Paul beard
@paulbeard.org
x refugee…educator, dabbler (dilettante is too hard to spell) in many things, casual bsky user for now…looking for/posting things that catch my eye.
Pesky statistics ino.to/2wo8hJy
"When they are frightened enough, I am sure they will show growth."
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"When they are frightened enough, I am sure they will show growth."
Like Toad and his seeds? @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
Pesky statistics
For the Atlantic, Alexandra Petri on the president’s approach to data: And now, at last, Donald Trump has fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once these disloyal statisticians a…
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August 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Pesky statistics ino.to/2wo8hJy
"When they are frightened enough, I am sure they will show growth."
Like Toad and his seeds? @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
"When they are frightened enough, I am sure they will show growth."
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i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I’m reminded of how little I saw of the valiant defenders of the 1st and 2nd amendments during Occupy Wall Street.
Narratively speaking, the tightest ending to this screenplay is probably the freed J6 protestors storming the White House to demand the release of the Epstein files.
July 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m reminded of how little I saw of the valiant defenders of the 1st and 2nd amendments during Occupy Wall Street.
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power.” Robert Ingersoll.
Not that it matters that much. He's an evil fuck who should be kept at a great distance from any kind of power regardless. But still, it bugs me.
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power.” Robert Ingersoll.
Golda Mier responded to a suggestion of a curfew on women, so they won't go out in the evening, that on the contrary, the curfew should be laid on men.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
One bit of urbanism that caught my imagination and I've always remembered:
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
this heat map study of gender differences of walking through urban environments at night is not surprising, but still sort of incredible to see
news.byu.edu/intellect/st...
news.byu.edu/intellect/st...
June 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Golda Mier responded to a suggestion of a curfew on women, so they won't go out in the evening, that on the contrary, the curfew should be laid on men.
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
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One bit of urbanism that caught my imagination and I've always remembered:
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
this heat map study of gender differences of walking through urban environments at night is not surprising, but still sort of incredible to see
news.byu.edu/intellect/st...
news.byu.edu/intellect/st...
Study visually captures hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women
An eye-catching new BYU study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men.
news.byu.edu
June 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One bit of urbanism that caught my imagination and I've always remembered:
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
Design a city that works for women -- where women can move freely & independently, without fear -- and you will have a city that works for everyone.
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I've never been more interested in a mayoral race in a city where I don't live.
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've never been more interested in a mayoral race in a city where I don't live.
This is tough. Children struggle to learn that choices have consequences. But the consequences of their choices don’t kill their neighbors. Accountability is valuable. Do those who voted for these consequences regret that?
Krugman.
Please do not say: Ha ha, serves them right. "They" are our fellow human beings, and our fellow citizens.
Please do not say: Ha ha, serves them right. "They" are our fellow human beings, and our fellow citizens.
MAGA Will Devastate Rural America
Trump’s policies will hit the American heartland hard, very hard
paulkrugman.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is tough. Children struggle to learn that choices have consequences. But the consequences of their choices don’t kill their neighbors. Accountability is valuable. Do those who voted for these consequences regret that?
KEXP amplifier of many years here…not a national treasure but a global one. Expect to hear music of Iran on Wo'Pop this Tuesday night…music is a language we all know and share.
A lot of you probably know this but KEXP.org is transmitting from a better world. Humans talking and playing music by humans.
Ever since, they got a broadcast license in the Bay Area, it's been the soundtrack at home and at the studio, but you can internet/app listen from anywhere.
Ever since, they got a broadcast license in the Bay Area, it's been the soundtrack at home and at the studio, but you can internet/app listen from anywhere.
KEXP - Where the Music Matters
KEXP is a nonprofit arts organization serving music lovers through in-person, broadcast and online programming.
KEXP.org
June 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
KEXP amplifier of many years here…not a national treasure but a global one. Expect to hear music of Iran on Wo'Pop this Tuesday night…music is a language we all know and share.
“I could pay half the working class to kill the other half.” Imagine applying for and accepting a job doing whatever this is.
New footage just dropped of ICE agents in Bell running through an intersection and driving erratically — in private vehicles (with no lights or sirens), causing a traffic accident after which they jumped out of their pickup truck with machine guns drawn. This is what set everything off in Bell.
June 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“I could pay half the working class to kill the other half.” Imagine applying for and accepting a job doing whatever this is.
This is the libertarian vibe that some “progressive” cities share…property rights outweigh human rights, so buildings and land are more important than the people who could live in them, rather than on the sidewalk in front of them.
People will tell you that they view property destruction as equivalent to violence against a person, but that's not true. They think property destruction is worse
June 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is the libertarian vibe that some “progressive” cities share…property rights outweigh human rights, so buildings and land are more important than the people who could live in them, rather than on the sidewalk in front of them.
Flag Day is right there…a renamed holiday — Democracy Day? — could be imagined.
June 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Flag Day is right there…a renamed holiday — Democracy Day? — could be imagined.
“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” Attributed to cardinal richelieu…
the longer the people who say “the innocent have nothing to fear” are in charge the more likely you will eventually find yourself guilty of something
June 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” Attributed to cardinal richelieu…
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Please join us as we welcome Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson to discuss their book on the "worse than Watergate" scandal of Joe Biden's mental decline
So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.
This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Trump called Musk "a big-time drug addict" in a phone call shortly after their public feud. (WaPo)
June 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Please join us as we welcome Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson to discuss their book on the "worse than Watergate" scandal of Joe Biden's mental decline
So…just like global heating and nicotine…they knew but creating value for the shareholders took precedence over public health.
like look at this page from the 1953 transit modernization research study:
traffic keeps increasing despite roads being widened and highways getting built
the solution?
1) bus & streetcar only streets
2) stop turning cars from blocking transit
3) get rid of street parking
traffic keeps increasing despite roads being widened and highways getting built
the solution?
1) bus & streetcar only streets
2) stop turning cars from blocking transit
3) get rid of street parking
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
So…just like global heating and nicotine…they knew but creating value for the shareholders took precedence over public health.
"The dictionary definition of sterile is “not able to produce children or young” and children are the canary in the coalmine for what is happening to our cities."
Maybe Seattle's leadership will figure this out before the city becomes a theme park for the rich?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maybe Seattle's leadership will figure this out before the city becomes a theme park for the rich?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A new kind of gentrification is spreading through London – and emptying out schools | Anna Minton
Thanks to ‘placemaking’, thriving communities are hollowing out, to be replaced by luxury apartments and expensive restaurants, says author Anna Minton
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"The dictionary definition of sterile is “not able to produce children or young” and children are the canary in the coalmine for what is happening to our cities."
Maybe Seattle's leadership will figure this out before the city becomes a theme park for the rich?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Maybe Seattle's leadership will figure this out before the city becomes a theme park for the rich?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fascinating (not really) to see how many holders of well-paid sinecures think this book is dumb and bad without an iota of self-reflection. Step back — way back — and look at the whole picture. Then shut up and look again.
I was open to your critique, especially in the face of purges at the U.S. federal level. However, you merely offer a 90% ad hominem attack of the late author and I discern just one counter argument that "most people are very bad at ascertaining the importance and purpose of their jobs." 1 star.
May 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Fascinating (not really) to see how many holders of well-paid sinecures think this book is dumb and bad without an iota of self-reflection. Step back — way back — and look at the whole picture. Then shut up and look again.
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I was open to your critique, especially in the face of purges at the U.S. federal level. However, you merely offer a 90% ad hominem attack of the late author and I discern just one counter argument that "most people are very bad at ascertaining the importance and purpose of their jobs." 1 star.
May 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I was open to your critique, especially in the face of purges at the U.S. federal level. However, you merely offer a 90% ad hominem attack of the late author and I discern just one counter argument that "most people are very bad at ascertaining the importance and purpose of their jobs." 1 star.
maybe an obvious idea but in response to the idea of freezing Ukraine's borders where they, what if France or Britain suggested the USA do that in 1863, rather than crushing the rebellion?
Would love to hear Zelensky plant the idea in Trump that removing Putin from power would be Trump’s path to the Nobel peace prize.
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April 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
maybe an obvious idea but in response to the idea of freezing Ukraine's borders where they, what if France or Britain suggested the USA do that in 1863, rather than crushing the rebellion?
This Gizmo Cuts Plastic Bottles Into Neat Strips ino.to/ZGvyODe
This is how you re/upcycle soda bottles into 3D printer filament…that long strip is fed thru a machine using pultrusion, making filament from PETG. I'm sure a jig to remove the top/bottom cleanly would be simple.
@core77.bsky.social
This is how you re/upcycle soda bottles into 3D printer filament…that long strip is fed thru a machine using pultrusion, making filament from PETG. I'm sure a jig to remove the top/bottom cleanly would be simple.
@core77.bsky.social
This Gizmo Cuts Plastic Bottles Into Neat Strips - Core77
This intriguing BottleLoom invention, by Chinese manufacturer New Creativity, cuts plastic bottles into clean strips of material. While you need to cut the bottom of the bottle off manually to begin t...
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April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This Gizmo Cuts Plastic Bottles Into Neat Strips ino.to/ZGvyODe
This is how you re/upcycle soda bottles into 3D printer filament…that long strip is fed thru a machine using pultrusion, making filament from PETG. I'm sure a jig to remove the top/bottom cleanly would be simple.
@core77.bsky.social
This is how you re/upcycle soda bottles into 3D printer filament…that long strip is fed thru a machine using pultrusion, making filament from PETG. I'm sure a jig to remove the top/bottom cleanly would be simple.
@core77.bsky.social
It would be fun to see the signs and websites pushing this idea…
Maybe next week, just to be fair, MAGA should do a big set of rallies across the country in support of, you know, higher prices and national security failures and measles.
April 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It would be fun to see the signs and websites pushing this idea…
www.core77.com/posts/136031... @core77.bsky.social might want to look at the Olympus XA family to see a similar design language.
Fantastic Industrial Design: The Kodak Smile Camera - Core77
When Kodak wanted to produce an instant digital camera, they turned to industrial design firm Branch Creative. With their design for the Kodak Smile, Branch came up with a great way to differentiate b...
www.core77.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
www.core77.com/posts/136031... @core77.bsky.social might want to look at the Olympus XA family to see a similar design language.
I was told years ago that Seattle's northern boundary is around 50th, maybe 65th. @theurbanist.org agrees, as this map seems to be their default. Reminiscent of the New Yorker cartoon "View of the World from 9th Avenue." D5 should join Shoreline, I guess. Or break away on its own.
March 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I was told years ago that Seattle's northern boundary is around 50th, maybe 65th. @theurbanist.org agrees, as this map seems to be their default. Reminiscent of the New Yorker cartoon "View of the World from 9th Avenue." D5 should join Shoreline, I guess. Or break away on its own.
Lottery winner who owes his success to a job at a gov't research institution says what?
Yeah, there’s all the reactionary culture war stuff, where unis are meant to be hotbeds of Marxist indoctrination. But if you’re wondering why the tech-lords are leaping into the assault on unis, here you go. A vision where universities are a “government supported and funded cartel” — sucking down 🧵
March 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lottery winner who owes his success to a job at a gov't research institution says what?