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I teach at the University of Northern Iowa and analyze MLB prospects for fantasy baseball purposes at Razzball.com.

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Joe Reyes? The New York financier?

13.03.2026 06:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhy do you want to shit on entire swathes of human endeavor and wreck the planet while you’re doing it? Why are you so determined to be awful and amoral? Everything about your priorities is messed up, and you should all be heartily ashamed, abashed and embarrassed.”

11.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 113 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
Mario is selling a book called β€œit’s a me.” He’s at a book reading meet the author event. He says β€œso I said to myself, Mario you’re on your last life. If you want to write a book, you have to do it now”

Mario is selling a book called β€œit’s a me.” He’s at a book reading meet the author event. He says β€œso I said to myself, Mario you’re on your last life. If you want to write a book, you have to do it now”

Happy MAR10 day

10.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 2110 πŸ” 303 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11
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09.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 7069 πŸ” 914 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 25

cut to three days from now: the company is in talks to make a commercial out of his story

01.03.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

28.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 19239 πŸ” 8222 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 122
How many plate appearances and innings MiLB hitters and pitchers have before reaching the majors.

How many plate appearances and innings MiLB hitters and pitchers have before reaching the majors.

You aren't imagining it. Players are as a whole moving through the minors to the big leagues faster than before.

It's not just a few notable stars.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/5-re...

24.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority

23.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 4515 πŸ” 2200 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 243

Reporter: Do aliens exist?

Obama: *chuckles* Technically no, a time ghoul is from Earth. Just not today’s Earth

20.02.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 4474 πŸ” 714 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 17
Preview
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

Put!

It!

Back!

19.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 2747 πŸ” 394 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 114
A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

Me whenever I have to communicate with other human beings #anxiety

17.02.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 9143 πŸ” 2658 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.

17.02.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 15685 πŸ” 4508 πŸ’¬ 445 πŸ“Œ 318
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022

Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

i often think about this review

14.02.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 12833 πŸ” 3451 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 231
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

10.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 31334 πŸ” 13771 πŸ’¬ 970 πŸ“Œ 1689

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

08.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s actually really easy to not be in the Epstein files, some of us do it every day

05.02.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 2057 πŸ” 317 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 4

Maybe a new baseball season will fix me.

02.02.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

01.02.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 3623 πŸ” 690 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 39
BREAKING: Gokce Guven, the 26-year-old founder of fintech startup Kalder and Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 honoree, faces up to 52 years in prison for an alleged $7 million fraud.

BREAKING: Gokce Guven, the 26-year-old founder of fintech startup Kalder and Forbes 2025 30 Under 30 honoree, faces up to 52 years in prison for an alleged $7 million fraud.

Forbes 30 under 30 has a better arrest record than the FBI

02.02.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 307 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5

I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.

28.01.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 6834 πŸ” 1632 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 36

BREAKING:

Minnesota's chief federal judge has demanded the acting head of ICE personally appear in court Friday to explain what the judge described as repeated failures to comply with dozens of court orders amid its enforcement efforts in the state.

27.01.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 11920 πŸ” 3000 πŸ’¬ 307 πŸ“Œ 124

This is the GM firing an assistant coach and hoping that will be the end of the questions, except with fascism.

27.01.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 3559 πŸ” 765 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 22
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25.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 819 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

24.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 20896 πŸ” 7974 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 137
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The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down

25.01.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 13018 πŸ” 2147 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

tired of the news being snuff films

24.01.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 1520 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 9
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24.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 1952 πŸ” 514 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 23

β€œGet it all on record now β€” get the films β€” get the witnesses β€” because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

24.01.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 12975 πŸ” 4775 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 100
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T-rex selfie

19.01.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 679 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4