{"id":9739,"date":"2023-01-14T14:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T19:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9739"},"modified":"2023-01-14T14:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T19:23:52","slug":"stick-to-baseball-1-14-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/14\/stick-to-baseball-1-14-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 1\/14\/23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My latest piece for subscribers to the Athletic went up last Saturday, a breakdown of <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4067235\/2023\/01\/07\/law-tigers-trade-gregory-soto-phillies\/\">the Phillies\u2019 trade for Gregory Soto<\/a>, a deal I quite like for Detroit. My podcast will return this upcoming week, and the top 100 prospects ranking is scheduled to run on January 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over at Paste, I reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/games\/riverside-board-game-review\/\">the roll-and-write game Riverside<\/a>, which just missed my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/games\/best-board-games-of-2022\/\">top ten games of 2022<\/a> list (it was the final cut).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve sent out two editions of <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyletter.com\/keithlaw\">my free email newsletter<\/a> in two weeks (!), so you should definitely sign up now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longreads first: The <em>Financial Times<\/em> has a fascinating story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/741772c0-ee76-4d3d-bfcd-4fabc1fb405d\">four women who work as spies in Britain\u2019s SIS<\/a>, looking at their actual jobs and lives (as much as possible) and the agency\u2019s history of discrimination, often to its own detriment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Patrick Burleigh wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2019\/01\/precocious-puberty-patrick-burleigh.html\">growing up with testotoxicosis<\/a>, an extremely rare condition that causes boys to begin puberty as young as age two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Denver Post<\/em> tells how a consultant to the Denver Art Museum used her position and imprimatur to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2022\/12\/01\/emma-bunker-douglas-latchford-cambodian-art-denver-art-museum\/?mc_cid=224e76fb93&amp;mc_eid=2662048591&amp;src=longreads&amp;utm_source=pocket_reader\">help an art smuggler move looted items from holy sites in southeast Asia<\/a>. The consultant, Emma Bunker, died last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>New York Times<\/em>, which was also guilty of the sins described in this article, looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/31\/us\/politics\/polling-election-2022-red-wave.html\">how biased polls that implied there would be a \u2018red wave\u2019 this November screwed up the narrative<\/a> and led Democrats to commit resources to many of the wrong races.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Philly Inquirer<\/em> looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/opioid-crisis-philadelphia-schools-programs-mastbaum-high-20230107.html\">the successes and struggles of Mastbaum High School<\/a>, a vocational\/technical school in Kensington, a neighborhood often called ground zero of the city\u2019s opioid epidemic. One unavoidable conclusion: the school is wildly underfunded given its role in the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You may have seen a claim about more athletes dying from cardiac arrest since the COVID-19 vaccines were introduced than died from the same in the preceding twenty or so years. It\u2019s bullshit, and comes from a source-less site called goodsciencing that is <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/analysis\/2023\/01\/fact-check-newsblaze-ceo-linked-to-goodsciencing-com.html\">probably backed by the CEO of conservative site NewsBlaze<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. C\u00e9line Gounder, Grant Wahl\u2019s widow, wrote about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/08\/opinion\/grant-wahl-celine-gounder-vaccine.html\">anti-vaxxers also pounced on her husband\u2019s death to spread misinformation and outright lies<\/a>. Fucking ghouls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A romance novelist faked her own death, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-64179548\">has now returned like nothing ever happened<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The cousin of one of the founders of Black Lives Matter flagged down a police car after an accident. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jan\/11\/black-lives-matter-co-founder-cousin-killed-los-angeles-police\">One of the officers Tased the man so extensively that he died of cardiac arrest<\/a>. Keenan Anderson was unarmed. The LAPD is already blaming the victim, saying he had cocaine in his system, which, last I checked, is not a capital crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/01\/ron-desantis-florida-schools-censorship-universities-dont-say-gay-stop-woke.html?utm_source=pocket_reader\">Gov. Ron DeSantis is weaponizing Florida\u2019s public schools<\/a>, using political appointees to try to stifle any future dissent coming from its students. <em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s Bess Levin explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2022\/12\/ron-desantis-just-as-bad-as-donald-trump-2024\">just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Damar Hamlin\u2019s tragedy has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/01\/damar-hamlin-collapse-covid-vaccine-disinformation-died-suddenly\/672659\/?utm_source=pocket_reader\">fodder for anti-vaxxer lies<\/a>. The BBC also looked at how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-64158202\">conspiracy theorists pounced<\/a>. So <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/npr\/1147969504\/how-damar-hamlins-collapse-fueled-anti-vaccine-conspiracy-theories\">did WBUR<\/a>, while <em>Forbes <\/em>looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brucelee\/2023\/01\/03\/anti-vaxxers-exploit-damar-hamlins-crisis-with-unfounded-covid-19-vaccine-claims\/?sh=2d4fb2ed1ba0\">the backlash to the anti-vaxxers<\/a>, including a tweet from yours truly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fake tweet claiming a Florida doctor had made absurd pro-vaccine statements was amplified by a host of alt-right accounts, and Twitter refused to take it down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/misinformation\/fake-tweet-spurred-anti-vaccine-harassment-campaign-doctor-rcna64448\">leading to a wave of harassment against her<\/a>. <em>VICE<\/em> also covered the story, focusing on Joe Rogan amplifying the tweet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meanwhile, public confidence in the MMR vaccine, which fights measles, mumps, and rubella, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skepticalraptor.com\/skepticalraptorblog.php\/mmr-vaccine-public-confidence-polling-shows-a-drop\/\">is waning after two years of attacks from denialists and grifters against COVID-19 vaccines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The BBC invited a cardiologist turned anti-vax grifter (he charges $10K-$20K per speaking appearance now) on air to discuss a cholesterol medication, but he hijacked the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/01\/bbc-interview-anti-vax-aseem-malhotra-praised-by-andrew-bridgen-1235220965\/\">to make false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Germany has warned Twitter that it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/elon-musk-germany-twitter-misinformation-1849959687\">running afoul of EU laws against misinformation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An adjunct professor at Hamline University in Minnesota followed multiple steps before showing a painting of Muhammad in an art class, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/08\/us\/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html\">was still fired after a Muslim student complained<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yet another fake AirBnB listing scam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/airbnb-scam-philadelphia-listing-20230104.html\">this time in Philly<\/a>, with renters showing up to find that the house was listed without the owners\u2019 knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writer Hilary de Vries described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/06\/opinion\/mentally-ill-new-york.htm\">her struggle getting effective treatment for her sister<\/a>, who has schizoaffective disorder and has trouble holding on to housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New York City is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2023\/1\/4\/23538095\/nyc-to-pay-135k-to-homeless-man-cops-dragged-off-subway\">paying $135,000 to a homeless man its cops beat and dragged off the subway<\/a>. The cops lied about him hitting them first, but body-camera footage proved them wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One recent poll found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/brexit-poll-referendum-rejoin-eu-b2250813.html\">two-thirds of Britons now want a referendum to rejoin the EU<\/a>. So it was Leave, Remain, or Regret?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Times<\/em> continues to uncover lies and inconsistencies in Rep. George Santos\u2019 background, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/29\/nyregion\/george-santos-campaign-finance.html\">possible campaign finance violations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CNBC joins the parade of investigations into Santos, this time showing his campaign may have committed fraud when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/09\/george-santos-raised-money-from-wealthy-gop-donors-while-lying-about-his-resume.html\">a staffer allegedly posed as a member of Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u2019s team on fundraising calls<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Right-wingers have been organizing for several years to take over school boards so they could push their theological, homophobic, transphobic, and even white supremacist agendas into public schools. The <em>Philly Inquirer<\/em> has a story about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/education\/souderton-education-voters-pa-school-board-watch-20230102.html\">some progressives who are belatedly fighting back<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For example, Central Bucks schools in Bucks County, which I think is where <em>Deliverance<\/em> was filmed, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/cbsd-school-board-vote-teacher-advocacy-pride-flag-ban-aclu-20230111.html\">banned teachers from displaying Pride flags or other inclusive materials in classrooms<\/a>, thanks to a school board dominated by right-wingers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Smithtown, New York, the retrograde part of Long Island where I was born, decided to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/long-island\/smithtown-library-nixes-childrens-pride-displays-drawing-ire\/\">all Pride displays from its libraries back in June<\/a>. This isn\u2019t shocking if you\u2019ve been there, as it\u2019s as provincial a suburb as you\u2019ll find. People there don\u2019t get off the Island enough to realize there\u2019s a whole big world out there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Texas\u2019 Department of Agriculture issued a report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2023\/01\/03\/texas-climate-change-food-insecurity\/\">stating that climate change threatens the state\u2019s food supply<\/a>. Of course, Gov. Greg Abbott, when he\u2019s not busy spending Texas citizens\u2019 money on busing migrants to northern cities, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/05\/18\/texas-natural-gas-bans-climate-plans\/\">blocked local attempts to fight climate change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In other performative political stunts, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-bans-term-latinx-first-day-office-rcna65351\">banned state officials from using the gender-inclusive term \u201cLatinx.\u201d<\/a> She also signed an order banned state schools from teaching critical race theory, which I hope some Arkansas journalist asks her to define.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alabama, fighting for the title of America\u2019s biggest backwater, is now claiming (via its Attorney General) that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/abortion-pills-alabama-prosecution-steve-marshall\/\">women there who use abortion pills obtained from out of state will be prosecuted<\/a>, which I don\u2019t think is constitutional but I\u2019m not a lawyer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A deputy campaign manager for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) sent an email to teachers asking them to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wttw.com\/2023\/01\/11\/lightfoot-campaign-asks-cps-teachers-encourage-students-help-her-win-reelection-return?utm_source=pocket_reader\">encourage students to volunteer for her re-election campaign in exchange for class credit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A baseball player for Northwestern <a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/northwestern-baseball-player-sued-for-intentional-infli-1849950700\">has filed a defamation suit against multiple women<\/a> who accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, even one who did not make those accusations public, according to this Deadspin story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scientists have observed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/scientists-see-quantum-interference-between-different-kinds-of-particles-for-first-time\/?spJobID=2281068806&amp;spMailingID=72539556&amp;spReportId=MjI4MTA2ODgwNgS2&amp;spUserID=NjAyNjQzNTc2NzE0S0&amp;utm_source=pocket_reader\">quantum interference between two different kinds of particles<\/a> \u2013 similar to entanglement, Einstein\u2019s \u201cspooky action at a distance,\u201d which occurs between two related particles \u2013 for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/jan\/11\/republican-defense-budget-cut-is-it-bad\">cutting the U.S. defense budget<\/a> such a forbidden concept?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing for <em>The Nation<\/em>, Elie Mystal explains why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/court-finds-bump-stocks-legal\/\">passing gun control laws is futile with an archconservative judiciary in place<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest piece for subscribers to the Athletic went up last Saturday, a breakdown of the Phillies\u2019 trade for Gregory Soto, a deal I quite like for Detroit. 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