Jacob Nason
@jacobnason.bsky.social
Views, opinions, use of italics, boldface, and much too large type my own | WashU swim ‘17, msw/mba ‘21 | he/him
It took much too long for this post to come true, but it was, indeed, correct
When Josh Robbins is beginning articles with “This is miserable basketball” you KNOW it’s gonna be lit when we get him/the Wizards on slam and jam
Wizards already have reached inflection point: 'This much adversity early stinks': Washington has lost 13 consecutive games. Can its players emerge with their spirit intact?
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It took much too long for this post to come true, but it was, indeed, correct
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would be funny if it wasn’t so predictable
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
would be funny if it wasn’t so predictable
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Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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New in PN: The MAGA mind virus
"77 million Americans surrendered moments of shared humanity when they put Trump back in the White House. The tragedies that once united Americans now only further divide us. No one, including his supporters, should have expected anything else."
"77 million Americans surrendered moments of shared humanity when they put Trump back in the White House. The tragedies that once united Americans now only further divide us. No one, including his supporters, should have expected anything else."
The MAGA mind virus
Mike Lee has a really bad case, and it's spreading across the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
June 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New in PN: The MAGA mind virus
"77 million Americans surrendered moments of shared humanity when they put Trump back in the White House. The tragedies that once united Americans now only further divide us. No one, including his supporters, should have expected anything else."
"77 million Americans surrendered moments of shared humanity when they put Trump back in the White House. The tragedies that once united Americans now only further divide us. No one, including his supporters, should have expected anything else."
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Bunny disapproves of this. All of it.
June 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Bunny disapproves of this. All of it.
On top of every others issue here, if Linda McMahon actually knew anything about social welfare programming, she’d know that decentralized service provision (specifically TANF) has been a disaster in Connecticut
MURPHY: Did you worry about what your decision would do to these kids where you've ripped away their counselors & social workers literally in the middle of the program?
McMAHON: I certainly worry about mental health
MURPHY: It's a really cruel thing to do
M: I can't evaluate every program
McMAHON: I certainly worry about mental health
MURPHY: It's a really cruel thing to do
M: I can't evaluate every program
June 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On top of every others issue here, if Linda McMahon actually knew anything about social welfare programming, she’d know that decentralized service provision (specifically TANF) has been a disaster in Connecticut
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
When I see a Rudy Gobert fast break, I see America: extremely overconfident, unknowingly speeding toward failure and humiliation everyone else sees coming
May 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
When I see a Rudy Gobert fast break, I see America: extremely overconfident, unknowingly speeding toward failure and humiliation everyone else sees coming
This is such a profoundly stupid take but also you gotta wonder who Jay Williams is hanging out with because, in my experience, the rapist coach and the coach who choked a teammate during practice were both allowed to continue to coach kids
“How much of this do you think is cancel culture…I hear a lot of coaches talk about they don’t feel like they can coach young kids anymore. Cause anything they say could get used against them.” – Jay Williams on developing American NBA players
May 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is such a profoundly stupid take but also you gotta wonder who Jay Williams is hanging out with because, in my experience, the rapist coach and the coach who choked a teammate during practice were both allowed to continue to coach kids
A few years ago, I was part of a team working on a paper (on factors associated with IPV perpetration) for a special issue of Journal of Family Violence. The issue isn’t final yet, but the collection of studies within it is if anyone is interested: link.springer.com/collections/...
Evaluation of Bystander-Informed Training Efficacy
A growing body of research shows that bystander interventions to prevent or reduce dating, interpersonal, and/or sexual violence are effective in changing ...
link.springer.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A few years ago, I was part of a team working on a paper (on factors associated with IPV perpetration) for a special issue of Journal of Family Violence. The issue isn’t final yet, but the collection of studies within it is if anyone is interested: link.springer.com/collections/...
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Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Republican push to cut Medicaid: "It is a disaster, and people will die. Children will die."
May 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Republican push to cut Medicaid: "It is a disaster, and people will die. Children will die."
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[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
*refreshes feed*
[The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
*refreshes feed*
[The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
May 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
*refreshes feed*
[The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
*refreshes feed*
[The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen
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Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
Now from Öztürk’s ACLU lawyer Esha Bhandari:
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
“Rümeysa Öztürk’s case is unprecedented and shocking. She has been held behind bars for six weeks while her health deteriorates for writing an op-ed.”
