John Ryan

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John Ryan

John Ryan

@WorkishFromHome

Trying to stay calm. This seems like a nice place for that.

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Bob Page
Bob Page@BobPagesports·
"They" SAY a lotta things about Abe. I wonder if YOU know what Lincoln said when he finally woke up from a 3-day bender? "I freed WHO?!" (old joke)
Jim Koenigsberger@Jimfrombaseball

"They say that Abe Lincoln freed the slaves about 93 years ago and delivered the 'Emancipation Proclamation'. But it wasn’t until Larry Doby threw that left hook to the chin of Art Ditmar that the Negro baseball player was completely emancipated." William Jackson writing in the black-owned "Cleveland Call and Post." "Larry Doby is the first negro to fight on the diamond, despite not being dusted off because of pigmentation differences." "The Sporting News." In the first inning at Comiskey Park, with two outs and two on in the bottom of the first inning, New York’s Art Ditmar threw a pitch behind the head of the Sox`s Larry Doby. As the pitch rolled to the wall, Ditmar ran to cover home. Larry Doby warned Ditmar about the pitch, and then threw a left hook which dropped Ditmar flat on the ground. Chicago native and future White Sox player "Moose" Skowron floored Doby with a flying tackle from 3rd, which brought Walt Dropo into the fray. Dropo, who was 6-5, 230 pounds and a monster for his time, sat on Skowron and put him in a head-lock. Enos Slaughter stood above them trying to lift the 230 pound Dropo up by pulling on his shirt. Dropo got up, setting off a battering, hockey-style slug fest with Slaughter. At various times, “Whitey” Ford, Casey Stengel, "Jungle" Jim Rivera and Enos "Country" Slaughter were in the middle of it. Slaughter’s jersey and undershirt were ripped to pieces and his hat was backwards in one of the most famous photographs of the 1950's. After things settled down Billy Martin rushed into things and started in on Larry Doby. It took nearly a half-hour to restore order, and four players were ejected. Art Ditmar escaped ejection. In Jackie Robinson’s rookie season, 1947, Robinson was spiked purposely by Enos Slaughter, a Southerner who rumour held considered striking that year rather than play against the majors first black player. Make July 5, "Larry Doby Day".

