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being a dad is pretty great
August 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Some of us talked about this article in April. Free range Quaker-ing?

Happy Mother's Day!

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive psychology is exploring how they do it and revealing fresh insights into how our minds work
What the new science of magic reveals about perception and free will
www.newscientist.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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April 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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My oven is a pretty standard thing but it has this feature called "rapid preheat" where it will run both the broil and the bake elements together until it's within 50° of your target.

This feature is approximately 700X more useful and interesting than having it connected to the internet.
April 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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1. Remember, you morons, the Internet is written in indelible ink 2. Chief Moron Mike Waltz set the Signal group texts to disappear in 4 weeks www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Feeling forgiven by God can reduce the likelihood of apologizing, psychology study finds www.psypost.org/feeling-forg...
Feeling forgiven by God can reduce the likelihood of apologizing, psychology study finds
Feeling forgiven by God can ease guilt—but new research shows it might also make people less likely to apologize to those they've harmed
www.psypost.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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California's fish populations are 🐠 growing 🐟

25 years after new legislation established a network of marine protected areas in the state, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at #UCSB, are confirming the many benefits to sea life: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021752/...
February 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Math is hard
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.

-- Bertrand Meyer
October 2, 2023 at 1:02 PM
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This is just insane and you all know that, right? Unelected, unfettered, untouchable, unsupported by facts and completely without transparency: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Musk makes sweeping claims about federal corruption, without providing evidence.
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Eating organic is normally associated with tote-wielding liberals, but RFK Jr. is shifting the politics of food in unusual ways.
RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment
Eating organic is normally associated with tote-wielding liberals, but RFK Jr. is shifting the politics of food in unusual ways.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Our new Harvard Business Review piece digs into big improvements in customer service at the California DMV

New boss Steve Gordon visited all 180 field offices (50,000 miles on his car!), which "fueled" employee trust, and lessons on problems and solutions #frictionproject

hbr.org/2024/11/mana...
Management By Driving Around
In 2019, California Governor Newsom hired veteran technology executive Steve Gordon to transform the troubled DMV: to increase online services, improve service at field offices, and bolster employee m...
hbr.org
November 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
20 oz daily of green tea looks like the sweet spot (not to be confused with "sweet tea" 🙂 Coffee does not have similar benefits. An aside: I don't think I've thought about cubic spline analysis since taking an undergrad numerical methods class 🙂

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Green tea consumption and cerebral white matter lesions in community-dwelling older adults without dementia - npj Science of Food
npj Science of Food - Green tea consumption and cerebral white matter lesions in community-dwelling older adults without dementia
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Interesting paper, double-blind, randomized., crossover design . 5g daily (the maintenance dose used in this study after an initial boost).
"Effect of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Macro- and Microvascular Endothelial Function in Older Adults: A Pilot Study"
www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...
Effect of Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Macro- and Microvascular Endothelial Function in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
Background/Objectives: A pilot study was conducted to investigate the effect of four weeks of creatine monohydrate (CrM) on vascular endothelial function in older adults. Methods: In a double-blind, r...
www.mdpi.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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UCSB is coming to State Street! "We look forward to working with the City of Santa Barbara and the local community to identify possibilities for this new space that will support downtown and benefit the entire area," said Chancellor Yang.

Full story: news.ucsb.edu/2025/021726/...
UC Santa Barbara heads to State Street
Intending to have a larger presence in the downtown area, and to support the revitalization of Santa Barbara’s primary business corridor, the university will acquire property on State Street
news.ucsb.edu
January 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Please share: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California (CSU): "The Economics, Art History, Geology, Philosophy, Theater and Dance, Women and Gender Studies departments are slated for closure."
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...
SSU announces deep cuts: Layoffs, program eliminations, end of athletics to address $23.9 million deficit
In a message to the campus community, Interim President Emily Cutrer said prior reductions had proven insufficient to resolve the university’s financial challenges.
www.pressdemocrat.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture which showed that over 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. were killed by H5N1 bird flu in the last quarter of 2024.
January 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This reminds me of a short video I would show in UI/UX class about a guy whose brain "learned" a simple keyboard piece with a similar device (but he was no expert musician :)

www.science.org/content/arti...
ScienceAdviser: Robots help expert musicians play better
Today in Science and science: A ‘woman’s world’ in ancient Britain, engineering crops to require less fertilizer, and more
www.science.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end encryption.
Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
A breach of AT&T that exposed “nearly all” of the company’s customers may have included records related to confidential FBI sources, potentially explaining the bureau’s new embrace of end-to-end encry...
www.wired.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I think a giant framed print of this would look amazing in the lobby of the Trump Presidential Library
January 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in its range.
Secret Phone Surveillance Tech Was Likely Deployed at 2024 DNC
Data WIRED collected during the 2024 Democratic National Convention strongly suggests the use of a cell-site simulator, a controversial spy device that intercepts sensitive data from every phone in it...
www.wired.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM