Buffon's needle problem - Wikipedia

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I hope Noem and Lewandowski spend the rest of their lives flying coach and seething about it

Curious single in that it was written and performed as a Joy division song first, but sounds little like the new order version.

Straight up favorite new order song for me is ‘temptation.’

He can give it to me — my dentist took out one too many on top.

Four sections, most likely 1-1-1 and then another 1 as needed to fill the roster. But the particulars are negotiable with the chair.

Job alert: UChicago seeks a Senior Instructional Professor (Assistant) to manage and teach a sequence in undergraduate social science research methods. This is a three-year, renewable position suitable for any social science PhD.

Apply at (EOE/Vet/Disability): (apply.interfolio.com/182487)

Wow.

Just bits and pieces. The big project is ask whether state university policy followed health science or the governors.

I have an M3 mac laptop and an M4 Max mini. The M4 Max could be much faster at training the moderate sized models, but just isn’t. I can see the low usage of the M4 gpu in the system monitor, so potentially the issue is the torch drivers have yet to take advantage. Someday?

Your Phone's off the Hook, But You're Not YouTube video by X - Topic

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

Hüsker Maybe

Congratulations, Jamila!

Preview of news program with title "who should be fed chair?"

Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair

UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”

It was a fine year to be an 18 year old with a punk radio show...

Yes, an important test for the midterms.

Gov. Pritzker Informs Public of Trump Administration’s Plans to Deploy Federal Agents to Chicago Illinois leaders remain united against sending troops to Chicago, call for real public safety support instead of political theater

This is how you do it folks: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzker...

Mandolins scare me. I fool myself into thinking that keeping a sharp knife and working on my knife skills is better, and adds the home-made variation in slicing thickness that only a coward can produce.

Good list. The three pairs make decent movie titles, too.

The former St. Stephen’s church (originally 10th Church of Christ, Scientist) at 57th and Blackstone, as seen by me in 2010.

My neighbors.

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:

“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82 Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and ’70s.

Breaking News: Sly Stone, the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82. He helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the 1960s and ’70s.

Ling and psych sky: I’m going up for tenure. Have you used one of my papers in a class syllabus? If so I’d love to hear it. 🐦🐦 #psychscisky

This consolidated action concerns an attempt to change the rules of the game after it had been played. The court cannot countenance that strategy, see Hendon, 710 F.2d at 182; Toney, 476 F.2d at 209, which implicates the very integrity of the election and offends "the law's basic interest in finality." United States v. Fugit, 703 F.3d 248, 253 (4th Cir. 2012). Permitting parties to "upend the set rules" of an election after the election has taken place can only produce "confusion and turmoil [which] threatens to undermine public confidence in the federal courts, state agencies, and the elections themselves." Wise, 978 F.3d at 105 (Wilkinson, J., dissenting). Accordingly, the court FINDS as follows: 1. Retroactive invalidation of absentee ballots cast by overseas military and civilian voters violates those voters' substantive due process rights; 2. The cure process violates the equal protection rights of overseas military and civilian voters; and 3. The lack of any notice or opportunity for eligible voters to contest their mistaken designation as Never Residents violates procedural due process and represents an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote. Therefore, the court ORDERS that: A. The State Board SHALL NOT take any action in furtherance of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court's orders in Griffin v. N. Carolina State Bd. of Elections, No. COA25-181, 2025 WL 1021724 (N.C. Ct. App. Apr. 4, 2025) and Griffin v. N. Carolina State Bd. of Elections, No. 320P24-3, 2025 WL 1090903 (N.C. Apr. 11, 2025); B. The State Board SHALL certify the results of the election for Seat 6 based on the tally at the completion of the canvassing period on December 10, 2024; C. Judge Griffin's petitions for judicial review [DE 1-4; DE 1-12] are DENIED;

D. Judge Griffin's motions for injunctive relief [DE 1-5; DE 1-13] are DENIED; E. Justice Riggs' motion for injunctive relief [DE 37] is GRANTED; F. The VoteVets Action Fund Parties' motion for summary judgment [DE 86] is GRANTED 6, G. The NCDP's request for injunctive relief [DE 78] is GRANTED; H. The Conley Plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction [DE 82] is GRANTED; I. Final judgment is ENTERED: In Griffin Il, judgment is ENTERED in favor of the State Board, Justice Riggs, and the VoteVets Action Fund Parties as to the issues identified in Findings 1, 2, and 3; ii. In NCDP, judgment is ENTERED in favor of the NCDP as to the issues identified in Findings 1, 2, and 3; and iii. In Conley, judgment is ENTERED in favor of the Conley Plaintiffs as to the issues identified in Findings 1 and 2.28 The court's order is STAYED for 7 days, so that Judge Griffin may pursue an appeal if he so chooses. SO ORDERED this 5th day of May, 2025. PaulIMin RICHARD E. MYERS II CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

BREAKING: Judge Richard Myers rules that the N.C. Supreme Court's handling of the state supreme court election violated the U.S. Constitution.

The win for Justice Riggs, a Democrat, is to be certified.

Today's ruling stayed for 7 days for Judge Griffin, a Republican, to appeal "if he so chooses."

my 7-year-old just informed me that we're all made from four things:

- skeletons
- stardust
- monkeys
- love

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

US market futures.