Daniel Scheer
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Former Economist now Data Scientist, building fraud detection models.
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By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
Opinion | Why Didn’t ‘A House of Dynamite’ Show a Nuclear Explosion?
Hollywood refuses to show the brutal reality of nuclear war.
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November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
By not showing the aftermath of a nuclear strike, “A House of Dynamite” commits “a dereliction of moral duty,” Spencer Cohen writes.
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Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
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This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
Republicans can never call anyone socialist ever again, exhibit #10,000
Bessent floats prospect of rolling out Nvidia deal to other industries on.ft.com/4mMHnxv
Bessent floats prospect of rolling out Nvidia deal to other industries
US Treasury secretary says unprecedented revenue-sharing agreement could be a model
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Republicans can never call anyone socialist ever again, exhibit #10,000
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A person hospitalized in Washington has tested positive for H5N1, pending confirmatory testing (because that's the system).
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
Preliminary human bird flu case reported in Washington state
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
If confirmed, it will be the first human bird flu case in the United States since February.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A person hospitalized in Washington has tested positive for H5N1, pending confirmatory testing (because that's the system).
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
First *KNOWN* case this year. Under the Trump admin, the CDC has barely tested any farmworkers for H5N1.
Imagine how devastated the Democratic base will be to find out embarrassing details about Larry Summers!
* TRUMP: ASKING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FBI TO INVESTIGATE JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ALLEGED TIES WITH BILL CLINTON, LARRY SUMMERS, REID HOFFMAN, J.P. MORGAN CHASE AND OTHERS
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November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Imagine how devastated the Democratic base will be to find out embarrassing details about Larry Summers!
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But Sweden! Say NIH director J Bhattacharya and his deputy director MJ Memoli in City Journal.
Really? Checking their source, you see that it only holds if you extend the comparison to irrelevant years -- no lockdowns in 2024!
oped: archive.ph/HKcS0
graph: www.mortality.watch/explorer/?c=...
Really? Checking their source, you see that it only holds if you extend the comparison to irrelevant years -- no lockdowns in 2024!
oped: archive.ph/HKcS0
graph: www.mortality.watch/explorer/?c=...
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
But Sweden! Say NIH director J Bhattacharya and his deputy director MJ Memoli in City Journal.
Really? Checking their source, you see that it only holds if you extend the comparison to irrelevant years -- no lockdowns in 2024!
oped: archive.ph/HKcS0
graph: www.mortality.watch/explorer/?c=...
Really? Checking their source, you see that it only holds if you extend the comparison to irrelevant years -- no lockdowns in 2024!
oped: archive.ph/HKcS0
graph: www.mortality.watch/explorer/?c=...
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Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Has anyone written a piece on how Batya Ungar-Sargon ended up like this? On this particular interview she also told Megyn Kelly that she thought the United States should ban ALL foreign students.
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Has anyone written a piece on how Batya Ungar-Sargon ended up like this? On this particular interview she also told Megyn Kelly that she thought the United States should ban ALL foreign students.
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“I’m a Grok guy” tells you absolutely everything you need to know about a dude.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“I’m a Grok guy” tells you absolutely everything you need to know about a dude.
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Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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This policy is inconsistent, because, at the same time, they are defunding American scientists.
How can such research be so essential that we cannot tolerate Chinese scientists coming into remote contact with it, and yet it should be defunded within America?
How can such research be so essential that we cannot tolerate Chinese scientists coming into remote contact with it, and yet it should be defunded within America?
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This policy is inconsistent, because, at the same time, they are defunding American scientists.
How can such research be so essential that we cannot tolerate Chinese scientists coming into remote contact with it, and yet it should be defunded within America?
How can such research be so essential that we cannot tolerate Chinese scientists coming into remote contact with it, and yet it should be defunded within America?
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"narco-terrorist" as a phrase is so phenomenal. combining the two biggest, decades-long foreign policy failures since the end of the cold war. i'm sure it'll work.
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"narco-terrorist" as a phrase is so phenomenal. combining the two biggest, decades-long foreign policy failures since the end of the cold war. i'm sure it'll work.
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One caution I'd offer as everyone goes through these emails is that *Jeffrey Epstein* (of all people) saying something in an email does not automatically make it true!
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One caution I'd offer as everyone goes through these emails is that *Jeffrey Epstein* (of all people) saying something in an email does not automatically make it true!
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What a sentence.
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What a sentence.
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Europe's biggest problems:
* Extreme right parties destabilize society
* Insufficient cross-border integration reduces scale
* Putin is threatening invasions
* Heathrow has difficult plane transfers
* Extreme right parties destabilize society
* Insufficient cross-border integration reduces scale
* Putin is threatening invasions
* Heathrow has difficult plane transfers
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Europe's biggest problems:
* Extreme right parties destabilize society
* Insufficient cross-border integration reduces scale
* Putin is threatening invasions
* Heathrow has difficult plane transfers
* Extreme right parties destabilize society
* Insufficient cross-border integration reduces scale
* Putin is threatening invasions
* Heathrow has difficult plane transfers
Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Great piece on the political and bureaucratic forces preventing infrastructure improvements in New York.
Great piece on the political and bureaucratic forces preventing infrastructure improvements in New York.
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Penn Station?
The nation’s busiest transit hub stands as a symbol of a condition that afflicts so many attempts to get big things done in America: inertia.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Great piece on the political and bureaucratic forces preventing infrastructure improvements in New York.
Great piece on the political and bureaucratic forces preventing infrastructure improvements in New York.
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A 30-year mortgage currently has an interest rate of 6.3%. A reasonable guess it that a 50-year mortgage rate would be about 7.0%.
⇒ The monthly payment on a $500k mortgage:
- 30 years: $3,050 per month
- 50 years: Only $100 less at $2,950 (but 240 months longer).
⇒ The monthly payment on a $500k mortgage:
- 30 years: $3,050 per month
- 50 years: Only $100 less at $2,950 (but 240 months longer).
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A 30-year mortgage currently has an interest rate of 6.3%. A reasonable guess it that a 50-year mortgage rate would be about 7.0%.
⇒ The monthly payment on a $500k mortgage:
- 30 years: $3,050 per month
- 50 years: Only $100 less at $2,950 (but 240 months longer).
⇒ The monthly payment on a $500k mortgage:
- 30 years: $3,050 per month
- 50 years: Only $100 less at $2,950 (but 240 months longer).
Science is when everyone’s opinions are equally valid
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Science is when everyone’s opinions are equally valid