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Ex-college sports reporter. Longtime Orioles fan.

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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Children with disabilities play sports far less than their peers. The lack of play can be impactful. Parents of children with disabilities see their child’s health worsen more without sports. How do we fundamentally change our mindset about disabilities? projectplay.org/news/project...
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Project Play survey: Youth with disabilities need sports more but play less - Project Play
Among children who play sports, those with disabilities annually participate almost one month less in practices or competitions than their peers without disabilities. The lack of play can be impactful...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Challenger space shuttle explosion and ACC men’s basketball tournament in elementary school.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Only a very small number of high school athletes will play pro sports. Yet 1 in 10 youth sports parents think their child can go pro, and 2 in 10 view Division I college sports as realistic, according to a survey by the Aspen Institute. projectplay.org/news/project...
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Project Play survey: 11% of sports parents believe their child can go pro - Project Play
More than half of sports parents feel some or lots of pressure to have their child specialize in one sport, but today the source of that pressure is less often the chase for professional careers or NC...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
One in five young athletes play their primary sport more than nine months a year - and one in ten plays one sport year-round, despite expert recommendations to play multiple sports. The main reason parents give? The fear of not making a high school team. projectplay.org/news/project...
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Project Play survey: Parents justify sport specialization so their child can play in high school - Project Play
More than half of sports parents feel some or lots of pressure to have their child specialize in one sport, but today the source of that pressure is less often the chase for professional careers or NC...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
With antisemitism on the rise, including on college campuses since October 7, it’s ironic and meaningful for three Jews to be coaching in the Final Four. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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Three Jewish coaches reach a Final Four, 20 years after that day at a deli
Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Florida’s Todd Golden and Duke’s Jon Scheyer share a common bond as they gather in San Antonio for Saturday’s national semifinals.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The average U.S. sports family spent $1,016 on their child’s primary sport in 2024, up 46% since 2019, according to the Aspen Institute’s latest parent survey. That’s twice the rate of price inflations in the U.S. economy. projectplay.org/news/2025/2/...
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Project Play survey: Family spending on youth sports rises 46% over five years - Project Play
Participation in youth sports is getting more expensive – and there seems no end in sight. The average U.S. sports family spent $1,016 on their child’s primary sport in 2024, a 46% increase since 20...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you better.” Gut-wrenching eulogy by Yarden Bibas for his wife and sons Ariel and Kfir, who were buried together today in Israel. www.timesofisrael.com/sorry-i-coul...
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‘Sorry I couldn’t protect you’: Yarden Bibas’s eulogy for wife Shiri, sons Ariel and Kfir
His family murdered in Gaza, freed hostage says he misses nibbling on baby Kfir, hopes there are butterflies in heaven for Ariel; asks slain wife: ‘Guard me so I don’t sink into darkness’
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material. “It’s Orwellian.” The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is valuable data to understand child health, including physical activity, mental health and young people who identify as LGBTQ. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material
Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I generally feel safe with air travel. But Reagan National Airport can be frightening. There’s just too much congestion in the air space — and Congress added 5 more flights last year despite warnings by Sen. Tim Kaine and others. www.newsweek.com/reagan-airpo...
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FAA added more flights to Reagan Airport despite collision warnings
Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz
Eighty years after the liberation of the concentration camp, some politicians have been quick to target outsiders.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
“Women’s sports have also been held to the ridiculous standard of being expected to be comparable to their male counterparts now despite the guys having had a half-century or longer head start.” Spot on.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
This is the story I’ve been waiting to read all Washington Commanders season. What’s life like for Daniel Snyder? Spoiler alert: He’s miserable. Great reporting that Joe Gibbs helped save the sale in the 11th hour. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Sources: Snyder 'hates' Commanders success
Sources close to the ex-Commanders owner say he remains in denial over what led to his ouster from the NFL.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As Mark Andrews becomes a meme and gets mocked for the worst day of his football life, let’s remember that he helped save a woman’s life. Perspective is hard after brutal losses. But there is more to life than football. www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...
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Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews helps save a woman's life on a Southwest Airlines flight
WJZ spoke with the passenger who posted about what he witnessed when a woman had a medical emergency mid-flight and the Ravens star stepped up to help.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
The Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game is surreal. There were so many toxic years with Dan Snyder that made it impossible to care about them. Nothing unites the DC region like Washington’s football team. A new generation of fans are about to learn this.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Unnecessary touching of Patrick Mahomes is apparently a penalty. The officiating in Chiefs-Texans has been something else.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Outstanding article by @dkthomp.bsky.social on the anti-social century. Americans are now spending more time alone than ever through self-imposed solitude. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
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The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
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Holly Rowe @sportsiren.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
If you are displaced due to LA fires, we all want to help. I have room for 8 people in Salt Lake City. It’s a 9 hour drive. I can pay for gas or flights. We all feel helpless and want to do something. Please reach out. Will help if I can.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/01/2025
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
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You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.
