Scott Imberman
@imbernomics.bsky.social
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Farnsworth
This is really smart by Schiff. Let's see if Donnie gets upset about this.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoHearings like this are a reminder that if you work for Donald Trump, you are a person of low character and have no integrity. There are no exceptions.
COVID-19 vaccine "mandates covering all colleges in a county reduced COVID-19 deaths by 5.6 per 100,000 persons...& ICU admissions by 16.2 per 100,000...Impacts are larger in counties with larger college populations & low estimated ex ante student vaccination rates." jhr.uwpress.org/content/61/4...
The Effect of Vaccine Mandates on Disease Spread
Nearly 700 four-year US colleges mandated students receive COVID-19 vaccinations in fall 2021. Using data on college policies and county health, we estimate how mandates affect surrounding communities...
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i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
if nothing else another big night for the "polling in the no-one-picks-up-their-phone-anymore Era is cooked" take
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 17h agoLooks like a 10-15 point polling miss in Michigan regardless of who wins. And people have been writing a lot of electability takes using this data. It’s dangerous out there folks be safe
Huh. Looks like it may not be over yet.
VoteHub@votehub.com · 18h agoFrom Zachary Donnini: “This is narrowing at a rapid rate and will come down to Wayne. Stevens is vastly outperforming expectations across a lot of whiter, less urban areas. El-Sayed exceeding his targets in Kent, Washtenaw, and Oakland. Stevens exceeding elsewhere.”
It’s gonna suck losing the Senate because we screwed up in Michigan.
This paper was accepted like 2 years ago, but nice to finally see it being officially published, particularly in light of the attacks on Fauci. jhr.uwpress.org/content/61/4... @riacton.bsky.social
It. WORKED!!! The calling and comments and yelling! It works. It's a temporary stall but it can be made permanent. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sena...
U.S. senators push against giving political appointees control over science funding
These proposed changes have seen significant bipartisan pushback and have been criticized by scientists across disciplines
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Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
I feel like if this “run independents instead of Dems in deep red states” strategy is going to work, this is the year it’ll happen.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 20h agoJulian Beaudion, the Democratic Senate nominee in South Dakota, dropped out, clearing the way for an independent candidate to challenge Senator Mike Rounds, the Republican incumbent.
I stand by my earlier post. press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/toc...
Impeachment Clauses
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Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · yesterdayFull quote: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund, that he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter it's dead and that's all we could do under these circumstances."
Full quote: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund, that he wishes it still exists, but the fact of the matter it's dead and that's all we could do under these circumstances."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
WE HAVE REAL CAMPS YOU CAN BE OUTRAGED ABOUT
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterdayDepicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.
I’m highly confident they will provide a funding in mid November.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · yesterdayBREAKING: Following credible allegations of domestic violence, the House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into Republican Congressman Max Miller.
now.temple.edu/news/2026-08...
New Temple study suggests remote work, not AI, may be hurting young job seekers
A new research paper by economist Joshua Mask finds that new workers in remote work-exposed occupations are earning less than workers in other occupations. The same study finds no consistent negative ...
now.temple.edu
Do you think people would do that? Just go on social media and be needlessly mad?
I will fight and die on the hill that no one fought braver and better in 1940 than the French army in June, knowing that their best troops had already been lost and the Germans would show them little mercy
Rob Jacques@knutcrosswords.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is profoundly upsetting
It’s like these people were never told the story of “The Boy Who Cries Wolf” when they were children.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayBessent: "We've seen President Trump last week threaten what would have been the largest military campaign since World War 2 against the Iranians, and now because of that we are in talks with the Iranians. I think there's a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow to open the strait."
As a Religious Studies professor, this directly targets my livelihood in a way that makes a mockery of any supposed profession of concern the administration has ever expressed for me as a Jewish person on campus.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
Limits on AI proofs. Still need a human in the end.
Steve Huntsman@stevehuntsman.bsky.social · last wk.From Terry Tao’s ICM lecture. While there are additional arrows later that aren’t shown here, verification informs exposition. If an AI proof is autoformalized before it is understood and reworked by a human, the result will be more conceptually brittle even if evidently correct. /1
This is a lesson to everyone working for Trump, especially at DOJ. Eventually you will have to choose between pleasing the boss and risking a prison stay and telling him “no” and risking your career. There is no middle path.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2d agoA few minutes ago to press: *TRUMP, ASKED ON PIRRO: SHE MADE A MISTAKE *TRUMP ON REFLECTING POOL ISSUES: THE CONTRACTOR WAS RUSHING *TRUMP ON PIRRO: I THINK SHE CHOKED CNN just now: edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
