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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I’m on a plane for a panel on structural racism tomorrow at the University of Michigan. One of the questions is how do we communicate with people who might be hostile to social science on race? My answer is some folks are hopeless, and we write them off while convincing those we can.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

i'm not exactly sure what "race communism" is but i'm intrigued and would like to give it a try

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

NEW: The U.S. Postal Service says it plans to suspend its employer contributions to its pension plan starting Friday to help stabilize the cash-strapped mailing agency. USPS says this will free up $2.5 billion this fiscal year with no “immediate detrimental impact” to current or future retirees

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USPS begins cash conservation plan – USPS Employee News

The Postal Service pays about $200 million every other week to OPM for the FERS annuity. Suspension of payments, effective April 10, will free about $2.5 billion in the current fiscal year.

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Traveler @wanderer86.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I don’t think Spurs need to ‘burn it all down,’ which would be very stupid. Instead they need to sack Lange and Venkatesham, part ways with Palhinha, sell Gallagher and Dragusin, buy a left back and a Locatelli type, and rehire Ange Postecoglou.

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Meg Anderson @meganders.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Really enjoyed chatting with @geedee215.bsky.social about how crime is often used as a justification for many of the Trump administration's policies, including the ICE operation here in Minnesota, despite the fact that crime nationwide is at a historic low. www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...

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Americans are worried about crime. Here’s how politicians leverage it : Code Switch

"Fighting crime" is often used as a justification for many of the Trump administration's policies — from mass deportations to its actions in Venezuela to its crackdown in Minnesota — despite the fact ...

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Arno Rosenfeld @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social for an @npr.org Code Switch episode about antisemitism

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Nate Hashem @violetvelafiles.com · 08/06/2025

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

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Peter Pantsless Geraci @pnxnotded.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Dumb. This is going to take me a bit to get over. I continue to have zero faith in this ever becoming a serious club.

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Ah, the transfer window slop is upon us once more

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

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Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery

Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

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Vince Rugari @vincerugari.com · 10/05/2025

Actually, the best case scenario is that Postecoglou ends the wait for the trophy, and then stays, and then delivers more trophies.

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MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The only way out is through. The only way through is together. This is a very compassionate look at how local residents in suburban Detroit are trying, slowly and haltingly, to talk honestly with each other about the stakes. Kudos @geedee215.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/14/1...

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Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump's election : Code Switch

Trump's win exposed political tensions between Arab-American voters — who were critical of Democratic support of Israel's war in Gaza, and Black voters — who remain the Democrats' most loyal supporter...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/05/2025

Please listen to this conversation btwn @geedee215.bsky.social & @atdeyrupmdphd.bsky.social on the ways that debunked "race science" persists through medicine, from training to practice. And then remember that these same tests, interactions, treatment regimens become training data for medical "AI."

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How race science shows up at the doctor's office : Code Switch

We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this epi...

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

What, exactly, did they think Palantir did when they got hired? It’s not Meta, you can’t really plausibly claim that you bumbled into a situation you did not anticipate a decade ago because of the company’s veneer of positivity…

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Keerthika Uthayakumar @keerthikau.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Only threes players have recorded a 40-point, 20-rebound game over the last 25 postseasons: Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 & 2001 Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2022 Nikola Jokic tonight

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

That was an incredible finish. Shouts to the Nuggets. Me and my wife almost woke up the pre-schooler from yelling.

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Tottenham Hotspur @tottenhamhotspur.com · 04/05/2025

Your Spurs to take on the Hammers 💪

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to: I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

wanted to see Richy and Dom play up top all year. That gives us a lot of pressing — especially against two backup Norwegian league CBs. 👀👀👀👀 #COYS

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents. 56% disapprove of handling of issue 62% oppose removing foreign students 52% oppose renditions to El Salvador Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there Engage, Dems. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1944...

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Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.

Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/04/2025

one of the many things missed by the people who complain about “woke” for a living is that the spread of wokeness is as much of a function of demand as supply

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

The "Jackie Robinson Day background" section of MLB's official press release about Jackie Robinson just notes that he was a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who debuted in 1947. Nothing about the how, the why.

JACKIE ROBINSON DAY BACKGROUND

Robinson played his first Major League game at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major League Baseball has celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy in an extensive and unified League-wide show of support over the years, including retiring his number throughout the Majors in 1997, dedicating April 15th as Jackie Robinson Day each year since 2004, and requesting that every player and all on-field personnel wear his Number 42 during games scheduled on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009. Major League Baseball aims to educate all fans about Jackie Robinson, his life’s accomplishments and legacy, while communicating his message at all levels of the sport. For more information, please visit MLBTogether.com.

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"While families struggle to afford tuition and day cares struggle to retain their low-paid and overworked staff, CEOs of these [private equity] companies are, of course, cleaning up: the KinderCare CEO made $2 million last year." substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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At capacity

What happens when private equity owns your kid’s day care

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 15/04/2025

Evidence that DOGE has not only accessed sensitive data, but also removed data illegally, covering their tracks as they did so. Like hackers would do. Not what a legitimate government organization would do. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Pretty rich seeing this pose from the same people beating their chests about seizing the Panama Canal

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

In LA you can end up in the gang database if you're in a house that has anyone on the database, or if they visit your house. Literal toddlers are included on the gang database. It diminishes the weight of any testimony you give, enhances charges against you. There's no clean way to be removed.

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

i just wanna underline the somewhat-obvious-but-mostly-ignored point that being in a gang is NOT a crime. the reason ppl aren't pushing back on alleged gang membership as the premise for incarceration/deportation is bc people think gang membership (or even "gang ties") is criminal. It's not.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 14/04/2025

NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

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Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan

"Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

said this yesterday but: a major problem with Spurs is that the whole model requires overperformance and the team getting blood from a stone — last season is a great example — and our fans, in turn, have come to see the best-case scenario as the baseline expectation.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Aside from the ones like “workforce” that have been around for so long that they have nothing to do with this argument, and the ones that are just alternatives (like chestfeeding), I just don’t get caring about this. I wrote “master bedroom” one time, it got edited, I looked up why, and it was fine.

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

...spectrum. Not even the groups of non-queer latins should really have much say aside from what they prefer people call them personally!

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Like I think people that are the loudest in opposing the terms use in any context are actually more upset about queer Latins being out and open. This is entirely a conversation that should prioritize the voices of actual Queer Hispanic/Latin people. NOT the usual white suspects on either end of the

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

It's entirely a fake controversy that went so far as to be perpetuated by dumb opinion polls and internet rage bait. That being said, I do think the people that ARE really upset about the term are a bit suspicious!

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Ryan Benk @ryanbenk.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

This is what it's always come down to for me. No one is saying that it isnt clunky and I think most people wouldn't use the term to describe the vast, varied groups that fall under the Latino/a/x/e umbrella.

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Rob. ✍️🕮💥 @rjk3phd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Opinion: We should not start our first-choice XI tomorrow, and we should not overreact if we lose. Likely: Ange will start some players he probably shouldn't, and we will overreact if we lose.

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Jake @thetacticalyellow.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I didn’t see one comment anywhere on here that didn’t acknowledge Thursday is the game. Now we’re losing following three errors is all the-sky-is-falling takes.

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Gene “GD” Demby @geedee215.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

had to turn it off. might need to bow out until next season, TBH.

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