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Bryan Mac

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The MGoBlog Opponent Watch guy. Other stupid thoughts available at bryanmac.substack.com, or wherever fine takes are sold.

created July 3, 2023

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Umm, why was I not informed before now that CHRIS ASH is Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator?

1/9/2025, 12:08:28 AM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Rest now. Your watch is over.

31/8/2025, 3:02:10 AM | 35 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nate Marshall eyes emoji

31/8/2025, 2:43:27 AM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jack Layne has my respect. He has four cracked ribs and something called a “kerblammed gall bladder,” but also my respect.

31/8/2025, 2:37:06 AM | 40 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Even those little swing passes look *different*, man.

31/8/2025, 2:20:54 AM | 43 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I appreciate New Mexico at least making sure some Cool Shit happens. All you can really ask for in a cupcake opener.

31/8/2025, 2:19:23 AM | 19 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That’s a pancake. Which is LIKE a hold. But different.

31/8/2025, 2:10:48 AM | 45 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ball lies.

31/8/2025, 2:05:32 AM | 47 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Kudos to Layne for being able to stand upright. Dude is getting murderated.

31/8/2025, 1:53:18 AM | 39 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not sure how a 6’5” defender is supposed to form tackle a 5’11” quarterback.

31/8/2025, 1:51:28 AM | 70 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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That is no less than four times this game I’ve shouted “LOOK OUT” at New Mexico players.

31/8/2025, 1:49:31 AM | 16 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’ve been making Ted Cruz Eggs jokes on LinkedIn for years, and here’s what that taught us about B-to-B Sales…

31/8/2025, 1:45:27 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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So it appears the “training wheels” portion of the Bryce Underwood Era was exactly 28 minutes long.

31/8/2025, 1:41:24 AM | 47 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was that a “three vasectomies” joke?

31/8/2025, 1:38:19 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“I’m afraid he failed to survive the ground.” “Oh God. What happens now?” “Second and 10.”

31/8/2025, 1:35:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Watching opponents running into the middle of the line and not instantly dying is going to take some getting used to.

31/8/2025, 1:33:47 AM | 33 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ack, this is wrong. The stat was 40+ yards. And that completion was only 39. The quest continues.

31/8/2025, 1:14:16 AM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It says something about something that the coolest, calmest, smoothest two-minute drill in years was orchestrated by a guy who has been able to legally buy fireworks for like two weeks.

31/8/2025, 1:04:43 AM | 184 12 | View on Bluesky | view

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That was Michigan’s first pass play of 30+ yards since JJ left.

31/8/2025, 1:02:13 AM | 73 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is the nip protection Ryan Day needed earlier today.

31/8/2025, 12:55:49 AM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Special teams have been… interesting.

31/8/2025, 12:49:14 AM | 22 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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lol, can’t even be mad

31/8/2025, 12:46:18 AM | 58 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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“If Barham wasn’t so focused on making the hit…” ok let me stop you there champ

31/8/2025, 12:39:43 AM | 26 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great block by Klein, eh @mgoseth.bsky.social?

31/8/2025, 12:31:28 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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TJ DUDE!

31/8/2025, 12:30:09 AM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bredeson has run more downfield routes this season than he did all of last season.

31/8/2025, 12:27:06 AM | 11 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT: Hillman seems to enjoy hitting.

31/8/2025, 12:18:36 AM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fred dropped it, but that was a ‘wow’ rep by Bryce.

31/8/2025, 12:08:26 AM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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First scene that came to mind.

31/8/2025, 12:06:23 AM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Barham, meet ribs. Ribs, meet Barham.

31/8/2025, 12:03:12 AM | 32 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He’s got a touch of the Bredeson in him, it seems

30/8/2025, 11:57:55 PM | 23 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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MORE LIKE UNDER-LAYING-THE-WOOD

30/8/2025, 11:57:14 PM | 47 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is Max Bredeson allowed to touch the football?

30/8/2025, 11:56:01 PM | 35 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Still almost an hour until kickoff, so you have plenty of time to read about my idiot dog and the changing nature of college football. mgoblog.com/content/punt...

30/8/2025, 10:45:41 PM | 31 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Too many passing yards for Texas. They can’t win now.

