Great. Now the FIFA Peace Prize is meaningless.

Unfortunately this is less unprecedented than people reacting right now might like. We prosecuted Hernández like a month after his presidency ended and Noriega was captured after we invaded while he was dictator there. That doesn't make it OK but it does make me skeptical there'll be consequences.

The boat attacks are genuinely unprecedented in the way we're just attacking defenseless civilian transport with impunity, and killing survivors, and all that, without any particular military objective whatsoever. Like the killing of Soleimani, though, this is more continuous with non-Trump action.

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

there's no justification for this and there's no winning scenario here

I made the switch to Qobuz and it's so much better. Sound quality is fantastic with better recommendations. If you really want to port over your playlists there are a bunch of sites who'll do that for a few bucks.

Hot take about time - we should have diagonal timezones since earth rotates on an incline

Speaking of merit, I’ve never encountered a peer reviewer or editor who would publish this shaky logic as the central argument. He says SAT score’s don’t predict scholarly accomplishment or potential but are decent proxies for assessing faculty candidates but does not say why. Just asserts it.

I also love America and believe in its stated values. And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.

The @dukesmayobowl.bsky.social isn’t real. It can’t be real.

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let me guess, the average american won’t be someone whose experiences challenge notions of american greatness. it will be someone who will uncritically parrot whatever it is bari weiss’s bosses think they should believe

ah yes, the best way to explain and understand the world is by ignoring experts and practitioners and turning our attention to the “average American,” whatever that means

The difference so far at least is that at WaPo it only appears to apply to opinion whereas with CBS it appears to apply to news.

I love America, too. But I want my news to be honest with me. Otherwise, it's just sparkling propaganda.

People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year

Like, not even GRE scores. SAT scores.

wut

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I was curious, so I looked it up. Trump's three cognitive exams were on 1/12/18, 9/13/23 and 4/11/25 — not, as he suggested today, recently. www.pbump.net/o/when-were-...

I feel like we should all take stock of the New Year a bit and give thanks that neither Ohio State or Alabama are in the CFP semifinals. Honestly, a banger start to the year.

I don't think most people is sufficiently appreciated that the consensus "racism is bad" took an extraordinary effort not only to kick off but to maintain. And we should all be extremely scared of this now, because if it happens this fast to any group, it could happen that fast to your group.

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When your president is given multiple cognitive tests per year, and brags about that fact; regardless of the results stated, it’s time to take his car keys away. (and the nuclear football I might add).

I dropped Spotify a long time ago because they signed an exclusive contract with Rogan. Looking like a good choice.

Video x.com/joeroganhq/s... Troubling example of how "debate me, bro" podcast culture can lead to dark places. Rogan has many millions of listeners per month across podcasts and YouTube.

My PhD student John Fallon is on the market with various labor and education papers. His JMP studies how closely related occupations compete with each other via occupational licensing rules. He has multiple other papers on the labor economics of the teacher workforce. Super interesting work! 👇

My mother is ready to succumb to her dementia. Am I? slate.trib.al/c0k2mRH

It is terrible that Trump and Hegseth are ordering the wanton and unjustified killings of civilians, and doing so in our name. It is terrible that Republicans in Congress are unwilling to stop or even investigate them.

You have got to be kidding me. Just end the game.

Seems noteworthy that the apology that Grok made about generating CSAM isn’t an official statement but a prompted one

New Jersey is happy to welcome back one of its most famous residents after a 4-year leave of absence in another state.

This interview is fascinating, and not in a “what a strange guy” kind of way. Sliwa actually comes across rather normal. But it seems, though he denies it, he genuinely likes Mamdani on a personal level. Oh and he *hates* Cuomo.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Deepfake porn and nonconsensual imagery is not a new problem in AI. It was arguably one of the first major concerns for generative AI companies. X and xAI have faced previous instances of celeb deepfakes on their properties. To allow this stuff now is a choice.

An Indiana CFP title could close the rift that was created when the Cubs won the World Series

AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.

For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok. Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.

We haven't seen an Indiana squad turn back an Alabama offense this decisively since Antietam

So, uh, I know he got them to the semis but, is Kalen DeBoer’s job still safe after this?

I am serious about the invite - especially if you are junior or a grad student I enjoy schmoozing with the future of econ

According to the new rules, if you and a few friends go to a defense contractor’s testing facility and you say “where are the missiles” and they don’t let you in then all federal funds for defense contractors will be frozen

Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.

This is a big win. We need to celebrate when they happen.

My staff have done the same for me.

so old i remember an entire summer where obama had to distance himself from jeremiah wright. i dont think the msm has ever once asked trump or vance about yarvin.