a man in a suit and tie is holding his hair ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his hair

I need a Scotch

Supreme Court again rules in favor of Korean victims of Japan's forced labor | Yonhap News Agency SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two appellate court ruling...

This is going to bug me all week.

It was, what, over 50 years before a half apology for that whole "comfort women" thing?

Japan-South Korea finally cleared up some stuff (read: atrocities) in 2023!

m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2023...

Wait... There are people who argue we were too hard on *Japan*?! War crime trials hit a snag and we all just... shrugged and gave up?

Is the author of the manifesto an imperial Japanese time traveler?

The other day she let the youngest rub hand soap all over her while she was playing in some running water.

She then enjoyed the sponge bath that required, because of course she did.

Potty independence butting up against absurd cat behavior!

Scrubbed through to check the sections and I'm 99% sure this is where I learned about MoH recipient James Hendrix

www.cmohs.org/recipients/j...

Yeah I don't disagree. The "AI" voice is a barrier even if a human wrote a script.

I regularly listen to news articles and I prefer the older obvious robot voices over the newer ones that are *closer* to human, but slip now and then.

Different strokes, and in a few years we'll all look silly

It's sad, but many of these great channels have had to edit the description to highlight that they were created before AI tools or that that don't use it now.

I hope the magic of YouTube never dies. So many gems.

Battle of the Bulge - Complete Animated Documentary YouTube video by The Operations Room

may also enjoy this 3 hour youtube documentary, very granular and detailed but still manages to be dramatic for that

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJmh...

I've already seen it!

Great channel

Two large stuffed bears, confusingly named "Yep" and "Nope"!

Discovered in a very confusing Abbott and Costello routine that my girls named these bears "Yep" and "Nope".

He's clearly a loyal friend, and he must make more than $0 for Netflix, so the experiment continues!

Did I just trick myself into watching Band of Brothers again?

I think I did.

Really puts in perspective how crazy the events of the Battle of the Bulge were

Kampfgruppe Peiper having to turn around a bunch of times to find crossings, restaurant retake towns, etc was very condensed.

Elsenborn Ridge isn't that big either!

Let's hope they don't bother improving!

A few years ago I made a deal with myself:

Every 8-12 months I pick up an introductory Linear Algebra book until I stop learning something new each time. (Some revisits are short, others are proofy, etc)

@matloff.bsky.social's new LA book is good and I'll post a review eventually, for example.

Intro to Linear Algebra: VMLS

Simon Wood's GAM book, naturally

But I'll highlight one that's not a ringer.

VMLS is what you get when 2 dudes wonder "what if we introduce LA by equipping the reader with Least Squares, & then motivate them by stuffing LS into a cannon and blasting it at stuff?"

It's surprisingly effective!

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In a weird way, the rise of those plastic-voiced AI ads (primarily video, but not exclusively) has rendered them supremely ignorable.

Has anyone else found that adapting to no longer see/hear them has been trivial? I both hope you aren't all suffering, but I also hope my peace endures...

Canonical "highest highs and lowest lows".

The man made Jack and Jill and the Ridiculous 6.

He also made Uncut Gems and Happy Gilmore.

He cannot be contained!

And of course there's his broader record on civil rights stuff not related to his being a huge racist.

The Palmer Raids!

The Senate didn't even ratify the LoN! Failed twice. Wilson was totally unwilling to negotiate (he was a megalomaniac and a huge jerk).

He only pretended to support women's suffrage after it was obviously going to happen and after a career of being a misogynist.

Wilson was planning to run for a third term before he was incapacitated!

Wilson wasn't just power hungry, he was a virulent racist. Re-segregated the civil service, etc.

FDR's 4 terms are Victor Orban like, but you didn't hear that from me 😉

He deserves credit for being responsive enough to push/support EPA.

Lunar program had lots of momentum /shrug

Vietnam is too complicated but I don't think he was uniquely the problem (see: Johnson). Mixed, mostly bad legacy there.

Had he won 1960 I imagine he'd have been a very different POTUS.

a man and woman are hugging in front of an american flag on a television . Alt: Rex Kwon Do, Napoleon Dynamite

It's an American quirk but I don't find it funny!

He and Wilson (probably the worst human to be President in the 1900s) share the blame for "co-equal branches of govt" crap. Major expansions of Executive power, even if you set aside the criminality... (Incl illegal bombing campaigns)

Like any Pres, wasn't all bad (eg, closing the gold window)

I'll show up to any forum where crapping on Nixon is scheduled.

Of course I'm one of the few who is genuinely bothered by referring to people by their _last_ elected job in interviews, etc.

They aren't "mr governor" or "lady secretary" anymore.

This upsets me.

Carter also used his status as a former Pres to undermine Clinton's foreign policy (North Korea, Haiti)... something totally out of bounds for a former POTUS. That's when he wasn't victim-blaming Salman Rushdie / undermining free expression.

His other work? Laudable

"Going away" is job # 1 imo

I'm looking for applied tutorials on sensitivity analyses for NMAR outcome variables. Any favorite resources #rstats and #stata crowd?

And for the love of all that is holy, check to make sure they wont disintegrate during the interview.

If you only own dress shoes for that wedding you went to 6 years ago, **check on them now**.

bsky.app/profile/tidd...

Justified