I always get a little choked up at the Lincoln Memorial

I understand why the reporter has to use scare quotes, but Steve Sailer IS a white supremacist, as anyone who has engaged in any blog’s comment section where he was tolerated knows

JWjasonaw.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 4:02pm

New from me: New College of Florida is hosting writer Steve Sailer--for years branded a "white supremacist"--at a college branded event. In 2023 Ron DeSantis appointed Chris Rufo to its board of trustees www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Florida university to host extremist after DeSantis-led lurch to right

Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’

The thing is, the crosstabs don’t actually have to make sense for the headline number to be accurate. I am definitely suspicious that a big polling failure is coming one day. But it’s sort of like the old joke about economists predicting 7 out of the last 3 recessions.

Those of you with interests in organized labor may note that the National Symphony Orchestra has gone on strike, canceling the NSO opening gala, and the Kennedy Center is putting out some weird management propaganda about it: www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/sta...

Excellent (long!) Gelman summary of the recent dustup in replication and science reform

Oh nice, Ed’s current newsletter is about a part of tech I used to work in! I disagree with some of the characterizations of the market segment, but 100% endorse the bottom line that the segment is in a bad place and big bets on gen AI won’t save it

EZzitron.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 6:12pm

Newsletter: The tech industry has its own growing commercial real estate bubble - the Software As A Service market is in decline, over-leveraging unprofitable generative AI in a desperate - and failing - attempt to restart growth...but it isn't working. www.wheresyoured.at/saaspocalypse-now/

The Other Bubble

Buried in the 8000 words I wrote last week was a worrying story — that Microsoft considered drastic measures to free up  capacity in its US-based servers for GPUs to power the AI boom. In an email sh...

Oh no. This is so, so bad. www.science.org/content/arti...

Did a top NIH official manipulate Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s studies for decades?

Agency announces research misconduct finding for neuroscientist Eliezer Masliah as scores of his papers fall under suspicion

Same place as this one: New Jersey

Oh wow www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09...

Eric Adams Is Indicted: Live Updates

The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges.

So this season, the Paw Patrol must deal with a nefarious “Boomer” who rolls coal and intentionally spills oil? Hm, interesting!