Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published Dec. 2025)
the drone program under Obama only hit their intended targets 10% of the time. it never mattered. it’s always bomb anything that moves based on the flimsiest information. now AI can be a sin eater for the inevitable atrocities
This is legitimately incredibly helpful
It is astonishing how pervasive this sentiment has been over the last 10 years. I heard a college professor say during Trump 1 that for as evil/racist/misogynistic as Trump was (none of which the professor disputed, he ostensibly hated the man), he was also "one of the least pro war presidents ever"
lol, lmao even
They must know some people. 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
> How long do major Strait of Hormuz disruptions last?
I fit an exponential duration model to 5 episodes going back to 1981, then extended it with a mixture model calibrated from 11 tariff escalation / de-escalation decisions (to incorporate the chance of reversal).
statwonk.com/hormuz-durat...
Challenge for those who are very confident that Claude isn't conscious: Explain how human consciousness works.
The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.
Had to doublecheck the date on this
Simple, clear, devastating.
Month-to-date Strait of Hormuz journeys down 92% from February
46 transits over the first five days of March vs 561 transits by this point last month.
> Intel report warns large-scale war 'unlikely' to oust Iran’s regime
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
a graph of year-on-year change in US tech employment
Brutal numbers for US tech sector jobs released today—overall, employment decreased by 12k last month and is down 57k over the last year
That's now nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and significantly worse than either the 2008 or 2020 recessions
a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment
The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 238k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace, while growth in construction remains low
a graph of year-on-year change in US manufacturing employment
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 100k over the last year, & another 12k jobs were lost in February
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), chemicals, & wood are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Job losses are consistent with AI labor substitution.
Knuth is a real one in many ways (these are screenshots from his homepage)
Pete Hegseth: "We're not following stupid Rules of Engagement."
Today in Iran…
"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team
Hines: I handled human trafficking cases all over Southeast Michigan. I believe survivors deserve justice, no matter who the accused is. Accountability cannot depend on whether someone is powerful, wealthy, or politically connected.
I do the janky thing and resize my window lol. 😂 I might do glimpse, or skimr::skim
The _real_ cool kids aren’t -maxxing everything, they’re -uncertaintyquantifyying.
Using Stan’s Pathfinder to init MCMC (and speed up warm up) 🤘😎
Oh cool! That’s awesome. These days MCMC is my bottleneck.
True. I think data.table is marvelous. I prefer tibble, bc I find dplyr syntax easier to work with than dt's terse style. It won't surprise me if AI agents adopt data.table and start preferring it for dt's famed speed performance, bc I'm sure they can handle the syntax (better than I).
> Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
Predictable.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Agree, I love tibbles bc of how they pretty print. The default way data.frames will fully print is ... annoying to say the least (and can totally spoil a sesh).
