MaryClare Roche

Hey nerds! Any recommendations on a good Markov chain primer at maybe a technical undergrad accessible level? Bonus points if you have one in the context of dynamic programming.

Context: business partners want a bit better understanding of what’s going on under the hood

Advanced thanks!

Gaza no longer experiencing famine, UN-backed research finds

Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past year In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.

In the last year, Israel averaged nearly two daily attacks on Syria and grabbed more land in the occupied Golan Heights.

Great time to highlight that Arab Barometer data is collected in the respondent’s place of residence. I can personally vouch for its authenticity. Their strong personal and professional relationships with local partners makes this possible.

Just to brag but I’m can officially order “the usual” at my local hole-in-the-wall breakfast place

Also, I didn’t mean to be too serious! I just like teasing economists

I’d expect sociologists to often have a point as well

The homogeneity is the heart of the issue no? As a political scientist working with economists I’ve met quite a few who succumb to an elitist view of their own methods that’s based in a naivety of alternative methods and/or measurement challenges. Open minded academics are easier to collaborate with

Open Infrastructure is Not Free: PyPI, the Python Software Foundation, and Sustainability In September, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) co-signed the Open Infrastructure is Not Free: A Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship Letter published by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) as a steward of the Python Package Index (PyPI). As a follow up, I would like to share a bit more about the concerns expressed in this letter as they relate to our community and the PSF.

PyPI serves billions of requests daily- but sustaining it isn’t free. The PSF joined the OpenSSF & others in calling for organizations to invest in sustainable open infrastructure. Learn what this means for #PyPI, the PSF, & how our community can pitch in:

And certain type of economist

You mean… you can probably “pull” it together?

New position has me using python but I’m v jealous of everyone experimenting with gglot 4.o

I try to carry myself with the air of someone who doesn’t hold up airport security lines

Egregiously bad take by Klein. He’s assuming (advocating) inherent good in in-person arguments.

Kirk built a brand on being loud and “right,” which resulted in bombastic, bad faith arguments devoid of intellectual curiosity.

It’s entirely possible to just say “people shouldn’t kill each other.”

Damn that’s crazy.

Some of the people I feel the most camaraderie with are those who wait with me for the metro coming four minutes later to avoid a crush train

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza.

Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/4o4Tc3k

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…

NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

Richie’s prayer in The Bear episode 2 is the most modern Catholic prayer I’ve heard in a while

Working with Big Data reminds me of going to Drag Bingo at the bar my sister used to work at. She’d give us 15 bingo cards when everyone else could only have 3 but we never won because there was just too much to keep track of

This war will not put an end to anti-Americanism; it will fan the flames of hatred even higher. It will not end the threat of weapons of mass destruction; it will make possible their further proliferation. And it will not lay the groundwork for the flourishing of democracy throughout the Mideast; it will harden the resolve of Arab states to drive out all Western (i.e. U.S.) influence. If you thought Osama bin Laden was bad, just wait until the countless children who become orphaned by U.S. bombs in the coming weeks are all grown up. Do you think they will forget what country dropped the bombs that killed their parents? In 10 or 15 years, we will look back fondly on the days when there were only a few thousand Middle Easterners dedicated to destroying the U.S. and willing to die for the fundamentalist cause. From this war, a million bin Ladens will bloom. And what exactly is our endgame here? Do we really believe that we can install Gen. Tommy Franks as the ruler of Iraq? Is our arrogance and hubris so great that we actually believe that a U.S. provisional military regime will be welcomed with open arms by the Iraqi people? Democracy cannot possibly thrive under coercion. To take over a country and impose one’s own system of government without regard for the people of that country is the very antithesis of democracy. And it is doomed to fail.

People who've only seen the headline should really read the copy. Arguably the most concise and prophetic anti-war op-ed from that era. And we're doing it all over again.

theonion.com/this-war-wil...

Struggling to continue my day as normal after @nytimes.com reset Spelling Bee this morning. Toughest battles, strongest soldiers I suppose

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

And if Harvard complies with Noem’s records request, that may chill the speech of all international students across the country, at any university

Why should they come to study in the US, and not elsewhere?

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

jesus fucking fuck

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

academic folks: Harvard international students may need to begin immediately transferring out in order to avoid having to leave the country

If it sounds insane, that's because it is

what will your institutions do to help?

Live updates: Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

Breaking news: The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students, saying it allowed anti-American agitators.

Existing foreign students must transfer or risk losing their legal status, DHS said.