Dan Valen
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Evangelist of #OpenData, gravel roads, and Z-O Swing%/NPxGI/Corsi/all the advanced metrics… I like the Flyers, Phillies, and Arsenal Football Club very much 🚴 PHL ➡️ NYC ➡️ NHV 🥏⛳️
I heard this the other day, loved it, and it took me roughly an hour to track it down, so now I’m sharing with the world: open.spotify.com/track/3YR27c... (Fans of Tortoise will enjoy this band)
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Bitchin Bajas · Bajascillators · Song · 2022
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White Rice Salmon Julienne is both a potential Arsenal defence and a delicious dinner.
James with the Gunnerblogbomba, knocking down all the MLS rumor nonsense
Gunnerblog@gunnerblog.bsky.social · 3w ago🚨 Myles Lewis-Skelly wants to stay at Arsenal and is fully focused on establishing himself in Mikel Arteta’s first-team plans for the upcoming season. Interest from elsewhere but Lewis-Skelly is happy at #AFC & not exploring a move. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...
I hate this. The "72 injections" claim counts antigens/doses, not needle pokes. Standard pediatric schedules use combination shots (like MMR), resulting in ~25-30 actual injections by age 18. The "11 injections" figure cherry-picks a minimalist European framework
QuoProQuid@quoproquid.bsky.social · 3w agoi personally think polymarket and all companies like it should be regulated out of existence and their assets seized by the state
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My daughter asked me what the Japanese on my shirt said. It did not disappoint
Ten years ago, two prominent Beijing schools — Peking University and Tsinghua University — were ranked 42nd and 47th in Times Higher Education’s list. Now they are just below the top 10: Tsinghua was ranked 12th, and Peking 13th. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.
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New: Spotify's AI problem has got so bad that random people are stepping in to track all the slop. There are now multiple sites/leaderboards that people can use to identify “AI artists hiding on Spotify. No bands, no studios, no soul, just machines and melody.” www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-...
Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop
Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.
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Reddit, Reuters, and Politico are all considering cutting off Google, which is probably the right move as Google races away from the open web www.wsj.com/business/med...
Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.
Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.
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They killed the Phillies and turned them into the Braves!
Philadelphia Phillies@notphillies.bsky.social · last mo.Fit for baseball heaven.
The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply
This is a cool visualization of how trees cool us down and asphalt heats us up. www.ctinsider.com/projects/202...
An over 20-degree temperature gap shows the cooling power of Connecticut’s trees
Maps show how trees cool neighborhoods while roads and buildings create hotter urban areas across the state.
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I can't help but think about @clivepafc.bsky.social talking about how these matches show us where the game is moving... and that's towards players who can score from outside the box. If you're going to park 9 players back there, you need to move those players around and hit it from distance
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I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.
A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch
A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.
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I’m sorry, what? www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose
A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system. The f...
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"Prefer the feel of a paper ticket? No worries. You can still download and print PDF tickets by logging into your account on the Eventbrite website and going to Tickets." THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS A PRINTED TICKET. I will forever be an analog curmudgeon when it comes to ticket stubs
Gotta go to the one place I feel any sense of patriotism: Costco
There are a lot of shows these days, but I have to say... Alone might be the best of them