Duke lands Wisconsin transfer John Blackwell, cementing likely top-5 team entering season As a senior with three seasons of NCAA Tournament experience, Blackwell’s veteran savvy aligns well with Duke’s larger roster philosophy.

Badger Nation weeps.

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Percentage of adults with a Ph.D.

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#OTD 1942 Sir Maurice Kendall ASA Fellow 1950, reads his paper ‘On the Future of Statistics’ before the Royal Statistical Society. Eighty-four years later, how many of his predictions pan out? 1/4🧵

The Ministry of Silly Walks was a well-run, efficient bureaucracy in comparison.

50 years ago Singh & Maddala published this influential paper on statistical models for long-tailed distributions (income, healthcare costs, …), known often as Burr-Singh-Maddala distributions (SM acknowledge Burr (1942) in their paper).
www.jstor.org/stable/1911538
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David Slusky, University Scholarly Achievement Award YouTube video by The University of Kansas

The @universityofkansas.bsky.social made a really nice video about me.

🧠 Think you know U.S. health care history?

Today’s system grew from programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA—fueling a massive private industry.

Test your knowledge with this 10 question quiz ⬇️
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#HealthPolicy #HealthcareHistory #PublicHealth

Supposing the claim is true (one is skeptical) is "failed to earn the public’s trust" the cause or the consequence of Trump administration actions?

At E.B. White's memorial service Roger Angell (his stepson) nodded to White's social anxiety, saying "If Andy White could be with us today he would not be with us today.”

Springtime is so colorful in the upper midwest.

Language Matters Why English is so hard to learn Marlene Davis YOU think English is easy? Check out the following. 1. The bandage was wound around the wound. 11. The insurance was invalid for the invalid in his hospital bed. 12. There was a row among the oarsmen about who would row. 13. They were too close to the door to close it. 14. The buck does funny things when the does (females) are present. 15. A seamstress and a sewer fell 2. The farm was cultivated to produce down into a sewer line. produce. 3. The dump was so full that the workers had to refuse more refuse. 4. We must polish the Polish furniture shown at the store. 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6. The soldier decided to desert his tasty dessert in the desert. 7. Since there is no time like the pres- ent, he thought it was time to present the present to his girlfriend. 8.A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10. I did not object to the object which he showed me. 16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17. The wind was too strong to wind the sail around the mast. 18. Upon seeing the tear in her painting she shed a tear. 19.I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20. How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Heteronyms These are brilliant. Homonyms or homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than one meaning and sound. When pronounced differently, they are known as heteronyms.

Marlene cooked with this one.

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Shouldn't this be The national embarrassment?

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

For me the concept of non-inferiority will never not be witchcraft, and I almost always find myself revisiting this visualization in the linked FDA Guidance to figure out what's going on.

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Eli Lilly Reveals Results of Late-Stage Study for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Eli Lilly’s late-stage study of the efficacy and safety of a treatment for type 2 diabetes has produced positive results.

"The trial…met the primary objective of non-inferiority versus insulin glargine"

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Nelson's Pillar - Wikipedia

Are Triumphal Arch advocates familiar with the rise and fall of Nelson's Pillar?

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Trump’s ‘Triumphal Arch’ Draws Backlash, Even From an Expert Who Proposed It

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Where's Pope Leo's credibility here? Has he won a FIFA Peace Prize?

Pope doubles down on message of peace and unity as Trump's criticism continues Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday doubled down as President Donald Trump’s criticism showed no sign of letting up, insisting that the message "the world needs to hear today” is one of peace and dialogue.

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Zero Point Zero YouTube video by TheZeroPointZero

Trump administration 2026 batting average on legal disputes and policy decisions.

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An inexcusable oversight on my part.

#OTD 1707 Leonhard Euler b (d 18 Sep 1783) Laplace called him the “Master of us all”. Polymath & prolific in every sense of the word (>860 publications, 13 children) he created modern mathematical thinking 1/4 🧵

We celebrate the birthdays of two of history's greatest minds: Leonardo da Vinci and Leonhard Euler.

White House favors former deputy surgeon general to lead CDC, Washington Post says The White House is considering Erica Schwartz as the new leader of the Centers ​for Disease Control and Prevention, the Washington Post ‌said on Tuesday, citing three sources who sought anonymity to s...

The Trump Administration must have made a mistake: Dr. Schwartz actually appears well qualified for this position.

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A clever exhibition poster from 2016

Activity: Mirror Writing Write a message using Leonardo's mysterious backwards mirror writing style.

Context: www.mos.org/leonardo/act...