David Molnar
@theonlymolnar.bsky.social
You can have the french fry. You can have the donut! But you can't have the french fry, the donut, and the girl.
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The Protect College Sports Act got 77 votes in the Senate. It doesn't do what its backers say it does, but it DOES achieve a lot of other things. One of them is perpetuate the diversion of $$ from black football players to a largely white class of ADs, coaches, and agents slate.com/culture/2026...
Ted Cruz Is Getting His Way With a New Law. Democrats Are Letting Him. No One Wants to Admit What It Does.
Donald Trump is eager to sign the bill. Democrats shouldn't let it get there.
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October 2, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The Protect College Sports Act got 77 votes in the Senate. It doesn't do what its backers say it does, but it DOES achieve a lot of other things. One of them is perpetuate the diversion of $$ from black football players to a largely white class of ADs, coaches, and agents slate.com/culture/2026...
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Ahead of dälek's return to the stage in North America and in support of their latest album, Brilliance of a Falling Moon, Today they are sharing a brand new track which did not appear on the album, titled “Surrealist”.
dalek.lnk.to/surrealist
@daleknwk.bsky.social
dalek.lnk.to/surrealist
@daleknwk.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Ahead of dälek's return to the stage in North America and in support of their latest album, Brilliance of a Falling Moon, Today they are sharing a brand new track which did not appear on the album, titled “Surrealist”.
dalek.lnk.to/surrealist
@daleknwk.bsky.social
dalek.lnk.to/surrealist
@daleknwk.bsky.social
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What is an "unspoken threat"? The Blazers have nowhere better to go and zero offers on the table. Either the team is threatening to leave or it isn't.
September 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM
What is an "unspoken threat"? The Blazers have nowhere better to go and zero offers on the table. Either the team is threatening to leave or it isn't.
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Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣
September 22, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣
I do not know what this means, but I ❤️ it.
The Lorax has joined the cast of MLB Lockout Simulator 2027.
September 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
I do not know what this means, but I ❤️ it.
same, but taking the Subject and General tests of the GRE on the same day. I don't even have an excuse.
Even the most uncomfortable vaccinations are nothing compared to the agony of the diseases they stave off. The worst I've ever felt after a jab was when I insisted - against doctor's orders - on getting the shingles, flu and covid jabs at the same time.
September 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
same, but taking the Subject and General tests of the GRE on the same day. I don't even have an excuse.
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Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003 (the year after they won the Series) for $184 million. He then spent 23 years running them into the ground, let the stadium decay, wasted Trout and Ohtani, and sold for $4 billion. And the owners are crying poverty and threatening to kill baseball next year.
September 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003 (the year after they won the Series) for $184 million. He then spent 23 years running them into the ground, let the stadium decay, wasted Trout and Ohtani, and sold for $4 billion. And the owners are crying poverty and threatening to kill baseball next year.
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I think anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together would have immediately deduced the overlap between “Mr. Beast fan” and “person who reads books” was so small as to approach the Planck length, but now I’m legitimately thinking about reviewing this because I’m curious how bad it could be
“Bad news for publisher HarperCollins: The book-buying subset of MrBeast fans appears to be vanishingly small. Two people close to the project say The Most Dangerous Games is on track to be a historic bomb…”
August 31, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I think anyone with more than two brain cells to rub together would have immediately deduced the overlap between “Mr. Beast fan” and “person who reads books” was so small as to approach the Planck length, but now I’m legitimately thinking about reviewing this because I’m curious how bad it could be
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The NFL doesn't have "markets," it has 30 TV studios. Two-thirds of revenue comes in through the national-TV deals; there is no local TV, and successful teams sell 600-650K tickets.
There is absolutely nothing connecting the business models of the two leagues. It's apples and concussions.
There is absolutely nothing connecting the business models of the two leagues. It's apples and concussions.
August 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
The NFL doesn't have "markets," it has 30 TV studios. Two-thirds of revenue comes in through the national-TV deals; there is no local TV, and successful teams sell 600-650K tickets.
There is absolutely nothing connecting the business models of the two leagues. It's apples and concussions.
There is absolutely nothing connecting the business models of the two leagues. It's apples and concussions.
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For Zuck, people aren't co-equals with needs that are as real and important as his own. For Zuck, people are problems to be solved. He embodies Terry Pratchett's maxim (voiced by Granny Weatherwax) that "sin is when you treat people like things."
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August 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
For Zuck, people aren't co-equals with needs that are as real and important as his own. For Zuck, people are problems to be solved. He embodies Terry Pratchett's maxim (voiced by Granny Weatherwax) that "sin is when you treat people like things."
