I'll be a legend some day!

You'll see!

You'll all see...

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Make Reporting Child Sexual Abuse Material a Two Step Process on Twitter

It's absolutely wild, insulting and telling that Twitter will bend over backwards to ban hate speech but will keep fucking child sexual abuse materials up because it doesn't "violate their policies"

Ridiculous. Evil.

There is technology developed to help victims protect themselves and to have footage of their abuse removed, this petition is to try to get Twitter to actually do something about it.

The petition starter Eliza Bleu says not to donate, so don't do that. But please do sign, it may not do much or anything but maybe it will.

Eliza's also a fantastic follow on social media, she's a survivor and a vicious fighter.

Welp I lucked out and got an Xbox Series X. Had to sign up for Sam's Club to get it but that doesn't seem like a huge L since that's only $40 a year and just a few trips should pay for itself.

It should arrive the day before The Show drops on Xbox so I'll get 4 days on PS4 and then transition to Xbox.

I'm excited.

What accessories should I buy in preparation?

Would it be possible just replace the word ban with Lundt?

Like when you click on a banned user's profile, instead of it saying BANNED it says LUNDTED

"508 got Lundted, tuff"

Something has definitely changed around there. I first noticed it after they shut down all the talk around LeBron, Hong Kong and China. They are consistently inconsistent with their enforcement of the TOS which wouldn't be so bad if they weren't also completely lacking in transparency. I remember getting into a PM with the mods and their argument was basically "we don't like that talk so stfu"

@Petravork got banned and it took hours for anyone to find out why and the reason was as weak as fuck, screaming of trumped up charges they made up.

I said it to @jdealla in a PM and I'll say it here. All of this shit shows that whoever runs the website is clearly making ad money off of the website, not just making enough to keep the servers going but actively cutting themselves a check off of running the website.

No one running a forum for the love of it goes this far to leave their members in the dark on the goings on behind the scenes.

The universe is a giant expanse of space and your life is but a twinkle on the turd of time.

Sometimes fighting back isn't necessarily the best move, for if you are constantly fighting back against slights you give the slighter a measure agency over your emotions.

Stay in control of your reactions. Stay in control of yourself. Stay within yourself. Look at why you want to fight back so badly. Is it to protect your ego? Is it to save face? Is it to set the record straight?

Always take a step back and analyze the situation.

Sometimes instead of fighting, gather information to help you handle that particular personality in the future. When you choose to fight without study, all you learn is how that person fights.

"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle." - Sun Tzu

Blake Schuster  /  Apr 20

LaMelo Ball Cleared to Resume Basketball Activity After Surgery on Wrist Injury

Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball took a big step forward in his road to recovery on Monday. Ball has been cleared to return to individual basketball activity after a CT scan on his wrist, the team announced ...

Huzzah!

Jun 29

Why retire? A letter from Marc Zumoff

The voice of the 76ers, Marc Zumoff, announces his retirement.

Nooooooooooooo

This dude will forever be the voice of basketball in my mind. Absolute legend. Should be in the Hall of Fame. I always hear his YYYES!!! When I shoot trash into a can.

He made some absolutely horrific basketball watchable and did something you rarely see from a play by play man, he made his color man better. He was great at his job, knew when to shut up, knew when to talk it up, knew when to get hype, knew when to be solemn.

I'm in complete shambles man.

This feels worse than when the Sixers blew Game 7...

Marc Zumoff "YES!" Moments and Best Calls.

Marc Zumoff Tribute - NBC Sports Philadelphia

Allen Iverson on Marc Zumoff

If Tom Mcginnis and Merrell Reese retire I'm just gonna pack up and leave town.

I woke up to a Legend badge.

The feels right now:

I have to talk about one Joel Hans Embiid. If I wasn't already married, I'd propose to him. He's amazing. I love him so much. So much. He's an international treasure and every night I watch him play I feel like I am privileged to witness greatness.

