Richard Whittall
@rwhittall.bsky.social
I used to think about football analytics.
Rivers is looking elite?
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Rivers is looking elite?
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Rivers looks locked in man. My 44 year old ass is rooting for my man.
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Rivers looks locked in man. My 44 year old ass is rooting for my man.
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Did he catch it tho haha
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Did he catch it tho haha
Lmao packers wyd
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Lmao packers wyd
Should have gone for two
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Should have gone for two
Damn he almost overthrew it again haha
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Damn he almost overthrew it again haha
I think they should go for it here.
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I think they should go for it here.
How are the bears doing this with this utter shit performance absolutely goated
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
How are the bears doing this with this utter shit performance absolutely goated
Saquon Barkley good god
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Saquon Barkley good god
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Politics becomes stunningly simple the moment you understand that the people are the prize.
December 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Politics becomes stunningly simple the moment you understand that the people are the prize.
Any time people point to opinion polls on issues as having outsized explanatory power for election results, I think of stuff like this.
December 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any time people point to opinion polls on issues as having outsized explanatory power for election results, I think of stuff like this.
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and in framing themselves as the only True Knowers, the data boys fail to understand how they form part of the complicated, contingent outcomes they’re claiming to observe objectively. “We can only respond to poll numbers, not shape action,” is itself a theory of the world that evidence doesn’t back
data is important, measurement of public opinion is important, but politics also isn't a machine. there are a vast number of qualitative factors at work. and people themselves are unpredictable.
December 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
and in framing themselves as the only True Knowers, the data boys fail to understand how they form part of the complicated, contingent outcomes they’re claiming to observe objectively. “We can only respond to poll numbers, not shape action,” is itself a theory of the world that evidence doesn’t back
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You know how you can tell these people aren't actually serious about data? Because they never spend enough time focusing on the data itself - its weak points, blind spots, frames of reference, and general quality. Data isn't neutral, and every data scientist can tell when the data is sick.
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
You know how you can tell these people aren't actually serious about data? Because they never spend enough time focusing on the data itself - its weak points, blind spots, frames of reference, and general quality. Data isn't neutral, and every data scientist can tell when the data is sick.
I had to block Caley. I can't keep watching him pivot from abusing xG to auditioning to be the next David Shor. Dude is out here defending Yglesias on building oil and gas pipelines.
December 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I had to block Caley. I can't keep watching him pivot from abusing xG to auditioning to be the next David Shor. Dude is out here defending Yglesias on building oil and gas pipelines.
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
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 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
I could very well eat my words but Bama should not be here.
Man it's really great the committee forced this team into the playoffs.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I could very well eat my words but Bama should not be here.
Man it's really great the committee forced this team into the playoffs.
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Man it's really great the committee forced this team into the playoffs.
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Very cool!
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very cool!
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"I think we're still on the air Tim"
"... No we're not, are we?"
😭😭😭
"... No we're not, are we?"
😭😭😭
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"I think we're still on the air Tim"
"... No we're not, are we?"
😭😭😭
"... No we're not, are we?"
😭😭😭
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The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The extreme attack on transgender youth we are witnessing from a governmental stage was enabled by The Atlantic and The New York Times.
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People end up hating anything that FEELS remotely forced, let alone something that they are actually forcing because all their money is riding on it.
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
People end up hating anything that FEELS remotely forced, let alone something that they are actually forcing because all their money is riding on it.