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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 13:34 UTC

I'm a hard-eyed realist about electoral politics, that's why I'm advising the Democrats to shove aside the elected vice president and replace her with someone who'd vacate a purple- or red-state Senate seat

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 01:12 UTC

Turned on CNN at 8:57 and that 9 person melee was too much for this poor bonked brain that's already up past its bedtime. Good job guys, you broke me, I'm out and will have to read about it tomorrow. Good luck to all you hardy souls who are gonna try to make it to the end.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 22:27 UTC

I’m sure as he was moving up from like 38 to 9 in a third of a lap that was not caught on camera Mr Pidcock treated all of his competitors with the utmost respect and sportsmanship.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:57 UTC

Frickin' it's the same weekend as Carrabassett. We'll talk offline if you want the guest room.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:56 UTC

Long ago decided my grave will probably say "She might have overdone it a little."

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 23:32 UTC

Mostly dissociating. V helpful when you can pull it off.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 23:31 UTC

Oh, neuropathy is a bitch (def worse than face smashing.) It’s not a contest, we can all complain about horrific burning pain!

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:57 UTC

This one just took proprioception and a lot of sensation in the legs, and was pretty much the end of rowing. (The C3-5 mostly temporary paralysis was 4yrs later, my own fault, from MTB.) I did get some sensation back, but have never felt that sweet lactic acid burn since. 🙁

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:12 UTC

I’m touchy about bad and distracted drivers.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:12 UTC

Oh, I had a year and a half of facial reconstruction after the whole coming back after CPR and spending a week in a coma and then having to learn to walk again after my L1 vertebra got smooshed. Good times. (Then another year of cognitive rehab)

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 20:56 UTC

Facebook popped up a 10yr memory anniversary for me the other day of a doctor being 'surprised that I wasn't "more vegetative"' after reading the medical files after my mauling, and then this morning the second cyclist in 2 weeks was killed by someone driving a truck in Cambridge.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 00:16 UTC

There's not even 10 of us on here, buddy.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 00:09 UTC

Have developed a theory that if enough bodies pile up, the Scrub Zone will be able to just roll the features/carcasses and finally have their moments of glory.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 21:48 UTC

Nope

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 21:29 UTC

One of those cases that stays with you for the rest of your life and can’t be discussed with normal humans is all I’ll say. Just treat chainsaws with respect, is my free medical advice.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

It’s not like one of the two gnarliest injuries I have ever seen in my career as an emergency physician was related to a chainsaw.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

AND a respirator.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

Oh, I can also hook you up with a shit ton of bleach.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

For some reason, I can’t find anyone to lend me a chainsaw.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

It’s hilarious that you ask this of someone who knowingly bought a house with an actively leaking roof. I can hook you up with a roof guy and some mold remediation guys. Still looking for a less obnoxious plumber, though. Any chance you’d be willing to lend me a chainsaw in return?

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 20:16 UTC

Owning an extreme fixer-upper in the woods while also owning only semi-functional hands really makes one extra-grateful for the facts that tetanus vaccines exist and that they work.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 16:31 UTC

Thankfully dog is away at camp bc 1/2lb wet coffee grounds were very very well scattered. Maybe somehow the residual smell will scare away the spiders.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 11:44 UTC

Don’t know how your morning’s going, so far but I’ve managed to dump about a half pound’s worth of cold brew setup off the carafe, over onto the (closed) garbage can, off which it spin-bounced onto the floor, wildly spewing contents as it rotated. Before 7am and obvs before I’d had any coffee.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

Yes. It feels very much like "oooo, this is another way to make excuses to save the ones we like."

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

If he’s a robot, which makes a lot of sense, we shouldn’t slingshot gum at the TV so much is some kind of jamming signal through it.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

I’ve always loved her. I think she’s doing great, but all the new twists are bringing the whole season down it seems like you can feel the producers’ thumbs pressing on the outcomes more this season. (With the possible exception of both of that jackass Buddha’s wins.)

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

The purity demands are mind blowing to me. You dislike one aspect of a candidate, don’t want to vote for them, and are willing to risk winding up with someone who represents EVERYTHING else that appalls you. Spiting the face, etc etc

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] May 26, 2024 at 01:47 UTC

Full on threw an elbow into me towards the end of the start straight at a practice STXC race a couple years ago. Should've fought back but got distracted by the internal laugh track going on about finally getting my 'Paul Curley Racing' baptism.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] May 14, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

Like every good patient I’m here for an appt with the neurologist wearing long pants despite the 70 deg temps so she doesn’t see the mountain bike bruises and yell at me (again.)

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] May 01, 2024 at 23:50 UTC

Gift link. IMHO this chaos isn't helping anyone but the Republicans and Iran; here's someone else saying something along those lines but articulately. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/o...

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 01:13 UTC

Presented without comment. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/n...

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 22, 2024 at 12:23 UTC

Could swear that the local NPR station just announced that a new bagel place was opening in Cambridge this morning “just in time for Passover.“

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 21, 2024 at 22:19 UTC

IMHO their podium coverage in general is enraging but it's def worse for the women.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 21, 2024 at 22:15 UTC

Also: If we never ever have to see/hear Josh Carlson again it'll still be too soon.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 21, 2024 at 22:14 UTC

Eurosport MTB coverage: Cuts away early from the W podium they were talking over anyway in order to blather on about the M race (still ~15min away) and show the eleventy billionth view of Lecompte DNFing.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 21, 2024 at 11:03 UTC

LOL I thought this was going to be a response to the thread about finding Fireball nips thrown from moving cars.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 17, 2024 at 17:32 UTC

Also do not feed them after midnight.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 16, 2024 at 19:06 UTC

Really wish there was some way to contact Salman Rushdie (obvs get why there doesn't seem to be) bc his @npr.org Fresh Air description of calmly knowing he was a dying atheist, then having to live the aftermath is nearly exactly the same as my experience, only more eloquently articulated. Just wow.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 17:34 UTC

Endo on a steep upuphill 😳

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

NOBODY wants to see the commentators.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

This is brutal in multiple ways.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 14, 2024 at 15:44 UTC

How is it that almost all the cameras covering the World Cup XCO are either too close or too far away to see what’s going on?

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 06, 2024 at 00:55 UTC

Also, same folks. (The source of my Jewish space laser key chain.) dissentpins.com/collections/...

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 06, 2024 at 00:53 UTC

R's are only pronounced here at the end of words that would normally end in A's.

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 06, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

“Faaaaakkk yoo”

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 22:19 UTC

Have yet to work up the nerve to apply this to my car. dissentpins.com/products/i-h...

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sloansh @sloansh.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 05, 2024 at 19:59 UTC

Just finished the 1st half of the apparently annual drive south. You're very very impressively manly w/your pristinely clean scratchless massive lifted pickup with nothing in it, but I'm a Boston driver and you're definitely not going to be able to merge that thing in front of me.

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