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I try to put straight lines through things but usually fail. Try to be Bayesian when I can. Views my own. RT/like != endorsement.

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I thought that was a cannon.

Either way, good call.

06.12.2025 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GREG is fun because you can get negative weights.

05.12.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly.

bsky.app/profile/eric...

05.12.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vowels are important

05.12.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because treatment is right there

05.12.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's trt, obviously

05.12.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: how Risk Taking Transforms Us, Body and Mind
The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

05.12.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A few others suggestions (in no particular order):

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food
The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

05.12.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I second The Making of the Atomic Bomb and The Prize.

05.12.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm distracted ny the cost. How is it that much???

05.12.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Schitt's Creek gifs will continue until morale improves

05.12.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree. I was just pointing out that there was one channel for potential spillovers

05.12.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wanna know if there are imaginary letters

05.12.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll allow it

05.12.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ht to @andrew.heiss.phd

05.12.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing

Ht whoever I saw this from

05.12.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pluto.jl is surprisingly nice if you use Julia

04.12.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe you mean "m dashes"

04.12.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses is standing in front of a window . Alt: a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses is standing in front of a window .

There is open data (not yet for 2024-2025).

data.ontario.ca/dataset/scho...

04.12.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s now 15(!) years old, but the contrast between a crash in a β€˜59 vs 2009 Chevy is still mindblowing: in the β€˜59, you die 3 different ways, in the 2009, you have…
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a broken left ankle

04.12.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly! I agree 100% with all this

04.12.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Or a lot of time for these kids to end up in the same class in future years (caveat: I have not read the study)

04.12.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I do not need a massive truck or SUV. Thank you for your time.

04.12.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Too bad you can't buy cars from the big 3 anymore

04.12.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beer, coffee, salmon

04.12.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Schitt's Creek gifs will continue until morale improves

04.12.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

All 97 were unnecessary

04.12.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly what a beta male would say. Or something. Gamma male? Omega? Idk

03.12.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haven't seen that clothing brand referenced since I was a teenager.

03.12.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Generally you do not improve school scores quickly. And too quick is bad. So it's not clear to me they can actually fix something quickly.

03.12.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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