The DHS finally decided to provide the underlying stats for its exponentially increasing claims of sky-high numbers of assaults on ICE officers. Earlier this year, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin insisted assaults were up 413%, which was parroted by acting ICE direction Todd Lyons in his whiny response to Washington Post columnist Philip Bump's questioning of ICE officer tactics: namely, the unmarked vehicles, the refusal to identify themselves, and the fact that pretty much every person on a deportation task force seems incapable of doing the job without being dressed in camo and covering everything but their eyes with a mask.

The threat of LLMs is an invitation to get to the roots, rather than layering on more, more, more.

In a data-driven society, numeracy is central to civic life, and yet too many Americans are numerically illiterate.

As we grow up, we are trained to think about things in a linear way. But it can leave us ill-equipped in our complex, fast moving world, harm our finances and even mislead AI.

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.