They should start this earlier my bones hurt.

Jokic a flopper lol

The gambling ads seem much worse in the nbc/nba productions vs other network sports. Am I crazy?

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

I love Amaya Battle forever and ever at this point (and the older kiddo does too) so we’re wishmaxxing her one of the development roster spots. This story does thaw some of my dislike for those that shun the Gophers 😅

I can feel my brain get more anxious looking at algo feeds after spending much more time on here than elsewhere for the past several months. Glad I totally fried my brain already with poster’s syndrome.

THIRTY MINUTES.

thirty goddamn minutes.

The framing on this is obscene.

One party is trying to pass common sense gun safety measures (restrictions to high capacity weapons, etc.).

One party is refusing to engage in common sense gun safety measures and instead wants to cover schools in ballistic glass (which they also won’t fund).

A chart showing the decline in cannabis use in the last 12 months among 8th, 9th and 11th graders since 2013, according to the Minnesota Student Survey. Among 11th graders, self-reported cannabis use in the past 12 months fell from 25.2% of students in 2013 to 12.7% in 2025.

Cannabis use among youth in Minnesota has continued to decline in the years since the state legalized recreational marijuana in 2023, down by more than 50% since 2013, according to the findings of the latest Minnesota Student Survey released Monday by the MN Department of Health.

I’m working instead of running the Boston Marathon today thanks to *gestures at federal invasion* (helping people vs training is a trade you do 10 out 10 obvi, but again fuck ICE)

I want all of the best things to happen to Jrue Holiday

Quick and Meaningless Data Collection Help me collect some data to use for student examples! The questions on geographic region and gender will only be used for subsetting the data, not for student analysis. No questions are required -…

I NEED HELP!

Please take this quick, meaningless 19 question survey so I can get data for my students to learn stats!

I did a similar version a few months ago but missed an important question type. Even if you did the old one, please do it again!

Please circulate widely!

What’s interesting here is they say “culture” when they mean “people” but they think that this maintains a veneer of deniability about what they’re really saying. In any case it’s true that the “culture” of the tech billionaires is morally and intellectually depraved rot bsky.app/profile/elio...

We might have *two* good basketball teams this year?!?!

It shocks me how many businesses still don’t seem to get that Trump’s cultural revolution did not actually happen

Phee wants to be a big brand… I’m very nervous about next Summer. Until then let’s gooooooo Lynx.

The absolute pinnacle of ads. None better.

Relevant to the “vibecession” debate. Turns out people don’t take it well when the govt summarily cancels direct benefits that made their lives better.

Ownership

come on you guys

Police Officer Identification, Misconduct, and Public Trust Jul 1, 2025 · Thomas SIMON Thomas SIMON , Felix W. Vetter , Gerrit von Zedlitz · 1 min read Abstract Policing in high-stakes mass gatherings often raises allegations of accountability and appropriate use of force. This paper investigates the impact of a police oversight reform that introduced identification tags for police officers deployed at mass events. Using the staggered state-level implementation of such tags in Germany, we study how they affect misconduct, crime, and public trust. Exploiting daily district-level administrative data on police misconduct and criminal activity, we find that officer misconduct declines by 65% following the reform. Civilian crime rates remain stable or decline slightly, countering concerns that heightened oversight reduces policing efforts. Survey evidence further shows increased public trust in the police. Our findings suggest that low-cost transparency measures can reduce frictions in public prosecutions and improve police accountability without compromising public safety.

When officers' identities are hidden, they commit more crime and so do others.
#EconSky
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Exactly one year ago today:

My wife and I were both like there’s way too much time left to even keep him around as a shield because he’s so effing annoying it would ruin our experience if we were playing hahah

I miss having a functional SEC. I really do.

It’s amusing to see the key practitioners of enshittification getting the rug pulled on them by the Claude pricing changes so quickly.

Miles has all the ingredients to be a mega-star in MN if this all goes right. The vibes are aligned.

The Texas Rangers have unveiled a controversial new statue modeled after Jay Banks, a former Texas law enforcement officer known for enforcing school segregation.

The unveiling preceded the MLB’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the first African American MLB player.

I wanttttttt

I think there's legitimately something to the idea that the most likely short-term Future of Media is closer to "Everything is OnlyFans"....where we're all kinda selling some level of parasocial relationship to individual subscribers rather than "mass" appeal

They’re comfortable shoes. But…sustainable shoes —> AI?

This was just someone making one last ditch effort to pump a stock and they’re laughing all the way to the bank 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

And suspended