Marc Delucchi
@maddelucchi.bsky.social
(they/he/she) sometimes sports journalist, sometimes organizer, former SF Giants beat writer. current contributor Golden State of Mind.
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They hope sports helps you forget Alex Pretti. Make them abolish ICE instead.
An essay on slave patrol resistance, anarchist calisthenics, the NBA trying to return to normal via a Warriors and Wolves game, and ICE abolition.
www.goldenstateofmind.com
For my latest piece, I spent the weekend writing about sports' response to the killing of Alex Pretti, slave patrol resistance in 1850s Boston, anarchist calisthenics, and overcoming nihilism to ensure we abolish ICE.
www.goldenstateofmind.com/general/1076...
www.goldenstateofmind.com/general/1076...
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That's not to say that the existence of GLP-1s are directly making people more bigoted in their anti-fatness. But their marketing relies on extremely anti-fat tropes, floods the airwaves with anti-fat messages, and sends the message that anti-fatness is not just pro-health, it's morally righteous.
February 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
That's not to say that the existence of GLP-1s are directly making people more bigoted in their anti-fatness. But their marketing relies on extremely anti-fat tropes, floods the airwaves with anti-fat messages, and sends the message that anti-fatness is not just pro-health, it's morally righteous.
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so about the relationship between the state and capital
“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
so about the relationship between the state and capital
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Not sure if anyone else has said this but Sawchik was clearly hired by MLB to write anti labor talking points ahead of the CBA
He wrote an article two weeks ago on payroll differences which ended “Removing that cloud, discarding that talking point, would take interest in the game to another level”
He wrote an article two weeks ago on payroll differences which ended “Removing that cloud, discarding that talking point, would take interest in the game to another level”
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Not sure if anyone else has said this but Sawchik was clearly hired by MLB to write anti labor talking points ahead of the CBA
He wrote an article two weeks ago on payroll differences which ended “Removing that cloud, discarding that talking point, would take interest in the game to another level”
He wrote an article two weeks ago on payroll differences which ended “Removing that cloud, discarding that talking point, would take interest in the game to another level”
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They are stealing our money.
HHS is canceling $600 million in CDC grants for HIV and STD prevention in CA, IL, CO, and MN that were marked for state and local health departments, hospitals, universities and non-governmental organizations. These cuts conspicuously correspond to areas of DHS operations as well.
Trump administration cuts $600 million in HIV, STD prevention and surveillance grants
The Trump administration is terminating $600 million in CDC grants for programs supporting HIV and STD prevention and HIV surveillance.
abcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
They are stealing our money.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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There's a link between the AI disruption and the authoritarian political attacks on expertise. Highly educated white collar folks considered ourselves to be a powerful culture, on the basis of our expertise & credentials. But that's not where power comes from, and we're learning that the hard way.
All I'm saying here is that there's a strong air from white collar people like we're not supposed to be disrupted. That's for blue collar folks. But we're not special. We never have been. Just lucky. And eventually your luck runs out. Capitalism comes for everybody eventually.
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 AM
There's a link between the AI disruption and the authoritarian political attacks on expertise. Highly educated white collar folks considered ourselves to be a powerful culture, on the basis of our expertise & credentials. But that's not where power comes from, and we're learning that the hard way.
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The power we had was incidental, based on contingent historical & economic arrangements. We were not organized or prepared to defend ourselves, and even worse, our lack of cross-class solidarity as workers means nobody else is sympathetic or showing up to save our institutions or projects either.
February 12, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The power we had was incidental, based on contingent historical & economic arrangements. We were not organized or prepared to defend ourselves, and even worse, our lack of cross-class solidarity as workers means nobody else is sympathetic or showing up to save our institutions or projects either.
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"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
![Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiesvmsm3hrmrwxi7d7wvuaxc7u7oovqonpx2tdpxdnjhlgxh7lhni@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
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For @defector.com, I wrote about the dark backstory behind France’s viral ice dancing team — which currently is in first place and could win gold.
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France's Viral Ice Dancing Team Has A Dark Backstory | Defector
Blink and you might not have caught it. On Monday, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry took to the rink and staked their claim to the ice dancing gold medal. Dancing to Madonna’s “Vogue,” ...
defector.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
For @defector.com, I wrote about the dark backstory behind France’s viral ice dancing team — which currently is in first place and could win gold.
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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A hallmark of conspiracy thinking is citing contradictory evidence with no coherent narrative.
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A hallmark of conspiracy thinking is citing contradictory evidence with no coherent narrative.
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
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Lab leak truthers love to point out that "only" one-third to one-half of early cases were directly linked to the market but you know how many were linked to the lab?
Zero.
Plus if the virus had emerged in the summer there would have been *far* more than hundreds of cases by January.
Zero.
Plus if the virus had emerged in the summer there would have been *far* more than hundreds of cases by January.