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Meredith Lee Hill
Meredith Lee Hill@meredithllee·
🚨MANY House Republicans livid Senate passed a DHS funding deal without ICE and some CBP $ overnight and left “A bunch of cowards. They didn't even take a recorded vote” @AustinScottGA08, a Rules Committee member, said “This is not a done deal” A BIG crisis facing Speaker Johnson- who is is still weighing several perilous paths forward and doesn’t yet have the votes for anything. Hardliners still pushing attacking SAVE and sending back to Senate. Johnson huddling with leadership now. But House centrists are desperate to pass this TODAY. “I hope they do,” Rep Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) told me W/ @ktullymcmanus politico.com/live-updates/2… @politico
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John Ryan
John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@PeterTwinklage Does this mean it was a real hack? Or they found some very bad porn searches and he has to say it was someone else?
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John Ryan
John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@malber @NicoleAuerbach It isn’t the reality everywhere. Duke’s five starters began their career at Duke. This is boring and you’re missing a very easy point I made.
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Mike Alber
Mike Alber@malber·
@WorkishFromHome @NicoleAuerbach Your point criticized player transfers. That's just the reality of all of college sports right now, especially programs in a rebuild like UM was. And yeah acad standards are relaxed for athletes (as at all schools) but there've still been MANY who were turned down due to grades
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Nicole Auerbach
Nicole Auerbach@NicoleAuerbach·
Dusty May: "I'll tell you what we say in recruiting — that we have what we feel is the academic profile of Stanford with the passion of SEC football for our athletic department as a whole, and usually those two things aren't merged."
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@malber @NicoleAuerbach You can absolutely judge their athletic department’s academics on that. The whole “Michigan as an elite academic school for athletes” has always been garbage. It is an elite school for normal students but that’s irrelevant for football and basketball. Even moreso in this era.
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Rohan Goswami
Rohan Goswami@rogoswami·
NEW: @BrendanCarrFCC tells me @Semafor that the sports leagues are potentially jeopardizing their antitrust exemptions by putting their games behind YouTube TV/Netflix paywalls.
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John Ryan
John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@EricJMoser1 @krassenstein Totally normal and appropriate thing for the President of the United States to be bragging about.
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Eric J Moser
Eric J Moser@EricJMoser1·
You’re treating a cognitive‑screening task like it’s supposed to be a math contest. That’s not what it measures, and you know it. Serial 7s isn’t a math challenge — it’s a quick screen for attention, working memory, and processing speed. 1. Attention Can the person stay focused on a continuous mental task without drifting? 2. Working Memory Can they hold a number in mind, manipulate it, and keep track of the sequence? 3. Processing Speed How efficiently can they perform a simple mental operation under mild pressure? That’s it. It’s a quick screen for cognitive function, not a demonstration of mathematical skill. Well Dr. Brian, what do you have to say about that?
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Brian Krassenstein
Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein·
BREAKING: At his cabinet meeting, Trump just bragged about how hard the mathematical equations of his cognitive test that he passed were. FACT: The hardest mathematical equation on such a test is referred to as the “Serial 7s” Test: You start at 100 and keep subtracting 7, out loud: 100 → 93 → 86 → 79 → 72 → 65 → 58 → This is literally what he’s bragging about. My seven-year-old could do this.
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@dekker Less time near the electrical substation tho
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@ddayen Good story. California hasn’t moved on from the identity politics that most Dems realize is a dead end. People are candidates solely because they are black/Latino/Asian etc. You see it in L.A. mayoelection. It’s impossible to be worse than Karen Bass has been, yet she is way up.
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David Dayen
David Dayen@ddayen·
I profiled Tom Steyer's campaign for governor in California, where risks of an all-GOP runoff are rising. I think 1 reason is state Dems don't really believe in politics, in talking to voters & responding to concerns. If nothing else, Steyer's doing that. prospect.org/2026/03/24/tom…
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@WSJ This has been going on for a long time. Not related to NIL.
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The Wall Street Journal
Boy athletes are repeating eighth grade in a "holdback" year to grow ahead of recruitment for college NIL packages potentially worth millions on.wsj.com/4rAVtEQ
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John Ryan
John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@Amockx2022 The White House is doing the old nursing home trick of giving Grandpa the phone and letting him think he is talking to whatever famous person he wants to talk to.
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John Ryan
John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@NicoleAuerbach Brian Ferentz and Chubba Purdy should throw the ceremonial tip-off
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Nicole Auerbach
Nicole Auerbach@NicoleAuerbach·
GUYS I cannot believe Iowa is playing Nebraska for a spot in the Elite Eight!!!
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@theblockspot They got three of the top eight seeds in the country but yes people have been sleeping on them
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Sam Block
Sam Block@theblockspot·
Iowa State won by 34. Arizona won by 34. Houston won by 31. Texas Tech won by 20. TCU upset Ohio State. Y’all been sleeping on the Big 12 all year. Wake up.
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@Polymarket Cyberattack perpetrated by Anheuser-Busch
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Polymarket
Polymarket@Polymarket·
BREAKING: Cyberattack against American breathalyzer test company locks out drivers across 45 states.
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@NicoleAuerbach Can definitely see why the power conferences wanted to duck them
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Nicole Auerbach
Nicole Auerbach@NicoleAuerbach·
This SLU performance is art.
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@KVanValkenburg For about five seconds I felt bad for Lisa having to listen to Lick 'Em Low Lisa but ... nah
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Kevin Van Valkenburg
Kevin Van Valkenburg@KVanValkenburg·
The Afroman Trial stuff did not disappoint. Highly encourage anyone to check it out if you have yet to do so and want to spent the next 20 mins laughing.
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@KVanValkenburg Even a young Marc Andreessen re-evaluated his place among the cosmos after seeing this.
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Kevin Van Valkenburg
Kevin Van Valkenburg@KVanValkenburg·
There have been a lot of innovations is the CBS coverage of the Masters, but the floating head of the leader from Butler Cabin that is superimposed over someone attempting a putt to tie feels like it should be brought back. (This is from the 1978 broadcast.)
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John Ryan@WorkishFromHome·
@UMBCAthletics That airport is running the Tony Bennett offense
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UMBC Athletics
UMBC Athletics@UMBCAthletics·
3 hour delay now…anyone got any podcast recommendations?
UMBC Athletics@UMBCAthletics

Well, #RetrieverNation. Despite playing Saturday, finding out last night around 6:30 that we are in the First Four playing Tuesday, and getting our travel arrangements around 10 pm, we loaded up the plane this morning for a Noon flight to Dayton to play Howard. We’re still sitting here. Even though Howard is already in Dayton, we will be ready...if we ever take off

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