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[Av @avalonbauman]

Just put together this page about the vampire squid with lots of great ROV pictures and videos from @MBARI_News . This animal is so cool! Sharing some favorite facts in a wee 🧵
https://t.co/py4wgUf9TC

[Josh Gabbatiss @Josh_Gabbatiss]

A proposed climate finance text doing the rounds at COP29 has ballooned from 9 pages to 34.

That's the same size as the "input paper" containing all ideas at talks in June.

Before there were just 3 options for what the goal would look like – now there are also 13 "sub-options"

[Av @avalonbauman]

Why, for what reason?

[Av @avalonbauman]

Hoy aprendí que hay dorilocos gringos y que se llaman “walking tacos”

[Christopher Ingraham🦗 @_cingraham]

This is probably what he's talking about, btw. They put ground beef and cheddar and maybe iceberg lettuce in a Doritos bag. They call it "taco in a bag" and it should be illegal.

[Alexandra Petri @petridishes]

love to listen to Supreme Court oral arguments about fun hypotheticals like “if you have a womb is it possible you aren’t a person” and “should we have a king”

[Carlota Perez @CarlotaPrzPerez]

We need more debating, thinking & acting in architecture (new and renewed) and urbanism to make the #greentransition. EVs are increasing the load on the grids (while they're still fossil fueled); insulation and redesign of buildings can reduce it (&add jobs!)

[Av @avalonbauman]

@BIFYA_Berkeley Aww thanks for the highlight—I’m glad to be back!

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

Perspective 3: Probability

The linear regression line is the most likely line given your data if we assume each data point comes from a hypothetical bell curve centered on the regression line.

[Av @avalonbauman]

One man’s trash is another man’s Craigslist curb alert

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

This is actually how "confidence intervals" work in statistics. I'm being 100% serious. Read on. This is a really fun concept.

https://t.co/apXLGQjvXO

[Dani | villainf*cker extraordinaire @VioletEyed_Hero]

Now class, today we're going to analyze the use of the shoe motif in Barbie (2023) starting with this pivotal scene where the titular heroine is first called to action. Note that the scene appears to be an allusion to the Matrix movies, which themselves allude to classical 1/

[Av @avalonbauman]

This is a map of how CA's Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs are funded.

Can't help but think the complexity makes it hard to advocate for quality education and adequate funding.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

The issue of respectability in dress, and what constitutes "proper" attire in public, has raged for as long as people have worn clothes. People who take this position fail to recognize that their own clothes were once the "yoga pants" of their day. I will run through examples 🧵

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

MISLEADING MEASURE

"Crime" doesn't exist in nature. It is socially constructed by humans.

When comparing social constructs between groups, we have to ask ourselves if the thing we are observing is socially constructed in exactly the same way for both groups.

[Av @avalonbauman]

Honored to have made it onto Shutterstock as a “woman laughing alone with salad”. Such a fun and weird experience.

[Danielle Baskin @djbaskin]

You've seen stock photos of people laughing alone with salad 🥗 but have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes? HOW is salad so funny?

@fulligin and I recreated a laughing w/ salad photo shoot at a party & Shutterstock accepted *most* of them. Enjoy this rare footage!

[Av @avalonbauman]

Fascinating release from @BIFYA_Berkeley that reflects years of work — and great insight on how different school districts navigate recessions.

[Av @avalonbauman]

@waitbutwhy Go to therapy.

[Av @avalonbauman]

Oversee means to observe.

Why does oversight mean a failure to observe?

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

It’s funny how much lower the tax burden is in California than Texas (for someone with the median US household income)

[Av @avalonbauman]

@dominik_deffner @dominik_deffner do you have any additional information about this story? I'd like to make the case to my professor to call it the Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition but can't find any publications on the topic.