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Noem is an abbreviation of Noemployment
05.03.2026 19:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0‘J’ is the most recent letter added to the alphabet.
05.03.2026 14:35 — 👍 483 🔁 80 💬 24 📌 14*exercise
05.03.2026 13:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Once was invited to fly on an Air National Guard refueling exercise where that day the excercise involved refueling a B-2 bomber.
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Have you noticed more people saying “y’all” lately?
#UWMadison linguist Kelly Wright says younger speakers are embracing it for its inclusivity over "you guys" — and its deep cultural roots spanning Irish, African American and Appalachian histories.
How have I managed to live this long without owning one of these...
www.menards.com/main/grocery...
Also useful if you don’t believe in your work. “In conclusion, this paper was a waste of time. This topic is of no scientific importance. Do not study this anymore”
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"The relationship between statistics and AI is becoming deeper and more central to practice. For AI to be deployed responsibly, practitioners need access to statistical tools, statistical insight and statistical scrutiny." (in full paper)
Serious question: Are there stakeholders who would disagree?
AI often gets talked about as if it “thinks”. In reality, it is statistical.
Our landmark paper argues that understanding this is essential for using AI safely, effectively and ethically.
Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Paper: rss.org.uk/RSS/media/Fi...
"Some of Mr. Kennedy’s recommended “competencies,” such as the suggestion that doctors learn about crops and composting, have invited skepticism."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
Questioning your assumptions is usually worthwhile.
www.thefarside.com/2026/03/04/1
once-unimaginable cruelty
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…successful snorting of cocaine off toilet seats doesn’t protect him against any of these vaccine-preventable diseases.
Were he a responsible Sec'y of HHS—and not a comic actor in a bad Saturday Night Live skit—RFK Jr. would use his considerable platform to urge all elderly Americans to vaccinate…
In light of his pandemic-era stances, his dismantling of NIH, and his encouraging measles vaccination it's possible that there's no one along the politcal spectrum who supports him.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
“Dr. Bhattacharya is blah blah blah blah blah...” HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in a statement.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
… it was the spring of hope (Dickens, Tale of Two Cities)
March 1, 2026?
> @covie93.bsky.social
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“She didn’t set out to change the world. She set out to do her best, and that changed the world.”
What a wonderful legacy.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
“Whoever decided that a university speaker getting reimbursed for an Uber needs to complete the same supplier onboarding as a firm bidding on a $1M waste disposal contract: please rot in hell.”
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There is, it seems to us,
At best, only a limited value
In the knowledge derived from experience.
The knowledge imposes a pattern, and falsifies,
For the pattern is new in every moment…
— T.S. Eliot, East Coker (Four Quartets)
In the March 2026 AER
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Looks like it will take a little more to get there
27.02.2026 14:04 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Health Economics Researcher Position at University of Galway, Ireland #healtheconomics
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My mother didn’t vaccinate me because she loved me.…
But I understand the science, and I had people who helped me navigate my shifting mind-set with kindness. And so I chose to vaccinate my two children. My reason was the same as my mother’s: I love them deeply.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/o...
How can one not feel hopeful?
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$31K before your plan pays a dime? That’s not insurance for most people.
“New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/h...
Fascinating story.
"This was the letter that had the power to rewrite Cantor’s legacy. The letter that proved once and for all that Cantor’s famous 1874 paper, the one that would go on to reshape all of mathematics, had been an act of plagiarism."
www.quantamagazine.org/the-man-who-...
🤣 "These numbers go beyond plausibly being true to being inconsistent with known mathematical axioms and definitions."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...
Shining city upon a hill?
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