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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 6h

Jays - M’s or Jays - Tigers would both be incredible ALCS

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3d

Hey remember when Torii Hunter said it'd be "difficult and uncomfortable" to have a gay teammate and then, a couple of years later, appeared in political ads lauding a candidate's opposition to gay marriage? I do! Personally, I wouldn't interview a bigot, but I'm not a GM. bsky.app/profile/twin...

Twins Daily @twinsdaily.com · 3d

Who is your pick to replace Baldelli? #twins #minnesota #mntwins

Video: Early Names Floated To Replace Rocco Baldelli

Who is your pick to replace Baldelli?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6d

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 7d

📣 I am recruiting PhD student(s) in Public Affairs (Fall '26) at the Humphrey School, University of Minnesota! Come join me to work on Development/ Labor/ Education/ Gender/ ECD/ Inequality - in a top-ranked, fully-funded PhD program! Details: www.hhh.umn.edu/doctor-philo... #EconSky #PoliSky

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Affairs

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Affairs offers rigorous, advanced study that prepares researchers to enter academia or join highly respected institutions involved in cutting edge research in ...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

If you're blaming the Democrats for the shutdown of a government that is run entirely by Republicans, why stop there?

Go wild, man. Blame the shutdown on leprechauns, or the Seattle Mariners, or maybe the cast of "She's the Sheriff."

You've decided facts don't matter, so have some fun with it!

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 7d

Context?

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 7d

Seems like a great way for Pujols to make sure he never gets hired as a manager again

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 8d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 10d

Time to listen to Midnight Organ Fight while working on lecture slides

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 12d

Wait, which manager??

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 12d

It's funny. Earlier David Roberts told Eric Levitz — correctly, IMO — that Dem moderation and triangulation means little in an information environment where the party's candidates lack much ability to get their messages to voters.

Then Dave Weigel posted this perfect illustration of the point.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Aug 21

Buried in #VAGov story, a little media story.

Most gender/schools coverage in VA comes from one reporter for a Sinclair station in DC market, who works it as part of Sinclair's "Crisis in the Classroom" series. His job before news media? Trump admin spox www.semafor.com/article/08/2...

Republicans turn Virginia into a test case for a bigger fight over civil rights in schools

The commonwealth is the only GOP-led state facing an Education Department investigation stemming from gender policies.

www.semafor.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13d

#priorities
www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at least $54 million on administrative costs alone.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 17d

C'mon...

Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket

Heckuva deal for new members.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 15d

Is there a word for research that lands somewhere between causal and descriptive? Like, uses causal inference techniques but is self-aware of its limitations and the fact that it doesn't get 100% to causality?

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 16d

Also wild that I feel like I see more coverage on, "partisan perceptions of crime" than actual crime statistics

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 17d

Don’t watch clips from the rally that occurred in Arizona today. Watch this video I took of Pile shredding a couple weeks ago instead.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 17d

Soooo many recs!

Native American - Owamni
Vegan breakfast - Reverie
Vietnamese - Hai Hai
Laotian - Gai Noi
Nepalese - Himalayan
Vegan comfort - J. Selby’s
Hot dogs - Wienery
Japanese - Zen Box
Ecuadorian - Chimborazo

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17d

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)
By @stephannnnie.bsky.social

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 18d

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 20d

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23d

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson

By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.

www.thecrimson.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 26d

Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26d

From the Charlie Kirk press conference:

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27d

The TV networks seem determined to sanitize Charlie Kirk's long record of hate speech. MSNBC guest John Nichols just praised Kirk as "nuanced" and "quite thoughtful," and Katy Tur did a dramatic reading from Ezra Klein's NYT essay headlined "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way."

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 28d

What're your thoughts on New Order as a live act?