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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Doing the youth sports thing on a drizzly New England day at one of those mega complexes with a dome…that my kid’s game is not under. Kid: “yes, this is the weather where I thrive” me: “what.”

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Taylor Vincent @tayvincent6.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Washington today…

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today I also have granola bars in my bag. Plus my kid has enjoyed telling me about the sports at various universities after I meet with folks from different schools, so if you bring me a cool fact about your school’s sports or other stuff I look cool to my kid. :)

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Note to folks at APSA: if you take an E line train on the Green Line (direction Heath Street) and get off at Prudential, you can get into the whole complex without going outside. There is also a tunnel connecting Back Bay station on the orange line with Copley place.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A reminder that I will be at APSA! Please chat with me about your teaching! I also usually have a couple power banks and a first-aid kit on hand, along with decent restaurant recommendations and tourist guidance. So you can chat with me while your device powers up. Reach out here or via e-mail!

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was in the Back Bay yesterday and added a couple spots to the coffee map!

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Also APSA relevant: This list from WBUR during the World Cup is a solid rundown of the local soccer bar scene; I would add that Parlor Sports is "Arsenal-leaning neutral" and Nottingham Forest supporters meet at Winter Hill Brewing in Somerville. www.wbur.org/news/2026/05...

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Greater Boston's greatest soccer bars for watching the World Cup

Looking to watch the World Cup shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow soccer fans? Here's a list of the bars in Boston with the best reputations as havens for soccer fans.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I keep forgetting that APSA is next week! I will be there and am happy to chat with anyone about teaching political science. I have also updated the coffee map from the last time that APSA was in Boston, which I hope folks find useful! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

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Coffee at APSA Boston - Google My Maps

Places to get coffee at APSA, updated for 2026

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 24/08/2026

The appification of parenting is the source of like half of my kid-related stress. I either have to leave the notifications on and deal with the pinging all day long, or turn them off and spend all my time apologizing for missing stuff.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Shout out to the person on the crowded shuttle bus after the Boston Legacy who said, “On the bus, we all fam.”

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Geno Anderson @gno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How long is Matt's suspension

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Going to watch the final with several ball-knowing 12 year olds. should be very entertaining.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

YAY! I finally have a photo of me doing something cool during my World Cup volunteering experience, thanks to @norlander.bsky.social's shot of the mixed zone.

Kylian Mbappe addresses a large scrum of media in a mixed zone. In the center a white woman in a lime t-shirt is crouching down.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

the belgium kit looks better on TV than it does in person (though this might be an artifact of replica v authentic, but the replica kit looked a lot less vibrant in person)

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Have wound up on an email thread where the main folks are just discussing the England-DRC game and I'm not even mad about it (the takes are largely correct, so I'm not feeling the need to swoop in) (other people on the chain may be less tolerant of the email volume)

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Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

rule of cool the goal should stand

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I am less of a ball-knower than many of my friends and associates, but it is really fun to be the ball-knower during the WC for those who are only now tuning in.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This is correct. And if you are from Boston or Brockton you are rooting for Cape Verde with every fiber of your Massachusetts soul.

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Unless you are from Uruguay, we are all rooting for
Cape Verde, right?

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Behold my local in all of its glory (this place rules, get the steak tips and whatever the pie of the week is.) If you come for APSA and want to go lemme know. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

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For sports fans looking for a piece of peace, June is busting out all over (Gift Article)

Something special is going on throughout North America. We’re stepping outside to join others to partly root, root, root for the home team.

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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 17/06/2026

Everyone: The 🐐 has scored 16 World Cup goals! Us: wdym? She’s scored 17 World Cup goals!

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Ran errands with kid this AM in suburbs of Boston. Counted at least 15 folks in soccer jerseys, including Brazil, Scotland, Haiti, USA, Peru and Colombia.

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Anthony DiCicco @adicicco.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Dr. Céline Gounder (wife of the late Grant Wahl) just shared this piece: Grant Wahl Should Be Covering this World Cup. It touches on the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and reminds us, no one was better at juxtaposing the world & soccer than Grant. Give it a read. open.substack.com/pub/grantwah...

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Grant Wahl Should Be Covering this World Cup

The 2026 World Cup has no public health command. The Ebola outbreak has reached 350 cases. And the journalist who would have asked the hardest questions isn’t here.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It’s a shame no one has ever figured out how to vet a candidate ahead of time

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Rice freezes really well. Make extra, portion it out (we use Souper Cubes), and then you're always 3ish minutes away from a good side dish, the start of fried rice, or the base for a bowl.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I am riding a TRAIN and I am KNITTING and I have been looking forward to this for MONTHS.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

If I know you and I notice that one of my books cites your work, I really try and reach out and let folks know.

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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 02/05/2026

ISAAC CHOTINER: So, the food bowl. It's empty, you say? CAT: That's right. IC: And has it ever not been empty? C: Not that I can recall, no, it has not. IC: Fascinating. And this bit of food caught in your whiskers, where would you say that's- C: Now hold on, this is about the bowl, not

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I used to make a MEAL out of Du Iz Tak? and The Day The Crayons Quit.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

It has been a long week! @allshewrotebks.bsky.social makes long weeks better!

A gray fence with “all she wrote books” painted in white cursive

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

youth mobility = adult relaxing I'm in this fight to do less more often.

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prioritizing youth mobility is prioritizing adult relaxing

When kids can walk/roll safely and independently to school, you can enjoy some peaceful time to yourself.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Adventures in textbook editing: Reviewing a chapter yesterday and having a line give me a full-on flashback to my general exams in [year redacted but it was a long time ago].

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Shadow would like you to know that he’s rooting for you. He hopes you have a comfortable place to rest…because he doesn’t plan to share.

A black cat is curled up and looking at the camera while seated on a large fuzzy white cushion.

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Theo Lloyd-Hughes @theolloydhughes.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Boston Legacy stats in their inaugural match: 20 fouls 4 yellows 1 red

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Physician and photojournalist-turned-executive.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I got a chance to read @leanderalphabet.bsky.social 's The Long Game and really, really enjoyed it--particularly as someone who comes at the sport primarily as a women's soccer fan but also general nerd. If you've absorbed a lot of USMNT-adjacent media, this was great for connecting the dots.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 25/02/2026

The thought lodged in my head — intrusively, as I’d rather not connect the names of these two people, frankly — is that Claudine Gay is owed _such_ an apology.

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

we are calling the events of the past week "miracle on YIKES"

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

5 women, one women's team, and one mixed team have won Olympic gold medals for Team USA at these Olympics. Meanwhile, just one individual male athlete and no men's teams have won gold medals for Team USA Makes you wonder: when will America start investing in men's sports

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Emily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

ALYSA LIU MANAGED TO DGAF HER WAY TO AN OLYMPIC GOLD

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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

our women’s figure skating team gives 2019 uswnt vibes and that’s the highest possible compliment i can bestow

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Carlos Huerta @chuertaphd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Rehmet’s shocking win in Tarrant County is leading to questions about Democratic prospects in TX. Our article offers insight into how generational change may lead to party change in TX. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Red to Purple? Changing Demographics and Party Change in Texas

Objective Texas is regarded as a safe Republican state, yet in recent elections Democrats have gained electoral ground. This study investigates if generational replacement and demographic changes a...

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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

You know what really needs a snow day? News and current events.

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