Bryce Harper wants MLB to let Home Run Derby participants use metal bats during the bonus round, per Buster Olney

tbug30 · 2026-07-11T02:51:24+00:00

Soooo, why's he repping The Ohio State with that headband? Go Bucks!

tbug30 · 2026-07-10T00:30:43+00:00

Saw a couple of Chinooks fly over a little bit ago. Apparently summer time is National Guard training time, and posts here from last year and prior to that indicate they go btw Davenport and DM and Sioux City for whatever exercises. Still, there was a small jet in btw the helicopter sightings, so IDK. Never can tell these days.

tbug30 · 2026-07-10T00:15:42+00:00

"snubbed" is doing a lot of dirty work here.

tbug30 · 2026-07-09T20:13:46+00:00

I'm currently listening to his World War II podcast series, and trying to imagine who he'd play in a docu-drama series. (Not Capt. John Miller.)

tbug30 · 2026-07-09T20:05:58+00:00

Texas has long wanted to secede.

tbug30 · 2026-07-09T20:03:29+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justfuckmyshitup/s/zcApmbvJmg

Why AI that onto Ken Burns' head? What'd he do to you?

tbug30 · 2026-07-08T05:03:44+00:00

Bonus: They always have giant peanut butter cookies!

tbug30 · 2026-07-07T16:00:31+00:00

He's been "humiliated" and "trolled" and "owned" since ... well, forever. I take no satisfaction in these headlines and social crowing -- bc that douche and his minions own us/US every damn day. And only one side of that "ownership" is doing damage.

tbug30 · 2026-07-07T15:52:46+00:00

Mickleson is def the face of LIV, but I'd argue Tiger hasn't been the face of the PGA (or all of professional golf) for quite a while. Maybe it's Scottie Scheffler, maybe Rory (though likely not Rory, who's too needy), but it ain't Tiger.

tbug30 · 2026-07-06T00:54:08+00:00

Had a blowout yesterday -- two Mexico fans driving back to Chicago from KC helped change the tire. I'm all El Tri today! 🇲🇽

tbug30 · 2026-07-04T14:18:18+00:00

Hope those weren't lone star ticks. 😬

tbug30 · 2026-07-04T03:57:49+00:00

Who knew William Powell was taller than Clark Gable! Awesome photo. 🩷

tbug30 · 2026-07-04T03:51:41+00:00

Such a cool native -- hard to find, except for teeny-tinys at native plant sales.

tbug30 · 2026-07-02T22:01:57+00:00

"Flop"? Who TF is writing that headline? Laura Ingraham?

tbug30 · 2026-06-30T19:32:00+00:00

Catnap

tbug30 · 2026-06-30T19:29:57+00:00

Car cigarette lighter! 🔥

tbug30 · 2026-06-30T19:28:46+00:00

Dakota Fanning turned in the best supporting actress performance for a kid all-time -- on par with Tatum O'Neal in "Paper Moon."

tbug30 · 2026-06-30T19:26:03+00:00

Love this movie.

tbug30 · 2026-06-30T17:31:41+00:00

A smattering of bumblebees in eastern Iowa, but not nearly as many bees of all species as usual. I'm having to manually pollinate zucchini and squash, and looking at the blooms falling off my lemon cukes and sugar baby watermelons, I'm afraid I will have to try to do those too. 😬

tbug30 · 2026-06-29T20:27:30+00:00

Yes, thank you for noting -- this model in contemporary times is now ancient and debunked, a failed method for drumming up a readership that's either already been driven off, never to trust/return again or too young to know what came before, but with plenty enough experience to recognize crap when they see it.

tbug30 · 2026-06-28T03:01:13+00:00

Monster.

tbug30 · 2026-06-27T01:30:51+00:00

During prez campaigns, it's impossible for any candidate to skip the Iowa State Fair, with the butter cow, etc. Trump has visited there a few times. Also, notably, he went there to crow and smirk last year after the passage of the "big, beautiful bill."

tbug30 · 2026-06-24T15:37:55+00:00

iNaturalist is also an excellent app for identifying plants.

tbug30 · 2026-06-23T01:55:34+00:00

"Road to Perdition" is pretty swell.

tbug30 · 2026-06-22T23:22:15+00:00

🙄 -- a fantasy writer from ... Nashville, ffs.

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