I’m on a plane for a panel on structural racism tomorrow at the University of Michigan. One of the questions is how do we communicate with people who might be hostile to social science on race?
My answer is some folks are hopeless, and we write them off while convincing those we can.
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i'm not exactly sure what "race communism" is but i'm intrigued and would like to give it a try
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service says it plans to suspend its employer contributions to its pension plan starting Friday to help stabilize the cash-strapped mailing agency. USPS says this will free up $2.5 billion this fiscal year with no “immediate detrimental impact” to current or future retirees
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I don’t think Spurs need to ‘burn it all down,’ which would be very stupid. Instead they need to sack Lange and Venkatesham, part ways with Palhinha, sell Gallagher and Dragusin, buy a left back and a Locatelli type, and rehire Ange Postecoglou.
Really enjoyed chatting with @geedee215.bsky.social about how crime is often used as a justification for many of the Trump administration's policies, including the ICE operation here in Minnesota, despite the fact that crime nationwide is at a historic low.
www.npr.org/2026/01/31/n...
Yeah, code switch really is one of my go-to shows these days. Here's @geedee215.bsky.social and @equalityalec.bsky.social talking about how and on whom copaganda works; & I gotta say some of this was surprising, even in light of the part we been trying to highlight for years.
…respectfully, you clearly ain’t listen to the episode, champ.
I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social for an @npr.org Code Switch episode about antisemitism
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
This is so deeply stupid.
Dumb.
This is going to take me a bit to get over. I continue to have zero faith in this ever becoming a serious club.
Ah, the transfer window slop is upon us once more
Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.
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Actually, the best case scenario is that Postecoglou ends the wait for the trophy, and then stays, and then delivers more trophies.
The only way out is through. The only way through is together.
This is a very compassionate look at how local residents in suburban Detroit are trying, slowly and haltingly, to talk honestly with each other about the stakes.
Kudos @geedee215.bsky.social
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Please listen to this conversation btwn @geedee215.bsky.social & @atdeyrupmdphd.bsky.social on the ways that debunked "race science" persists through medicine, from training to practice.
And then remember that these same tests, interactions, treatment regimens become training data for medical "AI."
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the time Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a middle-class Black neighborhood and killed 11 people.
We talked to two people whose lives were forever shaped by the day.
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
What, exactly, did they think Palantir did when they got hired? It’s not Meta, you can’t really plausibly claim that you bumbled into a situation you did not anticipate a decade ago because of the company’s veneer of positivity…
Only threes players have recorded a 40-point, 20-rebound game over the last 25 postseasons:
Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 & 2001
Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2022
Nikola Jokic tonight
That was an incredible finish. Shouts to the Nuggets.
Me and my wife almost woke up the pre-schooler from yelling.
Bruhhhhhhh
Your Spurs to take on the Hammers 💪
I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:
I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic
He was 😤 today
I MISSED DEKI SO MUCH #coys
wanted to see Richy and Dom play up top all year. That gives us a lot of pressing — especially against two backup Norwegian league CBs.
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#COYS