The asymmetry of the value placed on human life is so striking. Israel has a goal to recover 40-year-old remains; to do so, it invades a sovereign country, and the lives of 26 Lebanese are an afterthought. Their names not even worth printing in the New York Times.
Had to doublecheck the date on this
Simple, clear, devastating.
Month-to-date Strait of Hormuz journeys down 92% from February
46 transits over the first five days of March vs 561 transits by this point last month.
> Intel report warns large-scale war 'unlikely' to oust Iran’s regime
www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
a graph of year-on-year change in US tech employment
Brutal numbers for US tech sector jobs released today—overall, employment decreased by 12k last month and is down 57k over the last year
That's now nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and significantly worse than either the 2008 or 2020 recessions
a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment
The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 238k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace, while growth in construction remains low
a graph of year-on-year change in US manufacturing employment
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 100k over the last year, & another 12k jobs were lost in February
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), chemicals, & wood are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Job losses are consistent with AI labor substitution.
Knuth is a real one in many ways (these are screenshots from his homepage)
Pete Hegseth: "We're not following stupid Rules of Engagement."
Today in Iran…
"Holy shit, did WE ever make the right decision" - The US Women's Hockey Team
Hines: I handled human trafficking cases all over Southeast Michigan. I believe survivors deserve justice, no matter who the accused is. Accountability cannot depend on whether someone is powerful, wealthy, or politically connected.
I do the janky thing and resize my window lol. 😂 I might do glimpse, or skimr::skim
The _real_ cool kids aren’t -maxxing everything, they’re -uncertaintyquantifyying.
Using Stan’s Pathfinder to init MCMC (and speed up warm up) 🤘😎
Oh cool! That’s awesome. These days MCMC is my bottleneck.
True. I think data.table is marvelous. I prefer tibble, bc I find dplyr syntax easier to work with than dt's terse style. It won't surprise me if AI agents adopt data.table and start preferring it for dt's famed speed performance, bc I'm sure they can handle the syntax (better than I).
> Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
Predictable.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Agree, I love tibbles bc of how they pretty print. The default way data.frames will fully print is ... annoying to say the least (and can totally spoil a sesh).
AI-enabled robotics could shift the balance of power in global manufacturing, says CEO of Alphabet company
I spoke to over 250 people in Overland Park, KS last night. They are organizing for voting rights and public schools and against a regime set on harming their neighbors.
They know what’s at stake in November.
On the publication bias discourse, I regret that metascience has become a source of decontextualized, low-res, bean-counting-focused `science is in crisis' narratives. It is largely uncurious abt science, desperately lacking in theory & measurement. I'll quote a few takes I liked & add my thoughts🧵
An excellent scientist designs an experiment overwhelmingly likely to reject.
Otherwise they’d be designing poor low powered experiments.
A2S3 doesn't apply to breaking the law.
"None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to prevent a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator from entering a facility... for the purpose of conducting oversight."
Section 527, Division C, Public Law 118-47 (138 Stat. 460, 619)
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
If you’re not using Claude Code, now’s the time to jump in!
> Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says
www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/b...
