Chris Weiss

Burlington is a charming and easy city (really, a large town) and, from there, it’s easy to do things like apple picking, leaf viewing, and such nearby.

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Govern… In this groundbreaking history of the modern American m…

Richard Rothstein’s Color of Law is a great source

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MLB fines Red Sox and Yankees for improper use of technology in games Proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief efforts, but future violations could face stiffer consequences.

And please don’t forget the Red Sox and Yankees were using Apple Watches…

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There is a great disturbance in the uterus….

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

A fantastic opportunity in our amazing department! Come and join us as Director of our Centre for Longitudinal Studies www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

I’d LOVE to see a story on how the Netflix series Mo brings a welcome focus on Houston’s amazing music scene and easy, often overlooked, multiculturalism.

The Human Toll The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change. If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story! To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US [image of a person with their face in their hands]

How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?

I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.

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There’s that Capricorn skepticism coming through….

Jay Leno gave Reagan “the business”

A professional baker friend once told me you can improve most American baking recipes by halving the sugar and doubling the salt. These look delicious!!

a story i'm banking for the world cup next year is i want to follow around a european tourist who is here for a match and watch them try to get around houston for a day

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Notre Dame keeps hiring!

Director of Research Programs for the Center for Educational Research and Action

Due date to apply: August 1

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Prince Regent of Flavortown….

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A better parallel may be: “One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.”

TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle

No, I didn’t. Thank you. My point is that people did things that are inconceivable today to try to adjust. My point is to accentuate how different behaviors were - to help understand how different the world pre ac was.

Epidemic St. Louis Encephalitis in Houston, 1964 In the summer of 1964, an epidemic of St. Louis encephalitis occurred in the city of Houston (population 1,243,558), the largest city in Texas, situated close to the Gulf of Mexico. This was not only ...

Forms of encephalitis, too. It showed up annually- in small numbers - in Houston throughout the 80s

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We also have forgotten what people did to sleep without ac - sleep on the fire escape, take bedding to a park, and more.

Agreed! In addition to all listed so far, the NCES Commissioner has also been ED’s Chief Statistical Officer….

Maybe third or fourth title? He’s also the Department’s Chief Evaluation Officer.

Or, as sociologist Stanley Lieberson put it, for whites, ethnicity is an option.

And, unrelated, the number of songs focused on the proper way/when/number of ways/etc “to rock” is staggering

Some of those fancy schools will underwrite your mortgage or, once tenured, pay 1/3 of your mortgage. Or if you’re big enough, they give you a house.

Congratulations!!

Tom Chambers?!? With hair like wings of a majestic bird?