The overall chaos of this year means I’m kind of behind 😬, especially for the second half. If anyone has an in on game balls—especially second half and parks interest—I’m on Signal at bbl_astrophyscs.94. ⚾️⚾️👀

Another multivariate change point paper from Mena Whalen, Greg Matthew’s and I now live at Journal of Applied Statistics. Fun little application of the method for identifying eras in baseball history. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

General officers are being brought together suddenly next week not to be consulted, and not to be informed of anything urgent or important, but to be used as props for Trump's and Hegseth's propaganda. How do they feel about this? They or their former colleagues and their friends should let us know.

. @cpsc.gov is the last (teeny-tiny) castle… 🫡

highway may not be the infrastructure analogy you were looking for.

This is accurate

[Pharmaceutical company throwing a sign up on a recently closed bathroom furnishings store like it’s a Spirit Halloween] we are compliant Mr. President!

Students, applications are now open for the 2026 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship to attend the upcoming SABR analytics Conference in Arizona and more: sabr.org/latest/apply... @slangsonsports.bsky.social

OUR BATHROOM MIRRORS ARE VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY

At this point I can only assume that The Athletic has told their writers that "The MLB" is the proper way to refer to the league, which is complete grammatically and historically incorrect horseshit. www.nytimes.com/athletic/666...

One of Marco Rubio’s many leadership positions. Was he distracted, or did he sign off on this? 🤔

to me, specifically.

*a dozen generals seize Hegseth, remove Trump to house arrest in Florida, and declare themselves the provisional leaders of "The Reconstituted States of America" while vowing to soon begin summary tribunals* Me: I'm OK with this.

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Yes: Blueskyism

if you want to hear more of my hashtag analysis of the Athletics' Sacramento situation and more, I talked about it on Phantom Island recently: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

2/3 many of my friends and readers have asked how they can practically support me in my career. well, I've always worked best in community. so, I'm launching a *completely free* email list to share brief notes on my research. it's called eyeblack: eyeblack.beehiiv.com/p/introducin...

Aging Senator Explains That Young People Should Get Involved In Politics Because She's Fucking Out Of Here

I have four tickets and a parking pass for tomorrow's game -- final game of the season. I can't use them because I have a full day mediation tomorrow. If anyone would like them, let me know.

I loathe asking for help and I've always been this way BUT I'm going to ask for help in two ways today. First up, the YouTube channel for my podcast. We're only 55 subscribers away from 10K and my goal was to hit it by Sunday. So please subscribe if you can. www.youtube.com/@LockedOnYan...

Love this from @mcsweeneys.net. Why write parody when Poe’s Law is so effective? 🤪

Didn’t see a mention of @marisakabas.bsky.social’s scoop. Just saying…

Might As Well Go Win The Whole Fucking Thing 🔱👕 available only at: rotowear.com/products/mig...

Comedy always leads, but when Jimmy Kimmel said, Donald Trump can't take a joke, I thought he offered a seminal insight into how the country got here. We're here because a petty but (inexplicably to me) charismatic man seized control of government to exercise his personal need for revenge.

It's here! My first post on @beehiiv.com. My URL should transfer over later today. Thank you to @tlpavlich.gay for their help with all the back-end logistics, which Substack's export data makes very difficult. Please consider a paid subscription to support my work, now more than ever:

holy shit lol. What a weird thing to post ahead of a Kimmel show that will have a gargantuan audience.

Jezebel has little choice but to hire the same witches to curse Kelly. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Now that he’s ended seven wars, lowered grocery prices, balanced the budget and eliminated the national debt, there’s nothing left for Trump to do except teach fish how to ride bicycles.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

Got questions about the ABS challenge system? At BA we've been watching it for years going back to the FSL (and the full ABS system in the Atlantic League in 2019). If you have thoughts/questions, I'd love to hear them.

*tiktok preachers backpeddling wildly* well, what we meant was that allowing robots into our national pastime is the equivalent of all life on earth ending, so

Shit. This is part of his written speech… I sincerely hope all UN ambassadors clear out after this and never come back. Start meeting in Geneva or something.

I’m surprised ICE isn’t staking out the entrances at the UN…

Narrator: “This was never about immigration.”

Happy rapture day! Please aim yourself at the sky in an orderly fashion so the rest of us can inherit your house

Sinclair Broadcast Group owns many ABC affiliates. Sinclair is refusing to broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live until Kimmel apologizes. This is the contact information for Sinclair: Corporate Headquarters 10706 Beaver Dam Road Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030 410.568.1500 sbgi.net

Well, he did warn us about “too much liquid.” #BanDihydrogenMonoxide 💦 (h/t @atrupar.com)

my friend's pregnant wife is now treating her headache with seed oils

Yep, the ball is definitely bewitched. Fortunately, Jacob Young is a magician. 🪄🔮✨⚾️

Five HBPs so far in the Nats-Braves, by three different pitchers. Is the ball bewitched or something?

me telling my grandkids what it was like to have vaccines

Does Kenvue—manufacturer of Tylenol—have grounds for a lawsuit? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/h...

You first.

And this is when Disney needs to tell Sinclair, "That's cool. You just can't have any sports, either." See how they choke that shit down.