A really cool video on how (hiking) trail construction has changed over time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbw_...

This is like watching my cat yell at her nemesis, mirror cat.

I'm a sucker for any "comparing gear across the decades" video, and this one's pretty good! They compare camping in 1925, 1975, and 2025. You can watch at 2x and not miss much. The opinions on the food were most surprising to me:

This is a very weird paper. It feels like it was written in 2011, not 2025. Even weirder, it doesn't cite the structural topic model of @bstewart.bsky.social, Roberts et al. (Economists not citing political scientists? I'm as shocked as you are!) link: andreaciccarone.github.io/FETM_draft.pdf

Sick story dude. I mean a Muslim democratic socialist just became mayor of NYC but I'm sure they were totally gonna make second rate Yale philosophy professors the number one target. Truly the most persecuted amongst us. God I hate this loser shit.

This is a very weird paper. It feels like it was written in 2011, not 2025. Even weirder, it doesn't cite the structural topic model of @bstewart.bsky.social, Roberts et al. (Economists not citing political scientists? I'm as shocked as you are!) link: andreaciccarone.github.io/FETM_draft.pdf

Overall, a good post. There's a missing part of the analysis tho. In the discussion of Cleveland & other northern cities, what drove the growth & fracturing to the suburbs was white flight. East Cleveland -> Euclid -> Mentor is an obvious case; you can see Mentor's population blew up in the 60s!

I'm a sucker for any "comparing gear across the decades" video, and this one's pretty good! They compare camping in 1925, 1975, and 2025. You can watch at 2x and not miss much. The opinions on the food were most surprising to me:

This is really cool

This essay from @bschmidt.bsky.social on how history rejected computational methods, & so "quantitative history" ended up in the social sciences, & "digital humanities" in literature, with no historians doing computational work, is fascinating, & worth a read: dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/computa...

"Towards a Unified Framework for Statistical and Mathematical Modeling" Don't know that's it's super novel, but the idea that we should have a deductive mathematical model linking our verbal theory to data analysis is a good one. Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.01960 #statssky #episky 📈📉

All good "Italian" food is actually American, part 524872378

"Towards a Unified Framework for Statistical and Mathematical Modeling" Don't know that's it's super novel, but the idea that we should have a deductive mathematical model linking our verbal theory to data analysis is a good one. Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.01960 #statssky #episky 📈📉

Library of Alexandria slide done.

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

It’s finally flannel season!

I know this is taking the bit too literally but Mamdani talked a lot in the campaign about halal food carts, which is where actual New Yorkers get street food—hot dog stands are for tourists

Me, watching everyone who said they'd leave NYC if Zohran won:

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Me, watching everyone who said they'd leave NYC if Zohran won:

Let's see, does the NYTimes have the "most detailed map of NYC mayoral election" www.nytimes.com/interactive/... or does CUNY's @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social map provide *just a bit* more detail (20 filters, multiple overlays, direct comparison w/2021 results)? www.electionatlas.nyc/maps.html#!N...

Not kidding Staten Island (relatively narrowly) voted against centralized digital maps lol

Bing bong, everyone!

It's Cu-over!

Woke is back, baby!

the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP

Only losers hate on trans kids 🏳️‍⚧️

ulysses s grant

I cannot

It's always a conservative, dark suit as well. Very "New Frontier"/"Great Society," a vision of liberalism building a better future. Stands in contrast to the late 60s-70s hippies, who looked like crap, and were only good at stopping things (housing, vaccines, science).

It's election day in NYC! "We don't need a victory, we need a Roman triumph!"

Many of the defenses of off-cycle local elections are evidence-free claims from local media. Similar to the City Council’s opposition to props 2-4, it’s cloaking parochial interest in social justice language to justify a worse outcome overall

Also, the food is better

Many of the defenses of off-cycle local elections are evidence-free claims from local media. Similar to the City Council’s opposition to props 2-4, it’s cloaking parochial interest in social justice language to justify a worse outcome overall

What we do know is, absent some incandescent political celebrity like Mamdani on the ballot, people don’t turn out in off-year elections. In some neighborhoods it’s been less than 20%! Machines and special interests have long known this.

And now @shaunabreu.bsky.social is the third councilmember to demonstrate their commitment to affordable housing by openly supporting ballot measures 2-5!

It's election day in NYC! "We don't need a victory, we need a Roman triumph!"

It's always a conservative, dark suit as well. Very "New Frontier"/"Great Society," a vision of liberalism building a better future. Stands in contrast to the late 60s-70s hippies, who looked like crap, and were only good at stopping things (housing, vaccines, science).

“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”

This essay from @bschmidt.bsky.social on how history rejected computational methods, & so "quantitative history" ended up in the social sciences, & "digital humanities" in literature, with no historians doing computational work, is fascinating, & worth a read: dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/computa...

Fried rice: cook rice in rice cooker chicken thighs under broiler (opt: coat in char siu sauce) saute vegetables (onions, ginger, garlic, frozen peas+carrots mix, maybe chopped baby corn). season w/soy sauce, fish sauce, sesame oil dice chicken, throw it in w/veg add rice, more sesame sauce

it's november, time for The Only Good Christmas Song (@dropkickmurphys.com)

Needs more bike content (and not bike-commuting stuff)

don't let yourself get attached to any social network you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner

̶n̶o̶ ̶g̶o̶d̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ no bedtimes no tradeoffs

You are allowed one (1) Democratic messaging advice post for every two (2) posts about movies or four (4) posts about sports

they really need to ban e-bikes from the GWB bike path. it's too narrow for e-bikes to be bombing corners with inattentive drivers at 15mph