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Graphics reporter in DC (currently razzmatazzing at the WSJ). Lots of data and coding work but often distracted by comics, St. Louis sports and interesting things I've read in the news of the day. I feed on groan responses to my puns.

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Unfortunately, I drive a stick, and this is missing some clutch information

05.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel a bit crazy because with that sorta code and everything you'd find in Stackoverflow I've always emphasized that folks shouldn't run code they don't have at least some understanding of... and now we're just making whole codebases and telling people to run them as-is

05.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like a lot of the teams have home ice at arenas that don't have both NBA and NHL teamsβ€”so I think DC would absolutely bear it as a market, but I'm not really sure where they would play

05.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Bar chart showing the percentage of adults in various countries who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad or very bad. The chart is based on a spring 2025 Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries.

Bar chart showing the percentage of adults in various countries who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad or very bad. The chart is based on a spring 2025 Pew Research Center survey of 25 countries.

"The United States is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad (53%) than as good (47%)." www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

05.03.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

does this constitute horse race polling?

04.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"It's a snapshot not a predictionβ€”and they get blurry if things are moving"

04.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals

I supposed it's better than wellness www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

04.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coral Crown

I want you to know the Hades video games had a delightful reimagining for a boss fight against a pop-band-themed Scylla and the Sirens including music they play in-game during the fight open.spotify.com/track/2BCvIi... & they get angrier the more times you beat them open.spotify.com/track/1suKl2...

03.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a counterbalance to the naysayers, I will just let you know that sunset is after 6, today

02.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And that should get you to Absril...

01.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In my current Pathfinder campaign, I'm a witch with a frog familiar and another player is a Grippli and it's pretty great

28.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I assume he'd use grizzly looking mean guys as batman and weirdly flirty looking cats as Bruce

27.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Special 200th anniversary (180 years from wuthering heights, 20 from give up)

26.02.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We did this bit last week

26.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a page from a book, reads:

Will the reader find it credible that a man can lose fourteen pounds digesting such novelties? Certainly I would not have lost them had I not believed the conclusions drawn at these meetings at Kridwiss's, had I been convinced that these gentlemen were babbling nonsense. But I was most definnitely not of that opinion. Indeed, I had laid their fingers with remarkable sensitivity on the pulse of the age and were foretelling truth by its beat. I would nonetheless have been infinitely gratefulβ€”I must repeat myself hereβ€”and presumably would not have lost fourteen, but perhaps only seven pounds, if they themselves had been somewhat shocked by their findings and had encountered them with a little moral criticism. They might have said β€œUnfortunately, it does indeed look as if things are about to take this or that course,. Conseuqently one must step in, warn against what is coming, and do one's best to prevent it.” What they said however, was more of less: ”It's coming, it's omcing, and once it's here it will find us at the crest of the moment. It is interesting, even goodβ€”simply because it is what is coming, and to recognize that fact is both achievement and enjoyment enough. It is not up to us to take measure against it as well.” The covert words of these learned men. Their joy of recognition, however, was a sham. They sympathized with what they recognized, and without that sympathy would probably have not recognized it at all. That was the issue. That was the cause of my anger and agitation, and of my loss of weight.

Photo of a page from a book, reads: Will the reader find it credible that a man can lose fourteen pounds digesting such novelties? Certainly I would not have lost them had I not believed the conclusions drawn at these meetings at Kridwiss's, had I been convinced that these gentlemen were babbling nonsense. But I was most definnitely not of that opinion. Indeed, I had laid their fingers with remarkable sensitivity on the pulse of the age and were foretelling truth by its beat. I would nonetheless have been infinitely gratefulβ€”I must repeat myself hereβ€”and presumably would not have lost fourteen, but perhaps only seven pounds, if they themselves had been somewhat shocked by their findings and had encountered them with a little moral criticism. They might have said β€œUnfortunately, it does indeed look as if things are about to take this or that course,. Conseuqently one must step in, warn against what is coming, and do one's best to prevent it.” What they said however, was more of less: ”It's coming, it's omcing, and once it's here it will find us at the crest of the moment. It is interesting, even goodβ€”simply because it is what is coming, and to recognize that fact is both achievement and enjoyment enough. It is not up to us to take measure against it as well.” The covert words of these learned men. Their joy of recognition, however, was a sham. They sympathized with what they recognized, and without that sympathy would probably have not recognized it at all. That was the issue. That was the cause of my anger and agitation, and of my loss of weight.

_Doctor Faustus_, published in 1947, is about art and the human soul but also really about democracy and human dignity

26.02.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Be specific when citing poll data"
(monkeys paw curls)
"You can see that 57.875% of respondents..."

25.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think Yes! has bulk candy

25.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcasts? TV Talk Shows? Netflix Just Hopes They’re Hits.

πŸ‘€ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/a...

25.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's the good advice you just didn't take

25.02.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a charged statement

25.02.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Given the context, y'all should figure out if you can get the .mil version...

25.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ironically your tastes are frozen

25.02.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Wake for The Washington Post’s Books Section

The final audience question... asked how to help younger generations recognize the importance of American legacy journalism.

The room burst into applause at her question, though no one had a ready answer.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/b...

24.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Bread sliced" bagels are not "St. Louis style." Like, y'all don't even call bread co by its proper name outside of the Lou!

24.02.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No. The Martian felt a little overwritten to me so I never picked it up πŸ˜…

24.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Emily, I will read a book with you

24.02.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This implies the existence of the ominous "this is fun (final)"

23.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone surprised by this should watch more water polo

23.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would the ship name be Tinker John or Little Bell

23.02.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

unfortunately I think it may need root access to do so

23.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0