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A statistics professor with a fondness for numbers, science, history, and liberty.

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@TonyClimate Can you do one on climate news?

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

Who is moving the goalposts on the Russia-collusion hoax? Even Mueller’s well-funded, highly partisan investigative team ultimately grudgingly conceded that “the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” That is, years of biased inquiry found NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION.

As for the “hoax” part, the origin of the collusion narrative is telling. Key elements—such as the Steele dossier and the Alfa Bank allegations—were illegally funded by the Clinton campaign and proved false, unreliable, or unsubstantiated at best. Moreover, on August 3, 2016, CIA Director Brennan briefed Obama, Biden, Clapper, and Comey on intelligence that Hillary Clinton had approved a corrupt plan to link Donald Trump to Russian interference to divert attention from her email server controversy (see the declassified Durham appendix here: https://t.co/A45e9Fg4HO).

As for Russian interference, you are extremely naive if you don’t know that many countries, including the United States, routinely act in their perceived interests, including spying, in foreign elections (see https://t.co/Am17FiOSiq
and https://t.co/DZtPUnTSiJ).

The claim that Russia specifically preferred Trump—and acted to secure his victory—rests on very thin and ambiguous evidence. This makes the “high confidence” assessments from partisan intelligence officials, such as Brennan, laughable.

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

A March 2018 YouGov poll found two out of three democrats believed Russia "tampered with vote tallies on Election Day" to help Trump. This was despite no credible evidence from intelligence assessments, the Mueller Report, or Senate Intelligence Committee reports of altered votes or manipulated voting machines.

https://t.co/hdtrWpgs6w

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@MZHemingway @chienblanc @washingtonpost An April 2022 Rasmussen poll showed that 72% of Democrats believed it’s likely the 2016 election outcome was changed by Russian interference.
See: https://t.co/ApQMQoRcOt.

24 straight minutes of leading democrats denying election results:
https://t.co/W0LMAgRVYy

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@GadSaad “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” ― Thomas Sowell

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

This is the full Tiananmen Square Massacre ‘Tank Man’ photo from June 4th 1989.

One brave man temporarily halting an entire column of tanks. 🇨🇳

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@MattWalshBlog Add Kelly Thomas to this list, a 37-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia, who was beat to death by multiple officers from the Fullerton Police Department on July 5, 2011.

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

It is worth noting that at the bottom of the last ice age, barely 20k years ago, CO2 levels were dangerously low at just 180 PPM. Those CO2 levels were at or very near the lowest level the earth has seen since life first emerged over 3 billion years ago.

https://t.co/FZiYCXlMEO

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

Great video on the greening of the earth thanks to the added CO2 in the atmosphere—as more of the gas of life, to at least triple the current level, is wonderful for life on the planet. Go to the 12-minute mark for the best material.

https://t.co/nQp5WUsgrW

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

From Google: What are health levels of C2 for plants?

The healthy levels of CO2 for plants are generally between 400-1200 ppm.
This range is crucial for optimal photosynthesis and plant health.
Here are some key points to consider:
Minimum for survival: 150 ppm
Threshold for stunted growth: 200 ppm
Typical ambient CO2: 410 ppm
Ideal for growth enhancement: 1,000 to 1,500 ppm
Maximum for survival: 1,500-2,000 ppm
Maintaining CO2 levels within these ranges can significantly boost plant growth, yield, and overall health.

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

Mark Halperin reveals that Biden’s severely diminished mental acuity was apparent for at least seven years prior to the disastrous debate, saying: “Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline is the biggest media scandal in American history … I told you that. I saw it in 2017 with my own eyes at a public event.”
https://t.co/pehw0CHl1h

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

Mark Halprin admits that Biden was obviously severely for at least 7 years before the debate disaster: “Joe Biden's obvious mental decline is the biggest media scandal in American history” … “I told you that. I saw it in 2017 with my own eyes in a in a public event he did.”

https://t.co/pehw0CHl1h

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@stats_feed Modern day Malthusians! What they miss is that the human brain is the greatest natural resource in the known universe.
See the Simon Abundance index: https://t.co/CwmsdPs7xL

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

As an old Marine Colonel once told me, “More unqualified DEI females in combat units means more dead Marines.”

Strength is critical in combat. According to Grok: (1) An average (≈ median) 25-year-old male's grip (≈95 kg) exceeds the 95th percentile of females ; (2) grip strength is highly dimorphic; the sex difference (often 50–70% higher in young males); and (3) the average grip strength of a 75-year-old male is 10% greater than an average 25-year-old female.

I’d also note that in the U.S. Marine Corps' Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force (GCEITF) experiments: (1) females were lost to injury at more than double the rate males were and (2) Females were disproportionately unable to maintain pace or complete loaded marches on time compared to males—often by factors of several times higher (e.g., 5–10x+ in some entry-level or screening hikes), though GCEITF reports focus on group slowdowns rather than individual DNF counts.

[Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki @MatthewWielicki]

@WHOSEARO https://t.co/2Rj5N0J5CY

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

According to Grok … Almost all 25 of the most expensive cities (roughly 23-24) are currently run by democratic or democratic-affiliated mayors (including progressives/democratic socialists), with 0-1 clear Republicans and a couple of independents/nonpartisans who lean left or are hard to classify strictly. Affordability issues are most acute in democrat party run cities.

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

Of course, this is not an apples to apples comparison. According to Grok, from a study using 2012–2016 national data: The life expectancy of Chinese males in the USA is 86.8 years (95% CI: 86.7–86.9). The life expectancy for Chinese females: 91.3 years (95% CI: 91.2–91.4).

https://t.co/IyPeeqKsIN

[Jim Steele @JimSteeleSkepti]

Not to mention when they separate heat and cold-related deaths, they have produced deceptive graphs but CO2 Coalition had to keep them honest. Notice biased x-axis from the Lancet's paper (left graph) created to make heat deaths more important when than what data really shows (right graph with propotional x-axis)

[pt @ProfTom_1992]

@vintagemapstore Changing sea levels and their impacts on land areas has been happening for billions of years. Indeed, just 18k years ago, Florida had three times the land area it does now.
https://t.co/zwPduvE1OA

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The Galton Board demonstrates the Central Limit Theorem by showing how steel balls, as they pass through levels of branching paths, consistently form a bell curve distribution. This illustrates how random processes tend to cluster around the average.