Dave
@davesmith75.bsky.social
Google scholar is like Sesame Street for grown-ups. So much to learn...
No, you see, that's the wrong kind of waste, fraud, and abuse. It's okay when a billionaire incinerates taxpayer money in the upper atmosphere. It's bad when dedicated public servants get compensated for their labour.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
March 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
No, you see, that's the wrong kind of waste, fraud, and abuse. It's okay when a billionaire incinerates taxpayer money in the upper atmosphere. It's bad when dedicated public servants get compensated for their labour.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
Apparently, the "waste, fraud, and abuse" was people being paid to do valuable work.
March 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Apparently, the "waste, fraud, and abuse" was people being paid to do valuable work.
Not an expert, but happy to share the little I know.
1. Keep the jug in the fridge. 2. The rest, like so much in life, is about depth and angle. Practise the depth needed to stretch the milk first, then work on the wand angle to swirl the milk. Finish deeper to heat the milk.
1. Keep the jug in the fridge. 2. The rest, like so much in life, is about depth and angle. Practise the depth needed to stretch the milk first, then work on the wand angle to swirl the milk. Finish deeper to heat the milk.
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Not an expert, but happy to share the little I know.
1. Keep the jug in the fridge. 2. The rest, like so much in life, is about depth and angle. Practise the depth needed to stretch the milk first, then work on the wand angle to swirl the milk. Finish deeper to heat the milk.
1. Keep the jug in the fridge. 2. The rest, like so much in life, is about depth and angle. Practise the depth needed to stretch the milk first, then work on the wand angle to swirl the milk. Finish deeper to heat the milk.
Everybody can wear BLM T-shirts.
Nobody should wear a WLM T-shirt.
Nobody should wear a WLM T-shirt.
December 1, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Everybody can wear BLM T-shirts.
Nobody should wear a WLM T-shirt.
Nobody should wear a WLM T-shirt.
The thing that worries me is the fact that so many Elvis fans refused to accept he was dead. Elvis sightings persisted for years, much beyond the expected lifespan of an obese male addicted to medication.
No matter how Trump dies, I suspect there will be a good percentage that refuse to accept it.
No matter how Trump dies, I suspect there will be a good percentage that refuse to accept it.
November 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM
The thing that worries me is the fact that so many Elvis fans refused to accept he was dead. Elvis sightings persisted for years, much beyond the expected lifespan of an obese male addicted to medication.
No matter how Trump dies, I suspect there will be a good percentage that refuse to accept it.
No matter how Trump dies, I suspect there will be a good percentage that refuse to accept it.
Putin has helped create a situation where kompromat may be ineffective on Trump. Who's going to care? The both-sides media, or the post-truth population?
And I suspect, given what happened to Prigozhin, he has little interest in subtlety. Although assassinating a head of state would be...risky(?)
And I suspect, given what happened to Prigozhin, he has little interest in subtlety. Although assassinating a head of state would be...risky(?)
November 28, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Putin has helped create a situation where kompromat may be ineffective on Trump. Who's going to care? The both-sides media, or the post-truth population?
And I suspect, given what happened to Prigozhin, he has little interest in subtlety. Although assassinating a head of state would be...risky(?)
And I suspect, given what happened to Prigozhin, he has little interest in subtlety. Although assassinating a head of state would be...risky(?)
It'll take them less time to bypass it. Just like last time an Australian government tried to block part of the internet.
November 28, 2024 at 1:11 PM
It'll take them less time to bypass it. Just like last time an Australian government tried to block part of the internet.
It's abundantly clear you don't know what equivocating means.
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
It's abundantly clear you don't know what equivocating means.
So you're obviously fine with my interpretation of your words...
I know you mean well but you could've just said "don't feed the troll, we're trying to keep it positive here."
Instead you went with condescending "af". Happy to try to police me, while showing your belly to the trolls.
I know you mean well but you could've just said "don't feed the troll, we're trying to keep it positive here."
Instead you went with condescending "af". Happy to try to police me, while showing your belly to the trolls.
November 27, 2024 at 2:32 AM
So you're obviously fine with my interpretation of your words...
I know you mean well but you could've just said "don't feed the troll, we're trying to keep it positive here."
Instead you went with condescending "af". Happy to try to police me, while showing your belly to the trolls.
I know you mean well but you could've just said "don't feed the troll, we're trying to keep it positive here."
Instead you went with condescending "af". Happy to try to police me, while showing your belly to the trolls.
Obviously, the written word is very much open to interpretation, but are you aware of the seeming... incongruity... of your opening sentence and your closing emoji?
If I should interpret it another way, feel free to let me know.
If I should interpret it another way, feel free to let me know.
November 26, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Obviously, the written word is very much open to interpretation, but are you aware of the seeming... incongruity... of your opening sentence and your closing emoji?
If I should interpret it another way, feel free to let me know.
If I should interpret it another way, feel free to let me know.
That's exactly the point. Absent a massive survey, or an investigation in the style of the Australian Royal Commission, there is very little reliable data.
What I struggle with is how it could be found that religion was responsible for ~75% of Australian cases, but it's somehow opposite in the US.
