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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At the end of every October New Yorkers are all Men in Black memory wiped. It is the only way they can keep selling us tickets and merch for the annual "elementary errors" showcase.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 20h

The ghosts of Adam Smith and Ricardo teaming up for one last job

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 12h

Fans will be annoyed about the fan and the HR, but it mattered because we played like bozos the rest of the series. Play even a little competently in games 1 and 2 and this one would not have been the end. As it stands, can't be sad to see the back of any of these guys. Roll on 2027.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is actually very serene and sublime to behold when your team is not on the receiving end of his magic.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is what happened in 2018 on the night, where it was being covered initially as "disappointing" because Beto didn't close when in fact it was a huge blue wave.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Poor Ben Rice, who has yet to put a toe wrong in this postseason, and is getting no support at all from the rest of the team. No sympathy for anybody else, whole rest of this squad got what was coming to them playing Little League level in the big leagues.

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Matt Martell @mattmartell.fangraphs.com · 06/10/2026

At this point, maybe the Yankees should see if Ben Rice can play second base

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yankees fielders rn

Under the right circumstances a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And teams that commit crimes like this get punished.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It is truly the hope that kills you. To get at bats like that out of Wells and McMahon (!), force out Peralta, and come away with nada is criminal.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At the end of every October New Yorkers are all Men in Black memory wiped. It is the only way they can keep selling us tickets and merch for the annual "elementary errors" showcase.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sometimes you even get the misplay on the first pitch 🙄

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had been going about my day blissfully thinking this whole Kemi's tapestry thing was a meme y'all made up, and I would like to go back to there now thanks.

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River Ave. Blues @riveraveblues.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Every game you get a defensive misplay and a baserunning mistake. That's the Aaron Boone guarantee.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As noted by others, they could use audio guides (as in Bayeux), or moving walkways (as in Tower of London) to pace. But I would shout out as a third approach the way the @tcddublin.bsky.social displays the Book of Kells: similarly one object, in restricted lighting, that folks want to crowd around.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026

if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is it even a Yankees game in the 2020s without deranged base running,?!

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He came back for seconds, and is clearly having the most fun of anyone on this team.

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matt @mferench.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the yankees being absolutely awesome at scouting massachussets is about the funniest thing that could happen

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had a terrible day at work and am too old to be up this late. Naturally, time to turn on the TV and voluntarily subject myself to more stress.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is amazing to me the free media Burnham is getting from just re-announcing stuff he already announced (like this) or even from re-announcing stuff decided by previous administrations (yesterday's rail stuff, or "GB Grid").

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Danny Tommo, Amodei, Man City fair play Piddington, Macklemore, Dolly ain’t alive no more Netanyahu’s iron dome, Meg and Harry coming home New cat, Clavicular COVID CONSCIOUS LESBIAN BAR 🎶 we didn’t start the fire 🎶

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I investigated Reliance Greens, the corporate enclave where Ambani's scandal-ridden zoo is based, for my book: cup.columbia.edu/book/when-co... The enclave is part of a wider project to use corporate "social responsibility" to promote Hindu nationalism. @newcastleucu.bsky.social my DMs are open.

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When Companies Rule | Columbia University Press

Company towns are back. From Indian oil refineries to Kenyan canned food factories to Amazon warehouses, companies today rule over the daily lives of around ... | CUP

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Corporate rule has always coexisted with state rule, and companies don’t necessarily pursue it to advance their business interests. That means restoring the state won’t, by itself, fix the problem." On the long history of corporate power and what to do about it today: cupblog.org/2026/09/18/m...

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Maha Rafi Atal on When Companies Rule - Columbia University Press Blog

Maha Rafi Atal discusses the history of corporate rule, the limits of state regulation, and what it takes to hold global companies accountable.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Maha Rafi Atal on When Companies Rule - Columbia University Press Blog

Maha Rafi Atal discusses the history of corporate rule, the limits of state regulation, and what it takes to hold global companies accountable.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As an academic and journalist, I think falsifying archival records in this way is also professional malpractice. A future historian viewing a film from the archive in 2050 should know if the object they are viewing was made in 1996 or 2026. You cannot falsely catalog the latter as the former.

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/09/2026

My friend Micah Reddy, a journalist with dual South African and British nationality, has gone missing while working on a story in Djibouti. If you know anyone in Djibouti who might be able to help, please get in touch. If not, please share this post so more people find out about Micah. It's urgent.

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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Worried about my friend the investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who seems to have gone missing in Djibouti. He and his family are in my thoughts.

