Four generations of women scientists: Here is a four-generation scientific matriarchy at MIT. Photo: Courtesy Kavli Prize hubs.li/Q02NnVLc0 #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

15 year old! About to be one of the only Black grandmasters ever (only 3 ever). He’ll be the first African American GM in 25 years. Well done Brewington!

JIM DOES IT AGAIN. LEGEND!

KJP is just playing w him now, like an expert comic w a heckler

Local journalism is shining here, local reporters who are known and trusted get scoops before corporate media even get their boots on

TIL method of moments began with a mixture model of crab measurements.

1st graphic is a map showing all mass shootings in GA (>= 4 wounded or killed) in the last 10 years. So many! whoops, my mistake, these were just in 2024. 13 in eight months.

New publication in Scientific American. The June issue has an article about research on the developing brain and ways to treat adolescent anxiety. I created this illustration that compares the changes that occur in specific 🧠 regions during adolescence and adulthood. #ScientificAmerican

Katie Phang Shown here is Trump’s lawyer, John Lauro, who left a $3 Million a year partnership at a tony law firm to defend Trump without discussing it with his wife and family.

My investment truisms 1) do not buy an active mutual fund in a taxable account 2) do not buy a home or condo with an HOA 3) do not own high yield strategically (i.e. as a long-term investment) 4) do not take duration risk when the nominal pre-tax yield is < 1% 5) do not buy a

Reference dependent preferences ftw

Celebrity White House, part II

Driver: “It’s hard to drive around DC and not get hit with hundreds of $ of tickets, even if you’re following the law as closely as you can” “Following the law”= running red lights, driving in bus-only lanes

#APSA 2024 folks, on Sunday at 8 am (I know) in Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC) Room 102A, I will present my project with R. Michael Alvarez on Ballot Positions, Contest Differences, and Ballot Roll-Off: Evidence from California's Alternative Ballot Order.

Q: What specific piece of legislation would you propose to reduce childcare costs? Trump: Tariffs on foreign countries (which they’ll get used to quickly)

Omg

This is just very dumb. Our deficit/debt is the problem. Taxing the people more, or running a bigger deficit, to hand the government a slush fund is a very bad idea. Oh, and before you say “it’s not taxes it’s tariffs”, don’t embarrass yourself.

Key bit from Crimson reporting ”The co-authors on Hidalgo’s 2023 paper — Philipp Koch and Viktor Stojkoski, the principal author — said in interviews that they believed the plagiarism allegations levied by Hidalgo [against Hausmann] were convincing”

Am not in Yimeng Li research area, but saw his research up close in our @caltech proseminar where all PhDs present regularly; he is very impressive and a deep thinker

Why should this not lead every newscast tonight and looping on cable? Victim and Mom’s own words are important to see