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Joe Davis

@doeyjavis.bsky.social
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Politics, campaigns, psychology, sportsball, root beer floats. The Great State of Minnesota. The Lynx were robbed. I'll try and do less stream of consciousness here, but no promises.

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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 21h
I go to the woods one time and the Gophers go and do this. I guess I live here now.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If Walgreens wants people to stop hanging out outside they should stop playing classical bangers
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ron Schutz is doing a lot of damage to the Fancy Lawyer Must Have Big Brain brand during this debate.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"In other words, the people who are the most 'polarized' in the U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who oppose racists and sexists."
Screenshot of article which reads: These numbers are relatively similar between Democrats and Repub-
licans, which often leads political pundits to claim this is more evidence 
of “polarization,” and that both sides are equally to blame. However, 
a closer look tells a more interesting story. The people who are most 
likely to vilify and dehumanize their partisan opponents are Republicans 
who are high in racism and sexism and Democrats who oppose racism 
and sexism. The people who are least likely to vilify and dehumanize 
their political opponents are Republicans who are low in racism and sex-
ism. One explanation for these patterns is that those Republicans who 
are racist and sexist vilify and dehumanize Democrats because they see 
the Democratic Party as a party of racial minorities and women; and 
Democrats who score low in racism and sexism will vilify and dehu-
manize Republicans because they consider Republicans to be racist and 
sexist. In other words, the people who are the most “polarized” in the 
U.S. electorate are those who are racist and sexist, and those who op-
pose racists and sexists.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where have we heard this before?! Schutz pinky promises that he will divest his stock in major corporations if he gets elected Attorney General, but will not divest before he's elected. #MNAG
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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Talk is cheap. The patent office doesn’t lie. Walmart's CEO swears they won't use surveillance pricing on its shoppers. But its own patent applications tell a different story: Walmart is building an arsenal of new technologies designed to squeeze consumers.
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it is now Goldy's month
Goldy the Gopher dressed as an astronaut, the Joker, R2D2, Shrek, no clue, Chris Pratt in Jurassic Park, a Minion, and a classic type ghost
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North Star Policy Action @northstarpolicy.org · 01/10/2026
Health insurance premiums are going up again for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans 🚨 Final 2027 rates released today show average increases of 9.9% to 21.1% on the individual market and 10.6% to 21.4% for small businesses.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A forgotten media moment from earlier this year was that Olivia Reingold embedded with ICE agents in Minnesota and never wrote about what it was like because doing so would turn Free Press readers into No Kings marchers.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 8 year old has gotten super interested in volleyball so we’ve been going to a bunch of Roosevelt games, which have been awesome generally. Last night she and a friend got to the Teddies clinch the first city conference title in 36!! years at Washburn. Vibes from both teams great, go MPS
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L Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need to make podcasting equipment insanely expensive
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 01/10/2026
Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, by far the state’s largest provider of privatized Medicare plans, is ending all but one of its existing options, which are used primarily by seniors.
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Blue Cross and other insurers eliminate Medicare plans for 320K Minnesotans
HealthPartners, Medica and UnitedHealthcare also overhauling their plans for 2027 amid a tumultuous Medicare Advantage market.
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know those (rare) papers that really make you proud? In new piece out at APR, we show that #AffectivePolarization likely spills onto other types of non-political polarization - notably, PREFERENCES FOR CATS VS. DOGS (aka “affective PAWlarization”) paper: tinyurl.com/jn48bypp data: osf.io/4p2zu
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a lot of "oh dear" to go around in the results of this very thorough Pew study on the issues with synthetic samples, but this strikes me as particularly "oh dear" www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
AI polling results can lean on racial or partisan stereotypes

In many cases, our AI poll took beliefs or attitudes that are reasonably common among a particular subgroup and portrayed them as nearly ubiquitous. For example, our AI poll would indicate that:

