Brendan Udkovich Stern

Former basketball coach, current professor of politics and future curmudgeon tweeting about people trying to get more of what they want in public life 🏀🗽🤢

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

Rest in peace, Oma.
https://t.co/bvfqOKU69a

[Dr. Dominic Ng @DrDominicNg]

Sharing 8+ meals a week with people has the same happiness boost as DOUBLING your income.

And yet we eat alone 53% more than we did 20 years ago.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA My condolences. Never met her but knowing Jewish mothers, I know you made her incredibly proud. May her memory be a blessing.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@ScottGreenfield @HistoryBoomer It’s not a man walking the dog. It's a buggy Tesla prototype in Human Mode running on Dogecoin.

[Luca Dellanna @DellAnnaLuca]

This is self-harming behavior, because it’s precisely by guaranteeing our rights to our enemies that we preserve them for us in the long run.

(Guaranteeing our rights to our enemies doesn’t mean not doing anything; it’s actually what enables us to do a lot without backlash.)

[Kelsey Piper @KelseyTuoc]

This is genuinely surprising to me. If it holds up as a result, I think it suggests that the shocking thing about Luigi, 10/7, and this was not so much that more people are pro-murder but that it's much easier to see them since everyone shares all their opinions constantly.

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

💡 Debate isn’t about comfort, it’s about preparation.

For HxA's inquisitive, Brendan Stern explains why Deaf America’s debates carry lessons for the nation as a whole:

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🎓 The world’s only four-year university for deaf students — Gallaudet University — is a microcosmic example of how heterodoxy leads to flourishing.

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🎓 The world’s only four-year university for deaf students — Gallaudet University — is a microcosmic example of how heterodoxy leads to flourishing.

From @BrendanUStern:

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

💡 Debate isn’t about comfort, it’s about preparation.

For HxA's inquisitive, @BrendanUStern explains why Deaf America’s debates carry lessons for the nation as a whole:

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Here's an amazingly insightful essay on the need for viewpoint diversity in debates within the deaf community, by Gallaudet prof. @BrendanUStern. He traces out the dynamics and dangers of orthodoxy for his diverse community:

https://t.co/AZP57R8X5V

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@JonHaidt Thank you, Jon. You sparked my interest in heterodoxy, so it means a lot to see you share this. I hope it leads to the kinds of conversations — and disagreements — that make us sharper, in Deaf America & across the country.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

Thanks, @chipmunkcream, for reminding me that curiosity beats certainty and for keeping us all on our toes. I’ll miss you deeply. So will your classmates, who loved watching you make your professors sweat for sport.

https://t.co/7KjLtZFawR

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA My scientific theory, based on logging heavy minutes at a teeny-weeny lower level and now running marathons, is this: fatigue layered on fatigue is a wicked dilemma.

Do I warm up to feel loose? Or sit still to conserve energy for the suffering ahead?

No good answers.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA Exactly. It’s like a sprained ankle. You sit too long and it turns into concrete. Halftime hits, adrenaline’s gone, and suddenly you're out there moving like your joints belong to Kevin McHale in the 3Q.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@gella8802 @BenRitholtzNBA 1) Kolek doesn't match up well with Clips with Harden at PG and their stable of long wings.

2) It's hard to play well vs. fake/real NBA teams when you're on the floor with only one starter + Achiuwa and Rob.

Kolek is ready. Just give him time.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA If "flopping" refers to when a player exaggerates or pretends to have been fouled to deceive, then what do you call it when a referee exaggerates or pretends there was a flop to deceive?

🤔

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA My favorite part? Kolek calling him out the moment they hit the timeout. True PG—game growing, hair flowing, cojones steeling.

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@BenRitholtzNBA I once coached a smart kid who could read, write, count, and communicate. But on defense? He’d lose his man, misread plays, and make baffling decisions.

Some things can’t be taught: awareness, instincts, focus, reaction speed.

(And no, his first name wasn’t Karl-Anthony.)

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@JuliaSilvestri plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[Brendan Udkovich Stern @BrendanUStern]

@elliotsteinmetz It'd be you if we had a Secretary of Offense.