Addendum: yes the mastodon (and general fediverse) community is fairly fractured, with wildly different ideas about how the fediverse should operate and that's okay too. If that's going to be the case, make your thing opt-in. (See how the mastodon Search stuff was done for an example.)
Two: A community's normative expectations need to be taken into account, for example, that posts are only easily visible to a certain subsection of the fediverse. These expectations may (and often are) completely disconnected from the technical capabilities of the service (e.g. that posts are publicly available), and that's okay. We encounter these expectations of behaviour despite capabilities for different behaviour all the time in the real world. Social contracts regulate them.
Am the sort of Vegas resident who feels a little obligated to put money on today's game but also knows the amounts need to be small and fun-sized. Leaning as usual into silly bets, such as $2 on a missed kick to hit an upright and $5 on a chaotic parlay that involves both QBs throwing interceptions.
About 2 months before my intentional unemployment begins! Will be quite the change since I've worked full-time for nearly all my adult life. Don't have any firm plans other than reading, watching baseball, a little travel... and eventually seeing what's next. Looking forward to it for sure, though!
duuuuude maybe we’re all just tea towels
dipping my toe in Bluesky now that signups are open for all. right now I think I will still spend more time on mastodon, micro.blog, etc., but it's definitely nice to be able to follow some of the same folks I used to follow on the old birdsite (dotheysaybirdsitehere)
The Patty Melt Is Tired of Hearing About Your Favorite Burger
The undersung cousin of an American classic is a superior sandwich, our critic argues.
2. Ep 2119 of Effectively Wild also got me to place an order for the Baseball Prospectus Annual for the first time ever. Anticipating having a bit more free time this spring so figure I’ll have time to actually crack the book open.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2119-the-all-time-bp-annual-guessing-game/
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Effectively Wild Episode 2119: The All-Time BP Annual Guessing Game
Two baseball podcast related tidbits on this February Saturday… ⚾️
1. Thoroughly enjoyed this recent episode of The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur featuring Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Roberts turns out to be a heck of a good sport, and slides right into the PosCast’s vibe.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-poscast-with-dave-roberts/id1595575940?i=1000643790395
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The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur: A PosCast with Dave Roberts! on Apple Podcasts
Show The PosCast with Joe Posnanski & Michael Schur, Ep A PosCast with Dave Roberts! - Feb 1, 2024
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