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the fundamental rule of our era is that everything is political, except politics, which is entertainment
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in hindsight it was a fairly obvious that the movement to destigmatize disability would result in some people feeling excluded or finding it glamorous and trying to “get in on it”
This is real. Sign in the background says "Cubans need Masks."
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nonetheless i think this class of disability ‘advocates’ do present a real image problem, and it is something for the movement to grapple with
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realizing i somehow quoted the wrong tweet (it was a post about gen z cane use) but im not retyping this whole thing so just pretend im less technologically stupid than i am
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infiltrator is a strange word for “person who will spend money buying drinks at my failing bar”
Paranoid owner of woke Mass. lesbian bar puts big restrictions on mask-free Saturday over 'infiltrator' fear trib.al/qmYFZJi
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all of this sucks and they should just get rid of both wildcards and go back to 4 playoff teams
The MLB Playoff format will be on the table during CBA negotiations this winter after a division winner (3 seed) will enter the Playoffs with a .500 record or worse, per @TheAthletic Ideas that were proposed during last negotiations: - 14-team proposal that let division winners choose which wild card they wanted to face in the first round - Two of the Players Association’s proposals included a seven-game Division Series and reseeding (based on record) after the Wild Card Series - In one format, the third division winner — the one without a first-round bye — would start the Wild Card Series with a game in hand. The series would only be two games instead of three, and the No. 3 seed would only need to win one of the two games. That would create a clear incentive for the No. 5 seed over the No. 6 seed - The union also pushed to phase in a structure with two divisions in each league rather than three, to reduce the chance of a particularly poor division winner. In that format, the two division winners would receive byes, and the Wild Card Series would involve only wild-card teams (nytimes.com/athletic/7628400…)
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how can you not be romantic about baseball
The perfect ending for Justin Verlander. His daughter runs out to the mound and he walks off with his family. Feels like a movie.
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only one president was a cubs fan (reagan) and one was a sox fan (obama)
Baseball fandom of recent Illinois governors (1977-now): Thompson - Cubs Edgar - Cardinals Ryan - Cubs Blago - Cubs Quinn - Sox Rauner - Cubs Pritzker - Cubs
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ereht llits
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A new ordinance introduced in Chicago this week would help us return to this form. It would exclude 'family-sized' units from the floor-area-ratio calculation on over 150k parcels in Chicago Amazing work by @312Walt @AldLawson @AbundantHomesIL @strongtownschi! chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov…
This apartment for sale in Milwaukee is a great example of what we don't really build anymore. Currently a 3 bed 2 bath, it obviously used to be a 4 bed 3 bath. Two living rooms, a dining room. 2.5K square feet. We gotta start building big apartments again. Asking $375K
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this rules and the government should spend more money subsidizing demand for the arts
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @MetOpera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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i worry that it being totally free may create no shows, but otherwise this just rules
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