Will Smythe

Cool paper by my new WCU colleague Sean Whyard & @joshuadarr.bsky.social on the presidential campaign field office placement in 2024

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#polisky

Do they still make typewriter tapes?

My parents taught me how to use an electric typewriter.

Report: Police killings rose in the five years after George Floyd's murder An analysis shows how little has changed for Black victims of police violence in America.

A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is legit hilarious

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

@flatpacksweden.bsky.social The discussion of various flavors of whoredom in early modern Sweden made me smile. Enjoy your well-deserved hiatus!

Regarding the Chicago pope, I hope he has a terrible midwestern accent. I hope Italians protest his pizza choices. I hope someone hands him a hot dog with ketchup and he throws it back at them

It’s funny how the worst/most discredited prizes are the most interesting!

I strongly recommend this short passage from author Jim Collins on what he calls the "Stockdale Paradox":

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality."

www.jimcollins.com/media_topics...

Sometimes you don't need a family office. You need a FAMILY office ... www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

October 2024 --> March 2025

Republican support for same-sex marriage down 31pts, from 55% to 24%, in four years according to new poll from YouGov.

Yikes.

Adipose tissue content of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and all-cause mortality: a Danish prospective cohort study N-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may exert divergent biological effects, but limited knowledge exists about their associations with mortality. We have investigated the associations between adip...

New prospective cohort in

@AJCNutrition

relevant to the seed oil debates: adipose linoleic acid (% total fatty acids; marker of longer term intake) in the Diet Cancer and Health danish cohort is inversely related to all cause morality (21yr follow up). ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

3) only works if monetary policy is independent of the presidency. He’s doing everything he can to change that.

Waymo’s self-driving taxis are so much better at stopping for pedestrians than other cars. Embrace the future!

If they want to see a Super Bowl win in their lifetimes, Bears fans should stop sending their money to the McCaskey family.

Powerful, data-driven reporting.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...

It’s always the same old story. I meet a woman, things are going great, then my puppet starts screaming

One of the things we all really need from platform T&S teams — honest, authentic, human conversations about the impossible tradeoffs involved in this work — is made effectively impossible by the deranged ways a small number of people treat platform staff when they speak publicly. Ask me how I know.

Welcome, everyone! 🌟 Thrilled to have you here as we dive into the adventurous, heartwarming, and hilarious world of Calvin and Hobbes. 🐯

Stay tuned for daily doses of nostalgia, laughter, and wisdom from our favorite duo. Let’s keep the magic alive together! 🚀✨

#CalvinandHobbes

Editorial page, not newsroom.

Now that my beloved Swedish history podcast, @flatpacksweden.bsky.social , is now on Bsky, let’s hope that X försvinna som en måsskit i dimma.
(“Disappears like a seagull’s poop in fog”)

Thank you Åsa and Chris, for giving Bluesky a go. I’m a devoted listener of the podcast, and it always pains me to hear such an excellent podcast refer people to a platform controlled by such a wretched person.

There’s a startup called Rockrabbit that streamlines this and cuts out a huge part of the bureaucracy

www.rockrabbit.ai

I'm tuning out a lot of political stuff right now, and one filter is that I'm not interested in anyone, from centrist liberal to democratic socialist, who doesn't understand the necessity of building coalitions with people you only semi-agree with. It's stunning to me how many people don't get that.

Are you writing jokes for just me then

Why would he be so brazen when he has more subtle methods of manipulation?

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