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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

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This dog led an officer to his leash while being rescued from his burning home. 14/10 for all (IG: aurorapoliceil)

RIP Robert Redford ⚾️ #RoyHobbs #TheNatural #MLB #Baseball

She survived 9/11, then began a life of healing others Jocelyn Brooks said she would’ve regretted not becoming a nurse if she had not survived the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

Jocelyn Brooks pursued her dream of working in medicine after she escaped from the World Trade Center on 9/11.

“I want to hold somebody’s hands when they’re crying and when they’re at their lowest because I survived,” she said.

This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__)

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Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Studying at Harvard as She Admits She's a 'Secret Nerd' During a Sept. 2 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' Jessica Chastain opened up about attending Harvard University to attain a Master's degree. The Oscar winner said that her progr...

Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
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Imagine asking people two questions -- whether each of these is a good or bad way to run a govt:

1) having a democratic political system

2) having a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections

What percent says *both* are good?

44%!

Paying attention and paying the costs: wildfires in the American West - Climatic Change Preliminary estimates suggest that the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires could be the costliest disaster in U.S. history to date when accounting for both direct and indirect losses. As personal exper...

As wildfires burn at home in 🇵🇹 and here in CA, we have a new paper that finds: exposure to fires doesn’t necessarily predict greater support for climate change mitigation. But people closest to the 2021-2022 fires do prioritize personal adaptive action. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly

Ryne Sandberg remembered for how he played the game and treated people on way to Hall of Fame “What endeared him to fans and earned him universal respect within the game wasn’t just what he did, but the way he did it."

www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

First day of 2025 over 84,000 megawatts in Texas/ERCOT.

Days like today would have been very expensive in years past. But today, with renewables meeting ~40% of peak demand, there's an extra 20,000 megawatts of capacity available and wholesale prices are low. #txenergy #txlege

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

New William f Buckley forever stamp announced by US postal service

Standing athwart history, yelling Stamp

GPT-5 regularly asks you why you are not citing its work. GPT-5 always believes your estimator is biased. GPT-5 has more of a comment than a question. Sometimes GPT-5 tells you stories about grad school and expresses regret about getting a PhD. GPT-5's mom wonders when it will start making money.

The Effects of Voting by Mail on Correct Voting - Political Behavior The share of Americans voting by mail surged in 2020. For those casting a mail-in ballot, their voting experience was different from those who voted in-person. When voting by mail, people can make the...

Just out at @polbehavior.bsky.social w/Carey Stapleton:

Voting by mail has the upside of boosting correct voting.

When people vote by mail rather than in-person, they are more likely to choose the presidential candidate best aligned with their preferences.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

💔 RIP Ryno

Back from Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers That His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied January 22, 1939 Assistant Professor Henry “Indiana” Jones Jr. Department of Anthropology Chapman Hall 227B Marshall College Dr. Jones: As chairman...

It's Harrison Ford's birthday today, thus we are contractually obligated to point you to this ridiculous classic from our archives.

There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am.

State repression of peaceful protests can subject activists to injury and even death but—when broadcast to the world through media—often turns mass opinion against the state. bsky.app/profile/owas...

<em>Review of Policy Research</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Scholars have debated how specific policy designs may generate stronger positive or negative reactions from the public, especially with regard to public expectations regarding pricing-based policy de...

New from me, @joshuabasseches.bsky.social , Kayla Gurganus, and @lraymond.bsky.social in Review of Policy Research, doi.org/10.1111/ropr... We conduct a survey experiment concerning a regulatory vs pricing-based climate policy design, both adopted at the same time in Virginia. 1/2

A man seated on a pink stroller, outdoors on a sunny day. Other people are visible in the background.

brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back

Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection 30 Pages Posted: 19 May 2025 Simon Quach University of Southern California Zhengyi Yu University of Southern California - Department of Economics Date Written: May 15, 2025 Abstract This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a differencein-differences approach, we compare faculty outcomes in Florida to nearby states. We find the policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers-indicating a brain drain rather than improved selection. Additionally, we detect no productivity gains among incumbents and observe a decline in the research output of new hires. Overall, the findings suggest that reducing tenure protections negatively affects the research capacity and competitiveness of public universities.

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U.S. NEWS Ohio police find raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop When an officer took the pipe away, the raccoon pulled out another.

READ. THE. SUBHEAD.

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yeah this is funny

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"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.

Clean energy is powering local economies in Texas » Yale Climate Connections Wind, solar, and battery storage projects are generating billions in tax revenue for communities, a University of Texas study finds.

A new study finds that wind, solar, & battery projects are creating enormous tax revenue for small Texas towns that don't have many other sources.