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Adam Harstad

@adamharstad.bsky.social

Eschews obfuscation. Espouses elucidation. Writes about football. Kisses and tells.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused of years of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit The federal civil lawsuit filed in St. Louis by Ann Altman says the abuse began when she was a toddler and lasted for nine years. Sam Altman denies the allegations.

Also possible he isn’t NOT the worst guy in public life... www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/...

21.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman says i 'm not going to stop the wheel i 'm going to break the wheel . ALT: a woman says i 'm not going to stop the wheel i 'm going to break the wheel .
20.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They have indeed sorted out notifications. I now spend about as much time here as there. (I do not spend much time either here or there.)

But I do have notifications on in both places, so if anyone ever wants to hit me, I’ll see it.

20.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fleaflicker is objectively the best.

20.02.2026 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Was this way in Chicago, too. Sure, they were terrorizing tamale vendors in majority-immigrant neighborhoods. But they were also tear-gassing Halloween parades in rich, white suburbs.

Seemed tactically unwise but what do I know; I’m sure they know what they’re doing.

19.01.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you ever gotten a concussion in your elbow, Arif?

19.12.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is sitting at a table in a living room talking to a man . ALT: a woman is sitting at a table in a living room talking to a man .
01.12.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)Pre-Order Discount for Matt Waldman’s 2026 Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP) Today! The pre-order period of Matt Waldman’s 2025 Rookie Scouting Portfolio β€” available for download April 1 β€” is now underway.Β  β€œCouldn’t offer this piece of work a higher endorsement. One of my favorit…

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28.11.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
clip of a post detailing proceeds given for charity from Matt Waldman's annual RSP work. Unsure when last updated but assumed recent with a $70,000 total donation since 2012

clip of a post detailing proceeds given for charity from Matt Waldman's annual RSP work. Unsure when last updated but assumed recent with a $70,000 total donation since 2012

Oh hey I did not know this and have been an RSP subscriber for a while... this is very cool, eh!

Props to you for caring, @mattwaldman.bsky.social!

28.11.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Most important rule everyone needs to learn when joining the corporate workforce: HR isn’t β€œon your side”. They aren’t β€œlooking out for you”, they don’t β€œhave your back”. They don’t give a shit about you or your interests, except insofar as doing so is beneficial to upper management.

Full stop.

25.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paper Champions and Moving All-Timers to Different Eras: RSP Film and Theory with Adam Harstad and MattΒ Waldman Adam Harstad and Matt Waldman reprise their season-long RSP Film & Theory podcast with a discussion about redraft and dynasty concepts.Β  There are a lot of excellent writers and analysts in the fantasy industry. There are few that I hold in as high a regard as Adam (and not surprising he earned the FSWA’s Fantasy Writer of the Year). He’s a forthright human being with a tremendous intellect whose approach to analysis in this space differs from most. He’s also an excellent fantasy GM in re-draft and dynasty formats.Β  Adam spends a lot of time examining results and dealing with broad themes of decision-making that help us become better fantasy players and fantasy analysts.

Paper Champions and Moving All-Timers to Different Eras: RSP Film and Theory with Adam Harstad and MattΒ Waldman

Adam Harstad and Matt Waldman reprise their season-long RSP Film & Theory podcast with a discussion about redraft and dynasty concepts.Β  There are a lot of excellent writers and analysts…

13.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rookie Scouting Portfolio (RSP)Players We Think We Know & Playing NFL Owner for An Hour: RSP Film & Theory w/Adam Harstad & Matt Waldman Adam Harstad and Matt Waldman reprise their season-long RSP Film & Theory podcast with a discussion about redraft and dynasty concepts.Β  There are a lot of excellent writers and analysts in the…

Players We Think We Know & Playing NFL Owner for An Hour:

RSP Film & Theory w/
@AdamHarstad
&
@MattWaldman

wp.me/p1xOUs-dFz

06.11.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bayes’ Theorem and Disease Testing So, you’ve gone to the doctor with some very strange symptoms. Your GP is completely stumped, and they decide to give you a few tests for very rare diseases that fit your symptoms. A week later you…

Even ignoring incentives, if you’re working in good faith and reach an β€œeverything we know is wrong” conclusion, you should assume the most likely explanation (by some orders of magnitude) is you fucked up the analysis.

It’s the old Bayes β€œfalse positive” problem. tomrocksmaths.com/2021/08/31/b...

12.05.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dynasty, in Theory: Evaluating Rookie Receivers Revisiting this year's rookies through the lens of the model

I did! www.footballguys.com/article/2025...

08.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I gotta say any time a sports analytics conference has to block the *checks notes* NFL’s director of data and analytics, one might have cause to question its commitment to the purported mission.

08.03.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EARLSTON FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE- OUR CONSTITUTION 1.0 LEAGUE OVERVIEW Welcome to EFFL, the Earlston Fantasy Football League. This is a 12-team league formed in 2013 in the Red Lion Pub (Earlston) by Chris Powell and Alastair Reid. The league is de…

This is mine, happy to share - allybhoy.wordpress.com/earlston-fan...

14.12.2024 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any time!

14.12.2024 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/adam...

13.12.2024 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the constitution in my oldest dynasty league. It wouldn’t work for everyone, but it works well for us. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

13.12.2024 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

(As it is, I just peek in every few days to see if I missed any replies.)

11.12.2024 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a positive step, but if they really want me here more they’ll allow me to turn off notifications for likes and follows but keep them for mentions. Then I’ll be instantly reachable.

11.12.2024 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Shorter episode this week because I left early to hang out with my wife. We had a lovely afternoon, 10/10 would recommend.

06.12.2024 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The followers are worse, especially the week after the election. Just non-stop pinging. I don't even know how many people follow me on Bird App, and I would much rather not know how many follow me on Butterfly App, too. I just want to do what I do and let the people who want to read it read it.

04.12.2024 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The best reflection on Jim Tyrer β€” and broadly, the nature of football, fandom and art/artist separations β€” comes from NFL researcher Adam Harstad, who wrote this in 2021 for my friend Bryan Frye's "Grand List" project.

www.footballperspective.com/the-grand-li...

04.12.2024 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

General FYI in case anyone has an esoteric question and doesn’t mind waiting an indeterminate amount of time for an answer. bsky.app/profile/adam...

02.12.2024 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not *not* here. bsky.app/profile/adam...

02.12.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The rules for how to score laterals weren’t standardized in 1944, so Zimmerman frequently doesn’t show up with the receiving TD, but the play was identical to last night’sβ€” completion, then lateral back to the QBβ€” so that’s how it’d be scored today.

02.12.2024 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the fifth time a QB had a passing TD to himself, but only the third time he didn’t also record a reception.

2018 Marcus Mariota and 1997 Brad Johnson both caught tipped balls, so they got the reception.
Allen, 1960 Frank Ryan, and 1944 Roy Zimmerman received laterals, so no reception.

02.12.2024 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Roy Zimmerman makes Josh Allen jealous.

Roy Zimmerman makes Josh Allen jealous.

Here’s a fun box score for you in the meantime!

02.12.2024 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m here! Sort of! Butterfly app won’t let me turn on mention notifications without also turning on follow and like notifications, but follow and like notifications will make you miserable, so I have all notifications turned off! But I do log in every few days to check for mentions!

02.12.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2