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vandennis.bsky.social
He/his, early 30s, media writer, as seen on @unwinnable.com Talks about movies, videogames, TV, and the Seattle mariners (and also anime, cars & lefty politics)
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MARINERS ARE TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE AL WEST!!

JACOB WILSON FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

"okay as long as Geno doesn't Adam Frazier this we're okay- 🙃🙃🫠🫠"

Watching rangers vs athletics to see if the mariners can tie for the division lead tonight, and dbacks vs rays to see if Arizona's bullpen will keep the running gag going

All, most of you know by now what happened to me in February. I've written an essay about this for @harpersbazaar.uol.com.br.web.brid.gy, and I hope you'll give it a read:

Leo Rivas with the catch of the game 😭😭

Trent Thornton could do the funniest thing ever (get one out)

Fenway is just pure bullshit

Same, 'cept I'm gonna wait 2 years when it has enough games to warrant the buy, AND the possible hardware issues get ironed out (both of which bit me in the ass when I got a PS5)

"legs, I know my workout today kinda destroyed you and I'm sorry about that, but Imma need you guys to work tonight because I want to catch an imax showing of sinners"

the things I would do for pizzicato to serve focaccia bread again. A loaf with olive oil to dip it in, for $2, best appetizer ever to exist.

oh my word o'neil cruz

Kinda amazed that Cora hasn't been thrown out this game

JIANT PENIS CRAWFORD

Whoever pissed off Emerson Hancock, thank you

Fenway Park, where bullshit comes true

Well that's superbly frustrating.

WashPo [Apr 23] -- Continuing FB's enshitification, Meta Oversight Board rules that harassing hateful anti-trans videos shared by Libs of TikTok--whose false charges have been tied to dozens of bomb threats at medical facilities--are no longer hate speech or harassment. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Disappearing people. This is not the country I grew up in–and I’m not going to let it be the country I leave to my children. I will continue speaking up because it is clear this is a constitutional crisis and being silent is being complicit.

I'm refusing that the cubs are as good as they are because it'd mean that I'm 4 for 4 in my "weird gut feeling about this team being good this season based off of vibes" predictions

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

my plan to get people to start having more kids? make climate change worse. abolish the department of education. also milk is poison

I mean, me personally I think it's really cool we're in a surprisingly strong year for gaming

The surest sign that therapy works is that I'm not even the tiniest bit bothered by how that game turned out.

JP!

I've got therapy over the next hour so I'm choosing to perceive what Polo just did as a sign that he's supportive of me taking care of my mental health

"Paramount’s controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, is eager to secure the Trump administration’s approval for a multibillion-dollar sale of her company to Skydance...." Corp media values profit over independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.

Two headlines in the New York Times today.

Major studies show that the public's desire for climate action is deep and global and that the misperceptions that fuel a “spiral of silence” on climate are found wherever researchers look, writes the Guardian's Damian Carrington.

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.” So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

CHECKMARK this. VERIFIED that. who cares. why don't you go CHECK on your loved ones?

What in hell

I need this guy to be somewhat decent as cardinals go so I can unironically root for Pope Pizzaballa

He truly was the cool pope because his last action was to do something that jd vance will *never* hear the end of. Went out on a baller move.

sooo... did jd vance kill the pope?

Josh Naylor what the actual hell.

Cubs, dbacks, can one of you end this already.

Just to state the obvious: Hegseth knew members of his family (and others) don’t have clearance, which I would think makes this an even more problematic reveal.