Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Jannik #Sinner and Alexander #Bublik on the TV. Baltimore #Orioles and the San Diego #Padres on the computer. #TheGoodLife
Antifascist. #Orioles. #Alcaraz. #Boisson. LGBTQ+ friendly. Huge #tennis and #baseball fan. Civics & Economics teacher. Antagonist of AIPAC Democrats. Liberty, Constitution, and Empathy.
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Jannik #Sinner and Alexander #Bublik on the TV. Baltimore #Orioles and the San Diego #Padres on the computer. #TheGoodLife
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
I forgot how angry I was during this mess.... I'm angry all over again.
Jake Rill (@jakerill.bsky.social) reposted
Ryan O’Hearn is currently getting hugs and meeting with members of the #Orioles here at Petco Park in San Diego. He said it’ll be weird to play against some former teammates. Still hopes the best for his friends, but “for the next 3 days, I’m trying to beat them.”
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I usually love her outfits, but her kit today makes me think she's using lawn chairs to save her husband's Cadillac a spot on a hot street in Brooklyn. I feel like she could pull out a cigarette at any moment lol.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
"The area of the earthquake was affected by heavy rain in the last 24-48 hours as well, so the risk of landslides and rock slides is also quite significant - that is why many of the roads are impassable," said Kate Carey.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Carlos in 4.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Carlos in 4. Lehecka always gives him fits.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
And yet he holds so few records. Sadly, there is no more debate. Novak is the 🐐. It's a shame. I don't feel like he really made the sport better and he is not likeable as a human being. Federer will go down in he top five with the big 3 and Sinner and Alcaraz though.
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Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Rudy Giuliani set to testify.... nm.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be amazing.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Fight back with Illinois troops.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Advancements make life better, even if it disrupts our lives. The ability to adapt to changing and evolving conditions is the homo sapien's only real defense against the rest of nature.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course AI is a threat to some workers. All new technology replaces something (and the people that produce them) or someone. The question is, is the economy at large better because of AI, long term.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Mother Fucker
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
1 for #Haaland. Let's get one more.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
James #Trafford better keep his shit together today. C'mon City! Maybe Erling will put two more in the net.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair, #Nava, #Harris, #Kym isn't a bad way to begin the tournament. Taylor didn't run into any traps.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
If you need to get going with some deep jams today...
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Good questions...
CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) reposted
Honestly I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often, good thing announcers can mute themselves 😂
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
I can't imagine being Taylor #Fritz and looking at all the folks that have been knocked out of the tournament, and I'm still looking at playing #Machac, #Djokovic, #Alcaraz, and #Sinner? Absolutely disheartening. #USOPEN #ATP
April Glick Pulito (@aprilglick.bsky.social) reposted
the craziest thing about all the discourse around creators and the wired piece is that dc is still under an armed authoritarian military occupation and the government is fine with public health servants being targeted for murder
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
Bernie Sanders endorsed political newcomer Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid, as Democratic leadership pushes to recruit Gov. Janet Mills to run against Susan Collins. “Graham is a Marine and Army National Guard veteran, an oyster farmer and a proud member of America’s working class,” Sanders said.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn't mind it.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
My Orioles need to lock up a young core. Holliday, Westburg, Jackson, Mayo, and Basallo(*) would be nice. Gunnar is going to L.A. eventually. Adley is going to the Giants, probably. Neither of them seem to want to be in Baltimore longterm. Then hire the best managers we can afford.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
These CEOs are some of the most entitled people on the planet.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
The group reviewed beaches on the coasts and Great Lakes and found that 84% of Gulf Coast beaches exceeded the standard at least once. The number was 79% for West Coast beaches, 54% for East Coast beaches and 71% for Great Lakes beaches.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
They do. But it'll be his jersey the kids all buy because he'll be here.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Just one hour later, Majchrzak confirmed that his request was successful and that he had contacted the family. "I am impressed by the power of the internet," he wrote. "We got it! It's all good now."
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
I'm old. I went to bed. European tournaments are more my time frame. Let me catch a match at 0400. But I'm watching #Andreeva and #Townsend now. The roar of the crowd when Taylor walked in was foreshadowing.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Chucky is still effective at representing the genocidal Israeli state and the oligarchical barons of Wall Street. Hakeem Jefferies and Cory Booker are right there with him tbh. Democratic voters need to take their party back from the corporate gatekeepers at the top.
Kelsey Atherton (@atherton.bsky.social) reposted
It is easier to imagine the president's death than to imagine Chuck Schumer effective
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Let's go Taylor! 🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it was back in May that I argued we were about a .500 team. Injuries, lack of player leadership, inexperience, poor pitching... but real rising stars too. Povich and Young still have good nights. Our players can score. But that would have us finishing 72 and 90. Which is still possible.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Surely there's no chance that will happen.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
In the entire history of the world, there's only ever been one way to survive tyranny. That's to fight the tyrants. And win. There are no other choices. You fight until your enemies can no longer fight, now or in the future.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Totally not something that I, you, they, everyone predicted would happen.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
They are all bootlicking sadistic fascists.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks exactly like my lake this morning. Should be a gorgeous day.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Once the team has shaken their confidence, it can take a year off a career. Luckily, she's still got a return game.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
As Americans, it's our right and sacred honor to sacrifice our children for the cos play fantasy that we're all Rambo Warriors and you better watch out! Sadly, these alpha male Rambo types are comprised mostly of bootlickers.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Jackson is a perfect replacement for Ramon Urías.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Tennis is a sport that rewards mental toughness and agility. The mental game was always my weakness, too. For me, I would get extremely angry with myself and go on tilt. #Tsitsipas, though, like other weak minded athletes like #Ostapenko, gets angry at his opponents. It's a horrible look.
