So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund.

www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

Now seems like a good time to remember if you interface with students that those students - especially those from vulnerable populations - do see what you say/post publicly and will take those as signals as to whether you’re a reliable supporter/friend/mentor when things get tough.

But blatant disregard for population diversity is antithetical to the entire field of statistics. It causes to imprecise, inaccurate data collection, leading to estimates that will just flat out be wrong. But we won’t know how!! Because we didn’t collect the data!!!

Christening this account with a picture of Lyric sitting on a warm vent. She truly knows the art of comfort.