David Cartwright

What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths “The influenza vaccine shows the immune system what potential components of the virus it should focus its efforts on,” one expert said.

No, you can’t get the flu from the flu vaccine.

The temporary side effects that you might feel after getting the vaccine are your immune system reacting to the inactive proteins from the surface of the virus.

Next time, take the train

i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.

A graphic from the Atlantic showing the preference for left or right footed shooting among Premier Leage strikers, laid out as two feet covered in dots corresponding to higher share of either left or right footed shots. It is superficially similar to the famous plane diagram showing shots taken in air battles, as a test case in Survivorship Bias. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

My keen knowledge of statistics tells me these feet are merely suffering from survivorship bias.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.

Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...

Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.

by Megyn Kelly

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

I don’t know, that calendar page is really missing some needed labels

A tweet from MAYRA (@LePapillonBlu2) says: “That’s what happens with unchecked power.” Below is a headline screenshot from The Independent that reads: “Trump admits he didn’t have to tear down East Wing for ballroom, but just wanted to.” A subheadline adds that Trump addressed reports of backlash from former first ladies.

When you have to check if it’s The Onion or a real headline.

How people really use ChatGPT, according to 47,000 conversations shared online What do people ask the popular chatbot? We analyzed thousands of chats to identify common topics discussed by users and patterns in ChatGPT’s responses.

Exclusive: A collection of 47,000 publicly shared ChatGPT conversations compiled by The Post sheds light on the reasons people turn to the chatbot and the deeply intimate role it plays in many lives.

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and it is now clear to me that the President of the United States is a pedophile. But at least I know that the Cracker Barrel logo won't be changed any time soon.

Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:

"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"

We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.

wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...

The only players in NBA history with 40+ PTS, 10+ REB, 10+AST and 5+STL in a single game:

Michael Jordan.
Cade Cunningham.

End of list.

H/T @statmusefc.bsky.social

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

!!!!

Dare to imagine a different way.

Ah, yes. Exactly the way they talked about food prices when Joe Biden was president. A marvel of honesty and consistency.

Why does no one understand this?

Dick Cheney, influential Republican vice president to George W. Bush, dies | CNN Politics Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, accordin...

Vaxxed?

www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

If you've followed, listened to, or read me for a while, you know I tend to be pretty positive about basketball. It's my most favorite thing and I want everyone to love it too.

But sometimes, a situation bums me out. The Pelicans bum me out. Give the piece below a read for me.

He felt pretty solid back there. Certainly missed some throws, but looked way more comfortable than I expected going into that game.

Layoffs Already Higher Than for Any Full Year Since 2020 Announced US job cuts by quarter

It’s been harder than normal to get a grasp on the US labor market lately, with several agencies that produce key economic data, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, going dark during the government shutdown. Even before that, President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize the US government left holes in the sprawling federal statistical system. But private datasets have helped fill in some of the gaps. A report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas showed almost 950,000 US job cuts this year through September, the highest year-to-date total since 2020—and that was before the heavy October run of announcements. (Excluding that first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, US job cuts in the first nine months have already surpassed full-year layoffs for every year since 2009.) When something is almost the worst since the Great Recession, North says, “that’s not a very encouraging number.”

Congrats to everyone who put Republicans in charge "for the economy," the first three quarters of 2025 already had more layoffs than any of the years in which Biden or Obama was President except 2009 (when Dems were still cleaning up the prior Republican mess).
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Opinion | $149.57 Is Going to Have to Feed My Family Indefinitely I rely on SNAP benefits. That requires constant trade-offs.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Conversations around SNAP benefits are often fraught, dominated by the simplistic refrain that recipients should ‘get a job,’” Elizabeth Austin writes in a guest essay. “My experience illustrates why this response misses the mark.”

Tweet by user Celia saying, “He’s…he’s talking about the Alzheimer’s tests they give senior citizens….” Below is a tweet from Acyn quoting Trump describing cognitive tests he took at Walter Reed and challenging AOC to take them.

I’m 88 and haven’t had to take this test yet.

Nero is practicing fire prevention the right way.

Ezra Klein, 64 AD

Measles kills people

Joe Rogan is confusing measles with chicken pox