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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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It's extra hard to pour my joy into a bottomless chasm when I have only a thimble to spare, but I try.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It's extra hard to pour my joy into a bottomless chasm when I have only a thimble to spare, but I try.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
And that’s resistance, too.
Make joy where you are and hope it radiates to people who need it even more than you, even when you need it too.
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The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
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Gifting this article on the CECOT story in which Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the story, is reported as writing: “It [the story] is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Gifting this article on the CECOT story in which Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the story, is reported as writing: “It [the story] is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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So interesting I bookmarked it.
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So interesting I bookmarked it.
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
"Men experience aging changes too, obviously. But women tend to report this shift more dramatically, and there’s a reason for that."
Lo for the tiding of the long night moon
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
The Halsway Carol
YouTube video by Jackie Oates - Topic
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Lo for the tiding of the long night moon
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
May the harvest last until the springtime bloom
Home is our comfort at the winter's height
Sing for the coming of the longest night
HALSWAY CAROL
(lyrics by Iain Frisk, tune by Nigel Eaton)
recording: Jackie Oates (2015) [YouTube]
youtu.be/jpwwO2kJOlg
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Data poem: Family tree of languages
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
December 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Data poem: Family tree of languages
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
Interactive, expanded. Click the + to grow each branch :)
dr.eamer.dev/datavis/poem...
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"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"In other words, once the four AI tools locked onto a person’s age, race, or gender, those factors would form the backbone of the tissue analysis. In effect, AI would go on to replicate bias resulting from gaps in AI training data."
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I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel like "academic hiring" discourse is always kind of downstream of the fact that in the 50s we started building a giant public system to make a college education almost universally available and in the 80s and 90s we started taking it apart to go back to the only-the-rich model
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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
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It is totally possible for data to be wrong. You cannot make definitive conclusions about it’s relative wrongness from your personal experiences when the universe the data is attempting to represent is “an economy composed of 340mn people”. You are not a serious person if you think you can.
This is a toddlers interpretation of the discussion. People are very clearly saying that the data doesn’t seem to line up with their experience. The enlightened centrist answer is “social media is lying to you”. Stancil is the cringiest of them because early on he explicitly went after
Literally a toddler’s understanding of the world. “Overall, a thing is not happening more than it has in the past.” interpreted as “oh so you think it happens to no one?! you think the people that it’s happening to are lying?!”
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
It is totally possible for data to be wrong. You cannot make definitive conclusions about it’s relative wrongness from your personal experiences when the universe the data is attempting to represent is “an economy composed of 340mn people”. You are not a serious person if you think you can.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Top of The Pops Dec 1987]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Tl;dr: *Any* agreement Canada signs with the US will involve compromising our ability to set our own course while getting nothing lasting in return. The stakes aren’t the dairy industry or the Online Streaming Act. They’re Canadian independence.
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tl;dr: *Any* agreement Canada signs with the US will involve compromising our ability to set our own course while getting nothing lasting in return. The stakes aren’t the dairy industry or the Online Streaming Act. They’re Canadian independence.
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The elimination of meaningful Canadian policy autonomy is the goal. Normal trade agreements safeguard that because they remove the ability to threaten market access.
It’s not only futile but counterproductive to negotiate an “agreement” with any country that doesn’t bind itself to that promise.
It’s not only futile but counterproductive to negotiate an “agreement” with any country that doesn’t bind itself to that promise.
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The elimination of meaningful Canadian policy autonomy is the goal. Normal trade agreements safeguard that because they remove the ability to threaten market access.
It’s not only futile but counterproductive to negotiate an “agreement” with any country that doesn’t bind itself to that promise.
It’s not only futile but counterproductive to negotiate an “agreement” with any country that doesn’t bind itself to that promise.
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After Fletcher says Bradford is being "disrespectful", Nunziata says, "You can't expect anything more from Councillor Bradford."
Bradford does NOT like that. He demands an apology from Nunziata. "That was NOT objective and impartial in your role as the speaker!"
Bradford does NOT like that. He demands an apology from Nunziata. "That was NOT objective and impartial in your role as the speaker!"
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
After Fletcher says Bradford is being "disrespectful", Nunziata says, "You can't expect anything more from Councillor Bradford."
Bradford does NOT like that. He demands an apology from Nunziata. "That was NOT objective and impartial in your role as the speaker!"
Bradford does NOT like that. He demands an apology from Nunziata. "That was NOT objective and impartial in your role as the speaker!"
What are the most popular days off in the world? What is the single biggest day off in the world, when nearly 6 billion people — almost three quarters of the global population — have a public holiday?
A really nice—and surprising—chart from Amanda Shendruk's excellent newsletter, Not-Ship
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
www.not-ship.com/when-do-most...
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What are the most popular days off in the world? What is the single biggest day off in the world, when nearly 6 billion people — almost three quarters of the global population — have a public holiday?
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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When the nighte hath come
And the londe ys darke
And the moone ys the sole lighte that we see
Nay, Ich wil not be afrayde
Oh, Ich wil not be afrayde
Just as longe
as thou stondest
by me
And the londe ys darke
And the moone ys the sole lighte that we see
Nay, Ich wil not be afrayde
Oh, Ich wil not be afrayde
Just as longe
as thou stondest
by me
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When the nighte hath come
And the londe ys darke
And the moone ys the sole lighte that we see
Nay, Ich wil not be afrayde
Oh, Ich wil not be afrayde
Just as longe
as thou stondest
by me
And the londe ys darke
And the moone ys the sole lighte that we see
Nay, Ich wil not be afrayde
Oh, Ich wil not be afrayde
Just as longe
as thou stondest
by me
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I stumbled onto a small herd of Icelandic ponies near Gimli yesterday. They were a bit far from the road and the weather was nasty, but I managed to capture this lovely moment.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I stumbled onto a small herd of Icelandic ponies near Gimli yesterday. They were a bit far from the road and the weather was nasty, but I managed to capture this lovely moment.
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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🗝️Leadership (and life) ProTip:
Your intuition is only as good as the experiences that shaped it.
This is why it’s important expose yourself to as many models, environments and people as you can, so you can draw from a deep well.
Your intuition is only as good as the experiences that shaped it.
This is why it’s important expose yourself to as many models, environments and people as you can, so you can draw from a deep well.
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🗝️Leadership (and life) ProTip:
Your intuition is only as good as the experiences that shaped it.
This is why it’s important expose yourself to as many models, environments and people as you can, so you can draw from a deep well.
Your intuition is only as good as the experiences that shaped it.
This is why it’s important expose yourself to as many models, environments and people as you can, so you can draw from a deep well.