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Grants and contracts specialist | Organizer w/ Clintonville Area Progressives | An "up and comer" according to the Columbus Dispatch

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he's screwing up his spring training preparation in order to do this. they should cut him some slack

08.03.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I do sort of like it when one random MLB star is on one of these teams. It's like
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08.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ed: it would be hard for me to root for a Detroit Tiger
*tarik skubal makes mincemeat out of the GB lineup*
Ed: hell yes

08.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have...not heard of very many of these GB players

08.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tired: prescribing antibiotics for viral infections
Wired: not prescribing antibiotics for stuff that antibiotics actually treat

07.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a graph of seattle link light rail ridership, shown as a rolling 12M average

a graph of seattle link light rail ridership, shown as a rolling 12M average

US transit data is out today, and Seattle's Link remains one of the fastest-growing rail systems in the nation, with ridership up 9% in the wake of the extension to Federal Way

Ridership should increase even further at the end of this month when the 1 & 2 lines are connected🧡

07.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 700 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 22

I pop over to Twitter every now and then for work stuff and the people who I followed back there may not be getting more right wing but they are getting dumber.

07.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

ridiculously good take

07.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of moving parts, I think. I could see a scenario in which The Giants 1. keep Eldridge in Triple-A and 2. decide Bader, Lee, and Brennan are enough options in CF to start the season. Devers at 1B/DH, Ramos and Matos sharing LF/DH.

06.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing a hat that says a 's on it Alt: Peter Brand from Moneyball on the phone clenching his fist in victory

when your job posting gets boosted

06.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not going to think about this too closely, but I do feel fairly confident that Abe Simpson is still older than us in this scene 😬

06.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A litmus test that I have for still being sort of with it is whether or not I can identify one (1) of the performers on the Newport marquee. I'm not sure this is within the spirit of that but I am counting it.

06.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The conflict between users of Twitter and users of Bluesky mirrors the tension the audience experiences regarding Twin Peaks: The Return's splitting of Agent Dale Cooper into the evil Mr. C and the doddering Dougie Jones.

In this essay, I will

05.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I was rewatching Grey Gardens last weekend and..."

04.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

tbh there *should* be a Diet Coke "Fosters Oil Can" serving option

04.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An autotuned but otherwise high quality journalism seems like the best-case scenario at this point

04.03.2026 05:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Leon Kennedy struggling to stuff Barron Trump's tall ass into one of those safety lockers

04.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
OH House District Candidate Forum
CAP
Tues March 10, 7pm (doors 630pm)
Whetstone Library (3909 N Hight st)

We are teaming up w/ Short North Dems and Fightin' 21/22 to welcome Dem candidates running for State Rep in District 7. Canddiate will be on hand to introduce themselves and take your questions in this open race

OH House District Candidate Forum CAP Tues March 10, 7pm (doors 630pm) Whetstone Library (3909 N Hight st) We are teaming up w/ Short North Dems and Fightin' 21/22 to welcome Dem candidates running for State Rep in District 7. Canddiate will be on hand to introduce themselves and take your questions in this open race

Our Ohio House District 7 candidate forum is one week from today.

House districts are drawn pretty chaotically by the GOP legislature these days, but there is an OK chance that you live in this district if you live in UA, Grandview, OSU Campus, the Short North area, or west Clintonville. Come out!

03.03.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this specific regard, they are more impressive than Nirvana, who only did that for a handful of years.

03.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"People on here will tweet anything. 'Short, broad-shouldered men have hoes.' No they don't. That isn’t true."

03.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just got back from a few days in AZ and Mahle looked good the one inning that I saw him. The word on the street was that he was coming back from a health issue but it was an illness and not like an arm injury or something like that, so hopefully we see more of him now.

02.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some Ohio Businesses Begin Asking for Tariff Refunds - Columbus Underground Former Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is criticizing his opponent, Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, over Husted’s support for sweeping tariffs that the U.S. Supreme Court last week decla...

Last Monday, Sherrod Brown said that now that tariffs been declared illegal, the administration should refund $1,336 to every Ohio household.

MORE: columbusunderground.com/some-ohio-bu...

02.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am concerned about what *your* emotional state will be after mainlining dozens of sad movies with him

02.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Scottsdale Stadium field

Scottsdale Stadium field

Hello from Scottsdale 🌡

01.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget who you’re fighting for.

28.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 11115 πŸ” 2855 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 58

Plain cooked pasta is somehow more unhinged than if there was sauce already mixed into it.

28.02.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Duel rocks. I've heard of Ishi but have seen none of these non-Duel movies, either

25.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A rocky outcrop in the centre of the scene, with boulders and pebbles scattered around. In the distance, some gently rolling hills, and endless sand. All under a butterscotch sky.

A rocky outcrop in the centre of the scene, with boulders and pebbles scattered around. In the distance, some gently rolling hills, and endless sand. All under a butterscotch sky.

You live in a time when you can see on your phone high-res photos taken over the weekend by a nuclear-powered rover on Mars.

24.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10
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PCA didn’t mince words when comparing Cubs fans to Dodgers fans

24.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 58

Kash Patel is going to make history as the first FBI director to get medically evacuated from Burning Man

22.02.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 4522 πŸ” 576 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 18