I was really torn about who to vote for, but now that Team Brainworms is united...
Nate Silver's whole schtick was that he was better than the pundit class because he was analyzing the data instead of relying on vibes but everything I see from him anymore is a random notion he pulled fresh from his ass
Chainalysis says 2024 is on track for the highest-grossing year on record for ransomware payments due to very large ransoms being paid. The median ransom went from under US$200,000 in early 2023 to $1.5 million in mid-June 2024. More data here: www.chainalysis.com/blog/2024-cr...
In part 1 of our 2024 Mid-Year Crypto Crime update, we examine how illicit on-chain activity dropped 20% YTD but stolen funds and ransomware are rising.
He doesn't think women are people
I've only been in/out of Newark once but it was pretty uneventful. LAX has been an adventure. Traffic is generally bad getting to the airport but the last time I went it was so bad in the airport itself that I almost missed my flight.
this is now a 4d thread, i guess. hillary cass—whose report was devastating for UK trans kids & adults—primed study observers by telling them to read a book by an avowed anti trans activist on a theory as debunked as phrenology. NYT treated cass as good science & a new model for US trans care.
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I like how "weird" has flipped the script. The right has had a lot of success othering and marginalizing immigrants, people of color, and LGBTQ folk but those people aren't the ones obsessing over kids genitals or trying to monitor women's menstrual cycles. 4/x