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[pickabar @pickabar]

The other day someone told me “the problem with life is the small sample size” and I’m starting to think that’s the realest thing I have heard in a long time.

[ALL THE SMOKE Boxing @atsboxing]

The final word 🎙️

Stream the #SpenceCrawford fight week presser LIVE at 4PM ET/1PM PT: https://t.co/bzKfMoRCMZ

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

All foster kids in California can now attend any state college for free https://t.co/iolorpPvWf

[Ziggy_Sobotka @Ziggys_Duck]

For the 99% that don’t know. They’re not rich, brisket eating, laughing at the rest of us people actors. They go to work everyday and deal with the same stuff that we do. @TheRealKostroff . #TheWire fans will recognize him as Maurice Levy. The man gives a great performance in every damn thing he does.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@MinnesotaJoe3 @hankgreen You contend that the tweet you replied to is based on facts?

[Rosario Dawson @rosariodawson]

Happy Flashback Friday y’all!

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Listening to Silicon Valley guys talk about how the future isn’t amazing enough while ridiculous shit like this happens in the background is honestly a little pathetic.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@KevinMKruse I love the whole expectation that all white people are just as racist as he is and just pretend not to be.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@jbmp51 @TotalTimWright @MsMelChen I’ve lived here my whole life. Crime is much more in control than it was in the 80s, 90s, or early 2000s.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@tahangrant @thequizguy @StewMama71 @mehdirhasan Peer review of well documented research and experimentation by other experts is not at all the same as arguing with random people with zero expertise on a comedian’s podcast.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Having been defeated repeatedly by Ukraine, Russian forces have found an easier opponent, one with corrupt leadership, incompetent commanders, and low morale.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@nials53 @wapol_vu @Kasparov63 Again, he directly addressed that point.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@PsySamurai3 @PattyMurray If a woman in the 3rd trimester finds out giving birth will kill her should she be allowed to abort? If so, you’ve just proved that it’s not infanticide because it would not happen to an infant. If not, you’ve proven it’s about control and not some high regard for human life.

[Scientific American @sciam]

Insects have surprisingly rich inner lives—a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications https://t.co/S0xMM0frKm

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

DOCTOR: “I’m sorry. You have cancer.”
DORK: “No I don’t. Debate me!”
DOCTOR: “I understand if you want a second opinion. In fact, I encourage it.”
DORK: “Sounds like you won’t debate the issue because you know you’re wrong.”
DOCTOR: “I’d love to be wrong.”
DORK: “Then debate me!”

[pickabar @pickabar]

@ADioumaev @robertgraham The audience for these type of debates wants to feel special and knowledgeable despite their lack of actual knowledge. When they also can’t understand the questions from the expert, they won’t see it as their own lack of knowledge, they’ll identify with the ignoramus.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@WesDidier1 @hankgreen @GeorgeTakei Debate is just one form of communication and not coincidentally the form most likely to enable people with that skill in that form of communication to drown out people with actual knowledge and expertise.

[pickabar @pickabar]

@erasmuse @radleybalko “Why should we believe government claims about another part of the government?”

[Radley Balko @radleybalko]

DOJ just released the report from its two-year investigation of the Minneapolis police department.

Here's a thread of notable excerpts.

This first one happened *while a DOJ investigator was on a ride-along.*

[Austen Allred @Austen]

"Don't learn to code. Soon GUIs will do it all for you." - 1985

"Don't learn to code. Soon that will all be done offshore for pennies." - 2003

"Don't learn to code. Soon nocode tools will do it all for you." - 2015

"Don't learn to code. Soon AI will do it all for you." - 2023