Colin T Barker, Ph.D.
@ctheobarker.bsky.social
Math Professor and Director of the Sports Statistics Fusion Certificate @ Drury University. I'm here for conversation, #stlcards #stlblues #allforcity talk, hope, and entertainment. Views my own, etc
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damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
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There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
December 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
There’s a Silicon Valley billionaire freak out happening about a potential wealth tax ballot initiative in California.
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
I hope everybody understands—the only way to make billionaires pay a similar *income* tax rate as their secretaries is via taxing unrealized cap gains or wealth
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This is a false equivalence. When Ukraine attacks, it is acting in self-defence against an aggressor, not to seize someone else's land, dominate a population, or erase a culture.
Q: Some are saying Russia's recent attacks show Putin isn't serious about peace
TRUMP: Ukraine has made some very strong attacks also. I don't say that negatively. There have been explosions in various parts of Russia. I don't think it came from the Congo. I don't think it came from the USA.
TRUMP: Ukraine has made some very strong attacks also. I don't say that negatively. There have been explosions in various parts of Russia. I don't think it came from the Congo. I don't think it came from the USA.
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is a false equivalence. When Ukraine attacks, it is acting in self-defence against an aggressor, not to seize someone else's land, dominate a population, or erase a culture.
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"How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little? The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, a New York Times analysis found. And its many smaller cuts added up to few savings." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Where’s my trophy, there’s a new champion in town!
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Where’s my trophy, there’s a new champion in town!
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Share the victories, however big or small they are. We need people to see them.
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Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now
The Supreme Court has refused to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area to support its immigration crackdown.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Share the victories, however big or small they are. We need people to see them.
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Has been a decent to good strike thrower early in his career.
Fajardo will be ranked among the Cardinals' Top 10 prospects when the update goes live later tonight.
Fajardo will be ranked among the Cardinals' Top 10 prospects when the update goes live later tonight.
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Has been a decent to good strike thrower early in his career.
Fajardo will be ranked among the Cardinals' Top 10 prospects when the update goes live later tonight.
Fajardo will be ranked among the Cardinals' Top 10 prospects when the update goes live later tonight.
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#Cardinals trade Willson Contreras to Boston Red Sox.
Here are the complete deals on the move, with more coverage coming: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Here are the complete deals on the move, with more coverage coming: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Cardinals trading Willson Contreras to Red Sox for Hunter Dobbins, 2 prospect pitchers
In exchange for Contreras and cash, the Cardinals are receiving three right-handed pitchers: Hunter Dobbins, Yhoiker Fajardo and Blake Aita.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#Cardinals trade Willson Contreras to Boston Red Sox.
Here are the complete deals on the move, with more coverage coming: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Here are the complete deals on the move, with more coverage coming: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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Chaim Bloom has acquired six players from the Red Sox this winter, and five of them came to Boston after his departure. Hunter Dobbins is the exception.
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Chaim Bloom has acquired six players from the Red Sox this winter, and five of them came to Boston after his departure. Hunter Dobbins is the exception.
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I think we can now safely conclude Willson Contreras was not the reason Miles Mikolas was bad in 2023, 2024, or 2025
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I think we can now safely conclude Willson Contreras was not the reason Miles Mikolas was bad in 2023, 2024, or 2025
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WILLSON! I'M SORRY!
December 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
WILLSON! I'M SORRY!
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welp the contreras era was… quite a time
December 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
welp the contreras era was… quite a time
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Cardinals broadcast partner skips payment. Club says latest hiccup won't limit fan access.
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Cardinals broadcast partner skips payment. Club says latest hiccup won't limit fan access.
FanDuel Sports Network's parent company did not meet obligations to Cardinals, leaving them with two outcomes for 2026, neither likely to disrupt if fans have access.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Cardinals broadcast partner skips payment. Club says latest hiccup won't limit fan access.
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A senior Cardinals official confirmed to me reporting by Sports Business Journal. that Main Street Sports Group missed a payment last week that was set to be a part of the 2026 rights fees. Team is hoping for clarity but will have a broadcast solution and a DTC product next season. Story to come.
