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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Amid the historic and ongoing record heatwave (which will continue for at least another week in this region), Colorado River Basin snowpack has unfortunately taken an unprecedented March nosedive. Given the pre-existing water crisis, this is a highly alarming trajectory.

Screenshot of current Upper Colorado Basin snow water equivalent as of Mar 23. It is at a record low level for the date, by a wide margin, and the trajectory of the curve is strongly downward at extreme odds with every single other historical year in March. Via USDA NRCS.

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BoulderCAST Weather 🏔️⛈️ @bouldercast.com · 19/03/2026

A shocking amount of temperature records are set to be broken in Boulder over the next 8 days, including 7 daily record highs, the March monthly record, and possibly the earliest 90° reading, among others. The degree to which each will be obliterated is also astounding! 🤯 #COwx #Boulder #Colorado

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The seasonal anomalousness, as well sheer spatial extent, of upcoming record-shattering Western U.S. heatwave is genuinely startling. This will be associated with, by far, the strongest ridge ever observed during (at least) any Nov-Mar month. #CAwx #AZwx #NMwx #NVwx #UTwx #COwx

Map, from polarwx.com, of ECMWF model's forecast for 500mb heights later this week and their rank relative to the historical record for March over North America. A giant pink blob is visible over western North America, indicating an absurdly large area of record-breaking 500mb GPH.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

A line graph of the number of NSF awards in fiscal 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025. The fiscal year 2026 is well below the other curves and increasing only very slowly.

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Big Data & Society @bigdatasoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What does it mean to govern platforms and AI in the public interest, not just for innovation narratives? Panel 4 takes a law + political economy lens. Mar 18 uky.zoom.us/j/83382671765 #PlatformGovernance

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15/03/2026

🧵 First four Best Picture winners. Four very different films. All four in the public domain. 🎬 WINGS (1927) 🎭 THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929) 🪖 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) 🌄 CIMARRON (1931) Choose your own Best Picture! 🏆 Watch them all ⤵️ archive.org/details/@ias... 1️⃣/5️⃣ #redcarpet #Oscars

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just published! On the Chicago School as a case of global sociology. Introduces a special issue in The American Sociologist on the Chicago School and its others. rdcu.be/e5Y0o

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The Global Chicago School: Cases and Currents

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Students could also be tasked with recording various characteristics beyond denomination and mint dates. A good opportunity to give them experience with measurement problems.

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

e.g. you could bring in questions about inference to the larger population of coins, comparison with other students' $10, and/or take random samples for comparison with this "population."

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Merging the class coin data into a single file would afford a lot of different extensions, comparisons, and data work...

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Ultimately students could do things like calculate "life expectancy" across denominations.

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Then have them represent their collection as a csv file. Start with some descriptive work in a statistical programming environment. Use the materiality of the coins to help with this disorienting transition.

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Start by having students arrange the coins by hand to introduce concepts like vectors and matrices.

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A pocket-sized population makes it possible to get students' hands on abstract statistical concepts. They're familiar, easy to find (even pennies), and can be put back in the piggy bank once the lesson plan is complete.

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Data analysis lesson plan idea: the demography of $10 in coins (various denominations).

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Breiger et al. in another brilliant inversion of conventional quantitative reason: regression is built from "configurations of variables manifested by clusters of cases" not single variables. Open access for thirty days at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Culture as configurations of categories: Analyzing peer effects via dual-to-regression modeling

In this paper we reimagine linear regression modeling as a relational method for cultural analysis. Drawing on the dual-to-regression analytic approac…

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Peter Ore @peterore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

How Gramscian political theory can explain the organization of a "hidden abode" of the capitalist state. A truly Burawoyan analysis! Awesome stuff Mike!

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

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