Brian Geisinger
@bgeisinger.bsky.social
basketball analyst/dork, art museum loiterer, look up at the trees
college hoops: https://briangeisinger.substack.com/
Buzz Beat - Charlotte Hornets podcast: https://shorturl.at/sajhV
college hoops: https://briangeisinger.substack.com/
Buzz Beat - Charlotte Hornets podcast: https://shorturl.at/sajhV
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Brian Geisinger
@bgeisinger.bsky.social
· Jul 25
No Leaks: Maliq Brown is Duke's Silent Stopper
Even in a reserve role last season, Maliq Brown was the guy Duke turned to when it needed to shut off the water for opposing offenses. Whether plugging gaps off the ball, sliding with guards in space ...
www.basketunderreview.com
Maliq Brown is more than a glue guy — he’s the switch-everything anchor for Duke’s defense
At @basketunderreview.bsky.social: A deep dive on Brown's defensive impact, the ways he disrupts offenses and schematic versatility in pick-and-roll coverages (free) www.basketunderreview.com/no-leaks-mal...
At @basketunderreview.bsky.social: A deep dive on Brown's defensive impact, the ways he disrupts offenses and schematic versatility in pick-and-roll coverages (free) www.basketunderreview.com/no-leaks-mal...
This is Tuffy’s cousin. I love him.
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This is Tuffy’s cousin. I love him.
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yes.
AI does not enhance “efficiency.” AI is a permission structure for a totalizing regime of austerity and labor immiseration.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
yes.
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Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
February 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Thank you, Victor. I spent a few weeks on this. As usual, it’s always a negotiation with length. So a few other bon mots:
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
1. The admin has issued DOJ guidance to challenge state laws that would regulate AI
www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...
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The project, which has been in the works since 2022, would have added 160 affordable apartments downtown.
Raleigh’s Highly Anticipated Moore Square Apartments Affordable Housing Development Scrapped
The project, which has been in the works since 2022, would have added 160 affordable apartments downtown.
indyweek.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The project, which has been in the works since 2022, would have added 160 affordable apartments downtown.
The final chapter of my childhood sports fandom has closed. No athlete or team brought me more joy - and inevitable heartbreak - over the years than Chris Paul. He’s been an extraordinary talent + the perfect guide for learning more about hoops
Long live the Point God. And long live slouch socks.
Long live the Point God. And long live slouch socks.
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The final chapter of my childhood sports fandom has closed. No athlete or team brought me more joy - and inevitable heartbreak - over the years than Chris Paul. He’s been an extraordinary talent + the perfect guide for learning more about hoops
Long live the Point God. And long live slouch socks.
Long live the Point God. And long live slouch socks.
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SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
hearing this: Nida Allam
February 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
hearing this: Nida Allam
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Santa was WHITE
Football is OURS
Skittles are CURRENCY
Nermal was CUTER than GARFIELD
Plants are NOT ALIVE
Vests should be worn BACKWARDS
Lakes are IMAGINARY
Jumping is BAD
Shoes are for HANDS
Football is OURS
Skittles are CURRENCY
Nermal was CUTER than GARFIELD
Plants are NOT ALIVE
Vests should be worn BACKWARDS
Lakes are IMAGINARY
Jumping is BAD
Shoes are for HANDS
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Santa was WHITE
Football is OURS
Skittles are CURRENCY
Nermal was CUTER than GARFIELD
Plants are NOT ALIVE
Vests should be worn BACKWARDS
Lakes are IMAGINARY
Jumping is BAD
Shoes are for HANDS
Football is OURS
Skittles are CURRENCY
Nermal was CUTER than GARFIELD
Plants are NOT ALIVE
Vests should be worn BACKWARDS
Lakes are IMAGINARY
Jumping is BAD
Shoes are for HANDS
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NBA, NFL, MLB, & NHL players make around 50% of total league revenues. WNBA players make 9%. Their demand for 30%, still a bargain, has been rebuffed by owners, who offered 15%.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
Baselines and Picket Lines - The American Prospect
Superstar athletes are close to American royalty, but they still have to fight like other workers for fair pay.
prospect.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
NBA, NFL, MLB, & NHL players make around 50% of total league revenues. WNBA players make 9%. Their demand for 30%, still a bargain, has been rebuffed by owners, who offered 15%.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
As Harold Meyerson writes, sports unions have always struggled for a fair share of the enormous profits they generate.
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Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Better late than never: Duke-UNC scouting report
Quick dive into key areas for the matchup:
➡️Cam Boozer inverted pick-and-rolls
➡️Empty-corner flare screens with Isaiah Evans
➡️Henri Veesaar-Caleb Wilson 54 pick-and-roll
➡️Duke hedging ball screens briangeisinger.substack.com/p/the-battle...
Quick dive into key areas for the matchup:
➡️Cam Boozer inverted pick-and-rolls
➡️Empty-corner flare screens with Isaiah Evans
➡️Henri Veesaar-Caleb Wilson 54 pick-and-roll
➡️Duke hedging ball screens briangeisinger.substack.com/p/the-battle...
The Battle(grounds) of the Blues: Previewing Duke-UNC, Part 1
Three key things to watch when Duke or UNC has the ball on offense, and the critical role of transition defense in this matchup
briangeisinger.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Better late than never: Duke-UNC scouting report
Quick dive into key areas for the matchup:
➡️Cam Boozer inverted pick-and-rolls
➡️Empty-corner flare screens with Isaiah Evans
➡️Henri Veesaar-Caleb Wilson 54 pick-and-roll
➡️Duke hedging ball screens briangeisinger.substack.com/p/the-battle...