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk:
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
-Is not accused of committing any crime
-Is nonviolent
-Was in this country legally
-Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to
-Has been locked up for six weeks
We really couldn’t live in a stupider timeline, jfc
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride
Colgate and Crest toothpastes are in the crosshairs.
arstechnica.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We really couldn’t live in a stupider timeline, jfc
Today, I submitted my dissertation (entitled Building and Testing A Networked, Gender and Power Conscious Model of Proactive and Reactive Bystander Action) to MSU’s IRB! As has been the case throughout the dissertation process, I’m feeling all the despair 😅
#phd #violenceprevention #socialwork
#phd #violenceprevention #socialwork
April 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today, I submitted my dissertation (entitled Building and Testing A Networked, Gender and Power Conscious Model of Proactive and Reactive Bystander Action) to MSU’s IRB! As has been the case throughout the dissertation process, I’m feeling all the despair 😅
#phd #violenceprevention #socialwork
#phd #violenceprevention #socialwork
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I don’t know how else to say it but allowing a woman to compete on the women’s team is not denying women sporting opportunities. There are SO MANY things school do that put them out of compliance with T9 for which enforcement would make an actual difference. www.espn.com/college-spor...
Trump: Penn violated Title IX with trans swimmer
The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school's wome...
www.espn.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I don’t know how else to say it but allowing a woman to compete on the women’s team is not denying women sporting opportunities. There are SO MANY things school do that put them out of compliance with T9 for which enforcement would make an actual difference. www.espn.com/college-spor...
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Spinning "a player who was expected to be drafted in the 1st/2nd round fell into the 5th round" as a Donald Trump Success Story is actually a really good example of how things work around there
Leavitt on Shedeur Sanders: "All I will say is the president put out a statement, and a few rounds later he was drafted, so I think the facts speak for themselves."
April 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Spinning "a player who was expected to be drafted in the 1st/2nd round fell into the 5th round" as a Donald Trump Success Story is actually a really good example of how things work around there
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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Who is the NBA’s most overrated player? Ninety players voted, and one name emerged above the rest:
Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton: http://dlvr.it/TKJCM1
Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton: http://dlvr.it/TKJCM1
April 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Who is the NBA’s most overrated player? Ninety players voted, and one name emerged above the rest:
Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton: http://dlvr.it/TKJCM1
Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton: http://dlvr.it/TKJCM1
Still mad the suns let go of the one dude who showed up for their elimination game embarrassment in 2023
At this time last year, the Knicks “hated” Cameron Payne — and they didn’t wait to tell him about it.
Story on a man who was once the enemy and took one game to create his first playoff moment in New York: www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...
Story on a man who was once the enemy and took one game to create his first playoff moment in New York: www.nytimes.com/athletic/629...
April 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Still mad the suns let go of the one dude who showed up for their elimination game embarrassment in 2023
Growing up in West Virginia, I always thought me looking around and thinking “lots of y’all would’ve been nazis” was me being cynical, but every day this administration shows me that I was, in fact, correct
REPORTER: Why not show the public the evidence?
BONDI: Well, he is an illegal alien who has been living illegally in our country from El Salvador ... He is not coming back to our country
R: But the evidence. We're not gonna see the evidence?
BONDI: We have the transcripts from the court hearings
BONDI: Well, he is an illegal alien who has been living illegally in our country from El Salvador ... He is not coming back to our country
R: But the evidence. We're not gonna see the evidence?
BONDI: We have the transcripts from the court hearings
April 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Growing up in West Virginia, I always thought me looking around and thinking “lots of y’all would’ve been nazis” was me being cynical, but every day this administration shows me that I was, in fact, correct
As someone who’s been a Suns fan for 2 decades, it was kinda funny to see this team enter a do or die stretch of the season, immediately choose die (losing 8 straight), and then win big right after getting eliminated. None of it makes sense and somehow it all makes perfect sense
April 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As someone who’s been a Suns fan for 2 decades, it was kinda funny to see this team enter a do or die stretch of the season, immediately choose die (losing 8 straight), and then win big right after getting eliminated. None of it makes sense and somehow it all makes perfect sense