Jason Freeman

Go, Jimmy, go!!!

The Iowa St - Princeton game looks exciting. Too bad ESPN won't let me watch it, even though I have ESPN+. And my parents have cable but not ESPNU. #NCAAWBB

Very cool mixed-method study looking at why individuals are reluctant to get vaccinated

(A health sciences prof once said to me 'There's no point running a trial unless you get some qual data from patients too' and I think this applies to so much psych research. Quant + qual together is great!)

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Saturn’s rings shine in Webb’s observations of ringed planet.

Do you have a reputable source for this image? I've seen it doing the rounds, but never found it on any NASA or ESA JWST source.

Here's the only JWST Saturn image I'm aware of (single frequency near-infrared)... which the image in the post seems to be based on.

Source: esawebb.org/images/satur...

I feel like we’re living a real life version of The Americans.

LINEUP: Trayce Thompson LF Kristian Campbell 2B Marcelo Mayer SS Triston Casas 1B Abraham Toro DH Nick Sogard 3B Nate Eaton CF Jhotynxon Garcia RF Mark Kolozsvary C Brian Van Belle P February 21, 2025 1:05 PM ET Watch: NESN IMAGE: Marcelo Mayer rounds the bases in a Spring Training game.

First lineup of spring 😌

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PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana.

For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5.

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New paper from NBER: Pandemic resulted in ~1.7M excess deaths.
Premature deaths reduced future retirement payments, which increased Social Security fund by $294B. This gain was offset by reductions in future payroll tax flows and increased payments to survivors, resulting in net impact of $205B.

Stanford 79 Syracuse 58: Final. Elena Bosgana (18 points & 11 rebounds), Tess Heal (17 points), Chloe Clardy (14 points & 12 assists) & Brooke Demetre (14 points & 9 rebounds) led the Cardinal.

#Stanford #Syracuse #ACCWBB

Apparently not... 😥

It had sounded like Nunu Agara would be back tonight, but Mary Ashley Stevenson is starting against Syracuse for Stanford.

Hoping Jzaniya Harriel is able to contribute. Injuries are no fun!

A battle of teams whose mascots are just a color! Cardinal v Orange #wbb #stanfordwbb

I definitely drank Vault during my quest to find Mello Yello outside the South. No accounting for taste.

POLITICO Pro: CMMI to scrap data collection on race, gender The new policy is aimed at implementing executive orders from President Trump.

This is both absurd and dangerous. How can you assess whether a model is working (and not actively harming people) without stratified data?

We know from decades’ worth of experience that QI and payment reforms can have significantly variable impacts.

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

I just posted that GLP-1s should start to bring down healthcare costs. Well, cutting Medicaid by $880B will drive private healthcare costs way up! Good luck to employers trying to make up that gap!

Can confirm that GLP-1s seem poised to dramatically reduce the cost of healthcare. Currently, the savings is being offset by the cost of the drugs. But, assuming prices come down over time (as happened with stations), we should see downward pressure on health cost trends.

*from the Political Humor subreddit. It's fake... Or is it?

A moment for petty resistance:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. Click on the 3 little dots to the right of "Gulf of America"
3. "Send Feedback"
4. Click on "Gulf Of America" text
5. Select "Inaccurate content"
6. Select "Incorrect" & type "The rest of the world calls it Gulf of Mexico" or what I wrote👇

The sun rises over JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida. There's a golden glow and sunflare across the outfield in the empty ballpark.

Good morning Fort Myers...and hello Bluesky! 👋

Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...

"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."

The Golden State Valkyries have signed their first star — and she’s a great fit Tiffany Hayes — last year’s Sixth Player of the Year — is headed to the Valkyries after a standout season with Las Vegas.

NEW: Tiffany Hayes is reportedly signing with the Golden State Valkyries, and I'm a big fan.

"She brings energy, a dog-like mentality," A'ja Wilson told me in September.

Now, Hayes brings that spirit to the "ultra-competitive" Valkyries.
www.sbnation.com/wnba/2025/2/...

A serious proposal:

If the Trump administration is going to neglect and eliminate entire US Government functions, Democrats should select a full shadow cabinet to fill the void.

Send an alt SecState to the G20, have an alt CDC Director let us know what’s really going on with Bird Flu and TB, etc.

The changes made by Elon's coders are focused on "creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked."

This is a backdoor. Elon's coders are creating a backdoor into the US Treasury. This is incredibly dangerous both because of its intended use (by Elon and Trump) and the risk of other actors exploiting a major security vulnerability to cause a massive disruption to the US government.

We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn **Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...

Yo DC, let's do this thing.

www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

Thanks for the update. We've been wondering what's going on.

Very excited for The Thing About Jellyfish at #Berkeley Rep! datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/ali-... #BayArea

Spirited (film) - Wikipedia

Just finished our new tradition of watching #Spirited. So much fun! If you haven't seen it, well then, good afternoon to you!

While my experience in how theater works is very indirect, I know enough to know that being a swing, especially on Broadway, is one of the hardest things to do. You have to know everyone's track and be able to switch from one to another. Ms. Edwards accomplishment is truly remarkable!