23 November 2024

Trailer Park Hillbillionaires

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For the love of God, PLEASE listen with volume on ! Elon plays a mean banjo. Count how many different versions of the stars-and-bars Zuck...
03 October 2024

Plane malfunction illusion: Rolling shutter effect

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Chris wanted to take a photo while on an airplane flight. The aircraft was a Bombardier Q400 . Chris didn't have a camera with him, only...
14 February 2024

Decline of Web 2.0

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As I wrote in a prior post, about an 1870s cartographic depiction of America as a young hog , I wish the University of Michigan Map Library ...
28 July 2023

Make America Porcine Again

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Years ago, I found a post on the University of Michigan's Map Library blog . I consider it evergreen, as it is about two of my favorite ...
27 September 2022

Haiku spam and double digit sigma events

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Haiku Schmaiku Howdy Ma'am, Just spam, I am. Five syllables short --  Bloggerel Doggerel blog , 2007 Verse is courtesy of The Climatee...
31 May 2022

April was the month of mathematics

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April 2020 was the scheduled date for the most recent Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. It is a biannual event, i.e. held once eve...
01 April 2021

Bard of the Deep State: Brookings not to merge with Heritage

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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is the central bank of central banks. Think Tank Watch is similar to BIS, except it is for thin...
24 June 2020

Why hasn't the growth rate of real potential US GDP recovered?

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Missionary Work Among Savages blog, also known as 2slugbait, wrote about whether President Reagan's 1981 tax cuts  performed as adverti...
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09 January 2020

Gold Star of Texas

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The state capitol building in Austin, Texas (21 October 2008) Cupola of the state capitol at Austin Photograph by TedLandphair via P...
20 May 2018

Chemical Heritage

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This aluminum necklace was on display at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) in 2010. It was part of the CHF's Chemistry and Fashion:...