Photo of Micah with the text:
Urgent alert 🚨: Roshan Micah Reddy, a #southafrican journalist and the #ICJI’s Africa coordinator, has gone missing in Djibouti.
He was staying at the Escale International Hotel and had been in $Djibouti since Thursday. The ICJI and the editorial team at his newspaper have had no news of him since 6.00 am (Eastern Time) this morning. He was accompanied by a local contact named Kooki Mahmoud, of whom there is also no news.
A missing person report has been filed with the #British and South African governments.
According to our information, the hotel is believed to be owned by members of the family of djiboutian President Ismaël Omar Guelleh and is known to be a stronghold of the djiboutian secret services.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is desperately sad. I was lucky enough to see Spring Awakening in its original run. It comes up often when teaching reproductive rights to students. A searing masterpiece about being young in a broken world that gets sadly more relevant with each passing year. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...

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Duncan Sheik, Who Traded Pop Stardom for Broadway, Dies at 56

Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I am intrigued by people surprised by this letter. There is a common aesthetic fallacy where people expect progressive artists to be "edgy" and end up surprised by the edgy artists with bad politics (e.g. Kanye) and by the normie artists with good politics, like Macklemore.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've posted before about a "local" 9/11, how I experienced it in lower Manhattan as a trauma of lost lives, ill health and environmental destruction and how detached I often feel from its geopolitical meaning because for those first weeks, we really weren't focused on that locally.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Glasgow: there are still a few places left for this event on Tuesday. Sign up and join us!

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dreamed last night I was playing a video game about climate change where you play anthropomorphic animals trying to adapt or migrate to new habitats, animated in 1980s Disney style. And now I'm terribly sad it doesn't exist!

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tennis PSA: if you are not watching Kostyuk v Noskova it is a breaking-back-and-forth thriller in the final set...

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

RIP Gloria Steinem. The world has lost a true pioneer and force for women rights,,, my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and team. Public Enemy will be forever grateful for her blessing and support of our track SHE GOT GAME. open.spotify.com/album/0BG4L6...

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She Got Game - Single by Public Enemy | Spotify

Public Enemy · single · 2024 · 1 songs

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I credit that journalist's curiosity with her capacity to adapt, to expand the intersectional scope of her feminist solidarity. Many of her contemporaries did not stay curious that way, but she kept listening and so she grew.

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ShaziaZRafi @shaziazrafi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

no words 4 what #GloriaSteinem created in feminist activism - 4 peace, 4 inclusion and 4 empowerment. Fortunate to have written my first article in the US for @msmagazine.com followed by many more for @womensmediacenter.bsky.social and having worked for WAA - all created by this one life force

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One of my first memories is playing hide-and-seek under the desks at Women's Action Alliance while @shaziazrafi.bsky.social fought the good fight with Gloria. Years later, still star-struck, I thanked her in person for starting us young. Rest in power. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Excited to announce "Adam Smith's Glasgow: Empire, Trade and the Objects Left Behind" a collaboration between @glasgow.ac.uk and Glasgow Museums. Sign up for guided tours of objects from Glasgow's imperial history, and a lecture on what they mean today: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adam-smith...

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Adam Smith's Glasgow: Empire, Trade and the Objects Left Behind

A public evening with curators from Glasgow Museums and the University of Glasgow

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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Adam Smith's Glasgow: Empire, Trade and the Objects Left Behind

A public evening with curators from Glasgow Museums and the University of Glasgow

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Am I crying happy tears in the office watching Olivia Rodrigo raise $20 million for reproductive rights while duetting with Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan? Yes, yes I am. pitchfork.com/story/watch-...

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Watch Olivia Rodrigo Sing “Landslide” with Stevie Nicks at Daisy Chain Fields

She also brought out Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan during a headlining set at her new music festival

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Victorian author: In my book I invented Ebenezer Scrooge as a cautionary tale. Tech Company: At long last, we have created— Sci-Fi Author: Told you, Chuck.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And now I will do a thread of anti-ICE art and displays at the MN State Fair. First: the textiles

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

By almost any measure Dolly embodied "the American Dream." Some people will come from nothing and make it big and consider the problem now solved. Others will remember that there are still others with nothing and use what they have to help.

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Utterly bereft for the loss of a supreme artist, a great humanitarian and one of the greatest Americans. We will always love you Dolly.

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Liam McHugh-Russell @xntl.info · 23/08/2026

Oh no, discourse today is about academic freedom. Let's lose some followers. 🧵 1. Academic freedom is above all a freedom *from*. Specifically, it protects members of the university community from certain consequences imposed by academic institutions (and the state, to the degree it regulated them)

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

1847 is bad, but as I recount in WHEN COMPANIES RULE (out November), the Cecil Rhodes companies in southern Africa were enslavers as late as 1897, and likely into the 20th century. cup.columbia.edu/book/when-co...

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