Reposted by Weekend EditorJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20hAnd so it continues... Our economic debates seem utterly disconnected from the reality. That reality: This is an economy mostly creating healthcare jobs, and it does so month after month, and everything else is just noise. 60976381
Reposted by Weekend EditorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽 811555701
Reposted by Weekend EditorJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9651682102
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You might like Tom Holt's comic SFF novel, _Faust Among Equals_, which features Hieronymous "Ronny" Bosch as one of numerous zanies. www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...goodreads.comFaust Among EqualsThe management buy-out of Hell wasn't going quite as we… 000
Reposted by Weekend EditorCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... 205704213
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some Bayesian statistics: If they start out with unknown probability of success, then after 26 losses in a row you should believe they'll win their next case w/probability about 2.5%. What sort of attorney brings a case with a 2.5% chance of winning? www.someweekendreading.blog/DoJ-0-for-26...someweekendreading.blogTrump Department of Justice: Now 0/26 on Voter Roll CasesThe Trump Department of Justice has been trying for some time now to force states to give up voter registration information, so Trumpers can purge them of likely-Democratic voters whom they will charg... 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today's blog post: The Trump DoJ is now 0 for 26 in their attempts to coerce states to give up voter registration materials. We do the obvious Bayesian gag & using a posterior Beta distribution estimate their chance of success in the next case at 2.5%. www.someweekendreading.blog/DoJ-0-for-26...someweekendreading.blogTrump Department of Justice: Now 0/26 on Voter Roll CasesThe Trump Department of Justice has been trying for some time now to force states to give up voter registration information, so Trumpers can purge them of likely-Democratic voters whom they will charg... 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah, I guess I'm just a crusty old retired statistician. :-) Thanks. 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you report any stats like R^2, slope, slope t-stat, overall F-stat, and the like? Couldn't find it at the CTInsider link. 100
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The best recommender is the one that's always right. But a close second-best is a recommender that's always wrong. 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Today's blog post: A review of the hosta and hydrangea flora of summer 2026. Not as crazy-good as 2024, but still pretty good. www.someweekendreading.blog/hydrangeae-2...someweekendreading.blogHydrageæ 2026This has been a pretty good year for the Weekend Hydrangea Team. Let’s check in on them. 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Does ANYBODY know the reason for the watermelon? 120
Reposted by Weekend EditorFailbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs 3816841087
Reposted by Weekend EditorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The horror! 713153593134
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They're saying out loud what we all knew they were thinking anyway. 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Now, if only there were some way to get people to take the vaccine... 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The whole War in Heaven thing might've gone down better if it *had* been a spanking. I mean, imagine Lucifer saying: "Right, that was quite refreshing, thanks. Meet here again next week?" The angelic cosplayers *alone* would be worth it. 010
Reposted by Weekend Editorpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The models for ‘American Gothic’ pose in front of the iconic painting, 1942. 914285657
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026By the capitalized The, one assumes this does not refer to your cat. Unless you somehow feed über-annoyances to your cat, in which case I Have Questions. (Mostly along the lines of training my cats to do likewise.) 000
Reposted by Weekend EditorJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TL cleanse with Little Richard doing a fire cover of "Rubber Duckie." www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWCE...youtube.comSesame Street: Little Richard Sings Rubber DuckieYouTube video by Sesame Street 13920
Reposted by Weekend EditorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#MedicareForAllNOW 15137481698
Reposted by Weekend EditorAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026California is weaning itself off fossil gas, fast. Gas-fired electricity generation in California fell by 26% in the first half of 2026, as utility-scale solar, batteries and the new SunZia wind project feed power in via a dedicated transmission line. buff.ly/QWQoLPc #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyHow California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate NewsSolar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity. 10354100
Reposted by Weekend EditorMario @miniaci.co.uk · 27/09/2026The sky was the colour of recycled cardboard, delivered to the wrong address... 0142
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When angels speak in cursed text, it's time to check their bona fides. That just might be a fallen angel. lingojam.com/CursedTextlingojam.comCursed Text Generator (creepy/glitched/hacked/void) ― LingoJam 000
Reposted by Weekend EditorWeekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reminder that Grassley is 3rd in the line of succession for the US presidency. In his capacity as president pro-tem of the Senate, he's in 3rd position after the VP and the Speaker of the House. Grassley is 93. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...en.wikipedia.orgUnited States presidential line of succession - Wikipedia 111
