Professor Emeritus of Physics, U of Illinois. Physics of Baseball: baseball.physics.illinois.edu. Mostly post about baseball. Sometimes Con Law, basketball, physics, WW1, Twilight Zone, ...
There's been talk about ball parameters like diameter, how oval they are, how high and wide the seams are, how much they weigh, etc. @johnwgarrett20.bsky.social spent a ton of time measuring a bunch of 2019 baseballs, and I think this is eye-opening. Excel sheet. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d3xt5... 1/
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I was pleased to visit the Obama Center earlier this month and examined, among other highlights, displays on two diplomatic breakthroughs where I was proud to play a key role: the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Is DOJ going to prosecute former special counsel Jack Smith? Analysis of what we know so far here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Jack Smith and GOP Shame(lessness)Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman, sent a referral to DOJ, asking them to bring charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith.substack.com
"Under heavy pressure from a federal judge, prosecutors agreed on Thursday to unilaterally withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters. The move followed sharp grilling about prosecutors’ actions ... The government called the subpoenas to reporters’ family members a 'mistake.'" 1/
BREAKING: Feds withdraw NYT subpoenas into reporting on Qatar-gifted jetThe government called the subpoenas to reporters' family members an “error.”www.allrisenews.com
Test runs and a shock-absorbing cage: how Bayeux tapestry was moved to UK
Test runs and a shock-absorbing cage: how Bayeux tapestry was moved to UKMedieval artwork safely delivered to British Museum before going on display from September in tightly controlled conditionswww.theguardian.com
Batted balls are starting to fly, and Giants pitchers are asking why via @shaynarubin.bsky.social / @sfchronicle.com with quotes from @bbl-astrophyscs.bsky.social & @pobguy.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Batted balls are starting to fly, and Giants pitchers are asking whyFly balls are traveling further since Opening Day. After MLB’s past failure to maintain consistency in the ball, pitchers on the San Francisco Giants are among those noticing new differences.www.sfchronicle.com
Fly balls are traveling further since Opening Day. After MLB’s past failure to maintain consistency in the ball, pitchers on the San Francisco Giants are among those noticing new differences.
Batted balls are starting to fly, and Giants pitchers are asking whyFly balls are traveling further since Opening Day. After MLB’s past failure to maintain consistency in the ball, pitchers on the San Francisco Giants are among those noticing new differences.bit.ly
The weather in this afternoon's game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia will be interesting, so I made a video about it for the brand new @weatherapplied YouTube Channel. If you want to see us make more such videos, subscribe to the channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRA5...
WAM Weather Impact Preview: France v Paraguay, Philadelphia Stadium, July 4, 2026YouTube video by Weather Applied Metricswww.youtube.com
This is always so moving, no matter how many times you watch/ listen. Also fascinated by the intensity of descendant emphasis this year. In the last years we have seen much more attention to descendant communities at sites of enslavement, but for the semiquin many others. Complex #lineage stuff.
Sarah J. JacksonJust here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
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Saberseminar 2026 - At Illinois TechSabermetrics, Scouting, and the Science of Baseball is the premier baseball analytics event. We get front office insiders, scientists, scouts, and sabermetricians into the same room and have them talk...events.ticketleap.com
One of the most incredible things I have ever worked on: Recently discovered documents, written by John Dickinson in 1775, that reveal his secret and previously unknown efforts to prevent the American Revolution. Now featured in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...
A Founder’s Previously Unknown Attempt to Avert the Revolutionary Warwww.nytimes.com