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Miami Heat






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M. Gardner #15
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B. Adebayo #13
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Miami Heat STARTERS MIN PTS FG 3PT FT M. Gardner #15 26 4 2-4 0-1 0-0 B. Adebayo #13 42 83 20-43 7-22 36-43 All Stats

The points made me triple-take and the 3-point attempts made me quadruple-take but the FREE THROWS made me yell loud enough that my kid asked if everything is OK

11.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

the power structure of the Democratic party has been geared toward electing business friendly bureaucrats who's main goal is making friends with GOP lawmakers on the cocktail party circuit for decades now

that time is over- they can get with the program, or go the way of the Whigs

10.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

…last of which was a screen sized blast of blue juice that pounded the boss for like 20sec until they died. Ok then!

If you don’t have multiplayer; FromSoft games take a big hit. They are so hard sometimes, and not just boss toughness; you can just not know what to do.

10.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

FromSoft difficulty setting for bosses is lowered by multiplayer. Just get some wizard to pop in and liquify the bad guy. You don’t always get lucky, but when you do it can be hilarious. I was troubled by some big horse dude with lightning and I called someone in who cast like four spells, the 1/

10.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So many of these guys are thinking, β€œwhen I am President, they will remember this and vote for my picks.”
SO.
MANY.

10.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also: YOU did the research for this video, you KNEW you were going to talk about this shit, how hard is it to google some of it beforehand instead of going "Justin...Troodeeoh? Who is that, you guys, is that the president of Canada?"

10.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the *best* movie theater popcorn in Los Angeles, and we’re prepared to fight about it πŸ˜€β€¨
Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, @marinamasako.bsky.social hopped on @metrolosangeles.bsky.social to rank the best offerings at local theaters. #MetroPartner

The full list: lataco.com/best-movie-t...

10.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

I have a bunch of those MacAddict CDs. Maybe I should get nuts…

10.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
8 panel comic

P1: Mario runs and jumps at a floating question mark box, punching it from below with his left fist. A panicked looking mushroom pops out from a hole at the top of the box

P2: as he lands, Mario snatches the mushroom from the air with his tongue

P3: rubbing his belly with his right hand in satisfaction, Mario says "delizioso"

P4: a close up of Mario's happy, satisfied face--

P5: --only for his eyes to bug out as his face turns a sickly shade of green, a bit of drool hangs from under his lip slug

P6: a distant shot of a verdant field, hills in the distance

P7: the same, only now annominous green glow forms on the horizon, causing birds to fly away in fright

P8: we close in on that spot, as Mario suddenly Tetsuos into a gargantuan abomination

8 panel comic P1: Mario runs and jumps at a floating question mark box, punching it from below with his left fist. A panicked looking mushroom pops out from a hole at the top of the box P2: as he lands, Mario snatches the mushroom from the air with his tongue P3: rubbing his belly with his right hand in satisfaction, Mario says "delizioso" P4: a close up of Mario's happy, satisfied face-- P5: --only for his eyes to bug out as his face turns a sickly shade of green, a bit of drool hangs from under his lip slug P6: a distant shot of a verdant field, hills in the distance P7: the same, only now annominous green glow forms on the horizon, causing birds to fly away in fright P8: we close in on that spot, as Mario suddenly Tetsuos into a gargantuan abomination

10.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

KKkkOOOooooOOOPPPPAAAAAAA

10.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and their new suppliers crop was spoiled. They had to scramble for whatever peppers were around and could be batched into a flavor/heat profile that hit the target and ended up with green roosters.

Incredible own goal by a well respected brand.

10.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Underwood Farms is a few miles away from me and this story was so bonkers from the jump. This played out over years. If you recall, Huy Fong was actual gone from shelves for months, then the first bottles to appear were the greenish ones. Right after the ugly split, Mexico got hit by bad weather 1/2

10.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whhhh-aat what? Our leaders are Actual Idiotsβ„’ who are utterly unqualified to run a carnival game? Can it be true?

10.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s hilariously fucked up that we have a system where Ryan Murphy can treat Daryl Hannah and other living and dead people as free-use characters, but you have to wait 100 years to mess with Steamboat Willy and Winnie the Pooh.

It’s always corporations over people. Always.

