if we try really hard, we can make the adjective for a mayor's race "mubernatorial"

97% of adults in Turkey have an unfavorable opinion of Israel, including 91% who have a *very* unfavorable opinion. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

ngl, read_csv_arrow() got me through some very dark times.

Aaaand, just managed to step in a pile of cat barf barefoot. #blessed

In 3rd grade, Mrs. Wendorf gave us an assignment to write what we thought about her. So I did that and wound up in detention. Then I had to rewrite it saying only nice things.

It’s Monday morning and my coffee maker is broken. So this week is definitely off to a great start.

When researchers asked LLMs whether they should switch between religions, LLMs tended to encourage becoming Catholic & shedding atheist & Jehovah's Witness identities. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22975

This looks great. For those who don’t already know, assert_that() is your best friend.

I miss perl

We need a next gen Jak and Daxter reboot.

@dingdingpeng.the100.ci do you guys have merch? I need this on a t-shirt.

Wait til they hear about duck duck grey duck.

I just had a bomb pop for the first time in probably 35 years and it was legit incredible.

I don’t have the heart to tell him he’s not going to #AAPOR this year.

How do health and wellness influencers on social media describe their expertise? 🧵

ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦

Young master Charles is being a bit of a gremlin today.

Just had to try to explain the plums in the icebox to my extremely offline partner. I was unsuccessful.

Man, I am so grateful I managed to finish all of my education before canvas became a thing.

Just started a new book last night before realizing THERE IS NEW MURDERBOT!!!! All other plans are now on hold.

I have a home movies clip for every possible scenario.

heyyy Positron has a packages panel now!! And it works with both #rstats and Python! github.com/posit-dev/po...

We have friends everywhere.

What the heck is going on in Adams Morgan right now? It’s a zoo!

Top 15 shows ever Home movies Counterpart Veronica Mars Buffy Fringe Avatar Arcane Futurama 30 Rock Bob’s Burgers Community Schitt’s Creek Mythic Quest What we do in the shadows Harley Quinn

Post your warning sign

Trump's approval rating has declined among those who voted for him: 95% in January 2025 83% in January 2026 78% in April 2026 www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Quote from a former colleague: "Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."

No lies detected.

📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViz

Me: How many R’s in “strawberry”? LPM-GPT: There are -2 R’s on strawberry.

There is a moth somewhere in the building but thankfully, Charlie is ON IT!

Wow, the first novel written by an Ohio State grad

Who started all these redistricting battles anyway? This recent @pewresearch.org piece looks at the history of off-cycle redistricting for partisan gain:

Watching Stop Making Sense again and damn, Tina Weymouth is such a badass. David Byrne has all the stage presence but she’s why they’re so damn good.

Peak 2026 is when you choose your preferred burrito taxi according to who has the less terrible customer service chatbot.

Mondays, amirite?

butlerian community planning hearing

Two new posts from us at @pewresearch.org today (links in replies). First, it is generally the case that higher income countries are less likely to say their political system needs big changes. But the U.S. is an exception. This post shows how the U.S. both does and does not stand out on this.

Campaign people. If one (or perhaps several) of the national voter files incorrectly have my phone number associated with someone else's record, is there a way to get that fixed? Asking for a friend who's really tired of getting all these texts...

Is a 55% replication rate too low, too high, or just right? Some thoughts on Tyner et al.’s (2026) recent study. #MetaSci #PhilSci

I had been planning to skip this one but now maybe not.

#30daychartchallenge Day 11: Physical Based on Royal Kennel Club registration data from 2016 to 2025, I give you 10 years of the most popular dog breeds in the UK, a crocheted slope chart. We have Year on the X- and popularity ranking on the Y-axis, as well as a handmade legend.

There a no better sign that a track is an absolute banger than “Feat. Busta Rhymes”.

So how does one get an invite code for @attie.ai?

This is really, really good.

Presenting: The Queersar Not An Award for 2021! 10 (+1) examples of top-quality queer SFF. Brilliant fantasy cities, some great SFF romance, anti-Brexit Epic Fantasy, dark fantasy mystery, space opera, gonzo slipstream, a great spin-off with a particular spotlight on a throwback of the best sort.

I found function similar to human feeling in my calculator.