Drew Weisserman
@drewweisserman.bsky.social
McMaster Astronomy MSc '25. send me pictures of your pets or I will steal them. he/him 🏳️🌈
check out my research: https://drewweis.github.io/
check out my research: https://drewweis.github.io/
"When down 9 points late-ish, there’s a case that you should go for 2, because being down 8, you would have to go for 2 to draw even eventually anyway ... Although this logic seems sound, the data doesn’t suggest the effect is very significant (if it exists at all)."
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"When down 9 points late-ish, there’s a case that you should go for 2, because being down 8, you would have to go for 2 to draw even eventually anyway ... Although this logic seems sound, the data doesn’t suggest the effect is very significant (if it exists at all)."
Probably outdated now, but I remember this! Says that going for 2 down 9 after the TD is ~basically a neutral decision, which yeah, about lines up with what I'd have guessed
When To Go For 2, For Real
“I can’t help but ask, one day many years later, when you find your previous awareness, cognition and choices are all wrong, will you keep going along the wrong…
fivethirtyeight.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Probably outdated now, but I remember this! Says that going for 2 down 9 after the TD is ~basically a neutral decision, which yeah, about lines up with what I'd have guessed
Oooo! As payment, I share my favorite playlist, of someone trying to learn Minecraft having never played or looked anything up, and figuring the entire game out through environmental clues!
Not intended for sleep, but tends to be on the quieter side, so I use it as great background noise
Not intended for sleep, but tends to be on the quieter side, so I use it as great background noise
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Oooo! As payment, I share my favorite playlist, of someone trying to learn Minecraft having never played or looked anything up, and figuring the entire game out through environmental clues!
Not intended for sleep, but tends to be on the quieter side, so I use it as great background noise
Not intended for sleep, but tends to be on the quieter side, so I use it as great background noise
Please share 👀
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Please share 👀
McMaster, meanwhile, required all of those plus a quantum course & a thermo/statmech course
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
McMaster, meanwhile, required all of those plus a quantum course & a thermo/statmech course
Michigan required an intermediate mechanics course, an intermediate E&M course, and a modern physics course (which had a week or two of quantum but was not a full quantum course), but that was it, IIRC?
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Michigan required an intermediate mechanics course, an intermediate E&M course, and a modern physics course (which had a week or two of quantum but was not a full quantum course), but that was it, IIRC?
Oh I want one so bad now
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Oh I want one so bad now
I haven't played Galaxy on Dolphin, but fwiw I've played other Mario games (like New Super Mario Bros. Wii) on it perfectly fine!
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I haven't played Galaxy on Dolphin, but fwiw I've played other Mario games (like New Super Mario Bros. Wii) on it perfectly fine!
Clearly, the reason the job market for postdocs is so bleak is because you're hoarding every single faculty position /s
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Clearly, the reason the job market for postdocs is so bleak is because you're hoarding every single faculty position /s
Barring layoffs of federal employees, and funding SNAP through the end of 2026, are the big ones. Those aren't enough IMO, but those are very far from nothing.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Barring layoffs of federal employees, and funding SNAP through the end of 2026, are the big ones. Those aren't enough IMO, but those are very far from nothing.
Schatz, Murray, and Murray are the three names I've seen thrown around the most
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Schatz, Murray, and Murray are the three names I've seen thrown around the most
shit not the pear
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
shit not the pear
On the one hand, I don't like it, I think we could've gotten more
On the other, we're back in the exact same spot in three months, and people will be fed via SNAP through the whole of that shutdown, so Ds won't have to contend with that
On the other, we're back in the exact same spot in three months, and people will be fed via SNAP through the whole of that shutdown, so Ds won't have to contend with that
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
On the one hand, I don't like it, I think we could've gotten more
On the other, we're back in the exact same spot in three months, and people will be fed via SNAP through the whole of that shutdown, so Ds won't have to contend with that
On the other, we're back in the exact same spot in three months, and people will be fed via SNAP through the whole of that shutdown, so Ds won't have to contend with that
tl;dr:
- budget just runs through 1/30, with very little changes from this year's budget
- would force a ACA bill vote of Dems' choosing in December
- would fund SNAP through the end of 2026
- would reverse all the government firings since the shutdown, with protections against future firings
- budget just runs through 1/30, with very little changes from this year's budget
- would force a ACA bill vote of Dems' choosing in December
- would fund SNAP through the end of 2026
- would reverse all the government firings since the shutdown, with protections against future firings
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
tl;dr:
- budget just runs through 1/30, with very little changes from this year's budget
- would force a ACA bill vote of Dems' choosing in December
- would fund SNAP through the end of 2026
- would reverse all the government firings since the shutdown, with protections against future firings
- budget just runs through 1/30, with very little changes from this year's budget
- would force a ACA bill vote of Dems' choosing in December
- would fund SNAP through the end of 2026
- would reverse all the government firings since the shutdown, with protections against future firings
Nope, Cornyn's still MIA for some reason
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nope, Cornyn's still MIA for some reason
I think it's a mix of
1) them having held out for so long
2) it not being the usual suspects voting yes here
3) them getting SOMETHING out of it (even if not enough to many)
4) this CR only being through January
5) more people being seriously hurt by the shutdown than last time
1) them having held out for so long
2) it not being the usual suspects voting yes here
3) them getting SOMETHING out of it (even if not enough to many)
4) this CR only being through January
5) more people being seriously hurt by the shutdown than last time
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I think it's a mix of
1) them having held out for so long
2) it not being the usual suspects voting yes here
3) them getting SOMETHING out of it (even if not enough to many)
4) this CR only being through January
5) more people being seriously hurt by the shutdown than last time
1) them having held out for so long
2) it not being the usual suspects voting yes here
3) them getting SOMETHING out of it (even if not enough to many)
4) this CR only being through January
5) more people being seriously hurt by the shutdown than last time
Current official D yeses are Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, King (several haven't voted yet though)
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Current official D yeses are Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, King (several haven't voted yet though)
Same, I can't hear how people are voting
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Same, I can't hear how people are voting
I mean, I don't see anything saying this is Schumer's doing? Maybe I missed something, but I haven't seen Schumer coming out in favor of this compromise
Agree today's deal is a bad one, though
Agree today's deal is a bad one, though
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I mean, I don't see anything saying this is Schumer's doing? Maybe I missed something, but I haven't seen Schumer coming out in favor of this compromise
Agree today's deal is a bad one, though
Agree today's deal is a bad one, though
Newer reporting has more info too -- better than reported this morning.
I still think it's a really bad move, but I at least see the vision on "we got all we can out of this, give us 3 months to get the caucus together and ensure people are safe before we have another government shutdown in Feb"
I still think it's a really bad move, but I at least see the vision on "we got all we can out of this, give us 3 months to get the caucus together and ensure people are safe before we have another government shutdown in Feb"
"More than enough" Senate Democratic Caucus members to pass shutdown deal led by Shaheen, King and Hassan, source familiar with deal says
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
- CR through Jan. 30
- ACA bill vote on bill of Dems' choosing in December
- Minibus has RIF reversals and "protections" against them in future
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Newer reporting has more info too -- better than reported this morning.
I still think it's a really bad move, but I at least see the vision on "we got all we can out of this, give us 3 months to get the caucus together and ensure people are safe before we have another government shutdown in Feb"
I still think it's a really bad move, but I at least see the vision on "we got all we can out of this, give us 3 months to get the caucus together and ensure people are safe before we have another government shutdown in Feb"
Left voicemails for Peters and Slotkin!
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Left voicemails for Peters and Slotkin!