Sam Kirschner

Came as a skeptic, left as a believer.

I looked back through my phone and shockingly I have none, but I’ll try and rectify that the next couple days. A lot of street food on the move so far

It’s been good Naples.

We are a sick nation.

Football is fun. Sport provides belief, hope, and community in an often dark world. I‘m sorry cinephiles, music junkies and book worms, but there is no novel, symphony, or painting that is as moving as what I witnessed tonight.

When the Hoosiers 2 movie is made, the decision to call the timeout and pull the FG unit off to run a QB draw on 4th and 5 is going to be such a sick scene

Go Hoosiers!

My Sundays will remain free.

If the Bears win the Super Bowl, I’ll be back in the pews of St. Aloysius the following Sunday with my rosary mumbling hail mary‘s like an italian Nonna. #ChicagoPope

Go for 2.

Broncos!!! LFG!

there is no circumstance that should lead to zac taylor being the longest-tenured head coach in any division outside of college football

Playoffs have not missed yet.

Don't have any numbers here but I my instinct is this really might be the play.

Hardly without risk -- chance of penalty is very much there.

But I think worth it.

Trump is doing to politics what biz schools taught future CEOs to do: break the social contract (e.g., the one btw mgmt & labor that once ensured steady jobs) & extract all the value stored inside.

This will have the same effect on politics as it did on the labor mkt: instability & immiseration.

Not over?

Let’s go Panthers

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I feel the way Curt Cignetti the way the executive and MBA types felt about Jack Welch in the 90s. Just pure blind devotion.

I’m pretty obsessed with Hoosier football.

Great day to have functioning eyes and a working brain

Lol nvm football is not fun

Football is fun.

INDIANA WINS THE ROSE BOWL

Michael is right of course, but there's something to the fact that survivorship bias is a hell of a drug. No one who was saved by lockdowns and masks knows that. They felt the costs, but have no way of recognizing the benefits.

That's where math comes in. And the math is clear. The book is bollocks

If you are interested in either a data science career or hobby, including in sports analysis, this opportunity is not to be missed. Watch the lectures. Read the chapters. Do the work.

I would be concerned about any applicant who hadn’t done this already.

course schedule as a table. Available at the link in the post.

I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.

I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Bread, and that is true for any sandwich.

Great work here by the Posit team. If you give an LLM a plot designed to show a relationship, the LLM will extremely frequently describe the relationship it expects to see, rather than what the plot actually shows!

This chart of consumer confidence is legit bananas. 🍌

(via GS) #UMich