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The Democratic Party in Louisiana is definitely in its weakest form in decades, and so I am entertaining a pivot into politics. I might have questions ...

Time to boycott Disney again.

Chili's just served me their skillet queso in a bowl. I'm so offended. I at least want the illusion that it isn't simply a reheated cheese food product with a can of chili.

I flippantly told a close friend over the phone that the shooter's motive(s), just like a lot of violence in general, is going to be a muddied mess that doesn't fit a nice narrative.

A cursory glance looks like this is right-wing on right-wing gang violence.

True. But it's okay to eat one of these every now and then. Just eat your veggies so you poop more than once a week.

And my science fair projects centered around ants. The one I remember most was the impact of different artificial sweeteners on trophallaxis.

Looking back, it was probably an unhealthy amount of time for watching ants feed each other.

In seventh grade, we did our first "research paper" (citations and proper grammar!), and mine was about ants.

I did two social studies fairs about ants: ants as model sustainable farmers and a comparison between various ant societies and human society.

Ants!

Everyone remembers playing the Oregon Trail game, but at my school we played other edutainment games, too. SimAnt was one of them, so I went through a phase of becoming a resident expert of all things ant. Even had a few colonies.

Lousiana US Reps campaign donors by geography, collection of bar graphs.

Lousiana US Senators campaign donors by geography, collection of bar graphs.

If it feels like Louisiana US Reps and Senators aren't in it for Louisiana, it's because several aren't. Source: OpenSecrets.org

I'm convinced Trump has dementia. DC was a crime hotspot in the 80s and 90s for several reasons, by the DC metro area as a whole isn't much different than Dallas or Atlanta.

I wouldn't make a strong claim in the original meme about teachers or other practitioners in education. I would apply it to policymakers, like legislatures and other elected officials.

When Do Misunderstandings Matter? Evidence From Survey Interviews About Smoking Schober et al. describe two studies on how survey interview respondents misunderstand interview questions. After answering a survey, participants are given standardized definitions of the questions t....

This is slightly larger than the survey error expected for misinterpreting or misunderstanding the question(s) and/or responses.

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The headline might be misleading. I haven't read the article because of the paywall, but that TikToker was using Calico Critters to endorse various brands. Using their IP to endorse brands and get marketing money is the line crossed, not the simple short content.

Nixon Jew count - Wikipedia

If I had a nickel for every time a presidential criminal interjected themselves into the operations of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics out of political paranoia, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot. But it's weird that it happened twice.

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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a climate report that aims to cast doubt on the severity of climate change.

Prominent climate scientists who are cited in it say their work was distorted or misused.

“This isn’t science—it’s propaganda,” says climate expert Ben Santer.
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... this solo experience is simply a moment to pause and reflect on the past, on the present, and on the future.

And after such reflection, I can now enjoy this cheese pull and pie.

Thanks for reading my meanderings, and I hope your Friday and weekend are fulfilling.

But it is a unique experience. Unlike traditional crusts, the deep dish requires a lengthy cook time, forcing you to "slow down" and appreciate your surroundings with anticipation. In Chicago, this was often time passed through revelry and recollection. But on this Louisiana evening, ...

Even in hospice, he would retell the story and the flavors of the pie. Aspects that I had started to fail to appreciate due to the volume of consumption and a general recklessness of youth.

Rotolo's is no Mulnati's. The sauce is boldly acidic, the sausage spicy, and the crust lacks the hint of corn

In my twenties, I spent about five years in Central Illinois for school and work. About once a month I would take the train north to Chicago. I ate a lot of deep dish pizza. On such trip, I intentionally went to rendezvous with my late father to eat at Mulnati's while he was in town on business.

Deep dish pizza will always have a unique place in my lore. This is a slice at Rotolo's Craft & Crust in Baton Rouge, LA. 🧵

On Bigotry We like to believe that bigotry is a product of ignorance and that if we educate people enough, they will become immune to bigotry. But what if bigotry isn't a…

My first book, "On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It" came out a week ago and is now available in hardcover and e-book edition with an audiobook version coming out in August!
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To be frank, learning is the best part of being human.

Timeline cleanse. Clouds outside the plane while landing in Baton Rouge.

I'm officially renaming HR 1 to either the "Trump Tax Tragedy" or the "Trump Tax Trespass".

It's just a little guy 😭

Walmart, Amazon, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and FedEx typically top the list in most jurisdictions. Fast food franchisees like McDonalds and Burger King are also contenders.

Men and women who have never smelled the aroma of sintered human flesh or tasted the sandy Arabian air will stand before cameras, lecterns, and microphones today to justify the blood sacrifice of American sons and daughters to appease the ego of a deflated, dilapidated, and weak president.

Ads take time to go from ideation to publication. But yeah, the timing on this is freaky.

Cursing is rather boring, no?

Back in the 19th century, if an abolitionist wanted to get under the skin of a "proper" Southerner, they would label slave owners as sex addicts.

I vote for developing some equivalent modern version of that salicious language that has some modicum of truth like above.

Employers with "persistent practice" are fined $3,000 per employee, for example.

The inhumanity of the current administration is definitely overshadowing the adjudication of employers knowingly using illegal alien labor. But that's largely because the fines aren't newsworthy or severe.