@markpalko.bsky.social
The job description says data scientist, but still just a simple country statistician at heart. Blogging at observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com
Andrew Gelman: "There's something wrong with the world that [Palko's] blog doesn't have a million readers."
Andrew Gelman: "There's something wrong with the world that [Palko's] blog doesn't have a million readers."
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Immigration was a winning issue for Trump in 2024, but no issue is so popular that it can't be turned toxic by sufficient evil, overreach, and incompetence.
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NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yep, let’s have the active duty guy take the fall
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investor salivating at the chance to interfere with investigative reporting? i’ve learned enough covering musk et al to take threat-tweets not like jokes, take them seriously.
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
investor salivating at the chance to interfere with investigative reporting? i’ve learned enough covering musk et al to take threat-tweets not like jokes, take them seriously.
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Indefensible.
Tapper tells ex-viewer Trump’s behavior is more about 'personality' than cognitive decline
A former viewer of Jake Tapper’s CNN program, expressing deep disappointment, publicly criticized the veteran journalist for publishing a book that portrays President Joe Biden in an unflattering ligh...
www.alternet.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Indefensible.
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
The Boring company is the most Theranosesque of Musk's enterprises, and that's a competitive field.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner
Willie Shane and his crew walk off the Music City Loop project, citing safety concerns and payment issues with The Boring Company.
nashvillebanner.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The Boring company is the most Theranosesque of Musk's enterprises, and that's a competitive field.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
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Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Dear #skystorians, here is a cool story of a very big cannon experiment of the 1680s in Europe. A 🧵 about the idea of transporting people in cannon balls ...
Lots to criticize here, but before I start, I have a couple of points I want to confirm with the engineers and Musk experts on the audience. @niedermeyer.online @lorak.bsky.social @motorcityadam.com
www.cnn.com/travel/hyper...
www.cnn.com/travel/hyper...
Hyperloop is dead. Or is it? | CNN
Train-style carriages full of travelers, flung through the air at over 700 mph in vacuum tubes. Ten years ago, hyperloop looked like it could be the transport of the future. So what happened?
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Lots to criticize here, but before I start, I have a couple of points I want to confirm with the engineers and Musk experts on the audience. @niedermeyer.online @lorak.bsky.social @motorcityadam.com
www.cnn.com/travel/hyper...
www.cnn.com/travel/hyper...
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
Recommended:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Tell Your Uncle He's Fighting Twitter Bots in Bangladesh | On the Media | WNYC Studios
A new feature on X, formerly known as Twitter, has revealed that some prominent MAGA accounts are based in South Asia and Eastern Europe. On this week’s On the Media, how foreign acto...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Recommended:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Masters and Belloni (absolutely the best in the business{pardon the pun}) walk through the convoluted tale of Brett Ratner/Amazon's 40 mil(!) Melania "documentary," and the long non-awaited Rush Hour 4.
www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...
www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...
Digging into ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ with Rian Johnson and… | KCRW
Kim Masters talks to Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman about their new Knives Out whodunnit. Meanwhile, Masters and Matt Belloni try to get to the bottom of why Paramount is distributing another Rush…
www.kcrw.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Masters and Belloni (absolutely the best in the business{pardon the pun}) walk through the convoluted tale of Brett Ratner/Amazon's 40 mil(!) Melania "documentary," and the long non-awaited Rush Hour 4.
www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...
www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...
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Everyone stop, this is important
July 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone stop, this is important
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Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela
Alvin Holsey just took over the US southern command late last year for a position that normally lasts three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire?
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.
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Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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This paragraph is a journey.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This paragraph is a journey.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
"The Next DOJ" is a phrase that's going to be increasingly on people's minds.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"The Next DOJ" is a phrase that's going to be increasingly on people's minds.
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North by Northwestern
The college capitulations are giving me vertigo. Standing up to Trump made Mark Kelly look like Grace Kelly, so why can’t all these PhDs who know too much see that caving in is for the birds?
by Maureen Dowd
The college capitulations are giving me vertigo. Standing up to Trump made Mark Kelly look like Grace Kelly, so why can’t all these PhDs who know too much see that caving in is for the birds?
by Maureen Dowd
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
North by Northwestern
The college capitulations are giving me vertigo. Standing up to Trump made Mark Kelly look like Grace Kelly, so why can’t all these PhDs who know too much see that caving in is for the birds?
by Maureen Dowd
The college capitulations are giving me vertigo. Standing up to Trump made Mark Kelly look like Grace Kelly, so why can’t all these PhDs who know too much see that caving in is for the birds?
by Maureen Dowd
Before the pandemic, I volunteered at an after-school tutoring program. Teachers insisted that students should never touch Wikipedia despite it being useful, transparent, and doing a great job self-correcting.
If only Wikipedia had had trillion dollar companies pitching it to a credulous press.
If only Wikipedia had had trillion dollar companies pitching it to a credulous press.
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Before the pandemic, I volunteered at an after-school tutoring program. Teachers insisted that students should never touch Wikipedia despite it being useful, transparent, and doing a great job self-correcting.
If only Wikipedia had had trillion dollar companies pitching it to a credulous press.
If only Wikipedia had had trillion dollar companies pitching it to a credulous press.
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…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
…Oh. Oh no. Oh no nonono. …And yet: of course.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
"Gen AI" tells you the thing you are statistically most likely to accept so you keep using it— & research shows that most people who like "AI" like it *Because* it sycophantically tells them their ideas are great & should defs be implemented. So… Yeah.
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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.