    97% of Hispanic adults are at least somewhat likely to follow the World Cup (while the actual share is 43%).
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Katie Jones @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last night, I talked to not 1, not 2, but 3 people(!!) in a Mpls apartment, who were unsure that they would vote. I convinced them to vote by talking about the amazing work of @keithellison.bsky.social We need your help to reach voters. It’s go time: tinyurl.com/doorknockmn
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RAYGUN @raygunsite.com · 30/09/2026
Big news: we just landed the EXCLUSIVE merch deal for America's most secretive college/pro/mens/womens sports team! Only at RAYGUN: www.raygunsite.com PS: don't tell Eric Schmitt.... #RAYGUN #AtlantaHawkeyes
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In record time I have arrived at trust in Cheryl and she will provide. Lossssss Lyyyyyynx
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Milwaukee Brewers haven’t even hurt me yet because they’ve raised expectations so high they get to have a dramatic pause before wrecking my soul.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every 28 year old euro league player over 6’4” about to be at Lynx training camp.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did I not give the Old Gods enough?!?!
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Doot doot doot life is pain
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Seriously though. You punt the regular season, especially the first half. Get to the playoffs healthy, that’s all that matters.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Both Gophers bball teams should be good? And the Milwaukee Brewers? Well, this is the year.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The vibes were indeed off. Very off. Completely bullied.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Might be time to start scouting which GM we have to swindle to fix this height situation. Chicago you’re running out of useful assets to steal.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Come backkkkkk who cares about knees
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dorka. It’s not good. We need to get bigger.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well. At least Miles got away with a hack before we got the next Stewie phantom foul.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nia gets a foul for being elbowed in the face?!?!?
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maya and Nia saving the day. Nia going straight through Stewie on a drive flipped a switch. Stop double clutching everything.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The most timid I’ve ever seen them look. Hesitating for no reason.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As for the Lynx, I’m sick.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think the Fever might want to strap in for what A’ja is going to do to them in game 3. Nice to have game 3 problems obviously, but this has all the ingredients of “and I took that personally”
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It would be a monumental improvement for America, but especially for the Republican Party, if we elected the President through a plurality vote.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Crazy, that almost sounds like criminal negligence or some such. Like a human crime. You know, like the olden days when sometimes even rich people had to follow laws.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 29/09/2026
As a Gopher fan, I know the difference between the Hawks and the Hawkeyes.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We have made an offering to the Old Gods for a Lynx victory tonight. The evil tree was destroyed so that we might live.
I’m holding up some bits of a small cut down tree branch from our yard in front of a Lindsay Whalen pennant. As is custom for my people.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now is a good time to direct some positive energy to Courtney Williams' middie. May the pull up jumper be true this evening. May you never force a shot. #lynxcosmicenergies
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Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm sure there will be plenty of discourse about this funny little episode but in all seriousness there's a Take out there for a responsible centrist worried about ~civility~ to write on how bad it is for a senator to *double down* on this very specific, very wrong detail in their conspiracy theory
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Brad Tabke @bradtabke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cc: @wedge.live I’m not the bald guy in this pic. This is my opponent who supports ICE wearing masks and refuses to give an opinion on Flock cameras, mega datacenters, or gun safety!! We decided to increase our ad spend and I need to raise another $12k. Please help -> BradTabke.com/Donate
Screenshot of StarTribune front page with my opponent Aaron Paul slinking past a Tabke for MN a lawn sign.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All cosmic energies are to be directed towards Lynx victory tonight. That is all.
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EHB on BET @ehbforbet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Many people who were critical of MPD cost overruns were denounced as alarmist or anti-police. Now MPD has admitted to the abuse of overtime hours. I am grateful current leadership is cracking down but deeply frustrated by this betrayal of the public trust and the time it took to get answers.
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Joe Davis @doeyjavis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monday Night Football and we're getting right wing doomsday prepper ads? Or is it just me and the algorithms are concerned about me?
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa's research in @restatjournal.bsky.social shows that intimate partner violence can increase by 10% in a team’s home market after an upset loss, and the effect is greater when mobile sports betting enters the picture: direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
A screenshot of an abstract from an article written by Emily Arnesen and Kyutaro Matsuzawa, published March 13 2026. The title is "Sports Betting Legalization Amplifies Emotional Cues and Intimate Partner Violence"

The abstract: This study emplores the relationship between legalized sports gambling, unexpected emotional cues stemming from NFL home team upset losses and reported intimate partner violence (IPV). Using 1995-2022 crime data from NIBRS, replicating and extending Card and Dahl (2011)'s model, we find that legalized gambling increases the impact of upset losses on IPV by 10 percentage points. The effect is larger in states with mobile betting, where higher bets were placed, around paydays, and for teams on a winning streak. These results suggest that financial losses from gambling amplify emotional reactions to unexpected team losses.
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Cassidy Hettesheimer @cassidyhett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reeve said at the Lynx's awards press conference this year that she and Miles talk in "if-then-else" statements. "That's a computer science term," she added as an aside. Reeve was a comp sci major at La Salle. Both of Miles' parents are engineers. "It's how we're programmed."
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One note about this, because I was curious: remarkably, the state-level explanatory power of Google searches for testosterone and Trump vote survives controls for education, income, and rurality.
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That would be entirely consistent with our finding some years ago that Google searches for male enhancement terms (e.g., "male enhancement pills" "penis enlargement") are strongly correlated with evangelical adherence rate in a state, even with numerous controls. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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