I like how the first message is in both languages, but the second is only in English.
I like how the first message is in both languages, but the second is only in English.
Good catch. I’ve updated it. Thanks!
(somehow got 12 upvotes without a working link… hmmm)
Great shot! LA Union Station?
Source? I want to believe this but the first page of my search results is all articles saying that WIC will shut down within days and SNAP is unlikely to last much more than a month.
You and I already agree with the sentiment of this message and interpret this claim charitably, which the intended recipients of this message (US Republicans) will mostly not do. This message needs to convince them, not us, and it would be a far stronger argument if it cited a source.
The Surviving Mars OST is spectacular, though the gameplay is just good.
Three of the six currently operating maglevs are in communist china
This is a really cool read with lots of very strong results, but “show” doesn’t seem like the right word for the specific claim the article makes from the paper. In grad school we had a professor who led the first year seminar who drilled into us the importance of using the right word to communicate inferential strength. “Is consistent with” is weaker than “suggests” is weaker than “shows” is weaker than “proves” (really only mathematicians should use “prove”). Section E3 on this website has a similar hierarchy.
My “speak up in seminar” reflex was going off here because this article jumps one - possibly two - whole levels of inferential strength from what’s actually written in the paper.
In the paper, the inferential claims in the "communal effort’ part are:
These differences clearly suggest a lack of evident social stratification…
further revealed no clear signs of social stratification
It’s possible I missed a stronger inferential claim about the communal aspect - Please correct me if so!
I think “are consistent with” or “suggest” would more accurately communicate the strength of the results. The evidence presented that the drainage system was a communal effort is that the houses were the same size and the graves didn’t seem to be differentiated. This seems like absence of evidence for a state authority/hierarchy, not evidence of absence.
Not a huge fan of the Israel situation but it does seem like they often stay out at the US’s request:
During the 1990–1991 Gulf War, Iraq carried out a missile campaign against Israel, in which it launched 42 modified Scud missiles (designated Al-Hussein) at Israeli cities with the strategic objective of provoking Israel into launching retaliatory attacks and potentially jeopardizing the multinational coalition formed by the United States against Iraq, which had full backing and extensive contributions from other Muslim-majority states; Israel did not respond to the Iraqi missile attacks due to American pressure, and Iraq failed to gather support for its occupation of Kuwait.
DW news (dw.com) is pretty good and not too sensational. They’re like German PBS with a whole English side of the site.
Wife and I did Dorf Romantik on a recent long train ride and we had a great time. It’s very cozy/calm which helps when you want to stay low energy and not bother your neighbors. And I fully agree with the battery pack idea - it gives me a ton of peace of mind when I’m traveling.