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The largest paying crowd in the history of Wrigley Field was the day Jackie Robinson made his debut. Wrigley is the only park left Jackie played a game in. Mike Ryoko was a kid at that ballpark that day and he wrote about it. Take a minute and read this today.

press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
A newspaper clipping from Mike Ryoko part one: Jackie's Debut a Unique Day All that Saturday, the wise men of the neighborhood, who sat in chairs on the sidewalk outside the tavern, had talked about what it would do to baseball. I hung around and listened because baseball was about the most important thing in the world, and if anything was going to ruin it, I was worried. Most of the things they said, I didn't understand, although it all sounded terrible. But could one man bring such ruin? They said he could and would. And the next day he was going to be in Wrigley Field for the first time, on the same diamond as Hack, Nicholson, Cavarretta, Schmitz, Pafko, and all my other idols. I had to see Jackie Robinson, the man who was going to somehow wreck everything. So the next day, another kid and I started walking to the ballpark early. We always walked to save the streetcar fare. It was five or six miles, but I felt about baseball the way Abe Lincoln felt about education. Usually, we could get there just at noon, find a seat in the grandstand, and watch some batting practice. But not that Sunday, May 18, 1947. By noon, Wrigley Field was almost filled. The crowd outside spilled off the sidewalk and into the streets. Scalpers were asking top dollar for box seats and getting it. Part II: I had never seen anything like it. Not just the size, although it was a new record, more than 47,000. But this was twenty-five years ago, and in 1947 few blacks were seen in the Loop, much less up on the white North Side at a Cub game. That day, they came by the thousands, pouring off the northbound Ls and out of their cars. They didn't wear baseball-game clothes. They had on church clothes and funeral clothes·suits, white shirts, ties, gleaming shoes, and straw hats. I've never seen so many straw hats. As big as it was, the crowd was orderly. Almost unnaturally so. People didn't jostle each other. The whites tried to look as if nothing unusual was happening, while the blacks tried to look casual and dignified. So everybody looked slightly ill at ease. For most, it was probably the first time they had been that close to each other in such great numbers. We managed to get in, scramble up a ramp, and find a place to stand behind the last row of grandstand seats. Then they shut the gates. No place remained to stand. Robinson came up in the first inning. I remember the sound. It wasn't the shrill, teenage cry you now hear, or an excited gut roar. They applauded, long, rolling applause. A tall, middle-aged black man stood next to me, a smile of almost painful joy on his face, beating his palms together so hard they must have hurt. Part III: When Robinson stepped into the batter's box, it was as if someone had flicked a switch. The place went silent. He swung at the first pitch and they erupted as if he had knocked it over the wall. But it was only a high foul that dropped into the box seats. I remember thinking it was strange that a foul could make that many people happy. When he struck out, the low moan was genuine. I've forgotten most of the details of the game, other than that the Dodgers won and Robinson didn't get a hit or do anything special, although he was cheered on every swing and every routine play. But two things happened I'll never forget. Robinson played first, and early in the game a Cub star hit a grounder and it was a close play. Just before the Cub reached first, he swerved to his left. And as he got to the bag, he seemed to slam his foot down hard at Robinson's foot. It was obvious to everyone that he was trying to run into him or spike him. Robinson took the throw and got clear at the last instant. I was shocked. That Cub, a hometown boy, was my biggest hero. It was not only an unheroic stunt, but it seemed a rude thing to do in front of people who would cheer for a foul ball. I didn't understand why he had done it. It wasn't at all big league. I didn't know that while the white fans were relatively polite, the Cubs and most other teams kept up a steady stream of racial abuse from the dugout. I thought that all they did down there was talk about how good Wheaties are. Part IV: Late in the game, Robinson was up again, and he hit another foul ball. This time it came into the stands low and fast, in our direction. Somebody in the seats grabbed for it, but it caromed off his hand and kept coming. There was a flurry of arms as the ball kept bouncing, and suddenly it was between me and my pal. We both grabbed. I had a baseball. The two of us stood there examining it and chortling. A genuine major-league baseball that had actually been gripped and thrown by a Cub pitcher, hit by a Dodger batter. What a possession. Then I heard the voice say: "Would you consider selling that?" It was the black man who had applauded so fiercely. I mumbled something. I didn't want to sell it. "I'll give you ten dollars for it," he said. Ten dollars. I couldn't believe it. I didn't know what ten dollars could buy because I'd never had that much money. But I knew that a lot of men in the neighborhood considered sixty dollars a week to be good pay. I handed it to him, and he paid me with ten $1 bills. When I left the ball park, with that much money in my pocket, I was sure that Jackie Robinson wasn't bad for the game. Since then, I've regretted a few times that I didn't keep the ball. Or that I hadn't given it to him free. I didn't know, then, how hard he probably had to work for that ten dollars. But Tuesday I was glad I had sold it to him. And if that man is still around, and has that baseball, I'm sure he thinks it was worth every cent.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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paris.nyc
NEW: As early as next week, Senators plan to introduce the first bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230, the landmark internet law

