A Sail Boston sunrise. Tall ships participating in today’s Sail Boston extravaganza are seen with various stages of this mornings sunrise, starting with a Massachusetts state police helicopter doing a quick scan of the area and then lots of colors. 📸@pictureboston
I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.
There’s some quirk in physics where, if there’s a small hole in a bag of mulch it will leak all over your vehicle.
But if you rip a giant hole in the bag and try to dump it out into your landscaping, almost none will fall out.
every game in the nba is between two frauds. if you lose, your fraudulence is proven. if you win, you’ve won against a fraud, and have thus proven nothing.
sports in the streaming era are so cool. is it easier to find? no. is the broadcast weirdly dark and gray? yes. is the connection more reliable? definitely not. it must be cheaper then? also no
Tonight is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride.
If he were to make the same journey from Boston to Lexington today, he could stop at 7 Dunkin locations. (via Reddit)
I have to hand it to anti-medicine influencers. They are very, very, very clever about bullshitting their audience.
Statins are a popular drug, with a low side-effect profile for most patients, which have been repeatedly shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death in most developed countries.
So, how the hell do you argue against statins? By creating a highly specific scenario and reporting the benefit in extremely tendentious terms.
More than 90 percent of people who have a heart attack don't die of a heart attack within the next 5 years. So if you ask "how much extra life will a statin give you in those 5 years?" the answer will be small. You can make it seem like statins don't do anything by analyzing their life-saving effect within a population group that mostly isn't going to die, anyway!
The below is like saying, "if you wear a bike helmet for a year after being in a bicycle accident, it only increases your life expectancy by 19 minutes." Well ... haha, yeah! You have framed the scenario in a perfect way to make bike helmets look worthless! Very clever!
RIP to my favorite Presidents Day fun fact.
John Tyler, our 10th president, had a grandson alive until last May.
John had a son while in his 60s.
That son had a kid while in his 70s.
And that kid, Harrison Tyler, passed away last year at age 96.
So… New fun fact:
John was born during Washington administration. So 3 generations of Tylers span EVERY PRESIDENCY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
@SavageSports_ Every pick from Vrabel and Wolf/Groh from the draft range of 25-40:
TreVeyon Henderson (38)
Ja'lynn Polk (36)
Will Levis (33)
Cole Strange (29)
Roger McCreary (35)
Isaiah Wilson (29)
Maxx Crosby for 31? Yes.
Mr Beast lined up one person from each age 1-100 and had them race to a finish line, and the overhead camera is an oddly beautiful data visualization of speed by age.