A humanoid robot practicing at #Tokyo2020

I think it's instructive to view "reopening CPI" as an ARMA(1,1) process or, for you engineering types, a dampened sine wave. 1/

.President Donald J. Trump painted a binary choice of military withdrawal or increasing force levels & rejoining combat. He dismissed 3rd option of Afghans continuing to do most of the fighting w US, allies in supportive role. This is worth debating; what cannot be debated is the withdrawal fiasco.

do it. do it. you know you wanna. it’ll be so fucking funny dude just do it

Some kids pranked a school board meeting on some Bart Simpson shit and I am crying!! 😭😭😭😭

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Current commodity rally is strongest ever thus far when comparing to prior climbs during global recoveries ⁦ Arbor Data Science⁩ ⁦Bloomberg⁩

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I usually wouldn't comment on a N=8 scatterplot, but this particular example turns out to be very useful pedagogically, illustrating the impact of a single, *high leverage*, observation can have on the fitted regression slope. Inclusion of US (just 1 data point) flips the sign.

Morn musing: Sam Manekshaw: “A ‘Yes man’ is dangerous man, a menace. He will go very far. He can become a minister, a secy or a Field Marshal but can never become a leader, nor ever be respected. He will be used by his superiors, disliked by colleagues, despised by subordinates”

Under a net-zero emissions scenario, booming demand for four metals key to the energy transition would boost their production value sixfold to $12.9 trillion over two decades – possibly rivaling the estimated value of oil production over that period. bit.ly/3C4Pg9B

JUST IN: An arena in South Dakota is holding a “Dash for Cash” where teachers get on their knees and fight for one dollar bills that they can use for classroom supplies while spectators watch and cheer. (h/t Annie Todd)

Today in 1924 the NYT ran a story that did not hold up well at all. nytimes.com/1924/12/21/arc…

You (weak American Republicans): Tee hee, we'll say "let's go Brandon" because, tee hee, it's code for a swear. English soccer fans:

My god this should be taught in acting classes.