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rayarke.bsky.social
Former Journalist (CNN, OpenSecrets), Current and forever suffering Pittsburgh Pirates fan
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Pirates owner Bob Nutting walking thru the stadium and being met with chants of Sell the Team lmao

Me four games into the 2025 Pirates season

Andrew McCutchen hitting a homer in Miami and honoring Nyjer Morgan, who's in the stands today, is such a great Remembering Some Guys Moment

While many of you are likely yelling "GO CHIEFS" or "GO EAGLES!" I'm yelling "GO KENDRIK LAMAR and the rule of law!"

Dear Dad, I know you're busy, what with being dead and all, but you're not gonna believe this.

A great man, so forward-thinking and not appreciated enough in his time. Truly a role model and intrepid leader. 'A Crisis of Confidence ' was one of the bravest and truest speeches ever given. Such a loss

A Complete Unknown is a blast of a movie! Heartily recommend

@davidjroth.bsky.social playing some Stratomatic with my dad and I'm having Guillermo Moscoso start for the 2011 A's. Let's hear it for Moscoso

I'm sure The Odyssey will be great, but when will someone finally adapt the much superior Aeneid???

🚨 Big news 🚨 After nearly a decade following thr money at OpenSecrets, I’ve made the tough decision to step away. I’m immensely proud of what we accomplished shining a light on political influence, but leaving was the right thing for me to do. Here’s why…

May this mean Austin Tice can finally return home

Where my ragged claw homies scuttling across the floor of silent seas at

Big ol' Onion membership sale starts tomorrow, btw. It's the cheapest the paper has been since we launched it in August. Get a subscription for yourself or your idiot friends. Plus, the middle of next month's paper is several extra pages of Onion wrapping paper. Cover your presents in our filth!

On this November 22nd, thinking about how there's never been any media made more perfectly hitting all my interests than Dylan's Murder Most Foul

Played this Murrow classic on the show today. The legendary CBS News journalist said this 70 years ago about McCarthy: “We will not walk in fear, one of another.” youtu.be/vEvEmkMNYHY?...

ah duquesne

Paul Skenes is inevitable. Say hello to your 2024 National League Rookie of the Year.

A wonderful ode to the best in the game www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/d...

Glad to see the only good advertisements out in the wild @bencollins.bsky.social