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A silly data story I did with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social yesterday: the tyranny of the Braydens in Canadian junior hockey will soon come to an end.
Here's data showing that a very particular style of name clearly peaked about 15 years ago.
Here's data showing that a very particular style of name clearly peaked about 15 years ago.
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
A silly data story I did with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social yesterday: the tyranny of the Braydens in Canadian junior hockey will soon come to an end.
Here's data showing that a very particular style of name clearly peaked about 15 years ago.
Here's data showing that a very particular style of name clearly peaked about 15 years ago.
feels like the biggest changes are in deployment more so than in approach. his style of play is very similar to the past few years, but he's playing with better teammates and facing easier competition (also a dramatic decrease in using the body. hits way down)
Mo for Hart!
Mo for Hart!
The Wings people have been banging on about it for a while now, but it's striking how good Moritz Seider has been this year for Detroit. This is with 13% DZ / 9% OZ usage in his minutes.
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
feels like the biggest changes are in deployment more so than in approach. his style of play is very similar to the past few years, but he's playing with better teammates and facing easier competition (also a dramatic decrease in using the body. hits way down)
Mo for Hart!
Mo for Hart!
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the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
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it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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If you have a stat culture that revolves around team-influenced measures, and a draft order that favours the weaker teams, you're probably going to create a received wisdom that superstar development curves are slower than they really are.
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you have a stat culture that revolves around team-influenced measures, and a draft order that favours the weaker teams, you're probably going to create a received wisdom that superstar development curves are slower than they really are.
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5.) Making your supposed clarifications in a publication that is behind a paywall rather than with the broadest possible reach suggests a lack of seriousness. The reporter is among the best there is but its still paywalled and the spread will be lower than other platforms.
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
5.) Making your supposed clarifications in a publication that is behind a paywall rather than with the broadest possible reach suggests a lack of seriousness. The reporter is among the best there is but its still paywalled and the spread will be lower than other platforms.
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And in general:
3.) Just leaving up hateful tweets and not publicly refuting them for a year and a half isn't exactly a great strategy.
4.) Not addressing anything for a year and a half isn't exactly going to help things either.
3.) Just leaving up hateful tweets and not publicly refuting them for a year and a half isn't exactly a great strategy.
4.) Not addressing anything for a year and a half isn't exactly going to help things either.
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And in general:
3.) Just leaving up hateful tweets and not publicly refuting them for a year and a half isn't exactly a great strategy.
4.) Not addressing anything for a year and a half isn't exactly going to help things either.
3.) Just leaving up hateful tweets and not publicly refuting them for a year and a half isn't exactly a great strategy.
4.) Not addressing anything for a year and a half isn't exactly going to help things either.
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Curl article:
If she were actually doing the work on trans issues she'd know a few things,
1.) Being trans isn't a choice it's who someone is.
2.) There is no competitive fairness issue with trans athletes competing
If she were actually doing the work on trans issues she'd know a few things,
1.) Being trans isn't a choice it's who someone is.
2.) There is no competitive fairness issue with trans athletes competing
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Curl article:
If she were actually doing the work on trans issues she'd know a few things,
1.) Being trans isn't a choice it's who someone is.
2.) There is no competitive fairness issue with trans athletes competing
If she were actually doing the work on trans issues she'd know a few things,
1.) Being trans isn't a choice it's who someone is.
2.) There is no competitive fairness issue with trans athletes competing
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 7-4
record: 7-4
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Yeah I looked upon Cthulhu's dread visage and I was fine. Big octopus on a man's body. Not exactly "difficult to comprehend." Maybe you guys should go outside more idk
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yeah I looked upon Cthulhu's dread visage and I was fine. Big octopus on a man's body. Not exactly "difficult to comprehend." Maybe you guys should go outside more idk
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life”
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Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...
there's a reason why this @pbump.com post turned off all comments and quotes.
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
there's a reason why this @pbump.com post turned off all comments and quotes.
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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What I love about writing on my own platform is turning a hard-to-digest game notes into a NBA trend watch.
Early-season lessons from Blazers engulfing teams with ball pressure.Plus how Lakers & Mavs are faring in the NBA’s rising on-ball pressure era👇
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/ball-press...
Early-season lessons from Blazers engulfing teams with ball pressure.Plus how Lakers & Mavs are faring in the NBA’s rising on-ball pressure era👇
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/ball-press...
Early Season Signals: The Trend of Ball Pressure Continues
Observations from Lakers–Blazers, Mavericks, and other games
digginbasketball.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What I love about writing on my own platform is turning a hard-to-digest game notes into a NBA trend watch.
Early-season lessons from Blazers engulfing teams with ball pressure.Plus how Lakers & Mavs are faring in the NBA’s rising on-ball pressure era👇
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/ball-press...
Early-season lessons from Blazers engulfing teams with ball pressure.Plus how Lakers & Mavs are faring in the NBA’s rising on-ball pressure era👇
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/ball-press...
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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I'm so glad they covered transitionary inflation under Biden the same way.
*puts finger to ear*
Oh, I'm actually hearing they didn't and it was a daily meltdown in the press.
*puts finger to ear*
Oh, I'm actually hearing they didn't and it was a daily meltdown in the press.
The media’s apparent normalization of 3% annual inflation is wild. The framing is problematic considering the average household will spend almost $2500 more a year for the same goods and services at this rate of inflation. How can this being sold as normal? www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/e...
America’s inflation is back at 3%. That’s higher than normal but not out of control | CNN Business
The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year.
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm so glad they covered transitionary inflation under Biden the same way.
*puts finger to ear*
Oh, I'm actually hearing they didn't and it was a daily meltdown in the press.
*puts finger to ear*
Oh, I'm actually hearing they didn't and it was a daily meltdown in the press.
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
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Cannot stress enough how little Jesus talks about sex and how much he talks about money. Every other line out of the guy’s mouth is like, “You absolutely have to give away all of your money to the poor.”
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Cannot stress enough how little Jesus talks about sex and how much he talks about money. Every other line out of the guy’s mouth is like, “You absolutely have to give away all of your money to the poor.”
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Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...
Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.
One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project
If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.
slate.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...