Matt Kodis

Really appreciate @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social defending the work of the agency she was unfairly fired from, that’s what you want from a dedicated public servant.

A rare owl showed up at Fort Sumter. Birdwatchers are waiting hours for a glimpse. A burrowing owl is calling the walls of Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor home. Sightings of the bird in Charleston are rare, exciting bird watchers.

YES! And it’s named Parrot! (Like the cannon!)

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Me at Fort Sumter:
What, like it’s hard?

How NoDak/Sioux Falls and the one seed in Loveland get treated will be interesting.

Since UNO is the Sioux Falls host, do you put priority on attendance or protecting the higher #1 seed?

Big Cold is out there, and it’s either play or get played.

Man, the Kootenays and Canadian Rockies are God's Country.

Remember going to Banff with my wife a couple years ago. She looks up and just says "It's better than the pictures."

Baby: Flatrock

Toddler: Grand (Michigan edition)

Growing Up: St. Joseph

College: Huron

20s: St. Joseph

Now: Des Moines AND Raccoon

Highly recommend reading @anneapplebaum.bsky.social "Autocracy, Inc."

Long story short: lots of intelligence sharing, defense contracting (add North Korea in here), highly subsidized oil, disinformation networks, etc.

Former BLS commissioner Bill Beach says the agency has lost 25% of its staff since January. 40% of leadership positions are vacant. And DOL leadership “does not seem to support the Bureau.”
#ASSA2026 #EconSky

Loved this! Can only hope you had some breakfast at The Pancake Shop and a beer at Superior Bathhouse while you were there.

Found @espnbillc.bsky.social old SP+ sheets, and here's the FCS ratings for before Eck, Eck and after Eck (minus the title game)

2021: -3.9
2022: 13.6
2023: 14.2
2024: 11.1
2025: 1.1

They were back down in FCS by the time Eck started in Moscow. So only one season of FBS data at New Mexico.

You have a codeshare with Alaska, didn’t really do much Trans-Pacific connecting with their fliers. Now Delta has a hub in SEA and Alaska is starting its own Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific flights after it acquired Hawaiian.

The strategy out West makes no sense.

You’ve got a hub out of LAX, but so does everybody else. So you can’t control pricing like at CLT or DFW.

The one hub you have (PHX) is almost entirely domestic and competing with Southwest.

Would love to see number of/yds surrendered on def holding/illegal contact/PI penalties. A consistent issue with this defense, and he seems to have a higher rate of penalties above replacement in this department.

Feel like two other underrated aspects were the lack of fortress hubs relative to competitors and focus in the fortresses they have on domestic/Latam vs Europe.

Taking their eye off the ball on PHL and de-emphasizing Europe flights and connections there feels like a massive own goal.

More of a curiosity, what happens to Cignetti’s value add when you add in his JMU tenure?

Well, cookbook club at the local library was an absolute delight tonight

When done properly, the first part of the pour is absolutely mesmerizing.

And the rumors are true, it does taste better in Ireland.

Clearly a one-time write off for the Michigan football coaching search budget

Not in the screenshot, but will be interesting to see what final swing is in Williamson part of district. Could be instructive for potential suburban seats in TX and NC, TX Senate and to a lesser extent some IN seats.

thankful the BLS is back!

GUYS, GO OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!

Gotta use your SkyMiles to get up to MQT and drive over to Whitefish Point to the (excellent) Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Glass bottom boat tours of shipwreck sites are awesome too.

The entire Upper Peninsula is stunning.

Noted lover of all things Toronto George Pearkes

Jim Henson’s a Maryland alum

Government data watchers right before the September CPI release next Friday

Conor Sen: MGoBlog reader?