Cheryl Harris

Out at the Open An interview with João Lucas Reis da Silva, who made history as the first openly gay man to play the Australian Open.

João Lucas Reis da Silva warming up now on court at ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro, where he’s about to make history as the first ever openly gay fella to play a tour-level main draw singles match.

Reis faces Yannick Hanfmann.

An interview we did in Melbourne:

www.benrothenberg.com/p/gay-tennis...

Judge rules ICE medical neglect made detention unconstitutional, Filipino man released A Filipino man was begging for months to go to the hospital after a "stabbing" pain in his stomach. He ended up with a bone infection and an amputation.

The man, Greggy Sorio, was released on Friday, per local reporting: www.king5.com/article/news...

A. Petitioner's Physical Deterioration at NWIPC 8 Petitioner alleges, and Respondents do not dispute, that he was in good health when he 9 entered ICE detention. See Dkt. No. I-9 (DHS Form I-213) at 2 ("The subject claims good 10 health"). Eighth months later, hospital records show that Petitioner's health has declined to 11 include two partial foot amputations, a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (a type of inflammatory 12 bowel disease ("IBD")),? acute blood loss anemia, a kidney injury, a severe vitamin D deficiency 13 and dramatic unintended weight loss. Dkt. No. 16 at 3.

While Respondents largely do not address the conditions of Petitioner's confinement in responding to this claim, they argue elsewhere that "the medical care [Petitioner] has received is constitutionally adequate." Dkt. No. 22 at 15. But the record here compels a finding that, on the preponderance of the evidence, Petitioner's medical care, and denial of medical care, included objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot. The Court bases this finding on the following facts:

Respondents have made no showing that the extreme restrictions on Petitioner's liberty and health created by his custodians' decisions, ineptitude, and denial of care are not excessive in relation to its asserted purpose of "protecting the public and enforcing U.S. immigration laws." There is no indication that these interests could not have been just as easily served without ignoring his cries of pain for hours, or without declining to see him as his bone was eaten away by infection. There is no indication that these interests could not have been served while bringing Petitioner to the hospital for imaging when a GI appointment could not be scheduled quickly (or contracting with additional external providers), while filling his prescriptions, or while treating him with appropriate medication based on his actual diagnosis. And finally, there is no indication that these interests cannot be served by subjecting Petitioner to alternatives to detention under appropriate conditions of release while he pursues outside treatment— an argument raised in the habeas petition but completely ignored by Respondents. Dkt. No. 1 9 61. In sum, the length of Petitioner's detention does not support a finding that it is excessive in relation to its purpose, but the conditions of his detention do. Under the unique facts of this case, the extreme consequences of Respondents' unreasonable treatment of Petitioner constitute deprivations so excessive that the conditions of detention alone take Respondents' detention of Petitioner out of the realm of constitutional civil detention and render it punitive.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of a man who had been in immigration detention due to "objectively unreasonable failures of care that more likely than not resulted in permanent disability, including the loss of his toe and part of his foot."

Beautiful article.

Coco Gauff - what a person.

Morning picture of freshly fallen snow on trees.

There's something just so beautiful about freshly fallen snow on trees.

Did I just return home from a party with my entire family where the table I sat at discussed "Heated Rivalry" while we were eating, and a couple of others came over at one point and discovered we had been discussing it and said, "This was definitely the more interesting table? "

Why, yes I did.

Shhhhhh!

Absolutely something I would love, Alex!

🤞

College and junior tennis fans will want to read the comments from AO boys finalist Keaton Hance and Columbia's No. 1 singles player and AO qualifier Michael Zheng

Reposting to support the tournament being on Bluesky, but not necessarily the report.

I am crossing my fingers and sending healthy thoughts your way.

He actually invoked the Rothschilds.

Which was a huge dog whistle in Europe for eons for anti-Semites.

MEDALHA DE OURO BRASIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLL

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen becomes the first South American ever to win a medal in any Winter Olympic event!!!!!

One of the most iconic - and violent - sports scandals of all time occurred between two female figure skaters, wtf are you talking about

When was figure-skating ever "your grandmother's doilies"? It's been a sport dominated by hot, young people with great asses for my entire life

It’s hard to imagine a Rotterdam final without him these days!😅 🙌

Many congratulations on becoming the first player in our history to make it to three finals in a row, Alex!

#abnamroopen #ontopoftennis #atptour

Now I'm going to wonder how many athletes in the Olympic Village are going to be watching it during the Olympics.

Friday night prime-time? ✨🍿

Leave it to Dutch No.1 Tallon Griekspoor and in-form 2022 #abnamroopen champion Felix Auger-Aliassime. 🔥

#ontopoftennis #tennis

The match starts before the first serve.
We’re pleased to announce ABN AMRO Preffered Banking as partner of the coin toss ceremony, taking place ahead of the opening match each session on Centre Court, where a VIP guest performs the toss, marking the official start of play.

#abnamroopen

Sorry that virus has gone from his school to your home. Hopefully he will stop puking before anyone else in your house starts.

Though, of course, the best outcome would be for him to stop puking today and no one else in your home start.

Skating body defends Olympic judging after French duo’s ice dance gold The ISU said it has ‘full confidence’ in its scoring system amid scrutiny over the event’s narrow finish, which dropped the Americans to silver

So a French judge is why the French ice dance pair won and not Chock and Bates.

Grrrrr...

The Top Ten For Vicky Mboko - The Second Serve Vicky Mboko has more tools than a NASCAR pit crew.

@girinathan.bsky.social on freshly minted Top Tenner Vicky Mboko

www.thesecondserve.com/the-top-ten-...

‘A great wee place’: the small Scottish factory crafting Olympic curling stones All stones in Cortina are made from granite found on tiny island in Firth of Clyde and crafted in East Ayrshire

Dear Curling Fans, here is the story of the day:

YouTube video by Open Court (All the tennis you need) US Open 2018 – Auger Aliassime v Griekspoor, Q1R

Flashback to the 1st-round of US Open qualies when @felixtennis (and his 'do) met Tallon Griekspoor for the first time. Both outside the top 100.
They meet in Rotterdam Friday for a spot in the semis.

youtu.be/Uce9uzUDDh0

Environmental Pollution Agency

So much damage to our environment, drinking water, air, ETC. by it.

This is one thing I don't think a Dem Congress can change. And I fear that if Dems win back the White House, it may be really hard to stoo/reverse it.

I have no idea who Theo Von is and I think I might like to keep it that way.

Svitolina posted in her Stories about this also, but it was in Ukranian and linked to a Ukranian language post.

I have a good idea of what she probably said.

Thanks to statements a number of athletes made either coming into these games or at the games, I'm feeling a lot better about cheering some US athletes on.

Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

NEW: Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny.

On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.