CoachN
@coachn.bsky.social
GenX baseball dad, youth-HS coach, & big ole’ nerd. Practical progressive; 20yrs in arms control, human rights, & environmental organizing. Sci-Fi > Fantasy. Trekker (not Trekkie — if you know, you know…). LFGM ⚾️💙🧡⚾️ & Clipper Nation 🏀
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CoachN
@coachn.bsky.social
· Jun 27
I liked it better when 6-3 meant a groundout to Short rather than the death of American democracy.
#SCOTUS
#SCOTUS
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Every accusation is a confession.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Every accusation is a confession.
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Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
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My interpretation of this article:
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization
Today, social media platforms hold the sole power to study the effects of feed-ranking algorithms. We developed a platform-independent method that reranks participants’ feeds in real time and used thi...
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My interpretation of this article:
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
You don’t need a violent coup or a hacked voting machines to overthrow democracy.
You just need control of the algorithm.
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NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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🚨When 16-year-old Joel Andre, one of Portland, Maine’s most beloved young soccer stars, vanished into immigration detention with his family, the shock rippled through local schools and left classmates terrified their families could be next.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/maine-stud...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/maine-stud...
Maine Student-Athlete, 16, and Family Are Detained After Asylum Denial in Canada
A Maine teen soccer player and his family were returned to U.S. custody after Canada denied their asylum request, prompting national scrutiny of family detention policies.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨When 16-year-old Joel Andre, one of Portland, Maine’s most beloved young soccer stars, vanished into immigration detention with his family, the shock rippled through local schools and left classmates terrified their families could be next.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/maine-stud...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/maine-stud...
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 28, 2025 ~ The enemy
"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 28, 2025 ~ The enemy
"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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Holy shit! Trump has no decency or compassion.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Holy shit! Trump has no decency or compassion.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
A reporter asked if he planned to attend the funeral of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who just died.
Instead of offering condolences, he said he would “consider it” and pivoted to bragging about his margin of victory in West Virginia.
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Macy’s Day Parade is one long commercial, and I’m 100% here for it all.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Macy’s Day Parade is one long commercial, and I’m 100% here for it all.
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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Chase Utley blogs.fangraphs.com/jaws-and-the...
JAWS and the 2026 Hall of Fame Ballot: Chase Utley
Overshadowed by a pair of MVP-winning teammates, the longtime Phillies second baseman was a favorite of scouts and statheads, and may be the one who winds up in Cooperstown.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don’t expect we’ll see the transcript of this call unless it’s leaked or Trump/MAGA is out-of-power, but I fully believe that Vindman heard this call and is relaying its content accurately. It is completely consistent with Trump’s amoral, transactional nature.
Another Trump phone call, with the Saudi Prince, in which the discussion is said to be Shocking. They discussed Khashoggi as well as what the Quid Pro Quo would be. We must Demand the release of this shocking and apparently horrific phone call. This information came from Rep E Vindman. Another call.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I don’t expect we’ll see the transcript of this call unless it’s leaked or Trump/MAGA is out-of-power, but I fully believe that Vindman heard this call and is relaying its content accurately. It is completely consistent with Trump’s amoral, transactional nature.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Despite jobs growth outperforming expectations, September's unemployment rose by more than expected, reaching 4.4%, its highest level since 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Despite jobs growth outperforming expectations, September's unemployment rose by more than expected, reaching 4.4%, its highest level since 2021.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
A good follow on that devastating NYT long-form piece talking with former DOJ officials.
Departing Department of Justice staff leave brutal notes ripping Trump and Bondi for causing ‘irreversible damage’ www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Departing DOJ staff leave brutal notes shredding Trump and Attorney General Bondi
One of the former DOJ employees said that workers at the Justice Department are being forced to “put loyalty to the president over the Constitution, the rule of law, and their professional ethical obl...
www.the-independent.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A good follow on that devastating NYT long-form piece talking with former DOJ officials.
Governments having a direct stake in (and therefore control of) private companies is a key element of fascism.
Government officials corruptly & openly profiting from those investments is a key element in kleptocracy.
And…voilà!
Government officials corruptly & openly profiting from those investments is a key element in kleptocracy.
And…voilà!
‘This is truly insane’: Trump stuns with eye-popping multi-million-dollar purchase
Buried within a mountain of financial disclosures made public recently is a potentially multi-million-dollar purchase made by President Donald Trump between August and October, a purchase that has lef...
flip.it
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Governments having a direct stake in (and therefore control of) private companies is a key element of fascism.
Government officials corruptly & openly profiting from those investments is a key element in kleptocracy.
And…voilà!
Government officials corruptly & openly profiting from those investments is a key element in kleptocracy.
And…voilà!
Is this even contestable? Glad Vistor held her ground when they considered hooking Kira up with Dukat. The only reason anyone might think he was anything other than a villain was how brilliantly Marc Alaimo played him.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Star Trek actor confirms this DS9 character is ‘a sociopath’
Is he really that bad?
flip.it
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Is this even contestable? Glad Vistor held her ground when they considered hooking Kira up with Dukat. The only reason anyone might think he was anything other than a villain was how brilliantly Marc Alaimo played him.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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BREAKING: The Trump EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on air pollution.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
BREAKING: The Trump EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on air pollution.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."