Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social)

Bridging the ivory tower and the deep state • Not that kind of doctor • Two-thirds Vol; one-third Moc • Politics, sports, mostly snark • [Insert usual caveat]

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

lol...good luck with that. See y'all in the wild blue (sky) yonder.

[Katie Couric @katiecouric]

Thoughts?? https://t.co/igp2kobgX4 via @variety

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Welp. Good run #BasketVols

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Pictured: The voters who will still remember that there was a shutdown in October 2025 by November 2026.

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

@FedExHelp Hi — How do I follow up with the email I received about a missing package if I can’t reply to said email?

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Listening to Hegseth this morning reminds me of someone…

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Welp. #BasketVols

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

@lordsutch Strong Stan Beeman vibes.

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Did Penny Hardaway’s team win?

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Survive and advance. 💪🏼 GB🍊

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

This might be the greatest scene in television history

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Looking forward to that 2 seed again 🙄

[Ben McKee @benmckee14]

The top five in both polls are exactly the same heading into the final week of the regular season:

1) Auburn
2) Duke
3) Houston
4) Tennessee
5) Florida

https://t.co/8DJPRp6e6n

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

@reddusfoximus Every time.

[Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh]

Wow: The City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

See also: birth dates imported from Excel that default to 1/1/1900. This is how you get 120+ year old voters in a number of states that people claim to be examples of voter fraud.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

You don't need to be a coder to figure this out. Simply type: tab age

You'll discover a smattering of 99 year olds, a few 100 year olds, a couple of 101 year olds, and a pileup of 150 year olds, but no-one in their 130s or 140s. That's a clear sign you've discovered a coding issue rather than fraud

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Chiefs offensive line

[Clayton Nall @ClaytonNall]

And outsourced federal contractor employment grew massively to compensate.

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

We're not even one Scaramucci into this term...

[Peter Alexander @PeterAlexander]

🚨 Trump’s White House OMB rescinds federal aid freeze.

[Steve Schale @steveschale]

Updating these numbers.

Since 1976, two party vote for President:
Democratic: 715,606,694
Republican: 712,585,440

Pretty nuts.

[Chris Acuff (acuff.bsky.social) @cjacuff]

Executive Order 14157:

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

“It will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: Male and female.”

[Brian Rice @briancrice]

Tell me you don’t understand college sports without telling me you don’t understand college sports.