Joe Davis
@doeyjavis.bsky.social
Politics, campaigns, psychology, sportsball, root beer floats. The Great State of Minnesota. The Lynx were robbed. I'll try and do less stream of consciousness here, but no promises.
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This chart and its implications are absolutely bonkers. From Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This chart and its implications are absolutely bonkers. From Axios. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
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Seems like if we're going to get all bent out of shape over the "crisis among young men" this may be a good place to start.
“The consequences extend beyond lost money. Hazardous gambling is correlated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, and young men who engage in it are more likely to slide into a full-blown gambling addiction. Boys who frequently gamble miss more classes, perform worse in school”
The rise of sports betting is a growing public health crisis
Sports betting is more addictive than ever, and millions of young Americans are paying the price.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Seems like if we're going to get all bent out of shape over the "crisis among young men" this may be a good place to start.
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The ability to change your mind in response to better evidence is a hallmark of human cognition. Experiments now show that chimps are capable of rational thought too
go.nature.com/3JVLhGk
go.nature.com/3JVLhGk
Be rational: chimp decision-making is guided by the strongest evidence
The ability to change your mind in response to better evidence is a hallmark of human cognition. Experiments now show that chimps are capable of rational thought too.
go.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The ability to change your mind in response to better evidence is a hallmark of human cognition. Experiments now show that chimps are capable of rational thought too
go.nature.com/3JVLhGk
go.nature.com/3JVLhGk
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Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait do I have it correct that Joyce Carol Oates said Musk was a shell of a man with no joy in his life and he totally saw it and said "No I'm not" and now he's searching the titles of different movies he likes and replying "great movie"
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This is an acceptable thing to say if you are resigning “standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work… for me… so I am stepping down” and only then.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is an acceptable thing to say if you are resigning “standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work… for me… so I am stepping down” and only then.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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One small part of the terrible Senate deal: “The bill would hand the beer industry a major win by restricting the sale of intoxicating hemp products. The hemp industry claims the provision threatens 325,000 jobs.” -Bloomberg News www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Shutdown Nears End as Democrats Agree to Funding Deal
The record-breaking US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of moderate Senate Democrats agreed to support a deal to reopen the government and fund some departments and agencies for the...
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One small part of the terrible Senate deal: “The bill would hand the beer industry a major win by restricting the sale of intoxicating hemp products. The hemp industry claims the provision threatens 325,000 jobs.” -Bloomberg News www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014
They think we are deeply stupid.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They think we are deeply stupid.
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Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Carefully choreographed votes and angry press releases are all cute, but the indication of whether anyone in the caucus really cares is whether there’s any push for leadership changes or punitive action against the cavers.
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
There won’t be, but that would be the theoretical sign this is different
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Republicans could have voted for this on their own. They wanted Democrats to share the burden because it is a disaster for the American people.
They got what they wanted.
They got what they wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Republicans could have voted for this on their own. They wanted Democrats to share the burden because it is a disaster for the American people.
They got what they wanted.
They got what they wanted.
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Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
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YouTube TV announces an agreement that will formally request ESPN and Disney consider allowing the service to air its channels in the future. Asks customers to continue their subscriptions until January.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
YouTube TV announces an agreement that will formally request ESPN and Disney consider allowing the service to air its channels in the future. Asks customers to continue their subscriptions until January.
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Democrats are extremely fortunate that people still showed up to vote for them in force despite their disgust with the party. That's something that might not last forever.
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democrats are extremely fortunate that people still showed up to vote for them in force despite their disgust with the party. That's something that might not last forever.
You don’t need the fake vote to campaign against them gutting health care, but they know that and think we are dumb.
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You don’t need the fake vote to campaign against them gutting health care, but they know that and think we are dumb.
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Since we’re playing chicken with people’s health care: The fact that there are subsidies to ACA premiums with any kind of expiration at all is a compromise that Republicans extracted to water ACA down in the first place. Precisely so they could have this opportunity to attack it again in the future.
If Schumer is grinning… Dems are not about to do what I want them to do.
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Since we’re playing chicken with people’s health care: The fact that there are subsidies to ACA premiums with any kind of expiration at all is a compromise that Republicans extracted to water ACA down in the first place. Precisely so they could have this opportunity to attack it again in the future.
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I will admit that this is the single funniest outcome of us doing a Keep Politics Out Of Sports after a guy kneeled
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I will admit that this is the single funniest outcome of us doing a Keep Politics Out Of Sports after a guy kneeled
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A normal society would react to this by introducing regulations to prop betting or rolling back accessibility to online betting
Instead we'll just get a new TV spinoff, Law & Order: Sports Investigation
Instead we'll just get a new TV spinoff, Law & Order: Sports Investigation
HT to @dansuitor.bsky.social; the DOJ indictment against Clase and Ortiz has been unsealed. Not only were they rigging pitches for outside bettors based on Ball/Strike and pitch speed over/unders; they were sometimes betting on their own rigged pitches.
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/me...
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A normal society would react to this by introducing regulations to prop betting or rolling back accessibility to online betting
Instead we'll just get a new TV spinoff, Law & Order: Sports Investigation
Instead we'll just get a new TV spinoff, Law & Order: Sports Investigation
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HE WAITED TO COME FORWARD ON PURPOSE:
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he said. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.”
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he said. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.”
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
HE WAITED TO COME FORWARD ON PURPOSE:
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he said. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.”
“I didn’t want to say immediately it was me,” he said. “With this photo there is a mystery, so you have to make it last.”
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"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