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When someone says something nice about us, it can make us feel awkward and uncomfortable. Researchers explain the science behind those emotions — and make the case for accepting genuine praise.
possibly the best cover for any song in any time in the entire human history. and I am not even exaggerating. (I am obviously not) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_...
Slightly diminish a band: Maybe
Today marks 80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima—the first use of such a weapon in history. As the only country to have suffered a nuclear attack, Japan has a vital role in building a world without nuclear weapons. Let us pause to remember the victims and pray for lasting peace.
RIP the great Tom Lehrer and a reminder to all of his excellent songs on the original Electric Company. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kftn...
they can only take what's pure from us if we let them
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Just watched young people participating in the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute perform (streaming on YouTube). Heartwarming to see young people from all sort of backgrounds pursuing excellence in music!
Been a busy year in the data mines.📊 Just published my mid-year roundup: 29 data visualizations on the state of US democracy, tracking everything from judicial resistance to billionaire influence to why Dems have a mobilization crisis, not a moderation problem. All charts free to use:
I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
Chicago releases “Saturday in the Park” as a single today in 1972 — a song written when Robert Lamm visited Central Park, then returned to the band’s hotel “excited after seeing the steel drum players, the singers,” bandmate Walt Parazaider recalled. “I said, ‘Man, it’s time to put music to this!'”
(122) Erroll Garner plays Misty - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_tA...
2025 candidate filing is underway in North Carolina It's easy to ignore these municipal elections (and, they're more than a bit confusing to follow), but they're critical. Here's a 🧵about the characteristics of these elections & these electorates, and why you should care. #ncpol (1/10)
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." - James Baldwin
There's no path out of the crisis that comes from shrinking the circle of who deserves public services, or narrowing the aperature of human dignity. We are invariably in this together.
I don't know if this is the best humpback whale breaching footage of my life, but I SAID IT WAS when I took it! 🦑
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
Trying to learn about others’ experience of the world, even in a small way, seems worth celebrating today.
Wishing you a happy #FourthOfJuly. Let's deepen bonds with friends, family, & neighbors. The U.S.'s founding ideals & foundational challenges still inspire. Establish justice Ensure domestic tranquility Provide common defense Promote general welfare Secure blessings of liberty How can we, 🇺🇲?
Happy Fourth of July, everyone. ❤️ 🇺🇸
Did we really squeeze the big sound of Living Colour behind the Tiny Desk? Yes, we did. And, yet, the band lost none of its intensity.
We wanted to sing one for Brian Wilson last night at our show at the Chicago Theater. The rehearsal may have had more magic…
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Stop believing that your brain peaked in your 20s... it's not true but it might become a self-fulfilling prophecy if you stop challenging it www.ft.com/content/5d47...
So scary. I'm glad she's improved since returning to the ICU. Sending best wishes and hopes for a full and swift recovery.
I'm just an internet stranger, but I made a (small) donation to the American Heart Association dedicated to your mom's recover. Hoping she recovers quickly and fully!
Thinking of the countless American lives lost and the thousands of brave men and women who answered the call of our nation with great courage and honor. Memorial Day and all days we thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms and keep us safe 🇺🇸
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I don't know of any non-jazz musician who is as likely to string together a sequence of notes you have never heard before as David Rawlings is www.stereogum.com/2307098/watc...
I've written round up of big news in biotech & medicine, with @nikomccarty.bsky.social! The return of screwworms, longer gene editing, rapid TB tests, a new long-acting hemophilia treatment, new DNA vaccines, a potential prion disease treatment, and more. 🧵
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Woah. Good stuff.
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
Jacob Collier playing the orchestra www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURk...
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️
You know *that one* poem? Here's another, just to mix it up. Let Them Not Say—Jane Hirshfield "Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw. Let them not say: we did not hear it. We heard. [...] Let them not say: they did nothing. We did not-enough." (Full poem in pic and alt-text.)
“…To those inclined toward kindness, I say Come out of your houses drumming.” Have a lovely evening, people—be well and stay safe
There’s this muppet on TikTok who transcribes and then scats incredibly difficult jazz solos so well and I could not possibly love a thing more
The largest office-to-residential conversion in American history, at 25 Water St., is almost done. (1,300 units!) Includes affordable apartments. Rents as low as $1,166 for a 2-bed. HPD lottery open now: housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/de... We need to do this in many, many more buildings.
I hope Justin doesn't mind me posting this - here's a talk Justin gave to Macmillan Learning 2 days ago, which features many if not all of these slides - 60 minutes long. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgI6...
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Just a little thread on (some) of my favourite charts I've made. 🧵
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Scientific research is good and we should be funding more, not less, of it
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Praying for your Dad.
A small moment of grace in an ugly time. We have a piano in our house, an old Yamaha, probably circa 1960-1965. It belonged to my parents. They both played growing up, and I have pictures of them playing together before I was born, though I don’t remember them ever playing. /1
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curiosity is an antidote to despair
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General consensus in the replies and quotes of this seems to be that the entire concept of "AI skills" is a joke - how hard is typing text into a chatbot, really? I will continue to argue that it's genuinely difficult, and that the challenge in using these tools is widely underestimated
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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I’m so sorry for your loss. May her memory be for a blessing.
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
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If you are wondering why so many Black and Hispanic voters shifted right this past election, this chart offers one theory www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024...
median age of a home is now 40 years, up from 31 years in 2005. Via Torsten Slok
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Useful infographic on dementia prevention / delay from the Lancet. H/T @castltrastondrs.bsky.social
Useful advice for those dealing with denied medical insurance claims.
Love to see advances like this.
Dear friends and followers, I'm sharing here the Nobel prize acceptance speech I gave on behalf of Simon Johnson, James Robinson and myself. Thank you everybody.
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"Services-led development: A virtuous cycle of opportunity and capacity" https://buff.ly/3OU7dQW
I don’t have deep expertise here but a paper with the title “Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming” raises some concern about deployment of LLM use cases.
Wow. Haven’t seen the film. Put on the soundtrack when I read this and was hooked within 10 seconds.
If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵
This photo essay about Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” is stunning I love this detail: "A row of children, most from the neighborhood, spontaneously lined up on the curb in front, to Kane’s delight" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The insurance industry sucks, but it's not helpful to place all blame there. The larger issue is overall cost, which is a function of a bunch of things: shortages in the supply of providers, patent monopolies for medical tech and drugs, PE-driven market concentration, etc.
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Informative thread linking cultural outcomes (fashion, specifically) to policy decisions (urban planning,specifically). Bluesky now has knowledgeable people like Derek sharing information in fields like economics, medicine. It’s itself a “walkable neighborhood “ of info now.
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❝It’s the story of a normal man who tried to fight, even if he was in front of the biggest army of that time, in front of colleagues who could be traitors.❞ www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
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Perhaps correlated to environmental lead exposure?