Reposted by Baze Petrushevworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10161161710
Reposted by Baze PetrushevDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3249842753
Reposted by Baze PetrushevGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AfD bans Stolpersteine: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 24267161
Reposted by Baze PetrushevJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 02/02/2026Finally listened to this lecture -- highly recommended if you've ever been confused about fixed effects vs. random effects models. Love that the framing starts from group-level confounding -- here's a problem, what could be solutions (rather than: here's a model, what are its features). 212314
Reposted by Baze PetrushevRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I guess they thought they were special since the Cuban-American community largely supports Trump. 66947141473
Reposted by Baze PetrushevMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 20/01/2026One of my priors is that things are really bad if I am coming across news related to the bond market. 733876748
Reposted by Baze PetrushevRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Gauss says you may have a little orbital dynamics as a treat: Lecture A03 of Statistical Rethinking 2026. History of least squares estimation, simple linear regression, quadratic approximation, prior predictive distributions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX_U...youtube.comStatistical Rethinking 2026 - Lecture A03 - Geocentric ModelsYouTube video by Richard McElreath 0336
Reposted by Baze Petrushevkɛbɹah zmɪeʒd @sesquiotic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Note to academic authors: "[sic]" doesn't mean "this is wrong and I know it's wrong and I want you to know I know"; it means "this is how it is in the original; it's not a transcription error." So do not use it to preen over the benightedness of your source. 3171
Reposted by Baze PetrushevRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 06/01/2026A is the beginner section and B is the experience section. So lectures will be A1, B1, A2, B2, etc 011
Reposted by Baze PetrushevRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s... 12659232
Reposted by Baze PetrushevBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for. 560134902010
Reposted by Baze PetrushevDr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 23/01/2025CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960. Until today. 13849182281
Reposted by Baze PetrushevBearded Pip @beardedpip.myatproto.social · 24/01/2025Every single Senator voted to confirm him. Even Bernie. 419988
Reposted by Baze PetrushevAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground. 419814959319206
Reposted by Baze Petrushevbsteigs.bsky.social @bsteigs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025If America is becoming a “merit-based country” why aren’t any of the cabinet picks qualified to do their jobs? 🤔 Question is rhetorical. 218523
Reposted by Baze Petrushevphil @philjamesson.com · 29/06/2024"free in-store pickup?" yeah. thats what store is. 213276395
Reposted by Baze PetrushevKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025BREAKING WaPo: An aide to Mike Johnson advised Republicans against subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6 to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comJohnson aide advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakersThe move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson. 1841522558
Reposted by Baze PetrushevJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/01/2025New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...404media.coHundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to XDozens of big subreddits have already banned all Twitter links, and posts about potential bans are some of the most popular on the site. 2171705878507
Reposted by Baze PetrushevHaaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 22/01/2025With 1,461 days until the next Inauguration Day, Musk's "awkward gesture" (if your heart goes out to someone, you don't usually hurl it like a discus) will not be the last dilemma the Jewish world will face when it comes to the Trump administrationbuff.ly 108322
Reposted by Baze Petrushevdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Trump frees Ross Ulbricht, the net's first dark-web drug kingpin, after 11 years of a life sentence. Murder-for-hire accusations dissuaded Trump from freeing Ulbricht before, a source tells WIRED. But Ulbricht is a major crypto cause célèbre, and Trump is now calling his prosecutors "scum."wired.comTrump Frees Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in PrisonDonald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community. 29357163
Baze Petrushev @bpetrushev.bsky.social · 21/01/2025If you can't recognize a fkin nazi salute, you don't belong in journalism. You can't call yourself a journalist. At most, you're a joke. At worst, you're a nazi bootlicker. 030
Reposted by Baze PetrushevMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is a fascinating turn of events 3783420499
Reposted by Baze PetrushevChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message. 172510228116381
Reposted by Baze PetrushevGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/01/2025This is gold. 895405917784
Reposted by Baze PetrushevAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/01/2025PUNDITS: Dems have to ditch norms and think outside the box! ALSO PUNDITS: I don’t like preemptive pardons because norms! 1965625646
Reposted by Baze PetrushevKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/01/2025The real lesson from the history of authoritarian regimes is that if you just roll over several times at the start, it *totally* makes it easier to resist down the line. 15638138
Reposted by Baze PetrushevEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/01/2025Just once a journalist should said "no you're not" 859646
Reposted by Baze PetrushevSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/01/2025This is such a stupid time in human history that the villains aren’t even charismatic, entertaining, or articulate We’re denied even that silver lining 739117081543
Reposted by Baze PetrushevEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/01/2025Usul, we have divorcesign the likes of which even God has never seen 2076061
Reposted by Baze PetrushevManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Ah yes the New York Times couldn’t resist one last article on Biden’s age while we are tottering on the brink of an authoritarian oligarchy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...nytimes.comHow Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him. 5597
Reposted by Baze PetrushevKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Kellye SoRelle, the lawyer who helped Stewart Rhodes and the far-right group Oath Keepers try to cover up their role in the Jan. 6 attack, has just been sentenced to a year in prison. 301407225
Reposted by Baze PetrushevIan Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 18/01/2025You mean Trump got a whole bunch of people to give him lots of money and power and then left them out in the cold? www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/s...nbcwashington.com‘Sucks': Trump supporters visiting DC for inauguration miffed over cold-weather changesSome supporters of President-elect Donald Trump who traveled to Washington, D.C., to see him take the oath of office on Inauguration Day feel like they’re getting the cold shoulder after Friday’s anno... 6544061
Reposted by Baze PetrushevTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 18/01/2025The Supreme Court took 7 days to decide the TikTok case. The Supreme Court took 2 MONTHS to decide the Trump immunity case. 1102375534
Reposted by Baze PetrushevCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/01/2025RIP David Lynch. I treasure the way you shaped my view of the world. Photo taken last month outside the Double R Dinner. 447428
Reposted by Baze PetrushevJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Vanessa Friedman, the #BrokenTimes' chief trivializer, strikes again. 1611516
Reposted by Baze PetrushevAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/01/2025United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 that South Korean authorities cannot arrest President Yoon 1324244537
Reposted by Baze PetrushevSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Some of us will be processing this forever 438973
Reposted by Baze PetrushevWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Here's the actual, correct summary of Biden's domestic presidency: He entered office with very narrow legislative margins, made worse by the fact that two of his key votes were deeply intransigent. Nonetheless he was able to consistently pass sweeping legislation. 12648110
Reposted by Baze PetrushevDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15/01/20252025 in a nutshell… 276320494464
Reposted by Baze PetrushevSenator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 14/01/2025GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military! 1784264867547
Reposted by Baze PetrushevAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/01/2025Sen. Jack Reed: "I do not believe you are qualified to meet the overwhelming demands of this job. We must acknowledge the concerning public reports... the totality of your own writings & alleged conduct would disqualify any service member form holding any leadership position ..." 834252876
Reposted by Baze PetrushevAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2025Kaine: "Should committing a sexual assault be disqualifying to be secretary of defense? Not a hard question. Should spousal abuse be disqualifying? Not a hard question. Should drunkenness on the job be disqualifying? Not a hard question. He wouldn't answer any of them." 20678121809
Reposted by Baze PetrushevJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 14/01/2025So the worst genre is definitely dystopian nonfiction 304107061384