What I struggle with is how it could be found that religion was responsible for ~75% of Australian cases, but it's somehow opposite in the US.
November 26, 2024 at 5:03 AM
That's exactly the point. Absent a massive survey, or an investigation in the style of the Australian Royal Commission, there is very little reliable data.
What I struggle with is how it could be found that religion was responsible for ~75% of Australian cases, but it's somehow opposite in the US.
What I struggle with is how it could be found that religion was responsible for ~75% of Australian cases, but it's somehow opposite in the US.
I'm not sure where you get that. It's deeply homophobic in its unsourced opinions and seems to be trying to draw special distinctions for priests.
Not to worry, I'm done reading religious paraphernalia for today.
Not to worry, I'm done reading religious paraphernalia for today.
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 AM
I'm not sure where you get that. It's deeply homophobic in its unsourced opinions and seems to be trying to draw special distinctions for priests.
Not to worry, I'm done reading religious paraphernalia for today.
Not to worry, I'm done reading religious paraphernalia for today.
This article is deeply problematic. Both authors are very religious, and fixated on the largely debunked notion of abuse being rooted in homosexuality.
However, they do reference the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report. That shows a downward trend in the rate of accusation against priests.
However, they do reference the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report. That shows a downward trend in the rate of accusation against priests.
November 26, 2024 at 4:08 AM
This article is deeply problematic. Both authors are very religious, and fixated on the largely debunked notion of abuse being rooted in homosexuality.
However, they do reference the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report. That shows a downward trend in the rate of accusation against priests.
However, they do reference the John Jay College of Criminal Justice report. That shows a downward trend in the rate of accusation against priests.
That's right, victims per capita is the important measure here. Especially given there are ~29 times more students in government schools than religious.
I suspect that churches are condemned more because people are increasingly seeing the church as unnecessary, while school is essential.
I suspect that churches are condemned more because people are increasingly seeing the church as unnecessary, while school is essential.
November 26, 2024 at 4:08 AM
That's right, victims per capita is the important measure here. Especially given there are ~29 times more students in government schools than religious.
I suspect that churches are condemned more because people are increasingly seeing the church as unnecessary, while school is essential.
I suspect that churches are condemned more because people are increasingly seeing the church as unnecessary, while school is essential.
I'm a little concerned that you don't know the difference between peer-review and editorial review.
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I'm a little concerned that you don't know the difference between peer-review and editorial review.
When I say government reports are held in higher esteem, I'm speaking academically.
I'm well aware of the use of transfers to cover up crimes. It's been documented in Australian government schools. But it's not departmental cover ups; it's rogue principals not following appropriate procedure.
I'm well aware of the use of transfers to cover up crimes. It's been documented in Australian government schools. But it's not departmental cover ups; it's rogue principals not following appropriate procedure.
November 26, 2024 at 2:44 AM
When I say government reports are held in higher esteem, I'm speaking academically.
I'm well aware of the use of transfers to cover up crimes. It's been documented in Australian government schools. But it's not departmental cover ups; it's rogue principals not following appropriate procedure.
I'm well aware of the use of transfers to cover up crimes. It's been documented in Australian government schools. But it's not departmental cover ups; it's rogue principals not following appropriate procedure.
What's your point? It didn't present any research data. Just opinion.
I know it was unintentional but your crop resulted in the subtitle of "industry best clerical abuse."
I know it was unintentional but your crop resulted in the subtitle of "industry best clerical abuse."
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 AM
What's your point? It didn't present any research data. Just opinion.
I know it was unintentional but your crop resulted in the subtitle of "industry best clerical abuse."
I know it was unintentional but your crop resulted in the subtitle of "industry best clerical abuse."
Government reports are held to a much higher standard and in much higher esteem than private entities with a vested interest in protecting themselves.
November 26, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Government reports are held to a much higher standard and in much higher esteem than private entities with a vested interest in protecting themselves.
Psychology today is not peer-reviewed. It publishes opinion. Notice how he doesn't reference anything.
That article is also reprinted on the website of Santa Clara University. The Jesuit University.
I'm still looking at the others you posted.
That article is also reprinted on the website of Santa Clara University. The Jesuit University.
I'm still looking at the others you posted.
November 26, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Psychology today is not peer-reviewed. It publishes opinion. Notice how he doesn't reference anything.
That article is also reprinted on the website of Santa Clara University. The Jesuit University.
I'm still looking at the others you posted.
That article is also reprinted on the website of Santa Clara University. The Jesuit University.
I'm still looking at the others you posted.
Sounds like something that it would have been prudent to do before posting "data."
You know, research and verify.
But I'm encouraged that you've adjusted to new information and won't use the chart anymore. That's kind of unusual on social media.
You know, research and verify.
But I'm encouraged that you've adjusted to new information and won't use the chart anymore. That's kind of unusual on social media.
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Sounds like something that it would have been prudent to do before posting "data."
You know, research and verify.
But I'm encouraged that you've adjusted to new information and won't use the chart anymore. That's kind of unusual on social media.
You know, research and verify.
But I'm encouraged that you've adjusted to new information and won't use the chart anymore. That's kind of unusual on social media.