AaronB
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🚨 In a bombshell announcement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a dire warning: "the United Nations is on the brink of total collapse" if the United States, which contributes approximately $2.2 billion to the regular budget alone, does not give to the UN.
Thoughts......??👀
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏
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@CJRealHoops2 We are at the point in the season where I start bookmarking these types of promises. Someday something good will happen and many of you will be getting tattoos, performing musical numbers, and donating one of your testicles when it does.
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If the Jazz actually get Darryn Peterson at pick five, I will post a video of myself singing the entire chorus of Oops I Did It Again in the full Britney red spandex outfit
Professor@superfinn23
My goodness I can't believe this is the life I get to live as a Jazz fan
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@clemycali @kennethschrupp Yes, some places call them English as a second language.
I have to wonder how much the discipline issues are related to the parents vs legal liability/school board policies.
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@SoCalATB69 @kennethschrupp You mean EL (English Learners)? It is probably 50% of the problem but the core of the problem is represented by a free fall in discipline.
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A majority of California students do not meet basic state standards in any subject
Chamath Palihapitiya@chamath
Meanwhile, our schools cry “budget cuts”and are graduating legions of kids who can barely read and do simple math.
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Do you actually think ending Iran's regime is worth the higher gas prices?
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“Why aren’t the Iranian people protesting?”
Because this is what the regime did to them just two months ago.
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When the 2nd round of the playoffs is
Luka and the Lakers v. Wemby and the Spurs
Jokic and the Nuggets v. Shai and the Thunder
All the talk of the regular season and problems in the NBA will seem silly
Not to mention Celtics v. Knicks will be happening at same time
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Cody has for sure bought himself more time. Very impressed with him.
I’d be interested to hear what the front office & coaching staff think about Flip & Brice. Both have had a terrific March, but really struggled when the team was playing competitively.
Zay has a role for sure.
David James@DavidDJJames
Besides Ace Bailey, do any of the young players who played the last several games have a future with the Jazz?
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I actually like a credit/auction system if it’s setup properly. Will have to find a better word than auction tho.
Fullcourtpass@Fullcourtpass
A “draft credit” system gained traction during a brainstorm session for NBA lottery reform, per @JakeLFischer “A real-life equivalent to the way waiver budgets work in Fantasy Football, which essentially would have meant bidding on incoming rookies like you would with the Monopoly money that gets thrown at free agents in the Fantasy realm.” (marcstein.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…)
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@Fullcourtpass @JakeLFischer Sounds a lot better than a player auction.
Still all horrible ideas for a problem that was self created by flattening the lottery odds.
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A “draft credit” system gained traction during a brainstorm session for NBA lottery reform, per @JakeLFischer
“A real-life equivalent to the way waiver budgets work in Fantasy Football, which essentially would have meant bidding on incoming rookies like you would with the Monopoly money that gets thrown at free agents in the Fantasy realm.”
(marcstein.substack.com/p/the-latest-n…)
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@jpottingaround Oh, I absolutely think that they should pay the guy. I just thought it was hilarious.
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@SoCalATB69 It’s only funny because it’s unironically the Wiz that are finding new ways to disappoint their fans. If they don’t pay up… the karma will get them and the lotto gods will take their vengeance.
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I mean they could give the guy the $10k. It is really easy to make the person whole here.
Brett Siegel@BrettSiegelNBA
The Washington Wizards have publicly apologized for last night's April Fools' joke involving them misleading a fan into thinking he made a half-court shot blindfolded. "our fans are our priority, and we continue to be committed to providing a positive experience at games."
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Boomer Republicans: “just work your way through college like I did”
Cost: $400,000k in four years. Sir, if you can pull that off at 18, you don’t need the degree.
NBC4 Washington@nbcwashington
George Washington University announced that next academic year, the estimated cost for returning students will be just over $98,000 per year. nbc4dc.com/bUubTwh
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Yeah, great idea giving 40 win teams top picks while denying bad teams. I’m sure it will go well.
Ben Tiemeyer@Ben_Tmeyer
If you want to see exactly how chaotic the NBA's proposed 18-team flattened lottery could get, you can test it on this year's picks here: espnanalytics.com/nba-flat-lotte…
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A bombshell NYT report on the major legal jeopardy ActBlue is facing! ActBlue allegedly failed to investigate potentially illegal foreign political contributions and then misrepresented its safeguards to Congress.
As a former FEC Chairman, I can tell you this is a big deal.
Shane Goldmacher@ShaneGoldmacher
NEWS: ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned From @reidepstein and me: nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/…
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The Hawks have the best starting lineup in the NBA since trading Trae Young for CJ McCollum:
123.9 Offensive Rating (1st)
100.8 Defensive Rating (1st)
+23.1 Net Rating (1st)
Atlanta is looking the part of a sneaky contender for a very deep postseason run.
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Sacramento grabs an unexpected win in Toronto.
That's 20 wins for the Kings, 21 for the Jazz.
The door to the 4th worst record is opening just a little bit.
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@danclayt0n Why does the NBA feel like they need to be the only pro sports league to punish their worst teams in a draft? Sigh.
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What do y'all think? Julian's proposal is a 2-step lottery where 3 pods of 6 have a first-phase lottery to determine order within the 1-6, 7-12 and 13-18 ranges, and THEN the actuall lottery runs.
Julian Nachtigal@nachtigal
@danclayt0n Check out this lottery model I built that doesn’t let teams strategize a tank. I turned it into an app so you can run simulations. nba-draft-lottery.vercel.app Let me know what you think
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