That's what everyone assumed anyways. RIP any idea that the government wouldn't sell your info to the highest bidder.... And that might have been better than DOGE profiting off of our data without the government making any money in return.
@srvanderplas
Statistics professor, #rstats user and reluctant #python user. I love #quarto, #quilting, #crossstitch, #snark, and #dogs. Research in #forensics, #visualization and #datavis, and #reproduceableresearch.
That's what everyone assumed anyways. RIP any idea that the government wouldn't sell your info to the highest bidder.... And that might have been better than DOGE profiting off of our data without the government making any money in return.
ππΌ "SocSec Adminβs internal watchdog investig complaint that alleges frmr DOGE employee claimed he had access to 2 highly sensitive agency databases & planned to share the info w his priv. employer..if true..unprecedented breach of security protocols at agency that serves more than 70 mil Americans"
One in every 1,257 American residents.
This perfectly captures my feelings while interacting with Claude Code today
The problem isn't voter fraud, it's the frauds we're told to vote for.
To the person who gave me a cold just as spring is coming on:
I will find you and I will sneeze on you.
This has been the most rewarding work of my career. It's nothing like what I've done in my day jobs and it pushed me outside my comfort zone, but the minute I got involved it all seemed much easier. I know you can do it!
This is to say: if you're an attorney who's hesitated to take on habeas cases because you think you lack the knowledge, or you're worried about whether you'll really help, I PROMISE you can make a difference. I'm just a dipshit with a 7-year-old laptop and a bad attitude. If I can do it, so can you.
So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.
That's $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
Thousands of lives lost.
People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
Today the United States wasted another #1B on an illegal war in Iran, money that could have been spent on funding health care or providing SNAP benefits or cancer research or academic scholarships for minorities. I could go on and on but I think you get my point. #endtheiranwarnow
That's because they coddle them too much now. Back in my day, it only took 20 years for T-Rexes to fully mature, because they had discipline. Spare the rod, spoil the terrible tyrant lizard.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Spring forward... Fall back... whatever.
Can we just pick ONE & stick with it once & for ALL?!!! β°
Today, March 9th, is celebrated as 'Napping Day'. A NASA study among pilots found that short naps can increase performance by 34% and alertness by 54%. #onthisday #napping #naptime #statistics
I am ashamed I publisehed once in this journal.
can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives
βOur vision for a fully-funded public education, where a professor can write and teach freely, and can challenge every vapid, cruel argument federal and state governments make, sustains us. Itβs what weβre fighting for.βΒ
βTodd Wolfson, AAUP President
When your #rstats code runs perfectly fine on the first try
They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175
Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
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Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeonβs Office
Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeonβs Office
βA country that can instantly fund endless wars but debates every dime for healthcare and education doesn't have a budget issue--it has a values issue."
A billion dollars a day going towards the war in Iran so far.
The war on Iran is unfolding alongside a wave of mass layoffs in the US. These are not separate crises. They are two sides of the same offensive by the ruling class against the working class.
We keep hearing the public university systems saying, βWeβre following SB 37.β Iβm sorry, no, SB 37 does not give you the mandate to violate peopleβs academic freedom and free speech.
Shout out to all the Texas professors fighting for democracy.
@texasaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org
βIn my career, and to my surprise, I have learnt that success does not overcome bias. Women are doubted until they overdeliver. Women in leadership positions are doubted even beyond that.β
Great piece about being a senior woman in science.
I recognise all of this, sadly.
#AcademicSky