Thursday April 16 Links and Banter

Ice floes in Duluth Harbor, 91 degrees in DC. The B1G contains multitudes.

Thursday April 16 Links and Banter
Via Lake Superior! Live!

LIV Golf is on the way out, SBNation and Vox are very much on the chopping block, and AI remains the only economic positive in the world. To quote the immeasurable muse Meatloaf: two out of three ain't bad.

Happy Thursday, all. More to come later this month when my ceiling is no longer leaking water.

unfortunately it looks like LIV Golf (June 9 2022-reportedly April 15 2026, 1406 days) is going to come up a few months short of the Confederacy (Feb. 8 1861-May 9 1865, 1551 days)

Rodger Sherman (@rodger.bsky.social) 2026-04-15T21:43:37.116Z

The FOIAball Fairweather Fan Index
Who stopped showing up this season?
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