detroit & Vegas (we don't know if Scripps will be producing those local games like they will for their ION national game of the week). The PWHL has yet to announce a local broadcaster for San Jose.

Skewing local, I've heard a couple names suggested for the color analyst position on the Detroit broadcast, one of which would massively piss off online PWHL fans, but I'm not sure of interest from that party (this person *has* worked in broadcasting before tho 👀 ).

Also, an update on this note, it's been intimated that it's possible one of the games on Dec. 23 is moved to Ch. 7 in Detroit since ABC national shouldn't have much going on. bsky.app/profile/symm...

Sym@symmering.bsky.social

We await an official local broadcast schedule from PWHL Detroit, but it appears there won't be too much conflict between the Pistons and hockey. Dec. 23 is the only date with direct conflict with one another. Also two instances of one leading into the other (1/5 & 3/25).

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Replying to @juliapoe.bsky.social

the knee-jerk nature of so much WNBA discourse really sidelines fans from leveling legitimate criticism at the most gendered disparity in women's sports — the *extreme* lack of bureaucratic aptitude within these front offices and ownership groups

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how is the ire in this situation getting directed at the NBA side of things rather than the Dream's incredible incompetence in managing their potential stadium access

Meghan L. Hall@itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social

A Valkyries fan’s sign: “Move the Hawks game. Women = Prime Time”

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You can take the girl out of Detroit, but you can't take Detroit out of the girl! 😎 Michigan native Izzy Rodriguez repped the 313 in our inaugural jersey ahead of the KC Current's match on Sunday!

I can't imagine how the WNBA landed on playing a potential championship clincher at Noon on a Thursday being a better idea than playing in a 4K capacity building. The north remembers playing a title game at EMU's gym once upon a time.

National broadcast schedule for the USL Championship playoffs quarterfinal round. - Detroit City-Hartford 8pm ET Friday on CBS Sports Golazo Network - Lexington-Colorado Springs at 2pm & New Mexico-Phoenix at 6pm on CBS Sports Network Sunday All other games are on ESPN+ & local stations

Alexa Philippou@alexaphilippou.bsky.social

There will be a Game 6 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta. But nobody knows yet where or even when the game will be played despite a furious round of negotiations spilling into Sunday between the WNBA, NBA, Valks, Dream and Hawks. What we know, with @ramonaespn.bsky.social www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

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National Tight Ends Day isn't even a real holiday. It's actually adopted from a pagan fullback festival held around the time of the fall equinox

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Replying to @grantbrisbee.bsky.social

JAMES CROMWELL: We're trying to run down an associate of Vincennes. The records check has led to a dead end. GUY PEARCE: What's the name? JAMES CROMWELL: Liberty Biberty

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There's a lot going on with this story -- and it's worth remembering a lot of Ohio Republicans want to see Vivek fail for strategic reasons so they're stoking this fire -- but it's worth observing that there IS a bottom, at least if you don't have a cult like Trump does. bsky.app/profile/prem...

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW on @zeteo.com — Venues are *pulling out* of hosting Vivek Ramaswamy for his bus tour across Ohio in the closing days of the election. “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there,” a top Ohio Republican says. “It’s that damn ad.” From @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social:

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Did not know that the guy who closed out the 2008 World Series was onto a very cool second career

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Nearly everyone is some variant from decent-to-good, but nobody is truly great. It's a chaos season, folks.

Sym@symmering.bsky.social

The narrative in the SEC is the "let down game" after the big win. No, I don't think it's that. I don't think anyone is that great this year, SEC, Big Ten, you name it. Maybe someone creates separation, but I haven't been overly impressed with this season.

This season is the greatest advertisement, the best example of why the playoff SHOULDN'T be expanded. Because in a season like this, 12 is way too many as is. Now double it. Greed disguised as opportunity disguised as parity when all it is is dilution. Great work, decision makers!

Minnesota has possession of all their main rivalry trophies for the first time since Jimmy Carter was in office. They're going to give Fleck a lifetime extension at this rate, eh?

AI misinformation pulling Michael Mulvihill, President of Insights and Analytics at FOX Sports, out on a Saturday to make a statement. Yeah, we're all cooked.

If Zora Stephenson & Sarah Kustok had more reps together, I believe they would be the best national broadcast crew in the WNBA.

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This is not accurate. Game 1 viewership is not out yet. *Maybe* FOX might put out a fast-national number today, but I would not expect to see any numbers until Tuesday. Google's AI picked up some Facebook post about Game 1 drawing 15.2M and that false data has spread widely.

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JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

The Natalie Nakase special

John Hollinger@johnhollinger.bsky.social

Halftime: Valkyries 42, Dream 26. Atlanta with 14 turnovers and zero fast-break points. YIKES. Valks are 3-17 from 3 and still absolutely smoking them.