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Of the three best data scientists I’ve ever worked with two had a background in social sciences. I see that on a resume and it feels like a cheat code.

What about House expansion? Easy to cut a pizza into two pieces in an unfair way, much more difficult to cut a pizza into 24 pieces in a very unfair way.

In smaller cities they just wouldn’t show up after you called and set up a time!

It’s so good, Olyphant and Goggins are amazing.

To be expected I guess. They’ve also really messed up the TAMS program at UNT (top 200ish in-state kids start college at 16 in residence at UNT, used to just cost room and board and now costs like 20-30k/yr)

Dammit…

Got into them so many years ago but my aha moment with the National was going to a music festival by myself and they played Mr November and the lead singer went into the crowd with the mic… I’ve seen lots of shows but damn I was hooked.

For DBT, Jason was in the band and Decoration Day hit me

Very good column this - ultimately we should view the past with considerable horror. It wasn’t better, we should not wish to return to it. It was a bleak, scary place.

YouTube video by MIGLEXFilms Bernie Movie - Map of Texas

This scene in the movie Bernie gets the splits pretty on target. youtu.be/JREkqCvLzSo

Screenshot of IG. It says “Thank you Donation Goal Reached Thank you for your support.” (Note: This is regarding their matching funds so please still donate)

Looks like El Arroyo has maxed out their match, but please still donate. Folks down there are going to need some help

This is so frustrating, these people need to reevaluate everything. These are damn children we are talking about. I don’t give a shit about anything else. (Of course, none of this is directed at you)

*KXAN

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I read on KXXN that El Arroyo is doing matches for the KCF www.instagram.com/p/DLtAy7hO5QZ/

Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.

Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Dust on the bottle, Straight Tequila Night, Fishing in the dark, Bubba Shot the jukebox

Thanks!! Going to check them out when I’m in Dallas next month.

I have to know where this is

Accessible government data and statistics | USAFacts Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

One additional point for Ballmer: USAFacts.org is really cool - cleans and makes government information more accessible.

So many highlights from our tour finale last night but this was special for me: Seeing my visuals behind @pearljam.com as they performed an anthem of my Seattle youth, with the audience filling in for Chris Cornell’s part on the anniversary of his passing. Magical night in Pittsburgh. RIP Chris 🖤

If he would just be corrupt and not dismantle everything it would still be bad but easily 200x better.

Looks Iike your buddy has been eating well

Screenshot of head to head donations. Texas at $67k in donations vs Oklahoma at $5k in donations.

Sooners look a little light in the wallet

Screenshot for $17.45 for PTKU because Wrestlemania 17 was at the Astrodome

Here’s $17 for PTKU because I saw Wrestlemania X-Seven in the late, great Astrodome

#CharitibundiBowl
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Proof of payment of $255.62 to support refugees and a charming picture of Spencer Hall

$200 for Vince’s record rushing yards for a QB in the Rose Bowl
$49 for the 49-0 score in Red River in 2022

Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article) Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

My new favorite scientist

“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”
🎁
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I have written before about my own fantasy for consumer securities regulation, which would solve all of these problems but which would probably face some political hurdles in getting enacted. It goes roughly like this: 1. Anyone can invest all they want in a diversified portfolio of approved investments (non-penny-stock public companies, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds with modest fees, insured bank accounts, etc.). 2. Anyone can also invest in any other dumb investment; you just have to go to the local office of the SEC and get a Certificate of Dumb Investment. (Anyone who sells dumb non-approved investments without requiring this certificate from buyers goes to prison.) 3. To get that certificate, you sign a form. The form is one page with a lot of white space. It says in very large letters: “I want to buy a dumb investment. I understand that the person selling it will almost certainly steal all my money, and that I would almost certainly be better off just buying index funds, but I want to do this dumb thing anyway. I agree that I will never, under any circumstances, complain to anyone when this investment inevitably goes wrong. I understand that violating this agreement is a felony.”

4. Then you take the form to an SEC employee, who slaps you hard across the face and says “really???” And if you reply “yes really” then she gives you the certificate. 5. Then you bring the certificate to the seller and you can buy whatever dumb thing he is selling. 6. If an article ever appears in the Wall Street Journal in which you (or your lawyer) are quoted saying that you were just a simple dentist, didn’t understand what you were buying and were swindled by the seller’s flashy sales pitch, then *you* go to prison. Then you take the form to an SEC employee, who slaps you hard across the face and says “really???” And if you reply “yes really” then she gives you the certificate. Then you bring the certificate to the seller and you can buy whatever dumb thing he is selling. If an article ever appears in the Wall Street Journal in which you (or your lawyer) are quoted saying that you were just a simple dentist, didn’t understand what you were buying and were swindled by the seller’s flashy sales pitch, then you go to prison.

embrace Matt Levine thought

“..And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.” - The incomparable Molly Ivins

“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce…”