Reuters (@reuters.com) reposted
Large increase in number of people executed in Iran, says UN human rights office reut.rs/41u6XPt
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
The last photos taken by Mariam Dagga show the damaged stairwell outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip where she would be killed by an Israeli strike moments later.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Human beings really are a curse. What we do to our planet, to living things, to each other, and to ourselves is beyond evil. This tribe will no doubt perish pointlessly while the rich get richer by selling their forests to us.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Holy shit.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Bomb Moscow. All of it. What are y'all waiting on? Russians in Poland?
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
She should have beat her within an inch of her life. Or the crowd should have. Can't tolerate intolerant people. It's always the wrong thing to do.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Would love to see Taylor kick Oztepenko's ass. Pay per view... $50. Let's do it. She's a racist piece of shit.
cyborg87.bsky.social (@cyborg87.bsky.social) reposted
The Toronto Blue Jays held a moment of silence prior to the start of tonight’s baseball game vs the Minnesota Twins. Canada is a good friend. 🇨🇦
Ian Boudreau (@ianboudreau.com) reposted
Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I would like ethical, responsible, pragmatic, progressive, and efficacious government. But that probably doesn't fit neatly into some extreme ideological camp.
Tick Tock Tennis (@ticktocktennis.bsky.social) reposted
Ugo Then! Three guys named Ugo started this tournament. And, after two rounds, the only one left in the draw is the one with the lowest ranking. Tennis! Ugo Blanchet scores a big upset over Miami champion Jakub Mensik, winning 6-7², 7-6⁵, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6⁷, to move on.
Raw Story (@rawstory.com) reposted
An infamous immigration detention center in Florida is set to close "within a few days," according to a new report.
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
BREAKING: An email shared with The Associated Press shows "Alligator Alcatraz" will likely be empty within days.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
This is the way.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
The Trump administration again petitioned the Supreme Court to block the use of billions in foreign aid. The administration urged the justices to overturn a lower court order that requires the government to spend the funds already appropriated by Congress.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Senator, it's hard enough to drive Democrats with the balls to fight Trump. You know damn well the Republicans never will. They're absolutely terrified.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I would like ethical, responsible, pragmatic, progressive, and efficacious government. But that probably doesn't fit neatly into some extreme ideological camp.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
That's true. I should be paying closer attention to nuance.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Farage is just Trump without an orange spray tan.
Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) reposted
I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
It's been impressive how they've gotten all the Christianity out of the Christian church in the States. American Churches are basically self-segregated, culturally-racist community centers that don't have to pay taxes or contribute anything positive to society.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not like it was a Jersey Mike's sub or something like that. It's just Subway.
The Resistance CO 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 (@theresistanceco.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Grab your footlongs, guys. We're fighting fascism!
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I would never, under any circumstances, vote to indict or convict any American who fights back against fascists. Throw anything you like at them. I will not be convinced that you committed a crime.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
The troops need to be run out of these cities by the good people that live there.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
RFK is one of the dumbest human beings on the planet.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Our soldiers should be terrified to be on our streets. Surround them by the hundreds. Make them uncomfortable. Dox them. Give us the names of their family members businesses. Boycott those businesses. Surround their CEO's homes. Demand they be fired. Make fascism fucking miserable for them.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
They are grotesque. They are America's shame. They deserve nothing but our deepest and most virulent disdain.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Why are we tolerating the existence of Republicans. It seems utterly unwise. If there was a country of Republicans, I would imagine the whole world would be at war with them - but we live beside them like nothing's wrong, like they aren't a horrible disease destroying our nation from within.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Republicans are really awful people.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
They're committed to their racist worldview. Republicans aren't countrymen I disagree with, they're people I'm completely opposed to in every way. They are, at best, enemies.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Racists and fascists and republicans, oh my.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump on deploying the National Guard to Chicago: "I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States."
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Trump's toadies keeping kissing his ass as he wraps up a cabinet meeting that lasted more than three hours
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) reposted
As a near lifelong Chicagoland resident, I remind y’all that Chicago isn’t even top 25 nationwide in violence, the majority of illegal guns here are from IN & WI who have weak gun laws, & Trump is sending the Nat’l Guard to try & intimidate us & normalize military occupation, because he’s a fascist.
Reuters (@reuters.com) reposted
OBITUARY Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza reut.rs/4n5R3TV
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Right?
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
I also find myself constantly rooting for whomever is serving. Both gentlemen playing smart tennis.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
#Altmaier and #Medjedovic have been terrific! The men's side is so deep and competitive that you never know who's going to eventually lose to Sinner/Alcaraz.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Those countries don't have 78 million fascists living there.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Amazon appears to be doing just fine. idk
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Boycotting is a privileged protest. Many Americans no longer can afford to give their money to anyone but the oligarchy. Boycotts also haven't even slightly bothered the oligarchs. They don't care. It's about power, not he bottom line.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
We're in danger because of fascism. Would prefer if our government killed all the fascists.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Marching is nice. Fighting is inevitable.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Coco looks a bit sleepy this evening.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social)
Coco looks tired.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
Should be. My man Carlos looks like he went and joined the Marines or the SHARPs.
Ezra Starr (@burninggiraffe.bsky.social) reply parent
If someone is caught making threats they should go to jail for a year. The threats will stop real quick.
Bird's Eye View - An Orioles Podcast (@birdseyeviewbal.bsky.social) reposted
Trevor Rogers 👀👀👀
Tennis365com (@tennis365com.bsky.social) reposted
📊Just days after turning 19, Joao Fonseca completed the list of reaching the second round of all four Grand Slams in 2025. #JoaoFonseca | #GoranIvanisevic | #CarlosAlcaraz | #RafaelNadal