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A senior Cardinals official confirmed to me reporting by Sports Business Journal. that Main Street Sports Group missed a payment last week that was set to be a part of the 2026 rights fees. Team is hoping for clarity but will have a broadcast solution and a DTC product next season. Story to come.
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What a juxtaposition of paragraphs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-federal-government-workers-doge
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What a juxtaposition of paragraphs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-federal-government-workers-doge
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"Multiple sources privy to the conference call said the NBA informed their teams that MLB’s Cardinals had not received their rights fee payment this month and put all 13 franchises on alert that their own payments in January and beyond -- totaling a reported $180M this season -- might not arrive..."
![Multiple sources privy to the conference call said the NBA informed their teams that MLB’s Cardinals had not received their rights fee payment this month and put all 13 franchises on alert that their own payments in January and beyond -- totaling a reported $180M this season -- might not arrive, as well.
A Main Street spokesperson declined to provide the amount of the Cardinals’ payment that was missed.
“The message to [the NBA] teams was, for now, no big change, but refine your contingency plans, continue discussions with everybody, things will happen over the next few weeks, couple months and let the league know if you [don’t receive a payment],” said one source.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nyspd2zb3a2h6l2agnlebhtg/bafkreiaa334d7hlyd5urh6jkez6vriu2tzjouou5hiebfzeqi6t23irvoa@jpeg)
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Multiple sources privy to the conference call said the NBA informed their teams that MLB’s Cardinals had not received their rights fee payment this month and put all 13 franchises on alert that their own payments in January and beyond -- totaling a reported $180M this season -- might not arrive..."
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On this date in 1999, the Cardinals traded for Fernando Vina. In four seasons with St. Louis, Vina hit .285 and won two Gold Gloves. www.stlredbirds.com/2021/11/26/c...
Cardinals finally get Fernando Vina in 1999 trade
After more than a year, the Cardinals finally had their leadoff hitter. On December 20, 1999, the Cardinals finalized a trade to send pitcher Juan Acevedo and two minor league players to be named late...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On this date in 1999, the Cardinals traded for Fernando Vina. In four seasons with St. Louis, Vina hit .285 and won two Gold Gloves. www.stlredbirds.com/2021/11/26/c...
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First, the comparison to Denmark is ludicrous. Denmark is a small, homogenous nation with a national health care system. Second, this is ABSOLUTELY INSANE. It would cause diseases to come roaring back, severe illness, lifelong complications & injuries, and death for children all across the country.
Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to shift the federal government away from directly recommending most vaccines for children and suggest parents consult with doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
First, the comparison to Denmark is ludicrous. Denmark is a small, homogenous nation with a national health care system. Second, this is ABSOLUTELY INSANE. It would cause diseases to come roaring back, severe illness, lifelong complications & injuries, and death for children all across the country.
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Deal is now official. Pirates get Lowe, Montgomery, Mangum. Astros get Burrows. Rays get Melton and Brito.
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/astr...
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Astros, Pirates, Rays Finalize Three-Team Trade Sending Brandon Lowe To Pittsburgh, Mike Burrows To Houston, Jacob Melton To Tampa
Looks like the Astros, Pirates and Rays have a blockbuster in the works.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Deal is now official. Pirates get Lowe, Montgomery, Mangum. Astros get Burrows. Rays get Melton and Brito.
www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/astr...
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The Athletic reported this deal has been completed. Let the run on 2B begin! #stlcards
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Athletic reported this deal has been completed. Let the run on 2B begin! #stlcards
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There were seven non-coach, non-medical coordinators and specialists divided over the entire system in the 2023 season.
This is many, many more.
This is many, many more.
December 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There were seven non-coach, non-medical coordinators and specialists divided over the entire system in the 2023 season.
This is many, many more.
This is many, many more.
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The Cardinals announced their minor league coaching and development staffs:
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Cardinals announced their minor league coaching and development staffs:
Since Ken Rosenthal wrote it and it got titled as, "a new suitor..." all the #STLCards talk today will be about Arenado to the Angels. But, that's been reported several times before as a potential landing spot once Rendon's exit became formalized. Not #news, but still fun conversation.
December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM