Going east on McKinley/Knapp, an intersection near the river. Black SUV in the right turn lane suddenly turned on hidden red/blue lights (no siren), went through the red light, then turned off their lights not even halfway down the next block. Clearly no emergency aside from not wanting to wait.

When I looked into wtf Roko's basilisk is, I was like "doesn't that mean everyone should vehemently be working to STOP the development of superstars AI? You're all saying it will inevitably decide to end humanity, so everyone developing it is tacitly working towards ending humanity." Mind boggling

"After Musk/DOGE's ill-fated efforts to dismantle major parts of the federal government, hundreds of employees are now being asked to come back and try to keep it running pretty please"

I haven't even read the article yet but I assume this would be a more accurate way to put it

Oh I thought the "Nancy Mace screams" line was like, descriptive liberty. But no, people are really in those chambers shouting about some simple statements

I may be having a larger internal emotional response to this sandwich than I did when I first read the news 4 minutes ago (I'm at work so it's all internal)

That's a massive crowd at that event, huge numbers and jam packed. Hopefully the ensuing evacuation was managed enough and there wasn't a panic stampede on top of it

Ooh what's that one? I can't get lower than $4 per month (and I have to do the annual game of "go to cancel so they offer me the discount to keep me")

He also comes uncomfortably close to endorsing a genetic explanation for poverty reduction.

The simple fact is that America's most effective anti-poverty strategy is Social Security, a program that gives unrestricted lump sum payments to old people. No culture change necessary!

And THEN I'll have to accurately interpret their results myself.

Or, they suppose, I can simply trust that David Brooks, who has definitely never misrepresented information before, is being intellectually honest in his editorial, published by the US's paper of record.

I'm sure his claims stand up.

This first study was merely mentioned as "a study from May" (didn't even name authors).
The second (and only linked) study was actually a blog describing the study.
The third was from 1997 and just named the author.

So the @nytimes.com is leaving me to Google around and hope I find these studies

Brooks cited 2 studies to support his point so we'll actually need 9,524 studies as a counter.

Well, "cited" is a strong word. He mentioned them. So I'm sure they exist and do in fact contain the conclusions he drew!

Every month I come soooo close to canceling my subscription, but then there's a Jamelle Bouie or Tressie McMillan Cottom piece I really wanna see. Honestly, probably few enough to not overrun my monthly free articles...

Oh no, the arrest warrant I had blew away in the wind and I knocked over 2 other agents while trying to grab it!
The person went back into their residence all on their own (I definitely didn't suggest they do so) and I have no basis for entry!
I keep dropping all my zip ties!