Dear Director Bhattacharya and Deputy Director Lorsch: I saw a post Director Bhattacharya retweeted about replication in economics. This begins with: Between 1974 and 2014, only 0.1% of publications in the top 50 economics journals were replication studies. That's 40 years. Thousands of papers. Almost none replicated. We've built careers on findings no one has verified. When economists finally replicate studies, 40-67% fail depending on the study.

A second email, this with a more substantial insight about "The Replication Crisis"...

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From: My Friend Tiger (2021), dir. Tatiana Kiseleva, Soyuzmultfilm

How rural was your OK upbringing?
Western OK and Panhandle definitely can rival UP in sense of "this is where the road ends".
(sometimes it does)

Why would you exclude drops if looking at data from WR perspective?

I know that data. I also know more frequent ritux gives deeper depletion, definitely in several experimental disease models (i worked with Genetech showing this) and in humans based on declining Ig levels

Genetech, u correctly say is interested in promoting slightly better, more expensive meds.

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Proof that they're front line heros every day.

Seems about right, but Kyler should be higher, and you
you forgot Trevor Knight *

Boomer.

* vs Bama only

Melissa Hortman saw something in people and gave them an opportunity - that's just how she led.

Today, I'm thinking about her famous “I'm not sorry” speech, where she encouraged so many of us to take up space and be heard. I miss you, friend.

There Are Still Heroes Among Us Fighting ICE. Fighting the Epstein class. Fighting Putin.

There are still heroes among us — I know because I met them in Minneapolis.

Read @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social & @eggerdc.bsky.social in Morning Shots, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/there-are-...

Third American death linked to ice uncovered by Newsweek While the 23-year-old's death was reported in March 2025, it was not made clear that a federal agent fired the fatal shot.

“A federal agent fired shots through the driver’s side window”.

Sound familiar?

That’s exactly how Renee Nicole Good was killed.

This 23 year old lost his life and ICE’s involvement was covered up for a year.

They’re killing people and hiding the evidence.

Elmo is always best angel.

One day Elmo is really gonna crash out on someone in one of these interviews, and it will be warranted 😂

To equal the effect of obinut,
Just. use. more. ritux.

Plus, I can barely spell ritux, aint about to learn to new one.

A dozen is good but too few. If you are an elected Democrat in congress, there are 2 ways to engage with the SOTU with integrity:
1) Don't go.
2) Go and get kicked out, Al Green style.

Everything else is wimpy.

epic

Here’s what I sent lol

if you hate or love "maxxing" please be advised that guys my age think it's funny as hell and will shortly be using it approx. 500 times a day. you will be cringemaxxing and despairmaxxing but no amount of cringe & no depth of despair will stop the guys my age from usemaxxing "maxxing." just fyi

this is incredibly important to me

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Beyond parody.

This is Princess. She and her human work hard every day collecting trash at an apartment building. It is an often thankless job, but one kind resident thought the pair should know how much they are appreciated, and that Princess should get a uniform too. 13/10 for all (TT: oliviaolp)

“In a nationalized media environment with an authoritarian movement capturing one major party, electoral politics has become existential conflict. This requires not moderation but mobilization, not positioning but purpose.”

@adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social in our latest forum:

Cutoff used with SBP 120.

It's not her fault we're in this mess, but the revanchist party that is in power has successfully demonized her at this point.

Regardless of her opinions, she should keep them to herself.

Trump administration drops appeal of order blocking $1.2 billion UCLA settlement - Daily Bruin This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:00 p.m. The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a decision Friday that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA.

Resist. Trump will keep losing. And his legal battles and Epstein are stretching the DOJ thin.

He has dropped his appeal of the $1.2B demand from UCLA.

This fight was not from tepid administrators or the faculty senate

It was from the DeFacto faculty union and the UAW.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 across NSF. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.

NSF Update

Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.

Now by Directorate...

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The projects they're funding will be handpicked to support their agenda.

But, yeah, are funds for science being used to buy tear gas?

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