Joe DiGrazia
@jdig.bsky.social
Human Being, Uncool Extrovert, Social Scientist, Data Scientist, #Rstats | DC metro area
Cranberry sauce
most underrated addition to a turkey sandwich is, imho, a few slices of crisp, sweet apple
September 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Cranberry sauce
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This is not the United States I wanted to live in. It's not the United States I wanted my kids to become adults and live out their lives in. But it's the United States we've got right now, and we need to keep alive the hope we can make it the one we do want, and work to achieve that.
June 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is not the United States I wanted to live in. It's not the United States I wanted my kids to become adults and live out their lives in. But it's the United States we've got right now, and we need to keep alive the hope we can make it the one we do want, and work to achieve that.
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I saw the worst minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I saw the worst minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
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The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Question for #polisky (or others): what does the literature/empirical evidence show about the effectiveness of door-to-door canvassing for campaigns?
November 4, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Question for #polisky (or others): what does the literature/empirical evidence show about the effectiveness of door-to-door canvassing for campaigns?
What's going on with this smoke in DC?
March 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
What's going on with this smoke in DC?
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“Danaya Wright, chairperson of the University of Florida’s faculty senate, questioned whether research on breast cancer or gynecological treatments would be allowed based on the language of the draft, because it involves spending in a way that classifies individuals by sex.”
Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."
Florida rule would limit talk of ‘social issues’ at public universities
Critics say a proposed regulation is too broad and could inhibit free speech.
www.tampabay.com
October 23, 2023 at 12:51 PM
“Danaya Wright, chairperson of the University of Florida’s faculty senate, questioned whether research on breast cancer or gynecological treatments would be allowed based on the language of the draft, because it involves spending in a way that classifies individuals by sex.”
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Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."
Florida rule would limit talk of ‘social issues’ at public universities
Critics say a proposed regulation is too broad and could inhibit free speech.
www.tampabay.com
October 23, 2023 at 11:24 AM
Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."
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Apparently I've upset the Sparta-bros on the Other Platform again, and it occurs to me that I haven't done that here yet.
So...Lycurgus isn't a real historical figure, Sparta wasn't that militarily capable, and internally, it was a horrific society.
For the long version: acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
So...Lycurgus isn't a real historical figure, Sparta wasn't that militarily capable, and internally, it was a horrific society.
For the long version: acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School
This is Part I of a seven part series (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, Gloss., Retrospective) comparing the popular legacy of Sparta (embodied in films like 300) with the historical ancient state. Toda…
acoup.blog
October 12, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Apparently I've upset the Sparta-bros on the Other Platform again, and it occurs to me that I haven't done that here yet.
So...Lycurgus isn't a real historical figure, Sparta wasn't that militarily capable, and internally, it was a horrific society.
For the long version: acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
So...Lycurgus isn't a real historical figure, Sparta wasn't that militarily capable, and internally, it was a horrific society.
For the long version: acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
I really miss the blog era
This is good. I would make the case for blogs. There was a lot to like about the classic blog: more room to explain things than on microblogging platforms (like this or Twitter). Also, the ‘blogosphere’ facilitated conversation with ‘pingback’ technology.
October 2, 2023 at 5:42 PM
I really miss the blog era
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While we argue about whether senators should always wear suits, "the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president—insinuated that America’s top general deserves to be put to death."
“The man who incited a violent attack on the Capitol to overturn an election is openly fomenting violence while explicitly endorsing authoritarian strategies should he return to power. That is the story of the election. Everything else is window dressing.” My latest in The Atlantic:
Trump Suggests That America’s Top General Deserves Execution
The former president is inciting violence against the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. America’s response is distracted and numb.
www.theatlantic.com
September 25, 2023 at 12:26 PM
While we argue about whether senators should always wear suits, "the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president—insinuated that America’s top general deserves to be put to death."
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US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
Bridge Access Program | CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC twenty four seven. Saving...
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September 19, 2023 at 10:57 PM
US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
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Elon appears to have fucked up a Ukranian counterstrike last year because Incel Corner author Ian Miles Cheong told him to: edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/p...
September 7, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Elon appears to have fucked up a Ukranian counterstrike last year because Incel Corner author Ian Miles Cheong told him to: edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/p...
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I wrote about Senator Blackburn making it quite clear that she intends KOSA to silence "the transgender," and wondering how the hell Democrats like @schatz.bsky.social can still support the law.
Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People
It still amazes me that KOSA has any Democratic co-sponsors, let alone 21 Democratic co-sponsors in the Senate led by lead Democratic sponsor (and embracer of any bill that will undermine the inter…
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September 6, 2023 at 10:17 PM
I wrote about Senator Blackburn making it quite clear that she intends KOSA to silence "the transgender," and wondering how the hell Democrats like @schatz.bsky.social can still support the law.
Duke blowing Clemson out? You love to see it.
September 5, 2023 at 3:15 AM
Duke blowing Clemson out? You love to see it.
I forgot LSU had a player named Major Burns. Really hope his parents were MASH fans.
September 4, 2023 at 1:11 AM
I forgot LSU had a player named Major Burns. Really hope his parents were MASH fans.
First MLS game in 4 years DC United vs. Chicago
September 3, 2023 at 12:29 AM
First MLS game in 4 years DC United vs. Chicago
This Colorado TCU game is one of the most entertaining football games I've seen in a while.
September 2, 2023 at 7:20 PM
This Colorado TCU game is one of the most entertaining football games I've seen in a while.
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“Many people who have progressive values oppose new housing because they genuinely believe doing so somehow puts them on the side of the working people and against the greedy developers. Unfortunately, no. It puts you on the side of the Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust and its pricing power.”
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https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/housing-is-a-labor-issue”
August 30, 2023 at 5:09 PM
“Many people who have progressive values oppose new housing because they genuinely believe doing so somehow puts them on the side of the working people and against the greedy developers. Unfortunately, no. It puts you on the side of the Blackstone Real Estate Investment Trust and its pricing power.”
What's clearly evident in the replies to this post: every NIMBY claims to support building new housing in principal but has an excuse for why they oppose it in practice.
The only solution to this is construction at scale: market rate, subsidized and public. And here’s the thing, if you can jump start this process you can create a virtuous cycle in which the growing supply of home builders becomes a labor supply for public housing authorities as well.
right. every single pathology is a function of the fact that the supply of housing has been stagnant for 30 years and the demand for housing keeps going up. that’s the whole thing!
August 24, 2023 at 4:41 PM
What's clearly evident in the replies to this post: every NIMBY claims to support building new housing in principal but has an excuse for why they oppose it in practice.
Russia continues to be the most accident prone country on the planet.
August 23, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Russia continues to be the most accident prone country on the planet.
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this was absolutely 100% settled by the Too Many Rikers episode, can't believe there wasn't a spontaneous uprising on every ship in the fleet where they started smashing the transporter console with hammers when word of that got out
There’s no way I’d go through a transporter. You 100% die and they make an exact copy of you out of your corpse. You can argue they’re functionally the same person and you’d be right but I don’t believe the consciousness transfers. The you that enters never wakes up… *security escorts me out*
August 22, 2023 at 11:19 PM
this was absolutely 100% settled by the Too Many Rikers episode, can't believe there wasn't a spontaneous uprising on every ship in the fleet where they started smashing the transporter console with hammers when word of that got out
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It’s amazing how powerful simple declarative facts presented in logical order can be
August 22, 2023 at 9:50 PM
It’s amazing how powerful simple declarative facts presented in logical order can be