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Lab leak truthers love to point out that "only" one-third to one-half of early cases were directly linked to the market but you know how many were linked to the lab?
Zero.
Plus if the virus had emerged in the summer there would have been *far* more than hundreds of cases by January.
Zero.
Plus if the virus had emerged in the summer there would have been *far* more than hundreds of cases by January.
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*new* from me:
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
How do MLB workers protect Latin players from Trump's ICE raids? By themselves.
Front office staffers told eyeblack about keeping immigrant players safe while league guidance is minimal and "Manfred kisses Trump's ass."
www.readeyeblack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
*new* from me:
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
As pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, three front office staffers spoke to me about helping Latino baseball players and their families navigate an America ravaged by ICE raids.
They say guidance from MLB has been “minimal” so their teams are getting creative.
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There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
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“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
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I love this article because the reporter found a strong source to speak in favor of retaining the SRG and he’s dumb as hell with a completely vacuous argument. Stunning. gothamist.com/news/former-...
He helped create an NYPD unit to respond to protests. Now, he's calling for its overhaul.
The NYPD’s Strategic Response Group has been criticized by civil liberties groups and others who have accused officers of brutality while responding to protests.
gothamist.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I love this article because the reporter found a strong source to speak in favor of retaining the SRG and he’s dumb as hell with a completely vacuous argument. Stunning. gothamist.com/news/former-...
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these conditions are horrifying. this is an amazing story of community organizing strategy and commitment, as well as another example of the criminalization of mutual aid @lataco.bsky.social
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 AM
these conditions are horrifying. this is an amazing story of community organizing strategy and commitment, as well as another example of the criminalization of mutual aid @lataco.bsky.social
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This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
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There will 100% be a story in The Athletic this summer about how Latin players "stay close to the hotel" on road trips, with not much talk or opinion about why that is. bsky.app/profile/that...
Roughly 1/3 of MLB is Hispanic. Wondering how the league intends to protect them from the secret police force in all the large blue cities they’ll be walking around during home stands and road trips this season
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
There will 100% be a story in The Athletic this summer about how Latin players "stay close to the hotel" on road trips, with not much talk or opinion about why that is. bsky.app/profile/that...
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"stop saying jeff bezos had to fire the whole washington post staff for financial reasons" literally who is saying that lol
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"stop saying jeff bezos had to fire the whole washington post staff for financial reasons" literally who is saying that lol
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Wrote about the pleasure that conservatives took from the killings by ICE recently open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
The Thrill of the Horrible
On the pleasure that some people take from images of death
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Wrote about the pleasure that conservatives took from the killings by ICE recently open.substack.com/pub/somethin...
I know there's probably no blockbuster coming, but this would be my last ditch effort to salvage the deadline if I were in the Warriors front office.
If the Clippers are listening on Zubac... is Kawhi gettable? Warriors SHOULD be desperate enough to gamble on a godfather offer.
If the Clippers are listening on Zubac... is Kawhi gettable? Warriors SHOULD be desperate enough to gamble on a godfather offer.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I know there's probably no blockbuster coming, but this would be my last ditch effort to salvage the deadline if I were in the Warriors front office.
If the Clippers are listening on Zubac... is Kawhi gettable? Warriors SHOULD be desperate enough to gamble on a godfather offer.
If the Clippers are listening on Zubac... is Kawhi gettable? Warriors SHOULD be desperate enough to gamble on a godfather offer.
Warriors probably had the draft capital and salaries to acquire BOTH Anthony Davis and Jaren Jackson Jr.
It's just not acceptable that the Warriors didn't come away with at least one of those guys given what they did instead.
Maybe there's another deal coming, but I don't see it.
It's just not acceptable that the Warriors didn't come away with at least one of those guys given what they did instead.
Maybe there's another deal coming, but I don't see it.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Warriors probably had the draft capital and salaries to acquire BOTH Anthony Davis and Jaren Jackson Jr.
It's just not acceptable that the Warriors didn't come away with at least one of those guys given what they did instead.
Maybe there's another deal coming, but I don't see it.
It's just not acceptable that the Warriors didn't come away with at least one of those guys given what they did instead.
Maybe there's another deal coming, but I don't see it.
The JK/Hield for Porzingis swap feels all about 2026-27 imo.
Gives them the bird rights to re-sign/extend Porzingis on a smaller prove-it deal AND clears the salary to extend Melton on a NTPMLE.
Gives them the bird rights to re-sign/extend Porzingis on a smaller prove-it deal AND clears the salary to extend Melton on a NTPMLE.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The JK/Hield for Porzingis swap feels all about 2026-27 imo.
Gives them the bird rights to re-sign/extend Porzingis on a smaller prove-it deal AND clears the salary to extend Melton on a NTPMLE.
Gives them the bird rights to re-sign/extend Porzingis on a smaller prove-it deal AND clears the salary to extend Melton on a NTPMLE.