09.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Price to pay for Berkeley’: Jeffrey Epstein paid law student’s tuition in exchange for β€˜assistants’ Records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

INBOX: First reported by the Daily Californian, records show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein funded a student’s UC Berkeley School of Law degree in return for referring female β€œassistants.”

www.dailycal.org/news/nationa...

05.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

looks like good shit is back on the (criterion channel) menu, boys

09.03.2026 03:21 πŸ‘ 694 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 2
Screengrab from GITS:SAC S1 E2, Tachikoma with dozens of bullet holes in it, smashed up, on the ground, expanding puddle of oil underneath it. Subtitle "I'm fine."

Screengrab from GITS:SAC S1 E2, Tachikoma with dozens of bullet holes in it, smashed up, on the ground, expanding puddle of oil underneath it. Subtitle "I'm fine."

tfw you're fine

09.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 585 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Death Valley’s best superbloom since 2016 is here The National Park Service said the colorful display is being fueled by multiple rounds of rain since autumn, with blooms expected to continue at low elevations into mid-late March.

In the hottest, driest, lowest National Park in the US, flowers are blooming. It's the best "superbloom" since 2016.

A reminder that when the conditions are right, amazing things can happen.

09.03.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Incredible shot, Ifa!!

09.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seat warmers! Steering wheel warmer! Bose sound system! You can find these things for $3k.

09.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you are just an around town commuter, the early edition Leafs are easy to track down and there are parts galore. I have a 2015 that goes about 60mi on a charge. GREAT for high schoolers. The range is a short leash. They ain’t taking this to Vegas.

I love the hell out of this ugly little car.

09.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

09.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 15318 πŸ” 5610 πŸ’¬ 663 πŸ“Œ 275

So amazing that the most conservative members of the Democratic Party are those that are in charge and have been and will be for the foreseeable future.

Basically, the Dole GOP didn’t have a home with the more-and-more MAGA party, so they just became Dem leadership.

09.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every now and then I watch a YT video and after it’s over I see what The Algorithm wants me to see at the bottom of the page. For context, I don’t have a YT account, and don’t tolerate watch history cookies.

It’s shit. I cannot fathom why anyone would accept a company pushing this in their life.

09.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Support Our Troops OH!

Xiu Xiu

Did you know you were going to shoot

Off the top of a four year old girl's head

And look across her car-seat down into her skull And see into her throat?

And did you know that her dad would say to you

"Please sir, can I take her body home?"

Oh wait, you totally did know that that would happen 'Cause you're a jock who was too stupid and too greedy And too unmotivated to do anything else but still be The biggest and still do what other people tell you to do You did it to still be a winner

You shot your grenade launcher into peoples' windows And into the doors of peoples' houses But you wanted to shoot it into someone Just to watch them blow up

Why should I care if you get killed?

Support Our Troops OH! Xiu Xiu Did you know you were going to shoot Off the top of a four year old girl's head And look across her car-seat down into her skull And see into her throat? And did you know that her dad would say to you "Please sir, can I take her body home?" Oh wait, you totally did know that that would happen 'Cause you're a jock who was too stupid and too greedy And too unmotivated to do anything else but still be The biggest and still do what other people tell you to do You did it to still be a winner You shot your grenade launcher into peoples' windows And into the doors of peoples' houses But you wanted to shoot it into someone Just to watch them blow up Why should I care if you get killed?

09.03.2026 15:12 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

www.kanopy.com/en

09.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Want to again recommend Kanopy streaming service to people. It’s free and available from a local library. Here’s the films I’ll be checking out this month:
β€’ I SAW THE TV GLOW
β€’ THE GREEN KNIGHT
β€’ THE INFORMANT (2025)

…and I will be skipping THE ZONE OF INTEREST because No.
πŸ“½οΈ πŸŽ₯

09.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

in a healthy society with corporate boards tasked with managing long term success, every ceo that chose to publicly support republicans with company money would be fired on the spot for the willful destruction of the company theyre supposed to be protecting

09.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 923 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me.

In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β 

On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β 

Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it.Β  On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned.Β  Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β 

"It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do.

Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go.

It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right.Β  "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTokβ€”the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.

I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:

09.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 4789 πŸ” 993 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 92

β€œI didn’t do anything when they came for the US citizens, because I was not a Uβ€”wait hang on, what?”

09.03.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0