It's more than just his ability on the court. He's by all accounts an amazing person who always goes out of his way to make his fans know that he loves them too.

On the court, he's something we've never seen before.

Imagine one human being capable of doing all of these things:

And this was just tonight.

I love him I love him I love him

@sg24 not for two young talented guards and three firsts including a guaranteed top 10 pick?

Presti better not end up Ainge-ing this up.

@nd13 said in 2021 NBA Offseason Thread:

Ben Simmons for shai
Final offer

Who says no?

Yeah try really hard not to strike out early on. Strikeouts give big confidence boosts and when the pitcher has high confidence, that's when those good timing squared up balls end up finding gloves or that just late on the edge of the outer PCI is a whiff and not a foul off.

@hollygrovemikey okay Detroit is just dumb. If this is true they're still fucking doomed.

@sp1ash I'm sure LeBron and AD will love getting doubled on the catch by RWB's man all game long.

They'll probably look amazing in the regular season tho. And he'd save LeBron's knees for the playoffs, but once the playoffs start RWB better be Fabricio Oberto, starter in name only.

@rench3373 if Cinci was paying attention they could have made him look like an idiot. He never touched first base.

Been playing a ton of BR lately.

For anyone playing BR here's a list of dudes who play way above their ratings and/or are low overalls who can save a draft and carry a run that you may not know about:

HITTERS
SS/2B/3B Jorge Polanco - Switch hitter, mediocre defense, absolutely MASHES. I'm hitting 511/522/800 with him in 46 PA. If you see him available and you need an infielder. Take him. You won't regret it.

SS/IF/OF Niko Goodrum - Switch hitter, plays a ton of positions, balls FLY off his bat and it makes no sense.

1B/3B Bobby Dalbec - Good swing and has 70+ power vs both sides. Great bench bat, can start too.

2B/3B Roughned Odor - RAKES. Fuck the ratings he rakes.

2B/SS/OF Dee Strange-Gordon - Slappy as fuck. Great glue guy for the lineup, can bunt for a hit, steal a base and seems to get all the bad hits in the world.

SS Jazz Chisholm - really good value for a Bronze SS. Only have 4 ABs with him but he kills me when my opponent has him.

3B/OF Edwin Rios - Amazing value from a Bronze. Hits for power against LH and RH and has a beautiful swing.

Willie Calhoun - Makes no sense but he mashes.
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RELIEVERS
RH Jonathan Hernandez - Outlier sinker and a slider

RH Miguel Castro - Outlier sinker and a slider

RH Pedro Strop - 94 break Cutter and 99 Break slider with 80 Ctrl and 7 mph between his cutter and fb

RH Sam Coonrod - Outlier sinker with a slider and a cutter. Sinker has 86 control and 82 break

LH Andrew Chaffin - max break slider with a sinker

LH Tim Hill - Funky sidearm release with a sinker and slider

RH Tyler Rogers - Super glitchy submariner with a sinker

I'll look at some commons and such tomorrow but really Common picks should be only for SPs that you'll never use. There's a few commons that are good but they almost always become bronzes quickly or get exposed against good players.

I fucking love this man.

@nd13 who do you think leaked this? Eltryl is always quick with "that shit ain't real, retract that shit right tf now" even if the report IS true. Right now? 🦗 🦗 🦗

It sounds like while multiple reports have shown the bottom end of what the asking price for Simmons is (Brogdon and a 1st, Hield, Bagley and a pile of freshly picked oranges, etc.), now there's a top end so teams can build their offers accordingly.

It's hard to negotiate value for a guy like Simmons when the only public offers that have been made are deals I wouldn't even take for Matisse.

@hollygrovemikey yeah looking into this, the deal doesn't look horrible for Memphis.

Steven Adams for JV is pretty much a push talent wise

EB only has ~$22M left guaranteed so it'd end up being a cap hit of about $4.4M per year over 5 years if they stretch him.

Memphis HAS to get the guy they want though. And they have the assets to do it.