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@letat_lechat Anti-women is men in women’s locker rooms and boys in girls sports. Stop the 🧢

@SoquelCreek National Sales Tax

If the United States were creating a new taxation system and you proposed the existing system, you'd be hauled away and put into a mental institution. The current system is a ridiculously complex, overly expensive, sadly antiquated mess.

@SleeperSFGiants @tramble87 Why is there more people on the Field than in the Stands?

Bryce Eldridge needs to be called up

Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books: "I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that." "I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that." "To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff." Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?

@Rhyle177 @BaseballQuotes1 That game he had his first At Bats and started the game.

@BaseballQuotes1 Daniel Susac made his debut against the Padres. Last night vs Mets was not his debut

The umpire handing Daniel Susac the lineup cards after he made his MLB debut is beyond cool

Yes! More positives like this plz!

@BaseballQuotes1 @susanslusser Saying something nice about an umpire should be a daily goal for us all. They have a job where everyone is angry at them at least half the game. Thanks for posting this.

@rog61 Reminds me that I am rooting for Teng now in HOU. Looked like he had a good Spring Training. Maybe a lesson in patience for players coming from there.

Chen-Hsun Lee hasn't pitched much since Giants made Taiwanese RHP they had ever signed as amateur out of Asia. But back from elbow surgery, he showed impressive stuff in inning of work yesterday. FB up to 95, good shape on slider. Excited to see him back in action

@SoquelCreek @JasonBassler1 But, of course, they will still say he was wrong about opposing illegal immigration.

@JasonBassler1 Usually, California's Progressive Democrats are completely useless. Given their immediate acts to rename everything César Chávez, I think I'm going to spray-paint his name on every pothole I see. We'll see if it actually makes a difference. The entire thing is a charade.

It took 4 days for the César Chávez abuse allegations to spark a nationwide purge: statues torn down, streets, parks and schools renamed, holidays canceled, and politicians now running for cover. Meanwhile, Epstein’s abuse has been public since 2019. Still. No. Client. Arrests.

In 1941, an Auschwitz prisoner was sentenced to death by the SS as punishment for an escape attempt. The man begged for mercy, and Polish priest Maximilian Kolbe stepped up to request a switch. Kolbe argued that since he was old and had no family, he should die instead. The Nazis accepted the trade. Kolbe had already been targeted by the Nazis for sheltering Jewish refugees and broadcasting anti-Nazi messages, was thrown into a starvation bunker with 10 other men. While others succumbed to dehydration and despair, Kolbe spent his final weeks singing hymns and consoling his fellow prisoners. He was the last of the group left alive when the Nazis finally ended his life with a lethal injection.⁠

@datechris @RethinkingHell @jason_lisle I hope you have made your offer in some other way bc his X account you link has only 2019 posts. Guess he left this forum? Thanks for your work here.

@RethinkingHell I'd love to have a conversation with @jason_lisle on the topic. I hope one day he's willing to.

New article dropped! This one a lengthy new installment in Chris Date's series responding to astrophysicist Jason Lisle. rethinkinghell.com/2026/01/01/ref…

@TGC We refuted this article a decade ago: rethinkinghell.com/2015/10/23/why… rethinkinghell.com/2015/10/23/why… rethinkinghell.com/2015/10/23/why…

@rog61 @longenhagen And sure enough protecting only 31, Miles got taken.

If you want some names that SF Giants might be interested for today’s Rule 5 draft, @longenhagen went deep cut for me on podcast yesterday

Many are writing me to point out the things Charlie said or did that are worthy of critique (sometimes that I actually did critique in real time). And while I can’t really understand why the first 4 days after someone’s assassination are the days in which people feel the need to “set the record straight,” I get that it is not the case that Charlie was perfect or above reproach. But the more I think about the stuff that drove me bonkers about Charlie, the more I wonder how much was youthful immaturity that was in the process of being worked through. Just in the last 24 months anyone paying attention to Charlie’s public life saw extraordinary maturity and growth. It is so hard for me as a 51-year old to critique the 26-year old version of Charlie without wondering what the 36-year old or 41-year old might have been like. I certainly understand we can’t know that he would evolved into a patron saint of maturity, but I believe the 31-year old was exponentially more mature than the 26-year old, and I believe that trajectory was continuing. I also believe if my life had ended at 31, basically every single thing I’m proud of or that is worthy of mention would have NEVER HAPPENED. All of my attempts at growth, sanctification, improvement, productivity have come out in the last 20 years, not the 15 years that preceded age 31. It’s sort of humbling. You don’t have to deify someone or pretend you agree with everything to recognize that: A - his murder is a reprehensible tragedy B - he was a special talent in his work ethic, discipline, and cultural instincts and, C - he was a work in progress, and thank God none of us peaked at 31 Before you post about something Charlie said or did at age 27, think about your own life at 27. When I do that, it makes me want to really keep my mouth shut.

@1VeryChillDude @BenKaspick Thanks for asking a very important follow up question. I suspect SFG hits better on the Road.

@BenKaspick Show me the same stats but on the road

Hitters at Oracle Park since 2022: #SFGiants: .240/.312/.385, .145 ISO, 9.6% HR/FB Opponents: .247/.306/.376, .130 ISO, 9.8% HR/FB In other words, this is a (common) false narrative.

@dk9rfan @rog61 Yes, @rog61 had the story on it back when he signed. Adames went down to the Felipe Alou Academy.

@dk9rfan @rog61 I will check but my foggy memory says Adams did do that when they signed him. Stand by.

Scout next to me had a 3.6 on Gonzalez's time to 1b on this bunt hit. That's double plus!

@nut_history Ticket for the flight.

Read it once and type your answer.

Get this on to any SF Giant fan you know. They will thank you.

@answersattheend @nut_history “celebrities” is a better term, not actors. Same principle, same mistake.

@answersattheend @nut_history But it reminds me of the biggest mistake Burns made. He had actors read those recorded words instead of letting us hear the players themselves.

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