Increasingly clear that when JD Vance called Trump “America’s Hitler”, he meant it as a compliment.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

JD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"

Among NBA players, there is no relationship between height and points per game (p = 0.909). link.springer.com/10.1007/s109...

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.

Tell me a fun fact.

Take 23 people at random. There is a 51% chance that at least two of them share a birthday.

birthday problem calculator - Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels.

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Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · last mo.

Tell me a fun fact.

I haven’t lived there in 20 years but I’ll be damned if it didn’t get me spot on. (But I suspect “grinder” was a dead giveaway).

absolutely wheezing at an Instagram clip of comic Stevie Martin (who I love from being a maniac on Taskmaster) claiming that Shakespeare only had three plays: 1. “I’m Not a Good Monarch” 2. “I’ll Pretend To Be You, You Hide Behind That Plant, and We’ll Both Marry Her” 3. “The Lion King”

This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ellis Rosen.

Trying to get home to pick up my son from school and… (a protest has totally backed up the trams)

The system barely held on Jan. 6, but it hasn’t held since. And the next time MAGA Republicans lose a national election, they’re in a much better position to successfully pull off the coup that only narrowly failed after the 2020 election. (new @ms.now column)

Opinion | Jan. 6 officially ended with this judge’s dismissal — proving the system did not hold

Anthony L. Fisher: The institutions that held the line on Jan. 6 are all now led by election-denying Trump loyalists.

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Not a doctor, but an NHS nurse told me the sun doesn’t cause cancer - sunblock does - and the way to cure allergies was to drink aloe vera juice.

Heather Hill@rollin-academic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A question from Reddit that I'll answer here: "What's the most unhinged thing a doctor has said to you with a straight face?"

Zotero (free) > EndNote R (also free) > SPSS/Stata

Elizabeth Picciuto@epicciuto.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What is your favorite example of when the cheap version of a product is legit better than the expensive one?

Saw Mackenzie - Macbeth transposed to an early 2000s tween TV show - last night and this review really gets at what made it work so well.

Macbeth meets Hannah Montana in this dazzling five-star comedy

A flamboyantly fresh adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most renowned works, 'Mackenzie' is filled with laughter, farce and flair.

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RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?...

Me and the boys heading to our Friday meeting with Mitch McConnell

In case anyone is wondering how I "clocked" Platner, it was the fact that he is a literal mercenary with a Nazi tattoo. Maybe keep that in your back pocket

I don’t have any evergreen tweets/posts, but this is as close as it gets.

Tyler Lane@tylerlane.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This should be everyone’s response to Graham Platner, from when he first emerged on the stage to what we learned in the last few days:

I'll never understand for so many PDFs, why Adobe defaults to "violently jumping from page to page" rather than enabling scrolling.

Last year, a journal accused my co-authors and I of plagiarism, then effectively ignored our rebuttal. Today, that same journal sent me a peer review request. It's strange being in the liminal space of "too dodgy to publish" and "enough of a warm body to do a review".

🧠🫀 Our new paper in #GeroScience explores resting heart rate patterns and cognitive decline 💡 Long-term average heart rate, rather than a single check-up reading, is a stronger indicator of cognitive aging! Full paper --> link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AcademicSky #Epidemiology #ASPREE

Resting heart rate and cognitive function in ageing: Insights from a secondary data analysis - GeroScience

Resting heart rate (RHR) is an accessible measure that may reflect age-related cardiovascular and autonomic dysregulation relevant to cognitive ageing. However, evidence linking RHR with cognitive out...

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What the Azadians do: a game of Azad to determine America’s power structure, played under threat of an encroaching, ever-burning fire. #theculture

Erik Hane@erikhane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Okay but What would YOUR totally gratuitous White House lawn event be, if YOU were the mad king of a dying superpower

“Who could have seen this coming?!”

The Farm Dude@thefarmdude.bsky.social · 2y ago

Get ready for parasitic flesh eating screwworms to come back!

Remember when we said we shouldn’t back the guy with the Nazi tattoo?

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

People refusing to let a Nazi tattoo make them reassess their priors is really something. Being able to process new information and update your beliefs, or at least your arguments, accordingly isn't just a sign of maturity, it's a sign of intelligence.

I don’t have any evergreen tweets/posts, but this is as close as it gets.

Tyler Lane@tylerlane.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This should be everyone’s response to Graham Platner, from when he first emerged on the stage to what we learned in the last few days:

The book in question, Careless People, had been in my Kobo wishlist (bc to hell with Amazon). This prompted me to buy it. Good job, Meta! Long live the Streisand Effect!

Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Sarah’s book is jaw-dropping, and Meta has been pulling this clown shit for over a year. As the article points out, it’s clearly a personal vendetta rather than good crisis comms. Too bad the Streisand Effect exists!

There is always kindling for my burning hatred of AI

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1

Thrilled to announce that our Linkage Project grant application, "Schools as safe workplaces: Improving educator safety in Australian schools", has been funded by the Australian Research Council!

New paper: we found exposure to smoke from a coal mine fire predicted an increase in cardiovascular deaths up to 3-9 years later. Troubling long-term implications, especially considering our findings almost certainly underestimate the magnitude due to immortal time bias.

Mortality in relation to smoke exposure 9 years after the Hazelwood coal mine fire

AbstractBackground. In 2014, a coal mine fire in rural Australia shrouded nearby towns in smoke for several weeks. In response to community concerns and a

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Angine de Poitrine - Fabienk Oasis - Listen Up Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Weezer - Say It Ain’t So Phoebe Bridgers - I Know the End The Wrens - I’ve Made Enough Friends Beatles - A Day in the Life Beach Boys - God Only Knows Pixies - Hey Meat Load - Paradise by the Dashboard Light

J Riley L Hopkins@badfuckinpodcasts.com · 6mo ago

Dont think too hard. Top ten songs of all time for you

Nah, people around the world asked a specific question about the shooting, got told “no,” and then stopped caring

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Van Jones is on CNN talking about how “people around the world are shaken” that someone could get so close to President Trump.