Amy Klinkovsky

PC(USA) Pastor. Texas Aggie. Farm Raised. Former West Coaster. Justice Seeker. Retweeter. Theater/TV/Film Lover. Avid Reader. Occasional Writer. My Opinions.

[Mark Passwaters @mbpHuddle]

Braden Montgomery has been in the majors for exactly 20 games.
He hit cleanup for the White Sox today against the Orioles.
Jeebus.

[MLB Scorigami @MLBgami]

FINAL: Rockies 23, Athletics 9

That's Rockiesigami and A'sigami! It's the first time this score has occurred for both franchises.

It's happened only 3 times in MLB history, most recently on April 25, 1977 (CIN vs. ATL).

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Not that anybody asked, but the last time the @NYKnicks won a championship, the planet Neptune had not yet completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery in 1846.

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Not that anybody asked, but in the time that has elapsed since the @NYKnicks last won a championship, we’ve discovered eight new Subatomic Particles. J-Psi Meson / Tau Lepton / Bottom Quark / Gluon / W-Z Boson / Top Quark / Tau Neutrino / Higgs Boson

[Braden Montgomery @B_mont_]

Thank you, Lord 🙏🏽

thank you, South Side 🫂

[Chicago White Sox @whitesox]

For those asking, Braden got the ⚾️!

[Texas A&M Baseball @AggieBaseball]

IT'S SHOWTIME, BRADEN MONTGOMERY. 🤩

[Rebecca @bitter_sky]

MVPs of the game were the folks behind me who left when the score was 0-5. "Maybe they'll win if we leave." We started scoring the next inning.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Dear Stephen Colbert,

You may be no fan of dictionaries or reference books, but we're fans of yours.
❤️

-The Wordinistas at Merriam-Webster

[gab @owndeceiver]

What makes Kelly Clarkson’s covers better than the original songs isn’t just her crystal-clear vocals, but also her ENUNCIATION, it’s literally the first time I understood the lyrics of this song 😭

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The reason Costco spots recessions before economists is buried in who shops there.

The median Costco household earns above $125K. The US median is around $80K. The typical member is college-educated, owns a home, and has stock-based comp or 401(k) exposure that moves with the market. When THIS household trades beef for canned tuna, the upper-middle class is admitting their balance sheet just changed. These are the families whose discretionary spending IS the economy.

That signal is invisible to economists for structural reasons. BLS releases CPI on a 2-week lag. Jobs data hits the third Friday of the next month. PCE, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, runs monthly. NBER does not formally declare a recession until 6 to 21 months after it started. The 2008 recession was officially dated in December 2008. It began in December 2007. The committee was a full year behind the actual economy.

A Costco category buyer sees the protein mix shift in POS data within 48 hours.

The protein hierarchy itself is a precise instrument. Beef costs the most per gram, has the shortest shelf life, and demands the most planning. Chicken is half the price, longer shelf life, more flexible. Canned tuna is one-tenth the cost, indefinite shelf life, zero prep. When a household walks down that ladder, they are pricing in a future income shock that has not yet shown up on a pay stub. The ribeye-to-tuna shift is a hedge against bad news the official data will confirm six months later.

Walmart sees the bottom 40% trade down first. Costco sees the next 40% trade down second. By the time Whole Foods sees it, NBER is two quarters away from making the recession official.

Costco hits the signal first because their members are the most exposed to wealth effects in the entire economy. Stock-based comp. Home equity sentiment. Executive bonus uncertainty. When the comp letter feels shaky, the chicken goes in the cart instead of the ribeye.

Galanti spent 40 years as CFO running the highest-resolution recession sensor in America. The Fed runs models. Costco runs registers.

[Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah]

The Dallas Morning News and Texas Monthly both producing Pulitzer winners is so dang cool. Two of the three AAJA awards named today were Texans too, and the third an ex-Texan.

There's so much journalism talent in this state and we should never take it for granted.

[Barstool Texas A&M @BarstoolTexasAM]

How many other college baseball stadiums have opposing teams simulating their hostile environment in practice?

That being said, speakers at practice can’t prepare you for the 12th man… see Brady Cook in 2024 for example

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

The best thing my students ever gave me. One semester I thought they were just *really* focused on taking notes. Turns out they were compiling a book of all the slightly unhinged things I'd said. It's 152 pages long.

[cow @cowincrisis]

that’s why no jeep wrangler ever jumped over the moon

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Wow. The Pope was just asked his stance on migration. His answer is amazing:

“I would change the question: what is the global North doing to help the global South in its situation that forces them to migrate.”

[SEC Numbers Guy @secnumbersguy]

Texas A&M has as many draft picks as Texas, Oklahoma and LSU COMBINED through 2 rounds of the NFL Draft,

[Texas A&M Football @AggieFootball]

It was meant to be🥹

[Amy Klinkovsky @AmyKlink]

This is great news!

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

HUGE NEWS for editors: the AP has changed its style guide. It's now "healthcare" (not "health care") and "childcare" (not "child care") https://t.co/189NypUkyo

[Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero]

Former Texas A&M DT Albert Regis’ daughter, Akari, got to “pick” his draft spot this morning, and crawled to the Jaguars cup.

Hours later, Jacksonville picked Regis at No. 81 overall. 🔮