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...
all Venezuelans, if that weren't clear. with families both here and back home. and many of them will be competing in the World Baseball Classic (think World Cup for baseball) in two months.
far from a novel observation, but separating baseball life outside it is impossible:
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
all Venezuelans, if that weren't clear. with families both here and back home. and many of them will be competing in the World Baseball Classic (think World Cup for baseball) in two months.
far from a novel observation, but separating baseball life outside it is impossible:
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
far from a novel observation, but separating baseball life outside it is impossible:
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
- Jose Altuve, best 2B of our era
- current stars: Ronald Acuña, Wilson Contreras, Salvador Perez, Eugenio Suarez, Gleyber Torres, Ranger Suarez
- Felix Hernandez and Bobby Abreu, both on the HOF ballot
while cleaning my office I found an old hard drive. on the old hard drive contained a file path
Brad's Files > Pictures > Funny. the folder had one picture:
Brad's Files > Pictures > Funny. the folder had one picture:
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
while cleaning my office I found an old hard drive. on the old hard drive contained a file path
Brad's Files > Pictures > Funny. the folder had one picture:
Brad's Files > Pictures > Funny. the folder had one picture:
I'm glad Tony Dokoupil and DJ Khaled are here to walk me through these perilous times.
Now is really not the time to sow distrust and punch down on independent media. It’s particularly galling to do in light of how we’ve actually gotten news and information about the latest global conflicts and federal corruption in the U.S.
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I'm glad Tony Dokoupil and DJ Khaled are here to walk me through these perilous times.
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the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
the ultimate democratic party response: i LOVE the crazy illegal thing you just did, but could you perhaps come to my office to sign form 317b for it?
I admire the Creation Museum's scientific commitment to simulating Ark-like conditions
Measles may have been spread at a Noah’s Ark-themed creationist museum in Kentucky earlier this week, the state’s health authority said.
Health Authorities Issue Measles Alert at Creationist Museum
In 2025, the U.S. had the most infections of the vaccine-preventable disease since 1992.
trib.al
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I admire the Creation Museum's scientific commitment to simulating Ark-like conditions
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New webpage from DART advertising the agency's benefits to local cities, emphasizing economic development, capital investments, and security improvements. Also included is data on ridership by mode for each member city.
www.dart.org/about/public...
www.dart.org/about/public...
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 AM
New webpage from DART advertising the agency's benefits to local cities, emphasizing economic development, capital investments, and security improvements. Also included is data on ridership by mode for each member city.
www.dart.org/about/public...
www.dart.org/about/public...
also open to chatting with any transit-savvy Chicago or Chicagoland people about the infrastructural funding Arlington Heights and the Bears were discussing
anyone who lives in or near the Arlington Heights region where the Chicago Bears were planning to relocate? would love to chat!
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
also open to chatting with any transit-savvy Chicago or Chicagoland people about the infrastructural funding Arlington Heights and the Bears were discussing
anyone who lives in or near the Arlington Heights region where the Chicago Bears were planning to relocate? would love to chat!
January 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
anyone who lives in or near the Arlington Heights region where the Chicago Bears were planning to relocate? would love to chat!
not a great result, but at least we have still have abundant drinking water
*taps earpiece*
what's this?
*taps earpiece*
what's this?
January 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
not a great result, but at least we have still have abundant drinking water
*taps earpiece*
what's this?
*taps earpiece*
what's this?
twitch stream-literate friends: if I'm trying to have a twitch stream with light gaming and chatting, do I need a dual monitor set up?
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
twitch stream-literate friends: if I'm trying to have a twitch stream with light gaming and chatting, do I need a dual monitor set up?
THE LAST OF US (2013, Neil Druckmann; 2023, Craig Mazin)
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
THE LAST OF US (2013, Neil Druckmann; 2023, Craig Mazin)
Reposted by Bradford William Davis
Here's how the NYC Department of Transportation will be different under Mayor Mamdani, according to new commissioner Mike Flynn.
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
braddie downer checking in:
this essay on Japanese social and cultural decline anticipating America's near-future should ring alarm bells oceandrops.substack.com/p/japan-is-w...
this essay on Japanese social and cultural decline anticipating America's near-future should ring alarm bells oceandrops.substack.com/p/japan-is-w...
Japan Is What Late-Stage Capitalist Decline Looks Like
Is America next?
oceandrops.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:23 PM
braddie downer checking in:
this essay on Japanese social and cultural decline anticipating America's near-future should ring alarm bells oceandrops.substack.com/p/japan-is-w...
this essay on Japanese social and cultural decline anticipating America's near-future should ring alarm bells oceandrops.substack.com/p/japan-is-w...
Reposted by Bradford William Davis
Reposted by Bradford William Davis
The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org
calmatters.org/investigatio...
calmatters.org/investigatio...
December 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The California DMV is in deep need of reform. Enraging stuff, uncovered by a team of reporters at @calmatters.org
calmatters.org/investigatio...
calmatters.org/investigatio...
a greiving nation recites his catchphrase in perfect unison
Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
a greiving nation recites his catchphrase in perfect unison
Reposted by Bradford William Davis
In July I wrote about the camp the Trump administration named "Alligator Alcatraz," showing why it fits the definition of a concentration camp and is part of a global heritage of brutal extrajudicial detention while also furthering an American tradition of abusing minorities & noncitizens. [3/5]
Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In July I wrote about the camp the Trump administration named "Alligator Alcatraz," showing why it fits the definition of a concentration camp and is part of a global heritage of brutal extrajudicial detention while also furthering an American tradition of abusing minorities & noncitizens. [3/5]
I wondered aloud, sincerely, if the White House remodel was upsetting people outside the typical beeskee profile. I described those people as "normies".
V fun 48 hours!
V fun 48 hours!
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I wondered aloud, sincerely, if the White House remodel was upsetting people outside the typical beeskee profile. I described those people as "normies".
V fun 48 hours!
V fun 48 hours!
I'd be very interested in a MARTY SUPREME told from Rachel's perspective
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'd be very interested in a MARTY SUPREME told from Rachel's perspective
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I didn't know Tatiana very well, but back in 2009, she was the first person ever to edit a music essay I wrote! She encouraged me to start writing and to keep going, and it was a gift I will be grateful for until the day I die www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Tatiana Schlossberg, environmental journalist and Kennedy scion, dies at 35
In November, she announced her terminal cancer diagnosis in a New Yorker essay that took aim at one of her cousins, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I didn't know Tatiana very well, but back in 2009, she was the first person ever to edit a music essay I wrote! She encouraged me to start writing and to keep going, and it was a gift I will be grateful for until the day I die www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
canceled my paid, LLM-poisoned Grammarly account
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
canceled my paid, LLM-poisoned Grammarly account
apologies in advance to every white woman celebrating or performing for their inclusion in next quarter's Erika Kirk memes
December 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
apologies in advance to every white woman celebrating or performing for their inclusion in next quarter's Erika Kirk memes
Hiring Mike Brown was 100% the right move. Young players who would have been rotting away are thriving
December 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hiring Mike Brown was 100% the right move. Young players who would have been rotting away are thriving
I reposted three @ashwinrodrigues.com articles I really enjoyed.
everything else he wrote was just aight, but those three hit different
everything else he wrote was just aight, but those three hit different
I was correct about Bluesky's humor detection issue at the time, but even moreso now. my critics continue to say I am white, but I still am not.
for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
for @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke
Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
www.wired.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I reposted three @ashwinrodrigues.com articles I really enjoyed.
everything else he wrote was just aight, but those three hit different
everything else he wrote was just aight, but those three hit different