Laura Connell Pyott
@collprof.bsky.social
Statistics professor. Bicycle rider. Go Phillies.
I'll be writing more about this later, but the fact that there are no ICE (or other armed) federal agents at the polls and no federal takeover of elections is not because we are "lucky" or our system is "strong:" it took a ton of hard work from lawyers, election administrators and civil society.
The Trump administration is said to be scaling back workplace protections for women related to pregnancy and reproductive health. nyti.ms/3WmMMmT
Just finished watching @kabirkhanna.bsky.social on MS NOW, talking about tomorrow’s election. The nicest guy you can have on your election desk. And brilliant!
"Say pedophiles!"📸 Ramaswamy just got GOT!😂💀 #VoteAmyActon #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
It was a beautiful night to hit doors in Lancaster with Jenna Jacobson. She is running for state senate District 17. If we flip this seat, we can win a majority in the state senate for the first time in years. Don’t forget to vote up and down your ballot folks! Vote Blue! Vote Cooke! Vote Jacobson!
Trump held a rally in Gaston County, NC a few weeks ago. And now, that county has the largest increase in Black vote share of the early vote in the country. Not saying the two are connected, but I have to admit it made me laugh.
JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...
How Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
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Angel Reese is having the time of her life while mopping up Golden State.
Donald Trump set another record. There’s NEVER been an election (since polling began in the United States) where voters said “corruption” was their top worry. Until now.
He can say it wrong 100 diffeeent ways. None of those names will be in the Epstein files.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."
This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.
Offensive lines are dumb. Cool teams don’t need them. The Eagles, prolly.
So many white politicians have been so weak when addressing white surrealistic and racists. Good on, Ossoff. Nothing he said was wrong.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoQ: Many feel you have not addressed the fact your son in law is a white supremacist influencer. What have you said to your family? COLLINS: That's my family OSSOFF: Imagine running for Senate while neo-Nazi propaganda is disseminated to an audience of millions from your home. That's Mike Collins.
All due respect to our great blue cities across the nation - all wonderful places to be! - but nowhere is going to deliver on the Day When It Finally Happens like our hatin’ asses in Philadelphia.
COOK POLITICAL: “.. We now estimate Democrats will pick up between two and six seats -- squarely within the range of four seats they need.” @cookpolitical.com www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/sen...
Venezuela's Cardon Oil refinery, the country's second largest at 310,000 barrels per day, just unexpectedly exploded and caught fire, forcing a full shutdown. The fire started at a gas line connecting the refinery's diesel hydrotreater and halted the whole plant, including the boilers. #ETTD
You’ll never convince me that this team doesn’t start thinking about the off-season, tee times, and vacation right around September 15. #phillies
Men—we need to talk: •Timothy Hudson raped & killed his stepsister—he got pretrial release •7 men at Cornell drugged, trafficked, & raped a woman—they faced no consequences •An American man annihilates his entire family—every 5 days Women are not safe around men www.qasimrashid.com/p/women-are-...
Women Are Not Safe Around Men
This is a fact. The data is unambiguous and the solutions exist. The only thing missing is the will to act.
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Somebody please tell Brandt Snedeker that the President is a pedophile.
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
Cindy aka Mrs. Celtics ☘️@mrsceltics.bsky.social · last mo.Polymarket partner LeBron James continuing to promote gambling 🤢
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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The tech that wowed us in the early days of 90s Silicon Valley was connectivity. Shit like email, access to the internet, shopping at places you couldn't drive to, etc. These were all things that the technology made possible. LLMs aren't doing anything a lazy human couldn't do on their own.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3mo agolots of replies asking about this so here are two solid use cases for AI: 1. LLMs are good at summarizing widely available information. Ask one to summarize a news story you aren't caught up on. 2. Girlfriend. Ask the AI to be your girlfriend. Now you're well-informed and you have a girlfriend.