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reminder that Grassley is 3rd in the line of succession for the US presidency. In his capacity as president pro-tem of the Senate, he's in 3rd position after the VP and the Speaker of the House. Grassley is 93. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...en.wikipedia.orgUnited States presidential line of succession - Wikipedia 111
Reposted by Weekend EditorWeekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's a walk-through of the Ahlqvist, et al. paper and some related materials. Quite convincingly exonerates acetaminophen and several other drugs from any link to autism. www.someweekendreading.blog/autism-aceta...someweekendreading.blogAutism and AcetaminophenSo, Trump and Kennedy announce ex cathedra that acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism. Is this stupid or not? 001
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Here's a walk-through of the Ahlqvist, et al. paper and some related materials. Quite convincingly exonerates acetaminophen and several other drugs from any link to autism. www.someweekendreading.blog/autism-aceta...someweekendreading.blogAutism and AcetaminophenSo, Trump and Kennedy announce ex cathedra that acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism. Is this stupid or not? 001
Reposted by Weekend EditorPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073662301
Reposted by Weekend EditorCRSerenity2132 @crserenity2132.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As @johnrogers.bsky.social regularly says: "Because the companies. DO NOT. Play by the Rules. Visibly. Repeatedly. Pathologically." 011756
Reposted by Weekend EditorMicah @rincewind.run · 24/09/2026"they're coming for birth control" is not alarmism, that is absolutely next on the agenda I have my doubts on how successful it'll be but they're going to make a real go of it 303186900
Reposted by Weekend EditorWBUR @wbur.org · 24/09/2026In a post Tuesday on X, the party’s account wrote: “We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.” The state Libertarian Party lost its national affiliation in May for violating the party’s rules and ideals.trib.alN.H. Libertarian Party endorses ‘assassination’ of elected DemocratsIn a post Tuesday on X, the party’s account wrote: “We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.” The state Libertarian Party lost its national affiliation in May for violating the party’s rules and ideals. 42410
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Entertaining as fictional exaggeration. Less so as reality. 000
Reposted by Weekend EditorJury Nelson, the Writer @jurynelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If AI DOES become indispensable to the functioning of society, it won't even be because it's any better at doing stuff. It will be because large institutions that dictate the shapes of our lives have surrendered key functionalities to, like, three companies. 35416
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It belonged to my father, actually -- I'm not *quite* old enough to have had a 1930s slide rule, but I certainly used one as a kid. 000
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The power of punctuation. One day, Oxford comma's gonna rise up! 020
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Instead, they got "Ibis redibis numquam per bella peribis"... without commas. I thought that was hilarious, until one sympathisizes with people in the story. My rule: If you should somehow find yourself in a world with oracles, and someone says "I bring word from the oracle!"... shoot that guy. 1101
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Below the streets not a beach..."! That brought back memories of working with French colleagues. They explained to me part of the Mai 68 riots as, when somebody picked up a paver to throw, they noted the sand beneath. "Sous le pavé, la plage." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68en.wikipedia.orgMay 68 - Wikipedia 020
Reposted by Weekend EditorAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Disability support policy is a giant test of the principle “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”. Systems that gatekeep disability benefits to prevent supposed grifting are betraying that principle by deciding it’s worth making many innocents struggle & starve to stop a few bad actors. Same with welfare. 325880
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sorta like non-citizen voting, which also happens so seldom as to be negligible. They're creating phobias, not public policy. 020
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As a kid, I remember thinking his "Heart of Light" was an amazing romantic adventure. And it was, for a *kid*. I recently re-read it and... well, it's 1940s pulp fiction. A good example of the form, sure, but also a sample of how we *used* to be. www.gardnerfrancisfoxlibrary.com/heart-of-lig...gardnerfrancisfoxlibrary.comHEART OF LIGHT - by GARDNER F FOX — The Gardner Francis Fox LibraryRead classic science fantasy pulp short stories for free online at the Gardner Francis Fox Library. 130
Reposted by Weekend EditorDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167334691
Reposted by Weekend EditorQuinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 19/09/2026Of all the ways I imagined Google Scholar going up in flames, being made inaccessible from university IP addresses due to AI-driven scraping wasn't at the top of my list. 229995
Weekend Editor @weekend-editor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Don't a lot of those Victorian-era green books get their color from arsenic compounds? So touching is... inadvisable. sites.udel.edu/poisonbookpr...sites.udel.eduArsenical Books Database | Poison Book ProjectEmerald green bookcloth with discolored spine. Courtesy of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, Special and Area Studies Collections... 170