keep thinking about my student last year from asheville who read that investors were buying up property there in expectation of it becoming a climate migration destination and she wrote her final paper about how that doesn't seem quite right given its flood risk history and maps like this one
Natural hazards exacerbated by climate change pose serious risks to property markets in the United States. Ignoring these risks could create instability in housing values. This research shows the magn...
It never ceases to amaze me that you could use a motor vehicle with no license plates to kill another person while you use a mobile phone and the maximum penalty is $1000 and one year in prison. You get a bigger fine and more time in the UK for throwing soup on a painting.
Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, a former Red Hot Chili Peppers member who has also played with Pearl Jam, has pleaded not guilty through his attorney to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge in the death of a...
This paper looks like a nice guide for causal inference with instrumental variables. I haven't read whole thing closely yet, but it seems to go through each assumption and what happens if they are violated (not often exposed & explained well). journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Over the past year, I've resisted blogging about why Protzko needed retracted. Unfortunately, the authors have used their platforms to mislead about the cause for retraction. As they cannot be honest, I'm choosing to be fully open and transparent. #metasciencejoebakcoleman.com/blog/2024/pr...
In 2005, a GOP official who'd recently moved to WA State from the South challenged the registration of 2000 voters. From descriptions in local news sources, it sounded like part of the issue (aside from blatant voter suppression) was that someone had split house numbers apart from street names ...
A PDF that shows bike racks to avoid if you’re installing bike racks
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My comments on this retraction are here: statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/09/24/w...
"We don’t need these fartsniffers anymore, if we ever did. We certainly don’t need to give them oxygen whenever they let Bret Stephens write op-eds like If Kamala Wants To Win, She’s Gonna Have To Fix My Car First." www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Recent mismanagement of political stories ahead of the election, and other issues, have led Drew Magary to say that the New York Times is no longer relevant.
