I perform data analytics in Excel and R, edit scientific papers and other nonfiction.

Joined September 2017
So his side's businessmen are "whistleblowers" and "titans" in the industry. But the other side's are corrupt because of their "deep political and business ties to the industry"! Could any thinking person take him seriously here?
Everyone from AI whistleblowers to the titans of the AI platforms warn about the catastrophic risk to humanity of supeintelligent models that are rapidly evolving. The @POTUS, with deep political and business ties to the industry, dismisses it as a "hoax." nitter.cf/ossoff/status/20992729…
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The "political philosophy" here is whether the government should consider itself a third parent to every child (or even the 'parent' whose control ordinarily supersedes that of the actual parents).
Abdul El-Sayed: “I’m not a socialist, I’m a scientist, I’m a doctor. If I had one political philosophy it’s that I want us to build what we would build if we took seriously the idea that all of our kids were all of our kids. If we started with that idea that every child is our child, we would build incredible public schools, we would guarantee everybody healthcare, we would guarantee childcare, we would stop putting money in bombs and tanks that kill kids and we would start investing in infrastructure and opportunity for kids”
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Most conservatives would agree that Capitalism is good because that's the name we give to modern economies where most economic transactions are voluntary, while Socialism is bad because that's the name we give to modern economies where most transactions are by order of the State.
Conservatives are not well represented in academia because conservatism is, for the most part, the ideology of the incurious. Abortion is bad because the Bible said so. Immigrants are bad because Fox News said so. Capitalism is good because Reagan said so
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I find it hard to believe that literally all of the media in Washington knows they mustn't look into Patriot Front, because it's a false front, yet not one is reporting this. Also, not one of the cosplaying leftists is bragging about their action? 20 people can't keep a secret.
How do you know Patriot Front is fake? If they were legit, the media would be in a feeding frenzy to find out who is funding them, there would be endless efforts to infiltrate with hidden cameras to capture compromising and embarrassing conversations, relentless efforts to dox members. There isn’t. Which means it’s a protected psyop.
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The DSA was founded with a "commitment to freedom of speech, elections, and other democratic norms", but has increasingly become led by authoritarian Marxists. archive.vn/q3TwR
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A spokesperson for Mayor Johnston: "The only person who should be speaking on this case is the judge". This sounds reasonable at first, but it's also a pretty obvious signal that the meeting attendees (who know the truth) should keep their mouths shut. cbsnews.com/colorado/news/de…
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Orban wasn't a "threat" of illiberal or semi-fascist government. He was its embodiment. A government taking over the majority of the media is an enemy of freedom. Mill's "marketplace of ideas" requires many independent voices so truth can be tested through debate.
A really good column. No notes. OK, one: Why not name some pundits who overplayed the Orban threat?...And maybe another: Are "collapsed birthrates" really a cause of populism? Is that why people are pissed? Do we need more Americans for AI to displace? nytimes.com/2026/04/18/opini…
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The US should expect a 5.5% decline in K-12 students from 2022 to 2031. But some states will see declines of 10% to 15%.
I don’t think people have fully absorbed just how big the declines in student enrollment are going to be. Eight states are projected to experience DOUBLE DIGIT declines by 2031.
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A gov't with apocalyptic fantasies, open desire to use nuclear weapons, a history of funding terrorism regionally & as far afield as Argentina, which slaughters peaceful domestic protesters by the thousand, is not a government which any sane person would want to have nukes.
Replying to @zriboua
Iran should seriously get into building a Nuke. The earlier the better. Israel & USA will then shift the goal post. Nuclear weapons are the only reliable and proven deterrence. Every country should gun for it ...Either ALL should possess or NONE.
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The Depression didn't happen because President Hoover was too laissez-faire to do anything in response to the 1929 market panic.
Famous "facts" aren't always correct. Hoover grew the federal budget by almost 60%. (The OP agrees that FDR grew it even more.) Hoover also intervened in the economy to an extent unprecedented in peacetime, often with negative consequences:
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If today's media were around on August 9, 1945:
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"Iran is not collecting tolls in the Straight of Hormuz..." This article makes a persuasive and detailed case, but I'm not familiar with the source.
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There's been a shocking lack of consequences for the lies and censorship orchestrated by Dr. Anthony Fauci and his associates in the name of Science.
Six years ago today, a group of scientists got on a phone call and decided to lie to the world. Fauci. Collins. Farrar. Andersen. Garry. Drosten. They privately believed COVID looked engineered. So they wrote a paper saying the opposite — and used it to censor anyone who asked questions. That one call shaped everything: the lockdowns, the censorship, the destroyed careers, the "trust the science" cudgel. Here's exactly what happened. 🧵
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David Pittelli retweeted
There is no more powerful, legitimate political weapon than well-executed ridicule. This brilliant dude should take his act from Durham, NH, to every state legislature and town council in the country that behaves similarly. I could keep his schedule booked for years in Illinois alone.
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David Pittelli retweeted
The Minnesota child care fraud saga is so strange because years ago it was fully investigated, documented, and reported on by a team of state investigators set up to catch and stop child care fraud. They spent years gathering evidence including many hours of surveillance footage. In 2018 they compiled a detailed report and delivered it to their boss, the DHS Inspector General. Directly from the report: "Investigators, as well as the Supervisor and Manager of this unit believe that the overall fraud rate in this program is at least 50% of the $217M paid to child care centers in CY2017." What did the Inspector General do with this information? She refused to meet with her own team, refused to discuss the findings of the report, and then spent $90,000 of taxpayer money to have an outside company write a report saying the fraud isn't quite as bad as her own team of investigators was claiming. Here's an email summarizing the fraud that the lead investigator sent the IG in 2018. Those currently in the MSM claiming that child care fraud isn't a serious problem should read this. The real question is how highly paid state investigators spent years investigating child care fraud in MN, reported on said fraud, and eight years later not only was the fraud not stopped, it was bigger than ever. 1) Pages 1-4 of 13
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Minnesota knew in 2019 that at least 40% of Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) money was lost to fraud, and that CCAP fraud money was being sent to terrorist organizations in foreign countries!
There has been fraud going on since 2019, and I would like to see some accountability.
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Sovereign countries have a right to join defense alliances. In this case, countries near Russia freely joined a defense alliance because Russia's history of invading neighbors and brutally ruling its empire rationally led the neighbors to fear Russia.
Look at how Russia is threatening Europe? The NATO "Defensive alliance" moved towards Russia, not the other way around.
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If anyone deserves asylum status, it is brave public dissidents like Guan Heng, facing persecution by the Chinese Communist Party.
This is America at its best. Supporters of Guan Heng—alongside so many generous Americans—showed up in the cold with a clear message: Guan Heng must not be sent back to a country where he would be tortured and face lengthy imprisonment. The U.S. asylum system—and the ideals behind it—exist to protect people exactly like Guan Heng. The US should live up to those values: protect the vulnerable, uphold the law, and refuse to be complicit in torture. The US government itself, under the Trump administration, made an atrocity determination. China’s extensive business ties worldwide make the US the only place he can seek refuge. As @VP said, they are against the abuse of the asylum system, but Guan Heng is not one of them.
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