At least Texas didn't lose to winless UCLA

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At least Texas isn't losing to UCLA by 17...

At least Texas isn't down 10 to UCLA right now.

Sim the season on these Longhorns, they're toast.

Arch not skipping a ball to a wide open WR on his first pass is a good sign.

Cubs might get run-ruled at this point.

Banks, McCoy, Sanker, maybe Fuaga and Kool-Aid. That's about it as far as who they shouldn't trade IMO.

Made for but ultimately decided to cut from Monday's newsletter post assessing the impact of the National Guard on DC crime.

i looked at the methodology for this and it is a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and b. p-hacked

Incredible response to my podcast release this week. There were more than 6 million combined downloads between my pod and Taylor Swift's new album.

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I'm in the paper today discussing why deploying the national guard to New Orleans is an unnecessary step that will hurt local businesses. I don't mention in the piece, but it will also be expensive and polling shows it's already very unpopular.

The Pelicans have more wins in Australia than the Saints have wins in the United States in 2025.

I'm in the paper today discussing why deploying the national guard to New Orleans is an unnecessary step that will hurt local businesses. I don't mention in the piece, but it will also be expensive and polling shows it's already very unpopular.

Somebody just hit a hard shot into left field at my kid's 7/8 game. The left fielder picked it up and threw it to the center fielder who isn't expecting it and can't catch even if he was. Needless to say that was a homer. I pity those of yall watching "professional" baseball.

A virgin AI umpire wouldn't have made that call

Woooooooof

I'm not sure that "The Saints Way To Beach" is a complement at this point.

Noting that the unpopular president might do more unpopular things that you can run on in 12 months is an interesting approach from the governing party.

Always loved the Drysdale quip after Sandy Koufax sat out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series for Yom Kippur: jewishbaseballmuseum.com/spotlight-st...

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Good night, friends

"I can't hear you, I'm wearing a towel" every time I step out of the shower.

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My favorite part of this is the implication that DOJ websites are regularly updated when the government is normally operating.

Episode 1 with author Michael Lewis on "Why Stories Stick and Data Struggles," dropped today:

With crime data at the center of a great deal of political debate, it's essential that we get it right and separate the signal from the noise. We're excited to listen to this new podcast from nationally renowned data (and friend of QC) @jeffasher.bsky.social:

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There were 13 murders in New Orleans in September, 87 so far in 2025, and 115 over the last 12 months. That's the fewest murders through September here since 1970.

Welp...

"The important thing is that my ear was inside out, which was the style at the time. "

What time do the Mets play tonight?

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Another month with a substantial drop in shooting victims relative to the same month last year per Gun Violence Archive data. Shooting victims down nearly 18% in September relative to September 2024, down 15.4% in 2025.

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New Orleans has had the fewest murders this year since 1970. Carjackings are down 80% relative to 2022, vehicle burglaries are down 70%, shootings are down 63%. This is a wholly unnecessary stunt that will hurt local businesses.

The Saints have led for just over 4 minutes of game time this season. Believe it or not, that's the worst in the NFL.

Impeccable logic. South Champs here we come.

Chris Simms destroying LSU in the Cotton Bowl. Oh, wait, that was in 2003. Never mind.

New this week: I wrote about the very big change that the FBI recently announced very quietly - NIBRS now allows agencies to report non-fatal shooting data for the first time. jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-ca...

NCVS 2024 is out. It shows a slight increase in violent victimizations in 2024. But NCVS is a survey and this year's version has the biggest margin of error since 2002. My takeaway...

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The Saints would have the #1 pick in the draft if the NFL season ended today. So that's fun.

New this week: I wrote about the very big change that the FBI recently announced very quietly - NIBRS now allows agencies to report non-fatal shooting data for the first time. jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-ca...

Spencer Rattler averaged 4.4 air yards per attempt today.