Scientists on Friday confirmed that 2024 was the first to surpass a dangerous warming threshold of 1.5 Celsius that nations had pledged not to cross.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Powerful work by Nolan Trowe photographing disability rights advocates crawling up steps of the Pa. Capitol. “I’m sick to death of pity and fake sympathy. I don’t need it. Nobody does. We need real empathetic, tough people.” www.washingtonpost.com/photography/...
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Guest column | Why I risked my health to photograph disability rights advocates crawling up steps of Pa. Capitol
Photographer Nolan Trowe documented disability rights advocates at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in May. The protest was reminiscent of the Capitol Crawl in Washington in 1990.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Excellent and sobering column. We have so many challenges ahead of us tied to climate.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/01/2025
I’ve always been a massive pessimist, but the extent to which our information environment around disasters has degraded over the last 3 years has been far worse than even I could imagine.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Orioles article. “It’s the responsibility of a GM to manage multiple objectives within the front office. That Elias seems singularly focused on building a system for sustainable success, even if it comes at the expense of winning in the present, is confounding.” blogs.fangraphs.com/orioles-rost...
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Orioles’ Roster-Building Flaws Continue With Charlie Morton Signing
Morton is still a valuable pitcher, but he isn’t enough to help Baltimore progress from good regular season team to successful postseason team.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police, FBI, family or friends. Then he sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents to warn what a new generation of militia leaders looks like. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Horrific act of violence to start 2025 and on the eve of the Sugar Bowl. Prayers to those impacted and the city of New Orleans. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...
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New Orleans attack: 10 killed, manmade explosive device found, suspect fired on officers
New Orleans officials say the man that crashed his car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street also shot at officers, wounding two. Manmade explosive device found.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
What a catch. What a quarterback. After decades of mostly miserable football with a toxic owner, Washington has won 11 games for the 1st time since its 1991 Super Bowl season.
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Dan Daly @dandalyonsports.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
More Jayden Daniels (because why not?): It's pretty rare for an #NFL QB to throw 3 TD passes & rush for 127 yards in the same game. How rare? Only these 3 guys had ever done it before Daniels did tonight. #Commanders
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
More than a third of U.S. parents reported antisemitism in their children’s classrooms. A higher proportion of Jewish parents (71%) reported classroom antisemitism than non-Jewish parents (37%). www.timesofisrael.com/more-than-a-...
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More than a third of US parents report classroom antisemitism — ADL survey
Majority of Jews polled -- 71% -- say their children have witnessed or experienced anti-Jewish discrimination
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas! For only the 5th time since 1900, the first night of Hanukkah starts on Christmas. www.cbsnews.com/news/hanukka...
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Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day in 2024 in rare occurrence
The eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah starts on Christmas Day in 2024, an occurrence that happens very infrequently.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there? National Suicide Prevention Hotline Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 (USA) 1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Good read by @daniellibit.bsky.social. This was always the correct answer when college athletic departments stressed they can’t pay players. Don’t pay coaches so much. Coach and player compensations are directly linked. www.sportico.com/leagues/foot...
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Coaching Salary Cuts Support Economist’s ‘O’Bannon’ Testimony
Roger Noll, a key expert witness in O’Bannon v. NCAA, says contract restructurings for Mike Gundy and Mike Norvell bear out his earlier hypothesis.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Jayden Daniels is special. He plays with so much poise and joy. It must be infectious with his teammates. Best NFL rookie QB since _____?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across the Deep South: Alongside about 200 majority-Black public school districts are private academies filled almost entirely with white students. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social, @natlash.bsky.social, @mrsimon22.bsky.social propub.li/3BFytzN
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The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.
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Candace Buckner @candacedbuckner.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is such a sobering and beautiful story/tribute to the Harry Edwards, who's fighting terminal cancer. His impact on sports and culture over the last 50 years can't be properly described, but WaPo writer Michael Lee succeeds with these words: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...
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A leader in sports activism, Harry Edwards has some final lessons to share
Edwards, the leading scholar in the sociology of sport, has continued his work in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
America in 2024: “Honestly, I’m hoping it’s aliens and that they come and get me. Like, please: Get me the hell out of here.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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In online drone panic, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream
Authorities are urging calm. But with trust in media and other institutions at all-time lows, fringe theories are winning the day.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
MLB found days spent on the injured list by pitchers increased from 13,666 in 2005 to 32,257 in 2024. The study asserts that the pursuit of velocity and max-effort pitching are the "primary forces driving the long-term increase in pitcher injuries." thescore.com/mlb/news/316...
