Drew Baird

Drew Baird

@drewbaird.bsky.social

Sociologist at Christopher Newport University. Adopted Virginian, recovering Floridian, runner, concert-goer, unapologetic wife guy. Opinions are my own, but I strive to not make them a headache for my chair. We pronounce it "/bluːskiː/" in 757

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What Kamala Harris proposes in not impeaching Trump is this the same reason why letting Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate soldiers and leaders off the hook was a bad idea.. We've been paying for it ever since😡

The people who followed this guy into MAGA, deserve a special mark of shame—beyond just the stigma that, lord willing, will follow all MAGA supporters for the rest of their days.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Mike Vorkunov@mikevorkunov.bsky.social

The NBA has reached deals with Kalshi and Polymarket to make them the league's preferred prediction markets partners. The companies can now use NBA IP on their platforms, while the NBA gets right of approval on markets that they offer. That and more: www.nytimes.com/athletic/772...

The FIftyplusone saga is wild. One entity starts to ask these polling firms basic methodological questions or data for validation, and then they respond by just instantly deleting themselves.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

Our investigation into allegations of data fabrication at the firm SoCal Strategies, and an alleged association with the admittedly fraudulent firm Wedgewood Polls, has resulted in the pollster wiping itself from the face of the earth. Full story at 50+1: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/more-polls...

I want the rest of 2026 to provide two things: 1- Severe electoral punishment to Republicans 2- A hip-hop track that deploys “Scrib doon” as a sample.

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If you're not familiar with the alcohol consumption by decile chart, it's a real eye opening look at what being a hardcore alcoholic is like

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social

Last time I told people on here how much craft beer I drank when I was an alcoholic with an expense account, people reacted with disgust.

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President Trump was denied the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, and the voting took place BEFORE he live-streamed a military execution. How can anyone deny the system is rigged against him? by Hugh Hewitt

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interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic”

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social

It's absolutely bonkers to me that this image led directly to this tweet.

Professional wrestling is fascist culture. It is also the culture of 12 year old boys. There's a lot of overlap between fascist adults and 12 year old boys.

Opinion Today@opiniontoday.bsky.social

Turek, Hinson in close Iowa Senate race: Independents favor Turek by two-to-one, and 10% of Republicans back him. (Fox News Poll) www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

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one of my crank beliefs is that jeezy probably won obama a non-trivial number of votes with "my president is black"

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If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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just saw a guy walking in the rain with an umbrella. and i’m just like, come on man. that’s cheating. don’t be a dick

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You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below.

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honestly most be dope to be so rich you don’t even need to know where you are

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...