Quick dive into key areas for the matchup:
➡️Cam Boozer inverted pick-and-rolls
➡️Empty-corner flare screens with Isaiah Evans
➡️Henri Veesaar-Caleb Wilson 54 pick-and-roll
➡️Duke hedging ball screens briangeisinger.substack.com/p/the-battle...
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Film Room: Duke’s offense is evolving
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Triangulating The Offense: Connecting Duke's Big 3 Playmakers
Breaking down a new play series that’s gained traction over the past month for Duke, and how it works with Cam Boozer, Patrick Ngongba and Maliq Brown
briangeisinger.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Film Room: Duke’s offense is evolving
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Film Room: Duke’s offense is evolving
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Triangulating The Offense: Connecting Duke's Big 3 Playmakers
Breaking down a new play series that’s gained traction over the past month for Duke, and how it works with Cam Boozer, Patrick Ngongba and Maliq Brown
briangeisinger.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Film Room: Duke’s offense is evolving
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
Since the start of 2026, Duke has utilized a new play series involving Cam Boozer, Pat Ngongba + Maliq Brown in the middle of the floor, with Isaiah Evans as a screener
More on the design, how it works & its counters briangeisinger.substack.com/p/triangulat...
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The latest from our special issue on sports: Moe Tkacik on youth sports and private equity.
There's a fascinating history here: a private equity-installed CEO who tried to save a youth sports empire, and learned about the epidemic of frauds and grifts along the way.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/f...
There's a fascinating history here: a private equity-installed CEO who tried to save a youth sports empire, and learned about the epidemic of frauds and grifts along the way.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/f...
The Roots of the Youth Sports Gold Rush
Steve Griffin got in on the ground floor with the John D. Rockefeller of youth sports. The climb out of the basement taught him that finance and kids’ sports are a toxic mix.
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The latest from our special issue on sports: Moe Tkacik on youth sports and private equity.
There's a fascinating history here: a private equity-installed CEO who tried to save a youth sports empire, and learned about the epidemic of frauds and grifts along the way.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/f...
There's a fascinating history here: a private equity-installed CEO who tried to save a youth sports empire, and learned about the epidemic of frauds and grifts along the way.
prospect.org/2026/02/05/f...
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I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes
March 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I bought Twitter for $44,000,000,000 and sold it back to myself for $33,000,000,000. I have 43 kids and no friends. Everything I make explodes
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I want to emphasize how radically Trump's second-term judical appointments are going to change the American legal system. These are not the standard Ivy League FedSoc guys. They are election-denying freaks who earned Trump's favor because they are willing to say what he wants to hear.
Trump Is Building a Federal Judiciary of Delusional, Cowardly Loyalists
Judges have to decide cases based on facts. For Trump judges, the only facts that matter are the ones that he authorizes them to believe.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I want to emphasize how radically Trump's second-term judical appointments are going to change the American legal system. These are not the standard Ivy League FedSoc guys. They are election-denying freaks who earned Trump's favor because they are willing to say what he wants to hear.
Going full Greg Jennings Mode
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Going full Greg Jennings Mode
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I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
One Oakland police officer made $490,000 in overtime. The city can’t find records detailing much of what he did
One OPD officer logged 5,242 total working hours, racking up $490,000 in overtime pay. If he worked more than half of the time in a calendar year, why can't the city tell us what he did?
oaklandside.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I know this from researching police salaries for a recent paper: many cities have a set of officers taking home more than $500k and they can’t really explain why
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
oaklandside.org/2026/01/29/o...
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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ICE out San Francisco
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
ICE out San Francisco
Taking a closer look at the two-man game between Quadir Copeland and Darrion Williams
In NC State’s win over Syracuse, Williams scored 4 times on pick-and-pops — all assisted by Copeland
Breaking down how NC State creates those looks + why it works briangeisinger.substack.com/p/pick-pop-a...
In NC State’s win over Syracuse, Williams scored 4 times on pick-and-pops — all assisted by Copeland
Breaking down how NC State creates those looks + why it works briangeisinger.substack.com/p/pick-pop-a...
Pick, Pop and Post: Unlocking NC State’s Offensive Engine with Quadir Copeland and Darrion Williams
Exploring the two-man game of Williams and Copeland, which can turn NC State’s offense turns into a finely tuned machine, generating open looks and forcing defenses into tough choices
briangeisinger.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Taking a closer look at the two-man game between Quadir Copeland and Darrion Williams
In NC State’s win over Syracuse, Williams scored 4 times on pick-and-pops — all assisted by Copeland
Breaking down how NC State creates those looks + why it works briangeisinger.substack.com/p/pick-pop-a...
In NC State’s win over Syracuse, Williams scored 4 times on pick-and-pops — all assisted by Copeland
Breaking down how NC State creates those looks + why it works briangeisinger.substack.com/p/pick-pop-a...
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NC State is on a 3-game winning streak.
@bgeisinger.bsky.social joins The Lotcast to break down the Pack's evolution, Darrion Williams' usage, Musa Sagnia's rise, and much more
www.trinityroadtimes.com/podcast/epis...
@bgeisinger.bsky.social joins The Lotcast to break down the Pack's evolution, Darrion Williams' usage, Musa Sagnia's rise, and much more
www.trinityroadtimes.com/podcast/epis...
January 31, 2026 at 12:53 AM
NC State is on a 3-game winning streak.
@bgeisinger.bsky.social joins The Lotcast to break down the Pack's evolution, Darrion Williams' usage, Musa Sagnia's rise, and much more
www.trinityroadtimes.com/podcast/epis...
@bgeisinger.bsky.social joins The Lotcast to break down the Pack's evolution, Darrion Williams' usage, Musa Sagnia's rise, and much more
www.trinityroadtimes.com/podcast/epis...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM