{"id":9851,"date":"2023-03-18T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=9851"},"modified":"2023-03-18T21:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:01:20","slug":"stick-to-baseball-3-18-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/18\/stick-to-baseball-3-18-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 3\/18\/23."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m running around Florida this week and will have a draft blog post up Sunday or Monday, but for now you\u2019ll have to just make do with my ramblings here. It\u2019s been a fairly unproductive week on the minor-league scouting side, but better for draft scouting, which I\u2019ll write up before Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, the links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Longreads first: <em>Creative Loafing Tampa<\/em> uncovers a long history of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/how-a-florida-city-targets-unwanted-residents-using-police-and-code-enforcement-15301834\">the city of New Port Richey harassing residents and business owners<\/a> it deems undesirable, using dubious code violations and illegal searches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copi is an invasive species in American rivers and lakes. One solution is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/copi-invasive-species-rebranding-campaign\/?bxid=5be9effe24c17c6adf0ba7d6&amp;cndid=53666876&amp;esrc=OIDC_SELECT_ACCOUNT_&amp;source=Email_0_EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&amp;utm_brand=wired&amp;utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_03152023&amp;utm_source=pocket_saves\">to convince Americans to eat it more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Writing in <em>Democracy<\/em>, former NARAL president Ilyse Hogue argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyjournal.org\/magazine\/68\/the-post-dobbs-abortion-fight\/\">when we defend reproductive rights, we are also defending democracy itself<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <em>Columbia Journalism Review <\/em>looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/the_media_today\/bbc_gary_lineker_impartiality_objectivity.php\">the implosion at the BBC over Gary Lineker\u2019s criticism of a bill<\/a> that even UNHCR said aimed to \u201cextinguish\u201d a refugee\u2019s right to seek protection in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UPenn law professor Amy Wax has a long history of derogatory statements about non-white people, some as public commentary, some to students directly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/13\/us\/upenn-law-professor-racism-freedom-speech.html\">Should she be fired despite the protections of tenure<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An online influencer who pushed ivermectin to his followers FAFO\u2019d \u2013 he took a daily dose of the antiparasitic, which causes severe heart damage if taken for too long or in large doses, and died of a massively enlarged heart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/z3mb89\/ivermectin-danny-lemoi-death\">Now his followers are worried about their own health<\/a>. Maybe they should have listened to doctors and scientists instead of one fucking moron with an internet connection?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meanwhile, some parents of autistic kids are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/pkayeg\/ivermectin-kids-autism\">torturing their children by giving them ivermectin<\/a> despite its horrible side effects. Where are all the people who claim their main goal is protecting kids when they campaign against drag shows and LGBT+ themed books?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We now have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2023\/03\/covid-origins-research-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak\/673390\/\">even stronger evidence of a zoonotic origin for COVID-19<\/a>, based on genetic sequences that tie it to raccoon dogs sold illegally at a Wuhan market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Masks are effective against COVID-19; we know this because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/10\/opinion\/masks-work-cochrane-study.html?utm_source=pocket_saves\">valid scientific research tells us so<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comedian Russell Brand\u2019s turn towards conspiracy theories and anti-science views <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/mar\/10\/russell-brand-politics-public-figures-responsibility\">is a harbinger of a grim future<\/a> where those with huge digital platforms misinform their large, often younger audiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Syracuse radio station fired a sports talk show host for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/orangesports\/2023\/03\/radio-station-fires-brent-axe-for-negative-syracuse-sports-talk.htm\">being insufficiently positive in his comments about the Orange\u2019s sportsball programs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An activist protesting the razing of forests and green space to build a vast new training facility for Atlanta cops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/crime\/family-activists-hands-were-raised-when-shot-by-police-at-training-center-site\/Z2XUXBOELBD5ZKCK3ZYCMBSEXY\/\">may have been shot by police while his hands were raised<\/a>. Manuel Teran was shot and killed by cops in January and his family is now suing the city of Atlanta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump has once again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/03\/trump-arrest-indictment-protesters-mob\/673437\/\">called on his supporters to riot<\/a> if he\u2019s indicted, which I think is probably an attempt to deter state prosecutors from doing so. Let\u2019s hope the relevant authorities are prepared this time around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R ) has moved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/desantis-admin-revokes-hyatt-miami-alcohol-license-after-drag-show-2023-3\">to revoke the liquor license of a Miami Hyatt that hosted a drag show at Christmas<\/a>, claiming there were minors who \u201cappeared less than 16 years of age\u201d at the event. At some point, aren\u2019t the corporations he\u2019s targeting going to push back?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-02-23\/desantis-disney-dis-win-is-a-warning-for-wall-street-in-2024\">targeting Wall Street firms that use ESG<\/a> (environmental &amp; social goals) as part of their investment or other strategies, and while everyone agrees this is performative on his part, there\u2019s a stunning lack of rejoinders from his targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Saudi trans woman appears to have killed herself after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/jg5ey4\/eden-knight-believed-dead-after-forced-detransition-saudi-arabia\">her family tricked her into returning to Saudi Arabia and forced her to de-transition<\/a>. The suicide rate for trans people is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/dec\/16\/us-trans-non-binary-youth-suicide-mental-health\">extremely high<\/a>, and laws that ban gender-affirming care will only exacerbate this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m running around Florida this week and will have a draft blog post up Sunday or Monday, but for now you\u2019ll have to just make do with my ramblings here. It\u2019s been a fairly unproductive week on the minor-league scouting side, but better for draft scouting, which I\u2019ll write up before Monday. 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