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Allison 🧬⚾️
@petitephd.bsky.social
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Science policy professional. Geneticist. I write about the Mets for @amazinavenue.bsky.social and podcast about them on @apodoftheirown.bsky.social. Women's soccer enjoyer (USWNT & Washington Spirit). Opinions Mine. She/Her
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February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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An ass whooping was witnessed
A photo of the Knicks playing the Wizards at Capital One Arena. A photo of the scoreboard at Capital One Arena showing a 132-101 Knicks victory over the Wizards.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Carlos Beltrán is officially going into the Hall of Fame as a Met. 💙
A tweet by Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand): The Hall of Fame has announced the cap selections for the plaques of the Class of 2026: Carlos Beltran: Mets Jeff Kent: Giants Andruw Jones: Braves
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Book 5 of 2026. I think this is the longest I’ve ever waited for a book to come in from the library but the wait is finally over.
A paperback copy of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir laying on a grey couch cushion.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Book 4 of 2026. Ever since falling in love with The Overstory five years ago, I have been slowly making my way through Powers’ catalog. He hasn’t disappointed yet. Last year I skipped over this one by reading (and loving) Playground, so now I backtrack to his follow-up to The Overstory.
A paperback copy of Bewilderment by Richard Powers on a grey couch cushion.
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Well if this is true it’s even worse than we originally thought. I have no way of knowing if this is true and I hope it’s just a shitty rumor. I don’t like trafficking in gossip, but I also don’t like the fan base continuing to rage about the loss when it was possibly entirely justified.
A screen shot of a tweet by user @the7lineguy that reads, “To quell your fears, this has nothing to do with creative differences or AI. John was fired for having an affair with a junior employee who is also the daughter of an esteemed camera operator who’s been on Mets broadcasts before John ever was. The framing of this is inaccurate.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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When you spew a whole thread of thoughts and then realize you made a typo in the original post. Sorry friends. I was distraught! It will just have to stay there.
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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@johndemarsico.bsky.social just announced on Twitter that he he is no longer directing games for SNY. Most devastating loss of the offseason by far!
A screen shot of a Twitter post by John DeMarsico that reads, "This wasn't easy to write. Thank you for taking a moment with it." It contains an image of a statement by John that reads: After 17 seasons with the Mets on SNY, my time directing games there has come to an end. I was incredibly fortunate to help tell the story of this team for nealy half my life - after a lifetime of fandom that made the opportunity feel almost impossible when it began. From the very start, I believed deeply in the idea that baseball is cinema. I poured myself into that belief, gratefly for the trust to take creative risks in service of the game and fans who embraced them. Over time, as the broadcast continued to evolve, it became clear that its future was moving in a different creative direction. Coming to terms with that hasn't been easy - especially when the work mattered this much, and felt so deeply tied to who I am. Mets baseball - and the community around it - became part of my identity in ways I'm still processing. That doesn't disappear just because a chapter ends. I've never been a free agent before. I'm taking a breath, looking ahead, and carrying a lot of pride and gratitude with me - while remaining open to the next place where that same care, curiosity, and belief in storytelling can live. I love this game, this art form, this crew, and the fans who made it matter - and I'll miss it all more than I can put into words. Thank you for watching. - John DeMarsico (signature)
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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My reaction to this information
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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This analysis confirms what we very much already knew, but in case there are any baseball fans still under any illusions about the player population, this should dispel those.

votehub.com/2026/01/20/t...
A graphic depicting the partisan voter registration among professional athletes across five major U.S. sports leagues, using publicly available voter file data from 24 states and Washington DC. Of the five leagues, MLB has the highest percentage of registered Republicans at 53.7% with 36.4% registered Independents and 7.8% registered Democrats.
January 21, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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I’m biased but they really are the best ❤️
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Mets!
January 18, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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Mets fans!
January 18, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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The cat was awake when this started!
January 18, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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She’s the best girl 🥰
January 17, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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“fireball with brain damage” is also Orange’s vibe 😂
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Perhaps, but I’m not sure the cat is capable of complex thoughts. 😂
January 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Omg your babies and my babies are like siblings! (this is how far apart they usually are lol) The dog wants to be the cat’s friend very badly but yeah I would describe it as “tolerance” on the cat’s end most of the time haha.
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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BREAKING: Orange and Blue are snoozing while physically touching. This has never happened. After 2.5 years, I think we might have…cuddling?!
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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atMets
A meme format with three consecutive unanswered texts on three consecutive days. The original texts read “Borat 2 tonite 👀” “Borat 2 tonight queen??” “Borat 2 tonite 👀” but “Borat 2” has been replaced with “Kyle Tucker” so that the texts read “Kyle Tucker tonite 👀” “Kyle Tucker tonight queen??” “Kyle Tucker tonite” as a way to express impatience for the Mets to sign Kyle Tucker.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Sometimes bullying/shaming still works.
A breaking news alert from the New York Times: A day after the Trump administration said it was cutting $2 billion in mental health funding, it reversed itself and reinstated the money.
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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Trigger warning: suicidal ideation

This is so much to carry. Even just reading it brings the trauma right back and makes me short of breath. Hannah sacrificed her mental health to report these stories and as a reward, her home was raided by the feds.
My fiancé nodded. I didn’t tell him about the worst messages I got. 
Signal message sent Feb. 23
I think about jumping off a bridge a couple times a day. 
Signal message sent March 21
I want to die. It’s never been like this. 
Signal message sent May 21
I have been looking at how much I am worth alive, as opposed to dead. Unsure how to respond to people’s despair, I got coffee with my colleague William Wan, whose horrifying, deeply human coverage of mental health I had long admired. “We have to write about this,” he said, so we spent months reporting a feature on federal workers’ struggles. We told the story of a Veterans Affairs manager in the Midwest who doubled her antidepression meds; of a California Forest Service biologist who signed up for therapy; of an NIH staffer in the South who, flooded with self-destructive thoughts, limited medication in her house. I attended the funeral of Monique Lockett, a Social Security employee who died at her desk after suffering a heart attack probably tied to stress. William spent time with the widowed husband and children of Caitlin Cross-Barnet, a federal health researcher who killed herself in February. Still, the messages kept coming. 
One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life. 
I called William, feeling panic rise like hot liquid in the back of my throat. 
He told me to stay calm. He told me to send the woman a list of crisis resources, starting with the 988 national suicide hotline. He told me to remember that reporters are not trained therapists or counselors, just human beings doing the best we can. 
“You should try to help, but whatever this woman does or doesn’t do, it may happen regardless of anything you say,” William said. “It’s not up to you.” 
I did what he said, then fell asleep refreshing the app, checking for a reply. The next morning, a message appeared below her name: “This person isn’t using Signal.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Book 3 of 2026 is the only book on my 2025 reading list that I didn’t get to, so I’m tackling it now. I read Cloud Atlas a couple of years ago and thought it was a masterpiece, so I’m eager to read some of Mitchell’s other work.
A paperback copy of Number9Dream by David Mitchell laying on a grey couch cushion.
January 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Book 2 of 2026. This was on a lot of “Best of 2025” lists and my mother-in-law gifted it to me for Christmas. Plus it serves as a welcome change of pace from Parable of the Talents, which I absolutely loved, but need a vibe shift from even as I let it ruminate for awhile.
A hardcover copy of Heart the Lover by Lily King laying on a grey couch cushion.
January 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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MLB just had its most successful season in years but yeah sure let’s keeping fucking around with it
An MLB.com article published on October 22, 2025 with the headline “As World Series begins, postseason viewership at its highest since 2017.”
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM