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USA making it in anyway after everything that happened is honestly the perfect encapsulation of America and men always failing upwards.

Also love that they play Pavarotti ("Nessun Dorma," ofc).

Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes YouTube video by 60 Minutes

Well fuck youtu.be/C1jmAj9OUOs?...

‘We must not allow our history to be erased’ ‘We must not allow our history to be erased’

And another: the regime is erasing Lowell's Mill Girls. White women who think DEI doesnt include them take note: enewspaper.lowellsun.com/infinity/art...

Federal immigration officials arrest 14-year-old girl in Marlborough parking lot, transfer her to New York - The Boston Globe A lawyer said ICE has not provided any documentation to justify the girl’s arrest.

Today's WTAF...another child sent out of state to deplorable conditions by ICE. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/11/m...

I'm sure you already know @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social but just in case...

As long as you don’t need gas, groceries, affordable healthcare, retirement savings or constitutional rights, things aren’t so bad.

Superstars shine as USA holds off Mexico in thriller HOUSTON -- The "U-S-A!" chants were booming. The Mexico fans were deafening. And in the end, the U.S. was the better team in the most hyped game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. In an electric atmo...

This was some high quality baseball. And Red Sox hitters did very well on both sides. www.mlb.com/world-baseba...

Would love to hear from all the people whose excuse to vote for this shit show was cheaper gas and eggs. How's that working out??

Esp bc he's been hitting the cover off the ball in Japan.

Man, why can't the #redsox get players like Nick Yorke?

a woman wearing a party hat is sitting at a table with a bowl of christmas decorations . ALT: a woman wearing a party hat is sitting at a table with a bowl of christmas decorations .

Spring training baseball: ZzzzzzzzzZZZZzzzz
WBC baseball:

Why Do We Say ‘Winging It’? You don’t need to be a thespian to use the phrase “winging it” — an expression that was first coined in theatrical performance spaces during the late 19th century.

TIL! wordsmarts.com/winging-it/

Like father, like son: Lucas Ramirez hits 2 homers for Brazil in WBC with dad Manny Ramirez watching Manny Ramirez watched his son Lucas Ramirez hit two home runs for Brazil against the United States in the World Baseball Classic.

Also: apnews.com/article/mann...

Wow, me too.

...And war, possibly. Yesterday this was Timothy Snyder's analysis on Iran: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Ten years ago, what I used to call my "tinfoil hat theory" -- because even to me it sounded a bit much -- was that a post-national 1% was consolidating its resources and preparing to abandon the general populace to things like economic collapse and climate disaster...

I'm pretty numb at this point a lot of the time. But this, today, gets an out loud WHAT THE FUCK from me.

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

Surveillance capitalism becomes federal surveillance (subscription req'd):
www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Mickey Gasper - Wikipedia

TIL that Red Sox catcher/1B Mickey Gasper is from NH - born in Manchester, went to Merrimack High School. Also played for the Nashua Silver Knights.

In other fun facts, with that mustache, he looks strikingly like Super Mario.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_...

A nearly full moon is visible in a clear blue sky during early evening. In the foreground, the top of a tree partially overlaps the moon.

Silhouetted trees line the bottom of the image beneath a dramatic sunset sky. Wispy clouds are streaked across the sky in shades of pink, orange, and purple, gradually fading into deeper tones as they move upward.

5pm. East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

...he's not throwing 99, it's 94-5 and what are we gonna see, and then it's Opening Day and here comes 99 and it's 3 punchouts and we're staring at people." ~A good example of why I enjoy Lou Merloni in the booth (talking about Aroldis Chapman).

"It's usually where the most overreaction comes in. Your closer"s in here in Spring Training and it's like, how worried are you? He had a 5.85 ERA in Spring Training and it's like, relax, it's the 3rd inning, it's the 4th inning...

a green frog is standing in a puddle of water and splashing water . ALT: a green frog is standing in a puddle of water and splashing water .

Correction, make that THREE gopher balls for Lizard total.

Two days, two games, two big ol taters for Lizard. It's what you like to see.

We are in a car with a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway with a backseat full of kids and Dems are like “you forgot to bring your license”

War with Iran is another way to flood the zone, try to overwhelm people, make them give up and stop trying. Pick an issue and stick with it. Don't try to keep up with the flood.

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There has been no draw down in Minnesota, BTW. Communities are reaching a breaking point while the rest of the country looks away. Here's a way to help:
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Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

As always, Timothy Snyder has a good analysis: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Ooh yes, we didn't have full-blown war checked on our Dystopian Bingo cards!