So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.
That's roughly $1 billion per day.
$41,666,667 per hour.
$11,574 per second.
People do not want this.
They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.
I previously completed the “call representative” item on @robertreich 5 list.
Now, from item 5, “speak out” item
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chatbots can help search the literautre, but humans still need to produce the literature!
🚨BREAKING: Minnesota state attorneys alleged in a court hearing that Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are attempting to force the state to surrender its sovereignty — in particular, its control over elections — through the massive federal immigration operation in the Twin Cities region.
Across America and the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator.
The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
It's time for a massive general strike across the country.
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
New medical statistics TikTok account! In the video below, I give a “no-numbers” perspective on specificity
#statistics #medsky #medicine #tests
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThRmotjV/
information retrieval (and summary) is not the same as decision making
decision analysis encourages one to consider all outcomes (and their probabilities), including those that involve side effects
statmedhumanity.org/2025/08/25/d...
Thanks for keeping me honest. Related: statmedhumanity.org/2025/09/28/i... One could frame it as a difference between classification/discrimination and sampling
“Pride cometh before the fall”
- regression to the mean
However, I justify this work to myself, because it’s such a privilege to play a role in bringing one of the marvels of modern science and medicine to people.
The schedules are complex, the catch up schedules are even more so, it’s not fun to memorize all the different names, there is a lot of paperwork, etc, and it’s often the very last thing one thinks about, after having an already-complex visit—it can add up.
One of the more difficult/ tedious parts of being a resident in family medicine is keeping track of vaccines for each patients.
I called my congresswoman @chrissyhoulahan today to express concern about the current admin’s deployment of federal troops in our cities
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC.
All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC.
This was never about "fighting crime."
Do you have any recommendations In terms of what we can do to oppose this?
Dragon dictation is good now though
This technology is destabilizing things - maybe not even the technology but the difference between how people perceive it and what it truly is
If you’re going to use an example to help explain a concept, it may not be to your advantage to make the example more complicated than the concept itself
4 hours debugging code saves you 10 minutes planning it
If a trial is powered for blood pressure as a primary outcome, take care when drawing conclusions about noisier secondary outcomes, such as time-to-dialysis.
Jewish leaders denounced President Trump on Friday for using an antisemitic term at a rally in Iowa the previous evening.
Down with grok!
Stats has responsibility tho to be authorities on all things estimation, for the good of humankind
I also think data science had more intuitive terminology and also realized there is a market for pure estimation (or prediction), which is itself intuitive, which worked out for it. Coupled with easier to use software (with some exceptions, like that written by good stats programmers), it took off.
