Adam Sawyer

@adamjst

I work with data at Relevant Research. I post about migration and sports. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Americas, Earth Arsenal + Nuggets + Avs + Rockies + Summit I helped build DetentionReports.com he/him

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Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 12

Last quarterfinal. Argentina v Switzerland. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 11

Third quarterfinal. Norway v England. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 10

Second quarterfinal. Spain v Belgium. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 9

Mbappe/Dembélé

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 9

Morocco 0.00 xg from open play smh

Expected goals (xG)
1.87
Expected goals (xG)
0.05
0.54
xG open play
0.00
0.55
xG set play
0.05
1.08
Non-penalty xG
0.05
1.40
xG on target (xGOT)
0.00

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 9

That 2018 Croatia team was quite good. But look, young Mbappe plus peak Kante plus Giroud plus Pogba plus etc.....? Way too OP. France was never going to lose that competition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FI...

Croatia's lineup at the 2018 Men's World Cup was quite good.
France's was overpowered.
From wikipedia.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 9

A rematch of the 2022 Men's World Cup semifinal. France v Morocco. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 9

These recent articles about ICE detention either come from a dataset that the authors themselves obtained via FOIA or come from the Deportation Data Project's FOIA lawsuit. In the case of the latter, the last full day of case records for that dataset is March 10. deportationdata.org/data/ice.html

Deportation Data.
Arrests, detainers, detentions, encounters, removals. All between Oct. 2022 and Mar. 2026.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 8

"In no other realm of our national life are we so hampered and stultified by the dead hand of the past, as we are in this field of immigration."

n no other realm of our national life are we so hampered and stultified by the dead hand of the past, as we are in this field of immigration. We do not limit our cities to their 1920 boundaries--we do not hold our corporations to their 1920 capitalizations-we welcome progress and change to meet changing conditions in every sphere of life, except in the field of immigration.

The time to shake off this dead weight of past mistakes is now. The time to develop a decent policy of immigration--a fitting instrument for our foreign policy and a true reflection of the ideals we stand for, at home and abroad--is now. In my earlier message on immigration, I tried to explain to the Congress that the situation we face in immigration is an emergency--that it must be met promptly. I have pointed out that in the last few years, we have blazed a new trail in immigration, through our Displaced Persons Program. Through the combined efforts of the Government and private agencies, working together not to keep people out, but to bring qualified people in, we summoned our resources of good will and human feeling to meet the task. In this program, we have found better techniques to meet the immigration problems of the 1950's.

None of this fruitful experience of the last three years is reflected in this bill before me. None of the crying human needs of this time of trouble is recognized in this bill. But it is not too late. The Congress can remedy these defects, and it can adopt legislation to meet the most critical problems before adjournment.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 8

The idea behind this discriminatory policy was, to put it baldly, that Americans with English or Irish names were better people and better citizens than Americans with Italian or Greek or Polish names. It was thought that people of West European origin made better citizens than Rumanians or Yugoslavs or Ukrainians or Hungarians or Baits or Austrians. Such a concept is utterly unworthy of our traditions and our ideals. It violates the great political doctrine of the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal." It denies the humanitarian creed inscribed beneath the Statue of Liberty proclaiming to all nations, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

It repudiates our basic religious concepts, our belief in the brotherhood of man, and in the words of St. Paul that "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free .... for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."

The basis of this quota system was false and unworthy in 1924. It is even worse now. At the present time, this quota system keeps out the very people we want to bring in. It is incredible to me that, in this year of 1952, we should again be enacting into law such a slur on the patriotism, the capacity, and the decency of a large part of our citizenry.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 7

Switzerland win v Colombia on penalties. 4-3

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 7

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

He was the creator of the 5–4–1 line up, and is associated (with others) with the development of the catenaccio or "lock-out" tactic in football.[3] Frossi often declared that "the perfect result to a football game is 0–0. That is because it is an expression of the balance between the attacks and defences out on the field", with neither side evidently having made a mistake.[

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 7

Last match of the Round of 16. Switzerland v Colombia relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 7

Thankfully, a Round of 16 tie that does not include a European team. Argentina v Colombia. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 7

Ugh. Duo can be so cruel sometimes.

I earned the Belgium suit on Duolingo but I don't want it

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 6

Here we go. United States v Belgium. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 6

An Iberian Peninsula matchup in the Round of 16. Portugal v Spain. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 6

Here we go. Mexico v England. At the Azteca. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 5

Actual football to be played today! Not just rule wrangling! Brazil v Norway. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 5

I'll just add that I subscribe to the contact hypothesis, including the parasocial contact version. I count the USMNT as further evidence in support of it. Probably the most famous example in international sports is this one: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Can exposure to celebrities from stigmatized groups reduce prejudice? To address this question, we study the case of Mohamed Salah, a visibly Muslim, elite soccer player. Using data on hate crime reports throughout England and 15 million tweets from British soccer fans, we find that after Salah joined Liverpool F.C., hate crimes in the Liverpool area dropped by 16% compared with a synthetic control, and Liverpool F.C. fans halved their rates of posting anti-Muslim tweets relative to fans of other top-flight clubs. An original survey experiment suggests that the salience of Salah’s Muslim identity enabled positive feelings toward Salah to generalize to Muslims more broadly. Our findings provide support for the parasocial contact hypothesis—indicating that positive exposure to out-group celebrities can spark real-world behavioral changes in prejudice.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 5

This is the analysis referenced in the piece. @benbrindle.bsky.social and I analyzed the birth places of all 1,248 players in the Men's World Cup. In international football, it's a competitive advantage to have an expansive policy toward citizenship. www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/has-...

Share of foreign born players by World Cup Edition

There are at least two factors which might explain these results. First, migration can expand the pool of players available to a national team. Ghana’s 2026 squad draws heavily on diaspora communities in Western Europe, allowing it to recruit players developed in some of the world’s strongest football systems.

Second, migration may increase the diversity of skills available within a squad. Football players need specific physical traits and technical skills to succeed on the pitch. Central defenders, for example, are usually tall and physically strong, while more attacking players often require speed. A more diverse population will likely provide a larger pool of potential players for each position, resulting in better complementarity at the team level.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

It's gonna be a hot one in Philly for this one. France v Paraguay. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

First of the Round of 16 matches. Canada v Morocco. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

You can also compare the health statistics of two countries. Here's Canada and Morocco, two countries whose men's national teams are playing in the Round of 16. www.relevant-football.com/compare?a=Ca...

Comparing health statistics for Canada and Morocco.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

Our sources. www.relevant-football.com/about

World Health Organization (2025). Global Health Expenditure Database. Updated December 12, 2025. Health expenditures

World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, & World Bank Group (2025). Trends in Maternal Mortality. Maternal mortality trends

United Nations Population Division, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, UC Berkeley, & INED (2024). World Population Prospects & Human Mortality Database. Mortality data

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN Population Division) (2025). Child Mortality Estimation. Child mortality rates

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

NEW features on Relevant Football. In this update, you can now see a few basic health statistics for each Country. www.relevant-football.com/country/moro...

Health statistics page on Relevant Football.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 4

Last match of the Round of 32. Colombia v Ghana. relevant-football.com

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 3

Argentina and Cabo Verde. Compared. relevant-football.com/compare?a=Ar...

Adam Sawyer@adamjst· Jul 3

Goliath v David. Argentina v Cabo Verde. relevant-football.com