Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The probabilistic forecasts debate -- That's nice fellows, but I'm kinda focused on that iceberg

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Andrew has a good breakdown of the debate over probabilistic election forecasts if you're interested. Here's why I think you should...
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Monday, March 2, 2020

Some post-Saturday, pre-Tuesday thoughts

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Back in September, my co-blogger and I were having a conversation about worst possible case scenarios for the Democrats. He suggested a thir...
Friday, February 28, 2020

"Just as hard as I could" -- Ben Cooper 1933-2020

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Support Your Local Sheriff is the better movie -- less cartoonish and it holds together better -- but if you're looking for a complete d...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Repost: We'll be coming back to this.

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One of the many discouraging things about the fight to address climate change and ocean acidification is that while the facts are overwhelmi...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Electability

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This is Joseph Ok, I am bracing for being taken down by Mark, but I wanted to comment on one of my current pet peeves. There is a presid...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Daycare and what does work pay for?

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This is Joseph So, I have a philosophical question. It is clear that work places benefit from having a robust set of benefits for workers,...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

Still out sick

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Here's some weekend Debussy until we resume regular programming.
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Out Sick

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Back soon. Enjoy the musical interlude in the meantime.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Didn't even get to Thiel's Cato Institute essay on women's suffrage

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This 2014 piece by Mark Ames on the relationship between the Holocaust denial movement and the Koch Brothers should be read in its entir...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Tuesday Tweets

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These next few tweets go to a longstanding problem with the New York Times and its place in the ecosystem. As many including Josh Marshall h...
Monday, February 17, 2020

High SF housing prices are forcing Silicon Valley workers to make slightly shorter commutes

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Just to get the obvious out of the way, California needs to build more housing. Rents are too high and the situation with the homeless is be...
Friday, February 14, 2020

RIP Robert Conrad, good work Kai Ryssdal

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At the risk of getting lots of angry comments, Star Trek makes the top ten my best of 60s TV list. This spy-fi/proto-steampunk series makes ...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund bet big on Uber.. That didn’t work out too well for them. Then they backed WeWork. This time though, I think they picked a winner.

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As I've said before, serious money is starting to change hands here. "Saudi Arabia, Virgin Hyperloop One to conduct world’s firs...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

I started to make a "Vulture" joke, but I realized carrion play an important role in the ecosystem

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This screen grab does a great job capturing so much of what’s wrong with the New York Magazine family and with business and entertainme...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Tuesday Tweets

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Because sometimes I just like to dominate the conversation The casts of next season's CBC shows will just be Tatiana Maslany — M...