I spoke with congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to extortion
www.theinformation.com/articles/exc...
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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bluntrochester.senate.gov
It's common sense: when we're facing workforce shortages, we should be helping those who served their time find good jobs while simultaneously supporting our local businesses and economies.

I'm proud to reintroduce the Clean Slate Act — let's get it done.

youtube.com/shorts/_G1Nb...
This is my Jobs & Justice Bill - Proud to reintroduce the Clean Slate Act
YouTube video by Senator LBR (Lisa Blunt Rochester)
youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
“Music legend”
April 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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gergely.pragmaticengineer.com
This is hard to believe, but is happening:

the CVE program to end later today?

CVE has been the de facto way to track software vulnerabilities - from disclosure to fixing - globally.

Feels like everyone will be worse off - and I wonder what will replace this, if anything will
April 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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martinfowler.com
This is a long article, but worth the effort to understand the details. Headline underplays a serious security incident, where DOGE operatives accessed confidential information while disabling logging to hide their actions.
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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xkcd.com
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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martinfowler.com
NEW POST

Even experienced developers fumble around when working with a new platform. Unmesh Joshi shows how using an LLM helped him learn how to use an unfamiliar toolset.

martinfowler.com/articles/exp...
Building TMT Mirror Visualization with LLM: A Step-by-Step Journey
Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery
martinfowler.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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naotoshimaeda.bsky.social
It is disheartening to see Harvard conceding ground by renaming its diversity office. Appeasement only invites more demands from Dictator Donald. Given Harvard's significant private endowments and donations, it was positioned to make a stand. Cowardice and greed won out.
April 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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dearlstephens.bsky.social
📌I need just ONE of these damn universities to say: "We will NOT be taking marching orders on DEI from a hardcore bigot who sees fine people on both sides of a KKK rally."
You feeling me, Harvard?
April 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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democrats-judiciary.house.gov
During his first term, Trump raked in millions from at least 20 foreign governments—violating what Trump calls “the phony Emoluments Clause.”
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Trump’s team is designing a gangster state, where he can snatch people off the street and disappear them to a foreign dictator’s torture camp.

We must stand up for the Constitution now or slide headfirst into dictatorship ourselves, a system where no one is safe from the gangsters.
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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democrats-judiciary.house.gov
BREAKING: Ranking Member Jamie Raskin’s statement on the arrest of a Wisconsin judge by Trump’s FBI—"a drastic escalation and dangerous new front in Trump’s authoritarian campaign."
 democrats-judiciary.house.gov/news/documen...
April 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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democrats-judiciary.house.gov
Trump’s revenge-obsessed DOJ is discarding any interest in actual  victims and survivors of crime by cutting programs that provide aid and services to communities buffeted by violence and addiction. What a waste.
Justice Department cutting grants that help crime victims
Some of the cuts were reversed within 24 hours, but even that temporary shut-off could be devastating to programs assisting victims, a source told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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wyden.senate.gov
I have a bipartisan bill that would make these protections ironclad. It passed the House unanimously (twice) and it was never taken up in the Senate. Now Trump is laying the groundwork to lock up reporters who don't rat out their sources who expose crimes by his administration.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Apr 25
BREAKING: A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists.

Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."

Today, at Law Dork —>
A.G. Bondi reverses Garland policy against subpoenaing journalists
Stating that leaks "undermine President Trump’s policies," Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that "the news media ‘must answer subpoenas’ when authorized."
www.lawdork.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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markey.senate.gov
In case you missed it last week. This isn’t subtle: Federal Censorship Chairman Carr doesn’t want a free press—he only wants news coverage that is favorable to his boss Trump. This is dangerous territory.
Tweet from Brendan Carr reading: Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public—implying that Abrego Garcia was merely a law abiding U.S. citizen, just a regular “Maryland man.” When the truth comes out, they ignore it. Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest. News distortion doesn’t cut it. Abrego Garcia came to America illegally from El Salvador, was validated as a member of the violent MS13 gang—a transnational criminal organization—and was denied bond by an immigration court for failure to show he would not pose a danger to others. Why does Comcast ignore these facts of obvious public interest? Quote Tweeting a post reading: SHAMEFUL that @CNN and @MSNBC refuses to take Angel Mom Patty Morin as she recounts the terrible tragedy of how an illegal killed her sweet daughter, Rachel.
April 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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markey.senate.gov
I am glad GAO heeded my & Senator Peter's call to assess the harms of generative AI. This week’s report shows there is still much work to be done to reduce the risk AI poses to our environment & society. I will continue to fight to ensure AI does not come at the expense of our planet or communities.
Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI's Environmental and Human Effects
Generative AI could dramatically increase productivity and transform workloads in many industries. It can be used to respond to questions in customer...
www.gao.gov
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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markey.senate.gov
Science is what made America great. But our nation’s top scientist just had to resign because of Trump. There is no such thing as a tariff on Chinese opportunism in the face of American concession. www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020
www.science.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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markey.senate.gov
Earlier this week, @pressley.house.gov, @repmcgovern.bsky.social, and I traveled to meet with Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil.

Now, we have a question for every American.

Will you join us in this fight?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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markey.senate.gov
Release Rumeysa.
Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations The Trump administration has restored the student visa registrations of thousands of foreign students studying in the United States who had minor — and often dismissed — legal infractions. The Justice Department announced the wholesale reversal in federal court Friday after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges who deemed the mass termination of students from a federal database — used by universities and the federal government to track foreign students in the U.S. — as flagrantly illegal. The terminations caused concern and even panic for thousands of students who feared the possibility they had lost their legal immigration status and could be quickly deported. Many who sued over the move said their schools had also blocked their ability to continue taking classes or conducting research, sometimes just weeks before graduation.
April 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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markey.senate.gov
Trump and Burgum want to rubber stamp polluters' applications to ravage our public lands. Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act means taking an axe to the permitting process, which ensures conservation, public engagement, and transparency. Unacceptable.
Interior to cut environmental reviews to less than a month for some energy projects The move is likely to be met by legal challenges from environmental groups.
April 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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markey.senate.gov
Trump plans to spend almost a trillion dollars on nuclear weapons over the next decade. This is a 25% increase on already bloated spending. Much of this is waste, such as $141 billion for new ICBMs that we are safer without. Why isn’t DOGE looking here? www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2025 to 2034
CBO estimates that plans for U.S. nuclear forces, as described in the fiscal year 2025 budget and supporting documents, would cost $946 billion over the 2025–2034 period, $190 billion more than CBO's ...
www.cbo.gov
April 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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booker.senate.gov
We all must stand up to ensure that these attempts to threaten and intimidate the judiciary into submission will not succeed.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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booker.senate.gov
This will not stop with immigration enforcement—this will be Trump’s playbook for punishing judges when they don’t fall in line. Our nation’s system of separation of powers has stood up to tyrants and despots before, but the grievous threat we face today demands we in our generation act.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM