From the broadcast on Wednesday the 24th (2nd game of the Rays series).

Could you imagine if - based on this - they went to another player, say Bo, and they said “gee, a different hairstyle might be good after the results with Vladdy. How about some braids in your hair?”. lol!

I think it’s generally accepted now that the Blue Jays front office intends to ‘retool’ for 2025, as opposed to doing a full on investing-in-the-future (ie prospects) approach - one that could potentially still involve signing Vladdy long-term. This, to me, sounds like a bad idea. My thinking, in turn, was inspired by listening to Blake Murphy and Jonah Birenbaum on Blue Jays Talk today. It seems like this season and last we’ve realized that the front office didn’t get enough hitting. It seems like they’re probably on track to repeat that next year, as they’ve got a lot of work to do to make the team competitive next year. Vladdy and Bo’s contracts are up next year too. ‘Retool for 2025’ seems shortsighted to me. I hope next year isn’t like this year (in terms of realizing you’re a selloff team mid-season) but worse :/

The Blue Jays have traded reliever Yimi Garcia to the Seattle Mariners for outfield prospect Jonatan Clase and catching prospect Jacob Sharp, per MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer.

Proportional representation would go a long way!

Hey Sky, I remember you posting in the past. I’m sorry you’re still struggling with these issues. In line with most people here, I think you do look feminine but there’s a lack of confidence probably stemming from a not-great relationship with your appearance.

I hope to add some new thoughts here. I have pretty similar hair to you. It can feel like a blessing and a curse, because it can look great but it’s a lot of effort (especially from an AMAB perspective on haircare). I’m gradually learning more and more and it’s one of the most gender-affirming things I have going for me. I think maybe if you can focus on liking a bit of your appearance more than you might start feeling a little better and more hopeful about your appearance overall. Here are some easier things you can try with your hair. It looks like you part your hair down the middle - try parting it on one side. Try a ‘messy bun’ with a ponytailer. Try some ‘half up’ big claw hairstyles. Feel free to let me know how it goes. Good luck, I’m rooting for you :)

Wow, great shot! I love it! Such cool bird action

It’s neat the town’s appreciating them. Great photos!! They have a very dinosaur-esque gait. I love the crimson on the face of the adult. The shape/colour reminds me of a cocktail mask for a costume party :P

Man that’s salty. PG’s got to be pretty happy with his new situation. He got 4 years, I think. He’s in the easier Eastern Conference, on probably the 2nd best team on paper. As a Raptors fan I often relitigate Kawhi defecting back home from a probable run it back championship

Policing is about protecting wealth and social hierarchy, not public safety or public interests. But no one who wants to invest more in policing will say this out loud, because they wouldn’t get votes. So, complete falsehoods about investing more in policing to reduce crime are presented instead, as you and the article point out

A really cool map of current wildfires in Canada and US: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
(small) Thread: https://lemmy.ca/post/25504313

Another map source for wildfires in Canada: https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map

Not that big, but very stern looking

Insightful and well said. I appreciated the analogy with abolitionism. Just wanted to say thanks - this is the kind of Lemmy content I love to see :)

Agreed. They should include % of some cap/threshold because that’s what matters from a roster construction perspective ($ left for other players) and it’s more helpful for comparisons across time. That “up to $269 million” probably includes $50 million on the premise he makes all-NBA this year. That’s the case with Scottie Barnes’ new deal (225 or 275 mil) and they were in the same draft class

With the terms they just won, these striking workers helped protect provincial tax revenue that helps fund education and healthcare from being stolen by Doug Ford and handed over to grocery CEOs. They also protected good jobs. Mainstream media seem increasingly unwilling and/or unable to mention how unions help everyday people and general affordability issues

https://opseu.org/news/lcbo-workers-vote-to-ratify-new-contract-after-two-week-strike/239446/

I love that cleaning pose with the rear leg straight up

The actions on the universities resemble the ongoing occupation and colonialist genocide in the middle east. The authorities fabricate that the protesters are violent, as a pretense for using violence against the protesters. And the authorities completely deny their use of violence even though it’s documented on social media. And, as in the the last 9 months, the mainstream media are fanning flames on the wrong side of the truth

Interesting. I took a peak. Looks like a criticism against the encampment and its organizers for not being militant enough (for lack of a better word). The piece opens pretty powerfully:

As the zionist entity’s siege on Gaza enters its ninth month, the now-dead People’s Circle for Palestine at UofT joins the ashes of Northwestern, McMaster, and numerous others as an exemplar of liberal cowardice in the face of a livestreamed genocide.

I definitely agree that government should be for the people; I wish I felt like it was. With first past the poll (versus proportional representation), the absurd legal protections of corporations, social media, targeted marketing, corporate control of the news, and lobbying - our democracy is on life support. It’s a travesty

Thank you for fighting the good fight, Beaver. On bad (pessimistic) days, our government seems like a firewall, preventing the needs and wishes of everyday people from encroaching on corporate wealth multiplication