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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Go White Sox 🥲 (spent the bottom of the 9th getting this tattoo at a 22, A Million 10th Anniversary Celebration)

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sam Antonacci out here being a hardo about drawing a walk to open the postseason. You love to see it.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Even as profits soar, corporate tax payments are down 25% this year thanks to Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill. One of the main beneficiaries? Big Tech — which is using the tax breaks to help fuel its AI boom as it spends a fortune on the midterm elections. Remember this...

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New 14-minute album out from the coolest band in Eau Claire, Wisconsin RIYL: Spirit of the Beehive, Palm, Sword II gashrash.bandcamp.com/album/at-lea...

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at least you know what you're laughing at, by gash

8 track album

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Old friend Jacob Gonzalez ruining Verlander's retirement party

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Ben Krimmel @benkrimmel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not.

Image of Sean Manaea wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ope (will not be making my connecting flight)

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Maybe I do need to get back into licensing research because 👀👀👀

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

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China: “Thank Trump”

The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’” Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Gotta wake up in 7 hours to race a half marathon, but I will be sleeping much better after that Sox W

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's bad that the central rule of US diplomacy is now "sometimes the president just says crap, and sometimes he justs post crap, and neither is the official position of the United States, except sometimes seriously but not literally, or sometimes literally, or sometimes it is. You'll find out."

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/09/2026

Program's up! 30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Documenting the Impact of US DHS Activity in MN

Conference Date: Sept 22, 2026

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Purpose

In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began a significant, sustained agent surge in Minnesota that affected the daily lives of many residents, but had severe impacts on immigrant communities and communities of color.

This one-day, in-person convening provides researchers from across disciplines and organizations with an opportunity to share and discuss research related to the effects of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In some exciting personal news, I will be seeing Bradford Cox in 10 days

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.

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@DHSgov
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Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED.
Those with terminated TPS are in our nation Illegally. They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.
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Underneath is a screenshot of a video showing two Haitian men in chains being led to the aircraft. I didn’t post the video, but it’s vile.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At the stage in life where I get jump scares from seeing people I competed against in high school speech making headlines for running for office with dubious financial backers

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

For 50 years, Cuba didn't take deportations. Now the Trump admin is dumping elderly Cubans ordered deported decades ago into southern Mexico, many who have been complying with immigration check-ins since before ICE existed. There should be a statute of limitations/expiration date on removal orders.

A picture of an elderly man with grey hair sitting in a small room, next to a cot and a shelving unit with a few clothes on it. He is in a white tank top. Underneath is the following text:

"Julio Borrell, originally from Cuba, in Tapachula, on July 30, 2026 (Lisette Poole for The Atlantic)
Borrell told me that he’d come to the United States when he was 26 as part of the Mariel boatlift, the mass exodus of Cubans who traveled on crowded boats to Miami in 1980. He had seven American children, 11 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. He had run a mechanic shop and renewed his visa each time it neared expiration. He could feel his body breaking down after years of physical labor and had been looking forward to retirement and more time with his family in South Florida."

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Bizhiki at the Walker Center's Sound for Silents tonight was beautiful - Unbound in particular was a highlight www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pnu...

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Bizhiki - Unbound (Official Video)

YouTube video by BizhikiVEVO

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love that there are now two professional athlete Matt Wilkinsons and they have completely opposite body types (the other being the Olympic Steeplechaser)

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Saw American Football last night. The new album is a triumph and so is their current live show (and here’s a song from LP3)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/08/2026

"Ultimately, the gadflies don’t seem to actually understand how being a transgender athlete works. The idea that cisgender men like Enes and Royce would voluntarily undergo chemical castration to try to join the WNBA and make a minuscule rookie salary is farcical on its face."

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Transgender athletes are a red herring

It's a non-problem meant to exclude people from public life.

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madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A motion filed this morning in the "Minnesota 15" case details extensive surveillance of labor unions, leftist organizations and racial justice groups by the federal government during Operation Metro Surge. Here's the motion — reading through it now and will have a story up later today.

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Exhibit(s) 3 – #212, Att. #3 in United States v. Sant (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com

MOTION for Discovery by Isaac Auman Sant. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit(s) 1, # 2 Exhibit(s) 2, # 3 Exhibit(s) 3, # 4 Exhibit(s) 4, # 5 Exhibit(s) 5, # 6 Exhibit(s) 6, # 7 Exhibit(s) 7, # 8 Exhibit(s) 8, ...

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ICE agents have begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The NYT and interviews with immigration lawyers — opening up a new pool of possible deportees www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...

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ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive (Gift Article)

Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

“Compared to what?” is always the essential question when asking about critiques of higher education & universities, whether we’re discussing declining trust, freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, or any of the other things.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ballpark Number 32 for my dad and me

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

In Texas to see the White Sox and go to my 32nd MLB ballpark with my dad, so it's as good a time as any to re-up this piece from @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social and be reminded how regressive of a franchise the Rangers are blogs.fangraphs.com/the-context-...

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The Context of the Texas Ranger Statue at Globe Life Field

Without acknowledging its history, the Rangers have installed a statue that was removed from public display over concerns about racism.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The US built the greatest talent magnet ever, attracting the smart, skilled, and striving. They’d come to study, then stay and build things here, or leave with positive impressions and fruitful connections. Helped make the US wealthy and powerful. Then America chose to throw it away. And for what?

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sure, let's just go ahead and make our universities less competitive in attracting international students, why not

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just a remarkably anti-labor proposal with no precedent in baseball, or any sport (to my knowledge). Not even sure what incentive the owners have to float this, other than showing lack of regard for the players.

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Wendy Thurm @wendythurm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

MLB would like you to Stand Up 2 Cancer while the MLB commissioner sucks up to the Trump administration that’s gutted cancer research & doomed people to death.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m pro-Ray Charles, but very confused as to why there’s an elaborate fireworks show happening in the bottom of the 4th

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 14/07/2026

ICE is beyond repairing. We can't reform our way out of this. Strip it down to the studs and start over.

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Jordan Danks (to be fair I was 12)

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Look, I do feel like knowing how to pronounce the name of the top prospect of baseball with months of prep time should be a prerequisite to being commissioner of baseball (I know that the only actual prerequisite is knowing how to genuflect to owners)

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James Fegan @jrfegan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Interesting choice to put this up on the scoreboard for eight seconds while the stadium is full of reporters

A White Sox scoreboard graphic that appears to announce Munetaka Murakami as a participant in the Home Run Derby, or at least exists in preparation of such a possibility.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

NEWS --> Three men who were in the van with the victim of the ICE shooting in Texas are potential witnesses, but they're now under pressure to self-deport, a rep for the families tells me. They remain in detention even as ICE's story falters. Details in this piece: newrepublic.com/article/2129...

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Texas ICE Killing Darkens: Rep Says Witnesses Pressured to Self-Deport

There were three others in the van with the man shot by ICE in Houston this week. A represenative for the families tells TNR that the government is pressuring these potential witnesses to self-deport.

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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.

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Mexican Man Killed by ICE in Houston Was Not the Target

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It's Craigin' Time @cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com · 02/07/2026

I went through and provided context to an MLB dot com article on the recent CBA proposal that seemed to leave a lot of it out. I've made that article completely free to read for anyone who wants to:

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MLB's Labor Philosophy: A Reader's Guide | Baseball Prospectus

The honest dishonesty of the league 'analyzing' itself.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes.

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Claire @baseball-broad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Get off of Substack!!!

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Turns out the lyric, “Impossible Germany, Unlikely Japan” was actually about their World Cup chances

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Rob K @roberthenryk.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Of the many reasons I oppose a salary cap in MLB the least consequential one is that I have never once understood an NBA trade and I’m not going to start now.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

But yesterday, soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard arrived in DC to aid and abet Trump's immoral and illegal occupation of the capital city.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Realized that I've somehow been saying "amelioration bias" instead of "attenuation bias" for the past year. Not quite sure how that got stuck in my brain.

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