Bradford William Davis
@bwd
2025-26 Pulliam Fellow exploring intersection of sports, transportation and environmental justice eyeblack newsletter (readeyeblack.com) bwdsecrets.43 on Signal for secure tips holler@bwd.nyc for everything else
I have awful news. Youman Wilder, the Harlem baseball coach who courageously protected his kids from an ICE raid and said he was "willing to die" for them, very tragically, passed away this week Wilder's sister started a fundraiser set up to help with his burial: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-y...
Kaepernick's genAI comic book maker also had an admin dashboard that allowed the company and Clayton County higher ups to closely monitor which teachers used the app in class and track those who had yet to start projects. www.readeyeblack.com/p/colin-kaep...
the most compelling email I read from Colin Kaepernick's AI education startup, Lumi, was this employee who dangled a school supply gift card for teachers who embraced the app. (The district signed an $200,000 contract with Lumi.) www.readeyeblack.com/p/colin-kaep...
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According to Clayton County Public Schools superintendent Dr. Douglas Hendrix, "At no point did [Colin] Kaepernick direct, dictate, or determine my response" Here's: 1) his original answer 2) school's request for approval 3) Kaepernick's edits 4) final version of the superintendent interview
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Here's a price comparison of sports games available on PS Store that had a used disc alternative at GameStop. Save a few bucks (while you can).
couldn’t include everything but the emails show how much MLB (Sword specifically) cares about how the public perceives its baseball. Picking apart @enosarris.bsky.social blogs lol
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been 10 seconds since I was aware bluesky has group chats. and not a single invite
When you tell Mitch Johnson to make an adjustment he don’t even answer he just looks at you like this
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one Brooklyn artist who works among the same populations Kaepernick wants to reach gave her prediction on how schools that embrace AI art will impact their students: www.readeyeblack.com/p/kaepernick...
but don't take my word for it! here are examples of student comics created with Kaepernick's genAI tool, distributed to journalists as examples of Lumi's ostensibly positive impact on literacy. You let me know if this meets your expectations of a rising 10th grader's work.