30/8/2025, 7:11:06 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good for Ohio State. For a while it looked like they weren’t gonna be able to restart that “scored 11 or more points in X consecutive regular season games” streak.

30/8/2025, 6:42:59 PM | 63 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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We just wasted a perfectly good Big Guy Safety Dance.

30/8/2025, 6:18:40 PM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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The drive was great… until it super duper wasn’t.

30/8/2025, 6:17:22 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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30/8/2025, 6:13:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Born on third nip

30/8/2025, 6:11:35 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Halftime of a Top 3 matchup

These women having a mid off
30/8/2025, 5:49:01 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Today.

30/8/2025, 3:36:46 PM | 38 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Buzz buzz

30/8/2025, 3:18:30 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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And it looks like they settled in Pigeon Forge. Which makes sense, actually: you fight Saddam, you get to hang at Dollywood.

30/8/2025, 2:36:59 AM | 21 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“What if Carmen Sandiego was pathologically incapable of drawing up routes more than 4 yards downfield?”

30/8/2025, 2:15:22 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Changed the channel back just in time to watch a QB draw on 3rd and 11 while down by 23 points in the 4th quarter.

30/8/2025, 2:10:15 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They ‘posed to be DoD.

30/8/2025, 2:05:58 AM | 21 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’re already dragging his ass in the group text.

30/8/2025, 2:01:00 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Based on his path, I genuinely don’t know where he’s going to land in 2 years. Could be head coach of a Texas high school. Could be QB coach at Alabama. Could be WR coach for the Denver Broncos. Literally any guess is as good as any other.

30/8/2025, 1:21:27 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve been so mind-numbingly befuddled by Western Michigan’s play calling that I had to Google their Offensive Coordinator. It makes more sense now.

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30/8/2025, 1:12:03 AM | 33 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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/taps on patient like a Home Improvement Dad looking for a wall stud. “Yep, pretty sure that’s the spot.”

30/8/2025, 1:07:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nope. Nope nope nope.

29/8/2025, 5:12:15 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We’re gonna start getting devastatingly personal (but also melodically pleasing) songs about 4-stars decommits.

29/8/2025, 1:45:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s early… but there’s a chance the middle of the Big Ten might be butt.

29/8/2025, 2:25:04 AM | 16 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wake up, folks… it’s GAMEDAY!

28/8/2025, 12:05:18 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unless you see cauliflower ear, in which case, it is time to make peace with your foe or with God.

26/8/2025, 3:31:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think this dispute between Ohio State and Dave Portnoy is very important, and both sides should spend every dollar they have fighting this battle.

26/8/2025, 12:23:20 PM | 135 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Somehow, Opponent Watch remains constitutionally protected speech. mgoblog.com/content/oppo...

25/8/2025, 8:32:38 PM | 28 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not today. But next Saturday…

23/8/2025, 3:22:36 PM | 24 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pretty sure wolves are herbivores. You should be fine.

23/8/2025, 1:51:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Guess who’s back Back again Doofus back Tell a friend mgoblog.com/content/oppo...

18/8/2025, 8:50:25 PM | 62 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤔🤔🤔

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18/8/2025, 4:46:57 PM | 39 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It was more a matter of expectations. Michigan fans have assumed for many months that Michigan would be fined a bazillion dollars. Folks in East Lansing and Columbus assumed they were going to see bowl bans and vacated wins and public defenestrations.

16/8/2025, 3:27:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not today. Or next Saturday. But the Saturday after that…

16/8/2025, 2:05:50 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I feel like this was a rhetorical question, but… yes. Yes it would.

15/8/2025, 4:58:25 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wait, so when do they release the penalties for Matt Weiss hacking into the FBI's Practice Footage Headquarters with the help of Ving Rhames and the dude from Leon: The Professional?

15/8/2025, 4:20:22 PM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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POLLUTION IS NOT A JOKE RYAN

15/8/2025, 3:43:09 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It’s also being served consecutively with his Burgergate show-cause… so it runs through 2038.

15/8/2025, 3:27:29 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can help narrow it down to a couple of zip codes if that would help.