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MLB pitching-injury study knows the causes, but solutions may be elusive
A new report on pitching injuries released Tuesday by the commissioner's office confirms much of what we already suspected about the root causes of the sharp rise in elbow and shoulder injuries. It al...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
There are now betting odds for high school and Pop Warner football. What could go wrong? Awful. You think there's pressure on some kids now to perform in sports? Watch what happens when a young athlete costs his team the game and gets harassed by adults who lost money. www.forbes.com/sites/jaygin...
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How Should We View Sports Betting On The High School And Pee Wee Level?
High school football playoffs and championship games betting along with Pop Warner. Odds, interest and arguments for and against wagering on youth sports and athletes.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I've been to Baton Rouge many times covering LSU football. It was rewarding to return and explore the youth sports landscape within a highly competitive sports city. Check out the Aspen Institute's State of Play Baton Rouge report. Read: projectplay.org/communities/...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
U.S. Senate passes bill for grant program to support CPR and AED training in schools, and the development of cardiac emergency response plans. Much needed. Next up should be better funding for schools to hire athletic trainers. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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HEARTS Act spurred by Hamlin passes Senate
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to pass the HEARTS Act, a bill that among other things will help put automated external defibrillators in schools and make CPR training more accessible.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Thanks to NIL, SEC baseball programs have the financial firepower to effectively outbid an MLB team even for an early-round pick. www.nytimes.com/athletic/596...
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MLB teams now face new competition for talent: college programs awash with money
The NIL era of college sports has begun to impact the MLB draft in a major way, with teams now competing with college programs for players.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Every story you read about Bob Holt is accurate. Bob was so kind and curious — a wonderful combination. We need more Bob Holts in the world. theronhiggins.com/f/he-was-jus...
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He was just Bob, and that was enough to make him a legend
If Bob Holt could have been a character in a movie – almost an impossibility because there was and will forever be only one Bob – it was Peter Sellers in the 1979 movie “Being There” based on a 1971 n...
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I don’t watch college football as much anymore. I watched today and it was jarring how the whole sport seems so angry. Kind of like our country.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I don’t follow college football that closely so I missed the rule change that a win isn’t official until your flag is planted on the losing team’s logo — pepper spray now legal
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Does anyone want to win Michigan-Ohio State? Two inept offenses. Also, someone please give Gus Johnson some tea for his voice.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Los Angeles Defers, er Dodgers, are playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. They’re going to be loaded again. Feels like MLB is moving into a period of a Dodgers dynasty.
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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
From my segment today on @cnbc.com. We face a grim and avoidable resurgence of once vanquished childhood infectious diseases if we follow down the current path being taken in Washington.
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb on RFK: He will cost lives in this country if he follows through on intentions
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the incoming administration's picks for health cabinet positions, where Gottlieb's worries are, and much...
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Calling Bluesky an echo chamber misses the point, because what Bluesky offers is a chance to redefine how humans treat one another online, where so many of us live. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Bruce Arthur: Bluesky may be our chance to build the type of online world that X has abandoned
Bluesky offers tools to shape your experience online, instead of being forced to exist in the echo chamber that defines X.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Excellent column. “Beyond the sheer ugliness of someone’s daughter being accused of being transgender if they look too masculine or are just naturally more athletic than their peers, do we really want to go down the road of genital checks so that your 12-year-old can play soccer?”
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
“Physical gifts are distributed unequally, and so are advantages. There are lots of differentials in sports, maybe none bigger than money — the money to pay for coaching and lessons, money to train, money to eat properly so your body develops.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/...
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Column | In transgender fight, volleyball ‘saviors’ miss the point of sports
There are no easy answers in the San José State volleyball debate, but those reducing the issue to “them” against “us” are missing the point.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
More evidence that Bluesky is helping publishers by not deprioritizing links.
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jonsolomon35.bsky.social @jonsolomon35.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
No matter what region, county or city @aspeninstitute.bsky.social's Project Play community team works in, we hear a similar question from parents: how do I find the right sports provider for my family and child? Learn how @boston.gov created a valuable online youth sports directory.
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How Boston created a youth sports online directory - Project Play
Last week, Boston became the 10th city to endorse the  Children’s Bill of Rights in Sports  when Mayor Michele Wu signed the Project Play-developed statement at a public even...
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