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I just had a gyro. Here's what Christopher Nolan gets wrong about Greek culture.
July 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I just had a gyro. Here's what Christopher Nolan gets wrong about Greek culture.
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and then what happened
The FDA is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities. https://cbsn.ws/3Y5MkHF
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
cbsn.ws
July 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
and then what happened
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That Claude ad fucking suxxxxxxxxxxxxx
July 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
That Claude ad fucking suxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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When you are in the caucus room developing your proposals, there has to be a leader who says, "no, we're not going to propose that" because it's so outrageously unreasonable. But, Manfred and Halem aren't those leaders. They are the help.
The proposals are being developed by 2nd generation
The proposals are being developed by 2nd generation
MLB, Rob Manfred & the owners are so out of their fucking minds with the shit they’re offering the players union. What they’re offering is bad that they want to take things back over 25 years ago to make it so that players can’t even get the type of contract Alex Rodriguez got. Fucking disgusting.
June 28, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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It’s just amazing how Peter Seitz ruled on the reserve clause more than 50 years ago, and multiple generations of owners still think about baseball players like a constipated Gussie Busch.
June 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It’s just amazing how Peter Seitz ruled on the reserve clause more than 50 years ago, and multiple generations of owners still think about baseball players like a constipated Gussie Busch.
Free Joe Sheehan!
I don't think I've done a Free Week since I left the other place, so I'm long overdue.
Today's piece on the game's parity, and everything else I write this week for the Newsletter, will post FREE at joesheehan.com. Read, love, subscribe for 20% off (!) all week.
Today's piece on the game's parity, and everything else I write this week for the Newsletter, will post FREE at joesheehan.com. Read, love, subscribe for 20% off (!) all week.
Joe Sheehan Newsletter
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June 22, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Free Joe Sheehan!
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David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” was released on this date in 1972.
June 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” was released on this date in 1972.
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Brief rant:
Yes it's cool that Brunson took less money so the Knicks could build a champion under the salary cap. But he shouldn't have *had* to. Salary caps are just tools billionaires use to suppress wages, and no one gets upset because the labor (pro athletes) make so much money.
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Yes it's cool that Brunson took less money so the Knicks could build a champion under the salary cap. But he shouldn't have *had* to. Salary caps are just tools billionaires use to suppress wages, and no one gets upset because the labor (pro athletes) make so much money.
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June 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Brief rant:
Yes it's cool that Brunson took less money so the Knicks could build a champion under the salary cap. But he shouldn't have *had* to. Salary caps are just tools billionaires use to suppress wages, and no one gets upset because the labor (pro athletes) make so much money.
1/5
Yes it's cool that Brunson took less money so the Knicks could build a champion under the salary cap. But he shouldn't have *had* to. Salary caps are just tools billionaires use to suppress wages, and no one gets upset because the labor (pro athletes) make so much money.
1/5
June 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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If you take nothing else from this feed before you unfollow, take this: MLB and its team owners do not, never have, and never will give a single flying fuck about what the fans think. If they’re citing “the fans,” they’re just lying.
June 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
If you take nothing else from this feed before you unfollow, take this: MLB and its team owners do not, never have, and never will give a single flying fuck about what the fans think. If they’re citing “the fans,” they’re just lying.
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Paige is the white girl who should be receiving the admiration Caitlin Clark gets imo
June 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Paige is the white girl who should be receiving the admiration Caitlin Clark gets imo
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please, I beg to have to understand baseball trades in these terms, it seems like such a good time!
Garrett has several void years on his contract, which I excluded from the image. Those allow the Rams to spread out his salary cap hits beyond the actual terms of his contract, which gives them more flexibility to add players now.
Teams don't mind void years because the salary cap keeps going up.
Teams don't mind void years because the salary cap keeps going up.
June 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
please, I beg to have to understand baseball trades in these terms, it seems like such a good time!
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Waffles, pancakes, etc.
Im not siding with either side here, but comparing the MLB players association to any real worker trade union is abhorrent.
May 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Waffles, pancakes, etc.
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another point in why a cap/floor system is inherently anti-labor is that the cap/floor system gives owners more power/leverage that can lead to much more union busting. if owners are given a system that they can wield more power with, there will be attempts to ensure they get what they want.
May 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
another point in why a cap/floor system is inherently anti-labor is that the cap/floor system gives owners more power/leverage that can lead to much more union busting. if owners are given a system that they can wield more power with, there will be attempts to ensure they get what they want.