15/8/2025, 3:26:18 PM | 20 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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George H.W. Bush typing his memoirs from the Simpsons episode, captioned
15/8/2025, 2:41:18 PM | 27 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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Other than the Seafood Slurry Surprise, I assume.

15/8/2025, 1:34:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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According to my sources, the NCAA looked at all the available evidence, and ultimately determined that Michigan defeated Ohio State 13-10, in Columbus, on national television, without Colston Loveland or Will Johnson.

14/8/2025, 2:54:22 PM | 41 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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/me, nodding “Heck of a boule.”

14/8/2025, 1:41:53 AM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was unaware of this as well.

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13/8/2025, 10:22:50 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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/clears throat More like Flight Ham /walks into ocean, carrying 17 pound spiral ham

13/8/2025, 6:10:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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America is fundamentally broken… but a dude chucked a Subway sandwich at a cop.

12/8/2025, 6:38:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The FBI is going to be so pissed when they find out the $20 I Venmo’d to a friend a few years ago wasn’t actually for “Illegal drugs sent across state lines for purposes of financial gain.”

12/8/2025, 6:37:01 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Also… and i’m not an economist, so give me some rope… The assumption that “Thing #1 costs more, so people won’t buy Thing #2” seems dubious given the $7.3 Quinjillion in consumer credit card debt currently held by Americans.

12/8/2025, 12:00:29 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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eh, not sure that’s it

12/8/2025, 1:04:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So, out of curiosity… would folks be interested in a brief writeup of Michigan Football’s upcoming opponents? (Also, I don’t have a catchy title for such a watching of opponents, but I’m open to suggestions.)

12/8/2025, 12:38:38 AM | 62 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting smoked in a foot chase by a drunk 36-year-old dude named, like, Gareth or Tanner.

11/8/2025, 11:47:35 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I assume you mean “The Snorks,” in which case, yes.

11/8/2025, 11:29:41 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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About 25 snakes

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11/8/2025, 12:00:05 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“Flesh is actually a weakness. CHANGE MY MIND.”

10/8/2025, 2:51:30 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sending twelve dudes out to talk about what you did: the original SEO.

9/8/2025, 4:52:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not today. Or next Saturday. Or the Saturday after that. But the Saturday after that…

9/8/2025, 3:49:23 PM | 35 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Those aren’t typos. They are the correct spellings for Kennedy and Washington. They just had the LLM set to “Wisconsin phonetics” mode

8/8/2025, 6:19:44 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Once per generation, a sacrifice must be made to the gods of Fan FAFO. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HIhT...

8/8/2025, 2:50:57 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yep, pretty ridiculous of you ask me. Some travel team; I could take any one of those kids deep.

6/8/2025, 11:39:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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When my oldest was playing T-ball, the coach of the local 6-And-Under (!!) travel team was at tryouts/assessments trolling for talent.

6/8/2025, 11:28:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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/puts finger to the air /licks finger “Just as I thought. A mixture of Dbol and Capri Sun.”

6/8/2025, 4:09:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Three hours of yeah I bet we can fix that, let’s just crack it open and take a look

5/8/2025, 1:56:25 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve learned one thing since I purchased an Apple Watch: I am so fucking good at standing.

3/8/2025, 10:13:04 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The good news is that training for a 5K is pretty much about forcing yourself go out running any distance a dozen times. It’ll get your body past the “why are we doing this” barrier. Also, take note of the areas on your body that are getting chafed or blistered and re-gear/Body Glide accordingly.

1/8/2025, 12:46:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Lions are very much an ‘If 18 Goes Down’ team this year.

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1/8/2025, 12:40:56 AM | 12 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do we still count this as their “first-ever orbital rocket?” Isn’t that kind of like saying “first man to circumnavigate the Earth dies of scurvy before leaving port?”

30/7/2025, 5:52:10 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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99% of the times I have been slapped on the ass by a man have been in a sports context. This is a very odd line to draw.

28/7/2025, 7:54:36 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There should be an “I passed 10th grade math” CAPTCHA that allows you to block all Dave Ramsey content in your algorithms.

27/7/2025, 5:08:46 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Having a restaurant on Natchez Trace overrun by tourists will never not be weird to me.

27/7/2025, 1:46:58 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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see what had happened was

26/7/2025, 9:19:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view