Salil
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Salil
@salilb.bsky.social
used a monkey's paw to wish that the Knicks would be good again
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January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education…

dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io

Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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An ominous but essential read today, five years after January 6: "Democracies are often undone not only by successful coups, but by the normalization of failed ones."
Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack)

open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...
January 6 in Historical Perspective
January 6, 2026
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A-Rod, Bonds, and Clemens belong in the HOF (and we can just put their plaques next to Bud Selig's and create a steroid wing around Selig)
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
strong agree, says guy who got a partial Knicks season ticket package this year, and is sitting on the couch with the Knicks makers mark bourbon
very glad i hung 95% of my emotional wellbeing on the knicks season. that was really smart to do
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 AM
SAME
A colleague reminded me I needed to do this: if you assign anything I wrote in your classes, I am very happy to zoom in and talk to your students. I consider it the best part of my job.
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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I wrote about SCOTUS's attack on NEPA, which feels maybe less urgent given the, you know, illegal act of war this weekend but still matters quite a bit for the ongoing climate crisis.
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
great, but let's get the toll back up to $15.
Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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for anyone making their syllabus this week.
I've been informed the semester starts soon, which means it's time to post this super helpful generic syllabus creator wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Generic Syllabus Maker
wcaleb.rice.edu
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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1. Look, there are basically just two ways to run the global oil market: petro-imperialism and petro-consumerism. Historically USA has embraced both, varying over time. The attack on #Venezuela is a return to naked petro-imperialism. Thread.
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Happy new year to everyone except the Yankees front office
Not sure what other teams are doing. It seems a few of the big market teams are coasting thru this offseason, anticipating a 2027 work stoppage
The Astros are in agreement with Japanese right-hander Tatsuya Imai on a three-year contract, source tells
@theathletic.com. The deal maxes out at $63 million and contains opt outs after every season.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Making a New Year's resolution to watch a lot of baseball in 2026. I think I can do it. I believe in myself.
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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We've never "done more with less," we've just become very good at ignoring the gaping intellectual holes around us and the narrowing of possible futures.
December 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We’ve made a graphic of just 180 lowlights of Trump's all-of-government attack on climate, giving a sense of how his minions woke each morning in 2025 asking fossil fuels just how high they needed to jump that day

gift link from @opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Lows of the Trump Administration’s Climate Onslaught
The government rolled back progress on the environment in at least 180 ways in 2025, and it’s just getting started.
www.bloomberg.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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If OG Anunoby isn’t on the All-Defensive FIRST team this year, I’m riding at dawn. Who’s with me, #knickssky? 🧡💙
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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The thing I've enjoyed about the Mike Brown experience has been that he's not afraid to roll with young guys for extended periods if they have it going.

Tonight that was Kevin McCullar Jr, who logged 23 minutes & took advantage. Feel like he's slowly building trust with Brown, which is awesome.
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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If you'd asked me five years ago if I'd talk about insurance in a climate class AND THE STUDENTS WOULD LIKE IT, I'd say you were nuts.

Reminds me of this comment by Kerry Emanuel
bsky.app/profile/andr...
December 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Wow this story. Want to understand the opposition to wind energy?

See what @timmonsroberts.bsky.social has been telling us ...
New extraordinary reporting affirms our studies—from the man at the center of our network map.

“The Brown study actually was fairly accurate about writing down all the people involved. … I was probably the common denominator for those groups,” said Stevenson.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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As I was saying…KNICKS WIN, Merry Knicksmas Knicks Family!!!!! 🧡💙🧡💙🧡💙 #knickssky
Many other teams just lack the competitive intensity that the Knicks can generate. We might lose, but are NEVER going to roll over. LOVE our squad, Merry Knicksmas continues… #knickssky 🧡💙
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
MERRY KNICKSMAS TO ALL!

(also Tyler Kolek +24 tonight, truly the Michael Jordan of Rhode Island 🧡💙)
December 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
there's a Tyler Kolek chant at the Garden and I love it
Tyler Kolek is inspiring so many stereotypes.
December 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
TIE GAME!
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Mitchell Robinson hasn't scored and yet is leading this comeback on offense. Rebound after rebound giving the Knicks more lives.
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Michael Jordan of Rhode Island!
December 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM