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zeb
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lives in the moment (also, pnw)

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zeb @alzebra.bsky.social · Mar 9
me irl
frovo.bsky.social Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · Feb 18
Friend: how's things
Me: fine

Morgan Freeman: but things was not fine
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p-hunermund.com
Kinda scary that you're publishing a paper and then some of the best econometricians of your generation jump on the replication package and start to publicly dissect the results—not gonna lie. 😅
paulgp.com Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 21h
I was also bored and pulled up the replication package.

The results are quite sensitive in aggregate to needing the controls. Here's the replication of Figure 3, including the case w/o controls:
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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robdenbleyker.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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britannica.com
Faith Hill describing a kiss:
Diagram of centrifugal motion
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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timfduffy.com
"bougie" is a prole word, "bourgeois" is way more aristocratic. But I am a man of the people so I'll keep using bougie.
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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humanityposts.bsky.social
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August 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
alzebra.bsky.social
End of era two of Mistborn.
Love the Elantris references; Kelsier’s back!?!? My boy in bowler hat 🫠 #mistborn #BookSky
Screenshot of the audiobook app “Libby” showing the audio player with Brandon Sanderson’s book “The Lost Metal” completed (only the Ars Arcanum part of the appendix remains)
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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jennyjams.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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asherperlman.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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alanrileyscott.bsky.social
Are you familiar with this one?
Tumbler Screenshot: A post from user yaoibutts with a picture of a potato. It reads "I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means "earth apple." Like what stupid Frenchman saw this and said "zis petite legume looks like a, how you sa, appple! hmmm... but it grows in ze earth... Hon Hon Hon! Mais Oui! C'est une pomme de terre!" A reply from user michaonthemoon: j'adore comment ananas se dit pinappple en anglais, ce qui veut litteralment dire "pomme de in", genre quel type anjlais a vu ca et s'est did "ow cette etrange big fruit ressemble a une, how do you say, pomme! hmmm... mais plutot une pomme qui pousse dans les pins... hu hu hu! Oy Yes, it's a pineapple!"
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Big news. SMBC is expanding into the romance genre
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Rivers

www.worldofmoose.com/products/par...
Cartoon of two men standing in water up to their calves by a river bank. One is saying to the other: People who say they've swum in the rivers in Paris and Cairo are either insane or in denial.
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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toughsf.bsky.social
Here's a chart to understand what astrobiology news means for the Fermi Paradox:

News like the Bennu sugars move us to the right. Discovering that the Solar Sytem is unique moves us to the left.

Zoom in!
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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merriam-webster.com
"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
Screenshot of SNL's George Washington sketch from 10/28/23 with Nate Bargatze
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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gbaji.bsky.social
Photo of a wolf standing on its hind legs, caption: "Look at me, I'm a human! I pay taxes, I have depression, I'm behind on chores!"
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
alzebra.bsky.social
Seattle Marathon 2025 :

My second full marathon; I got cocky and didn’t prepare well; Lucky that I didn’t get any damage 😬

#SeattleMarathon2025 #seattle
Photo of seattle full marathon finisher medal Screenshot of apple health app depicting the workout event Seattle Marathon 2025 Route
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
alzebra.bsky.social
Another year, another marathon! 30 Mins to go!! #SeattleMarathon2025
Seattle weather on the day of marathon!
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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rincewind.run
perhaps, like the couple from the “down low-too slow” section of the high five page on Wikipedia, she met the love of her life on this fart walk
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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sneptech.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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forbes.com
‘Zootopia 2’ Lands Disney’s Highest Rotten Tomatoes Score Since ‘Encanto’
‘Zootopia 2’ Lands Disney’s Highest Rotten Tomatoes Score Since ‘Encanto’
Reviews are in an Zootopia 2's Rotten Tomatoes score is Disney's highest in a number of years, but does it top the original?
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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designthinking.lol
Do I have ADHD?
Probably not, but I’m too scared to ask and get told this...
#webcomics #comicsky
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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pfrazee.com
If everything is a top priority, then everything gets done quickly. That's basic management
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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dollspace.gay
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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shoshana.bsky.social
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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iame.li
Seattle has a flag?? I've never seen this before in my life
White on teal with Chief Seattle's head and "City of Goodwill" Seattle on it
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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kaseygifford.bsky.social
The guy in the green sweater is hanging on for dear life.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM