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Folks could have read Morgan Ames's book and came to the same conclusion. But good to have the econometricians confirm.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026253744...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Folks could have read Morgan Ames's book and came to the same conclusion. But good to have the econometricians confirm.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026253744...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026253744...
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I don't think transgender athletes are the problem facing girls and women in sports.
Investigators say former coach Sean Gardner created videos showing close-up images of at least 10 minors naked or undressing, which they recovered from his computers last year while investigating reports of sexual abuse.
Gardner has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed pending trial.
Gardner has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed pending trial.
Olympics Sports Watchdog Failed to Stop Mississippi Coach's Sexual Abuse, Women Allege
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I don't think transgender athletes are the problem facing girls and women in sports.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
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Some good news amongst the deluge of daily horrors
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Some good news amongst the deluge of daily horrors
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Today's post is the second in my trilogy of research into GenAI and metaphors, providing an overview of the most recent #AI #metaphor studies. There will be gaps and if you find any, please let me know. #linguistics #education
makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/21/a...
makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/21/a...
AI metaphor studies: An overview
In my previous post (part 1 of a trilogy) I called for an AI metaphor observatory to watch how people make sense (and sometimes nonsense) of generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, through me…
makingsciencepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Today's post is the second in my trilogy of research into GenAI and metaphors, providing an overview of the most recent #AI #metaphor studies. There will be gaps and if you find any, please let me know. #linguistics #education
makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/21/a...
makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/21/a...
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#OtD 16 Nov 2019 Chilean riot dog Rucio Capucha was injured by police water cannon during a protest in Santiago. Rucio frequently joined protests, and became a target of deliberate police violence. He survived the attack, and was adopted by a family shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 16 Nov 2019 Chilean riot dog Rucio Capucha was injured by police water cannon during a protest in Santiago. Rucio frequently joined protests, and became a target of deliberate police violence. He survived the attack, and was adopted by a family shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
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The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
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The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
Autumn 2025
GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A...
recipes.hypotheses.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
recipes.hypotheses.org
recipes.hypotheses.org
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
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Google and Apple’s documentation around how the company’s AI features handle encrypted chat apps needs significant improvements. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
When AI and Secure Chat Meet, Users Deserve Strong Controls Over How
Both Google and Apple are cramming new AI features into their phones and other devices, and neither company has offered clear ways to control which apps those AI systems can access. Recent issues
www.eff.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Google and Apple’s documentation around how the company’s AI features handle encrypted chat apps needs significant improvements. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Property taxes have become a political lightning rod in Ohio, but few voters realize what’s truly at stake if these taxes are abolished.
Ohio’s beloved parks and libraries face annihilation in Republican war on property taxes
How lawmakers shifted tax burdens to homeowners while giving billions to wealthy friends, now putting community institutions at risk
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Property taxes have become a political lightning rod in Ohio, but few voters realize what’s truly at stake if these taxes are abolished.
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ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.
There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.
This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.
This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.
There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.
This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.
This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:
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The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.
www.propublica.org
August 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
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"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
“You sound real corny being scared of the subway.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Last year there were ten murders in the NYC subway system, with well over a billion total rides taken. During the same time period, there were 253 traffic fatalities in New York City. One person dead every day and a half. Cars? Those things are fucking dangerous."
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If you are a teacher K-12 and have a wish list for supplies for the school year for your classroom, please tag me so I can amplify your list. We used to do this on the old site and people usually responded very well.
August 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you are a teacher K-12 and have a wish list for supplies for the school year for your classroom, please tag me so I can amplify your list. We used to do this on the old site and people usually responded very well.
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The Los Angeles jails just posted their 29th in-custody death for this year:
August 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Los Angeles jails just posted their 29th in-custody death for this year:
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The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement. Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida
The death of Johnny Noviello, 49, came as ICE agents have made sweeping arrests across the United States as part of President Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The cause is under investigation.
trib.al
June 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement. Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
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🇺🇸 "Club World Cash Grab"
Seattle Sounders players decided to wear this shirt today, to protest MLS for the low prize for players who will play in the #ClubWorldCup.
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Seattle Sounders players decided to wear this shirt today, to protest MLS for the low prize for players who will play in the #ClubWorldCup.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🇺🇸 "Club World Cash Grab"
Seattle Sounders players decided to wear this shirt today, to protest MLS for the low prize for players who will play in the #ClubWorldCup.
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Seattle Sounders players decided to wear this shirt today, to protest MLS for the low prize for players who will play in the #ClubWorldCup.
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If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
Protein for strength training? Vegan diet matches meat for muscle gains
If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you're trying to build muscle, getting enough protein is a must. But does it matter if that protein comes from meat or plants? A new study overturns assumptions.
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Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...