Gene “GD” Demby

Are we safe? How 'copaganda' makes the case for investing more in police : Code Switch As President Trump flirts with invoking the Insurrection Act on anti-ICE demonstrators in LA, we look back at the national protests of 2020, when Trump last talked about invoking the act. Back then, t...

Yeah, code switch really is one of my go-to shows these days. Here's @geedee215.bsky.social and @equalityalec.bsky.social talking about how and on whom copaganda works; & I gotta say some of this was surprising, even in light of the part we been trying to highlight for years.

…respectfully, you clearly ain’t listen to the episode, champ.

I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social for an @npr.org Code Switch episode about antisemitism

Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.

This is so deeply stupid.

Dumb.

This is going to take me a bit to get over. I continue to have zero faith in this ever becoming a serious club.

Ah, the transfer window slop is upon us once more

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Actually, the best case scenario is that Postecoglou ends the wait for the trophy, and then stays, and then delivers more trophies.

Arab and Black communities are trying to reconcile after Trump's election : Code Switch Trump's win exposed political tensions between Arab-American voters — who were critical of Democratic support of Israel's war in Gaza, and Black voters — who remain the Democrats' most loyal supporter...

The only way out is through. The only way through is together.

This is a very compassionate look at how local residents in suburban Detroit are trying, slowly and haltingly, to talk honestly with each other about the stakes.

Kudos @geedee215.bsky.social

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How race science shows up at the doctor's office : Code Switch We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this epi...

Please listen to this conversation btwn @geedee215.bsky.social & @atdeyrupmdphd.bsky.social on the ways that debunked "race science" persists through medicine, from training to practice.

And then remember that these same tests, interactions, treatment regimens become training data for medical "AI."

40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the time Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a middle-class Black neighborhood and killed 11 people.

We talked to two people whose lives were forever shaped by the day.

www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...

40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...

40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV

www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...

What, exactly, did they think Palantir did when they got hired? It’s not Meta, you can’t really plausibly claim that you bumbled into a situation you did not anticipate a decade ago because of the company’s veneer of positivity…

Only threes players have recorded a 40-point, 20-rebound game over the last 25 postseasons:

Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 & 2001
Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2022
Nikola Jokic tonight

That was an incredible finish. Shouts to the Nuggets.

Me and my wife almost woke up the pre-schooler from yelling.

Bruhhhhhhh

Your Spurs to take on the Hammers 💪

I have a lot to say about the resurgent young men / masculinity discourse but for now will confine myself to:

I wish I knew how to convince teenage boys/young men is how little of the world actually requires or even invites the hypermisogynist "tough guy" aesthetic

He was 😤 today

I MISSED DEKI SO MUCH #coys

#coys

wanted to see Richy and Dom play up top all year. That gives us a lot of pressing — especially against two backup Norwegian league CBs.

👀👀👀👀

#COYS

Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why. Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.

Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.

56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there

Engage, Dems.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...

one of the many things missed by the people who complain about “woke” for a living is that the spread of wokeness is as much of a function of demand as supply

JACKIE ROBINSON DAY BACKGROUND Robinson played his first Major League game at Ebbets Field on April 15, 1947, as a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major League Baseball has celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy in an extensive and unified League-wide show of support over the years, including retiring his number throughout the Majors in 1997, dedicating April 15th as Jackie Robinson Day each year since 2004, and requesting that every player and all on-field personnel wear his Number 42 during games scheduled on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009. Major League Baseball aims to educate all fans about Jackie Robinson, his life’s accomplishments and legacy, while communicating his message at all levels of the sport. For more information, please visit MLBTogether.com.

The "Jackie Robinson Day background" section of MLB's official press release about Jackie Robinson just notes that he was a first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who debuted in 1947. Nothing about the how, the why.

At capacity What happens when private equity owns your kid’s day care

"While families struggle to afford tuition and day cares struggle to retain their low-paid and overworked staff, CEOs of these [private equity] companies are, of course, cleaning up: the KinderCare CEO made $2 million last year."

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A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Evidence that DOGE has not only accessed sensitive data, but also removed data illegally, covering their tracks as they did so.

Like hackers would do. Not what a legitimate government organization would do.

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