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Allison 🧬⚾️
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Science policy professional. Geneticist. I write about the Mets for @amazinavenue.bsky.social and podcast about them on @apodoftheirown.bsky.social. Women's soccer enjoyer. Opinions Mine. She/Her
I know people generally don’t need reminding, but the playbook hasn’t changed one bit.
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Make your voice heard and let us know what your favorite proposed team name is in the comments of this post or in our polls on Twitter and IG (same handle both places). We will aggressively advocate for the winner!
We also did a fun exercise where each of us proposed a name for the New York WPBL team! Bluesky doesn’t have polls yet, so you can head to our Twitter or IG to officially cast your vote or let us know which name you prefer in the comments.

Meadowlarks (Linda)
Queens (Maggie)
Excelsior (Allison)
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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hello howdy I joined @apodoftheirown.bsky.social to talk about the #WPBL!
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My keeper is goated.
37.5% - In penalty shootouts in all competitions for #NWSL teams, Aubrey Kingsbury has saved 37.5% of the on-target penalties she has faced (9/24). All other goalkeepers have combined to save just 17.2% (20/116). Different.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Insane stuff.
The upset of the decade, as two chaotic Gotham FC goals end the reign of the best regular-season team in #NWSL history.

Score: 1 - 2 (aet)
xG: 1.2 - 0.9
xG/Shot: 0.07 - 0.06
Quality Chances (xG >0.15): 3 - 0
Box Shots: 10 - 9
Field Tilt: 41 - 59

#KCBABY | #GothamFC | #KCvNJY
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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The Trump admin fucking up state administrative capacity to provide SNAP benefits is not just a feature of the shutdown. This is their long-term plan to reduce SNAP.

Soon, GOP will start talking block grants due to administrative complexity they created.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill
How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Imagine if couples talked about other things the way they do about pregnancy.

“We’re on our period right now.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I am obsessed with the ref cam it’s so funny.
I don’t hate ref cam at all in theory but it kind of giving the center official something of a Jaws POV quality is very funny
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Would really prefer the Mets choose to claim players without domestic violence convictions. That would be nice. Doesn’t feel like too much to ask.
The Mets announced that they claimed LHP José Castillo off waivers from the Orioles and OF Ji-hwan Bae from the Pirates. Also, IF Nick Madrigal has elected free agency.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
YES
Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George has begun telling people she plans to run for mayor next year, according to several sources familiar with these discussions. That would make her the first major candidate to declare for the 2026 race, ending months of speculation about her future plans.
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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stay tuned
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
No, but seeing Ross Douthat’s face or byline is certainly enough to ruin my day.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🥺my neighbors don’t like me🥺

Yeah maybe it’s because you gleefully cheered on the destruction of their careers and livelihoods. That might be part of it.
There's so many of these btw, NoVa right wingers realizing that their neighbors genuinely hate them
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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bear in mind that Fairfax County Public Schools have always been among the best in the nation. public schools. NoVA right wingers have always loved enjoying the fruits of society, just not contributing to it.
There's so many of these btw, NoVa right wingers realizing that their neighbors genuinely hate them
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’m sure people are going to be very normal about this
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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i wouldn't be a total glenn youngkin hater if i didn't mention that the results tonight mean that his total tenure amounted to presiding over the destruction — at least for the next few years — of the virginia republican party. lmao.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Zohran Mamdani went Edwin Diaz mode in Queens tonight
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The energy I am bringing today
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Teen Vogue has become a top-tier political journalism authority and doing this the day before election day is just cruel.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM