Good night, and good luck.

His use of PCR sparked a movement that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people. Dr. Blake’s testing alone helped to exonerate more than 50, including several sentenced to death. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

More guns than people… Is it freedom or a national death cult that keeps growing?

CUBAN: “.. Rich people are doing better. They’re buying everything .. You raise my prices 15% to cover the tariffs? Pffft, not gonna change MY life. “.. But if you’re a farmer .. if you’re just working your day-to-day job, .. you’re getting toasted.” @thetnholler.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social

Massive tone shift in the Portlandia reboot.

Who consumes news on each social media site? 📱🗞️ The people who regularly get news on different social media sites often differ by gender, age and other factors. 🧵👇 Dive deeper: www.pewresearch.org/...

An astonishing film. Amazing to believe they were pulling the story and casting together while filming it. But, then again, some of the best music is jazz.

Overconfidence (and Dunning-Kruger) in chess-players, who typically rate themselves 89 points higher than their ELO rating. “If I was matched against someone [like that], I would not feel good about that match,” Heck said. www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2025-se...

Maybe not ha ha funny.

A response that greatly summarizes my sentiments toward all those committees that summarize the worth of one's scientific work via # of pubs and h-statistics... The direct question on Quora, though, is "Why is Eleanor Rigby (a 2 chord song, 4 at most) considered a great song?"

I'm not making this up. LLMs always will. Says the math.

Choose whichever angle you wish. It still looks pretty.

At the end of this week, a change of pace. For each of us, a New World.

Psychology of overcommitment.

Minsky's theory of financial instability...applied to public health.

No notes. No need for comedy material at this time.

All true, but I wonder about flipping the script and asking why non-college life is now increasingly so unrewarding.

Instrumental Variable Estimation. (Instructors, take note.)

After a 14 year journey, Eberechi Eze returns to play for his childhood club. The stories that sport gives us.

More and more, everyday, my main reaction is...

I'm fascinated by those times when the implications of people's behavior just "goes over their head." Always wanted to do research on it, but too easy to do mere demonstrations of it and need to identify the useful and informative story that would make the effort worthwhile and not just comedy.

Flight to Safety.

Wish You Weren't Here?

There are two Bs!

Outstanding...nothing finer than Rapanos Chicken Sausage Chorizo Style!

True. Even a raw deal is, by definition, still a deal.

But no cancer research for the rest of us. But let them eat cake... How's that plane comin'.

Trump’s AI plan is here. What's in it, what does it leave out, and what happens to your job? #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #Jobs #Policy #DigitalEconomy #News #Explained #TechNews #OpenAI #Politics

Happy Birthday, Rosalind Franklin. She captured an X-ray diffraction image of DNA and stated that a helical structure was probable. Watson and Crick then created a detailed model based on her results. They initially received credit for the discovery and were awarded the Nobel Prize after her death.🧪

New from the lab, w/@stavatir.bsky.social, in press at Management Science: Anatole France said that true education isn’t what you commit to memory but the ability to separate what you know from what you don’t. Does the classroom do that? Well, um, a 🧵… 1/n pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Equifinality.

I have some good news, and some bad news.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Before the pandemic hit, 70% of Republicans said that science has had a mostly positive effect on society. Four years later, fewer than half (47%) said so. 🧪 https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/11/14/americans-trust-in-scientists-positive-views-of-science-continue-to-decline/

Yes, finally, the level beyond keto.

Contemplating this evening that in TV political commentary we've evolved from David Gergen to Scott Jennings. RIP...To whom or what I am referring, I am not sure.

Jesus Christ.

youtu.be/MCFPM-87Kgc WACTH: Josh Riley Absolutely Explodes At House Republicans During Big Beautiful Bill Debate

Arbeit macht frei.

The world of ideas and public engagement feels diminished tonight. RIP.

(Raises hand.)

I guess Roman emperor Hadrian should have trademarked the phrase like, you know, Pat Riley did with "three-peat" before too much public usage. George Orwell should have done the same with "war is peace." Too much ignorance as strength for my taste.

From Judge Luttig's "Democracy In Peril" lecture at the University of Georgia. Delivered March of 2023, and Republicans have proven him one hundred percent correct every day since.

Bishop Michael Pham, Pope Leo XIV’s first appointment, and first Vietnamese American to lead an American diocese, is calling on people of faith to stand with immigrants. He joined immigrants at the San Diego courthouse today in solidarity, and ICE left empty handed. Via @pslsandiego

"manuscript under review"

Crowd count: 1757. Not conceivable during my childhood years. #NoKings

Edward R. Murrow’s powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast is as relevant now as it was 71 years ago. Have a listen.

Okay, the Tesla rob-taxis did do a hit-and-run, but it did not undergo unscheduled rapid disassembly upon launch. An advance! The kid, however...

NHL takes important step toward adding new team in Canada. www.si.com/onsi/breakaw...