tobychev @tobychev@qoto.org

And on we go.

https://newatlas.com/biology/life-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle

#Evolution

#EarlyModern #History needs your help! Bartmann / Bellarmine jugs were made in a very specific region of the rhineland between 1500 -1750 to be exported to England & the Netherlands. With colonial expansion they've found there way across the globe. Now an international research projects seeks to establish a comprehensive history & typology of the jugs. So if you have seen one of those shown in the Wanted Foto attached, get in touch with the researchers!
@histodons

https://fit.uni-tuebingen.de/Project/Details?id=10576

The share of voters who say they have high interest in the 2024 election has hit an all-time low for this same point in a US presidential race, according to the latest national NBC News poll, with majorities holding negative views of both Biden and Trump. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/poll-biden-trump-tight-race-election-interest-low-rcna148170

After Novaya reports that Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov is terminally ill, his team releases this video showing him looking as lively as the title character in Weekend at Bernie’s. The camera movement reminds me of Spaceghost trying to breathe life into Ole Kentucky Shark. Context: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/04/22/chechnya-leader-ramzan-kadyrov-reportedly-suffering-from-pancreatic-necrosis

Ramzan Kadyrov is suffering from pancreatic necrosis, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe. The video of his teenage son beating up a defenseless prisoner last year was reportedly part of a wide-ranging campaign to divert attention from his health problems.
https://t.co/xbuQ09NLF1

The myth of "descriptivist" linguistics

I keep meeting students who feel they *must* test their variables for normality before analysis.

I tell them there's no need, & if the test tells them it's normal it's only because N is too small.

I decided to run some simulations to check, though, that e.g., t-tests degraded more for non-normal data & small Ns.

I was a bit surprised by the result: CI coverage degrades for normal vars just as badly as other symmetric dists, but skewed distributions do better.

https://brendanhalpin.net/blog/posts/testingnormality/

Since I see that a notable VC-famous is now telling us that he wish he'd "stood by" Eich way back, I'd like to tell you a true fact that situation: Eich didn't lose the CEO's job for his (reprehensible) Prop-8 donation.

Everyone wants to believe that's true, because fits nicely into narratives a number of invested camps want to believe, whether it's somebody being ousted for reprehensible views the woke SJW mob somehow pulling down a great leader (tm) but that's not what happened.

It turns out you don’t get to argue “code is law” if you exploit a loophole in poorly written smart contracts to steal $110 million.

I guess crypto advocates were wrong about that too 😮

SD:s partistyrelse kallar i läckt epost sina egna kommunföreträdare för "muppar". Folk som inte riktigt håller för att sitta i en nämnd brukar ibland bli erbjudna att tjänstgöra som nämndemän i tingsrätten i stället. SD utgår redan från början från ett svagt material, och när man gör sina allra svagaste kort till nämndemän, då snor de dasspappret på nämnemannatoaletten. Tyvärr fattar de ibland även utvisningsbeslut i strid med juristdomarens åsikt.

https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/sdpolitiker-doms-till-boter-efter-toapappersstold-6.3.217165.3db9d70cbf

#svpol

I've been working for a year to measure, for the first time, the effect of lawful crossings of the US Southwest border on unlawful crossings.

My study just came out at @piie —> https://www.piie.com/publications/working-papers/2024/effect-lawful-crossing-unlawful-crossing-us-southwest-border

With a less technical summary —> https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2024/offering-more-lawful-pathways-us-border-crossings-reduces-unlawful