Bradford William Davis
@bwd.bsky.social
2025-26 Pulliam Fellow working on the intersection of sports, transportation and environmental justice
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Most MLB teams have DEI programs. Why won’t any commit to them or talk about it? | Opinion
In the Trump era, when even Jackie Robinson is at risk, the sport is quiet about diversity efforts it used to tout. | Opinion
www.miamiherald.com
when MLB dropped "diversity" from its career site, I reached out to every team, including those with live DEI pages.
None committed to their current efforts. Almost nobody responded!
One week before Jackie Robinson Day, my take on the leaguewide silence:
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...
None committed to their current efforts. Almost nobody responded!
One week before Jackie Robinson Day, my take on the leaguewide silence:
www.miamiherald.com/opinion/arti...
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
idk who this is for but I pray it blesses you
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
idk who this is for but I pray it blesses you
Think of the most annoying, pedantic yet functionally illiterate loser you have ever met on this app.
Now, make sure that even they have more followers here than ICE.
Now, make sure that even they have more followers here than ICE.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Think of the most annoying, pedantic yet functionally illiterate loser you have ever met on this app.
Now, make sure that even they have more followers here than ICE.
Now, make sure that even they have more followers here than ICE.
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
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nodding at the blog @matthewmiranda.bsky.social wrote today www.postingandtoasting.com/knicks-featu...
I dunno how to write about the Knicks when the government is killing people
Not when *gestures at society*, you know?
www.postingandtoasting.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 PM
nodding at the blog @matthewmiranda.bsky.social wrote today www.postingandtoasting.com/knicks-featu...
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Sports are finally ending. To be fair, they called it. bsky.app/profile/endo...
New episode coming on Friday.
With a HUGE announcement.
With a HUGE announcement.
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Sports are finally ending. To be fair, they called it. bsky.app/profile/endo...
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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With the news that it's closing literally hundreds of stores going around, I wrote about the slow, agonizing death of GameStop, which once began as a humble electronics store in Dallas that counted a guy named Ross Perot among its investors: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
As it shutters stores, is this really the end of Texas-based GameStop?
Once a company that got investment from Ross Perot, Grapevine-based GameStop looks to be on its last legs.
www.chron.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
With the news that it's closing literally hundreds of stores going around, I wrote about the slow, agonizing death of GameStop, which once began as a humble electronics store in Dallas that counted a guy named Ross Perot among its investors: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
One of my last columns for the Fort Worth Star Telegram was about mayor Mattie Parker's attempts to silence her critics, including through limiting opportunities for public comment.
under persistent pressure from those critics, the mayor voted to double public comment sessions.
under persistent pressure from those critics, the mayor voted to double public comment sessions.
Mayor Mattie Parker should listen to her own words as she faces her critics | Opinion
The version of Mattie Parker we’ve seen recently doesn’t match what we’ve seen from her in the past. | Opinion
www.star-telegram.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
One of my last columns for the Fort Worth Star Telegram was about mayor Mattie Parker's attempts to silence her critics, including through limiting opportunities for public comment.
under persistent pressure from those critics, the mayor voted to double public comment sessions.
under persistent pressure from those critics, the mayor voted to double public comment sessions.
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately
anybody here work in sports medicine research or study injury prevention? would love to chat
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
anybody here work in sports medicine research or study injury prevention? would love to chat
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That man has a(n estranged) family
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 AM
That man has a(n estranged) family
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Journalists often go on hand-fed ride-alongs with agents.
Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents.
We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents.
We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
January 13, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Journalists often go on hand-fed ride-alongs with agents.
Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents.
We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
Seldom, though, do they get into the cars of everyday people protecting their communities from those same agents.
We just did exactly that, in ICE-occupied Minneapolis:
glad there's no Nazis here but sad Bluesky will never know that Druski is, in fact, too funny
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
glad there's no Nazis here but sad Bluesky will never know that Druski is, in fact, too funny
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Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.
📸: Jerry Holt
📸: Jerry Holt
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school.
📸: Jerry Holt
📸: Jerry Holt
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hello, we have shipped the 2026 BP Annual to the printer. You can order it from our distributor directly, Bookshop, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble, links to all of which can be found at here:
Order the 2026 Baseball Prospectus Books! | Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus 2026 Click here to order the paperback edition directly from our distributor Click here to order the paperback edition from Bookshop.org Click here to order the paperback edition a...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM
hello, we have shipped the 2026 BP Annual to the printer. You can order it from our distributor directly, Bookshop, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble, links to all of which can be found at here:
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The awesome people at Baseball Prospectus were kind enough to ask me to write about the weird, directionless and no-longer inevitable Houston Astros for the annual. Go buy this book to see all the hard work that goes into it or I'll haunt you.
hello, we have shipped the 2026 BP Annual to the printer. You can order it from our distributor directly, Bookshop, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble, links to all of which can be found at here:
Order the 2026 Baseball Prospectus Books! | Baseball Prospectus
Baseball Prospectus 2026 Click here to order the paperback edition directly from our distributor Click here to order the paperback edition from Bookshop.org Click here to order the paperback edition a...
www.baseballprospectus.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The awesome people at Baseball Prospectus were kind enough to ask me to write about the weird, directionless and no-longer inevitable Houston Astros for the annual. Go buy this book to see all the hard work that goes into it or I'll haunt you.
years ago (like 2023) I asked around on Twitter if anyone knew the people who run r/baseball. I started DM-ing with someone, but never followed up.
so just putting it out there again: anyone know the mods? I'd love to connect.
so just putting it out there again: anyone know the mods? I'd love to connect.
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
years ago (like 2023) I asked around on Twitter if anyone knew the people who run r/baseball. I started DM-ing with someone, but never followed up.
so just putting it out there again: anyone know the mods? I'd love to connect.
so just putting it out there again: anyone know the mods? I'd love to connect.
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I wore an ICE OUT shirt while courtside at the Timberwolves game yesterday. Security initially said I needed to give them the shirt (I didn't), but later clarified that I just needed to wear something else. Here's a nice write-up about it by Jon Krawczynski ✊
www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I wore an ICE OUT shirt while courtside at the Timberwolves game yesterday. Security initially said I needed to give them the shirt (I didn't), but later clarified that I just needed to wear something else. Here's a nice write-up about it by Jon Krawczynski ✊
www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...
we all have to be braver than we were before. thank you @jenee.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
Renee Good Was the Kind of Person I Should Be. I Have to Face That Being a Mom Isn’t an Excuse.
I need to figure out how to do more for the world.
slate.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
we all have to be braver than we were before. thank you @jenee.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Philadelphia friends: I'll be launching "Moses and the Doctor" on February 10 at the big Barnes & Noble off Rittenhouse Square (on Chestnut Street). I'll be in conversation with Bradford Pearson of Philadelphia Magazine. Hope to see you there: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
Luke Epplin celebrates MOSES AND THE DOCTOR
Join us for an in-store event, Luke Epplin celebrates MOSES AND THE DOCTOR, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
stores.barnesandnoble.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Philadelphia friends: I'll be launching "Moses and the Doctor" on February 10 at the big Barnes & Noble off Rittenhouse Square (on Chestnut Street). I'll be in conversation with Bradford Pearson of Philadelphia Magazine. Hope to see you there: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
leftists judge films like evangelical christians and it's making me sick
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
leftists judge films like evangelical christians and it's making me sick
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ICE guy at the new training course Democrats make him take paying attention and trying really hard to learn.
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
ICE guy at the new training course Democrats make him take paying attention and trying really hard to learn.