At some point in time, the “not crazy” lane in American politics has got to come back into vogue.

The people with the most extreme views are sucking up all the oxygen. And then drinking up all the groundwater.

Isn’t it okay to be, you know, RATIONAL anymore?

Headline from one of my Inbox emails tonight ...

'Pecker Survives Cross-Examination' 🤔

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Jesse Singal Smaller mice, each also containing a smaller nested mouse, ad infinitum

If you were going to attack your ideological enemies by painstakingly injecting 12-30 mice with something, stuffing them into a backpack, and then hurling that backpack at said enemies, what would you inject them with?

Adam Levitan *R A N K I N G S * I N * B I O* 😂

AI porn bots now teaching themselves to sound like a corny 'football guy.'

Confirming the end of society is, indeed, near:

If you think newspapers are expensive try no newspapers

Indeed, Garry Kasparov (Garry Kasparov) is an outright hero. He could have spent the rest of his life basking in the glow of an historic chess career. He did not have to incur any enemies at all. He could simply have accepted adulation and laurels. Instead, he has put his neck on…

How much courage did it take for Lin Zhao to do this in 1965 in China? Incredible. #hero wsj.com/articles/the-c…

Speaking of Communists, since the 50th anniversary of her execution by Maoist goons is April 29, never forget what communism in practice is all about. #LinZhao
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With a heavy heart I announce that my 18-year-old younger sister, Lara Sayegh, was killed today on her way from Gaza City to the south. She and my mother were reaching Egypt for safety. My angel collapsed as she was walking on the “safe route” past the Israeli checkpoint, in an…

Can always count on the Flatirons to make driving in for a 6AM Sunday shift worth it. ❄️⛰️🌤️🌿

🔥Kareem Carr | Statistician 🔥 🔥

Beautifully said! 👊🏽

Another variant that I also like: “it’s stats all the way down” 😄

“What is machine learning but statistics persevering?”

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carried out due diligence on all 3 for various donors. All good.

Grateful that the World Central Kitchen is resuming operations in Gaza, following a month-long hiatus after the horrendous killing of their staff on April 1st. There's an immense need for their services as large segments of Gaza's population suffer from malnutrition and…

The saga Patrick describes here reminds, even if slightly, of Ursula Le Guin's short story, 'Winter's King' (1969).

Early on, she describes the treachery of an advisor who whispered falsehoods into the ruler's ear ...

1. Another story from Chinese history that leaves much to think about. Near the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the 1620s, China was threatened with invasions from the newly-united Manchu tribe to the northeast, under their ruler Nurhaci.

Have you driven through a Costco parking lot on a Sunday afternoon recently?

Don’t.

Faint echos of this .. 💔

'After a May 1992 mortar attack killed 22 people waiting to buy bread at a Sarajevo bakery,' for the next 22 days, 'Vedran Smailovic, a cellist in the Sarajevo Opera Orchestra, sat near the bombed shop to perform a single tune.'

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