Finished reading: Religious Appeals in Power Politics by Peter S. Henne πŸ“š

It’s for a review symposium. Good, and worth while if you’re into technical yet qualitative political science.

First time on DC metro in ten (??) years

What is the greatest television show since The Wire and why is it Bluey?

Sometimes you just have to pre-order the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and call it a day. Today is that day.

Creating Deep Fakes is becoming extremely cheap and easy, Chris Welch on Threads (via Daring Fireball).

Classes start this week, students are all moved in. The gym was full. I caught a glimpse of the swim team getting ready for practice.

Snapshot of university swim team before practice, photographed through a window.

Writing the Canvas assignments for my first online course since the pandemic. I’m unsure whether to be happy or sadβ€”it’ll be a tough course for students (compressed schedule), but a lot has improved since spring 2020.

Terrible news about Lazar Dukic, who drowned at the CrossFit Games today. The reporting suggests insufficient lifeguards and preparation for such a possibility and that maybe one or two spectators tried to save him but were prevented from doing so.

Beating my head against my dataset, year-old R code, and reviewer comments… then I discover that my research assistant and I solved the problem in a half-finished mini-project. A big three week problem just became a small-to-moderate one week problem.

Wife: β€œPumpkin spice creamer is availble!”

Me: β€œtoo soon!”

Wife: β€œYOU MORAL MONSTER. GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN!”

Spent the morning (re)learning some things.

Close up photograph of a fly fishing rod and reel

Seeing Hamilton is as good as reason as any to teach your 8yo how to tie a tie. No more clip-ons or zipper ties for this kid. (Bow tie is legit too, btw.)

Photo of father and son after seeing Hamilton, the musical, in Tempe Arizona.

Finished reading: The Civic Bargain by Brook Manville πŸ“š

I actually finished this in May, but have been very slow to get back to MicroBlog until now.

🍿 IF (2024) - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…

IF poster

Underrated and under-appreciated. Among the best family I’ve seen in a long time. Held my kids and wife’s attention the whole time. Simply splendid.

My wife just used the term “Bayesian prior” in casual conversation. My work here is done.

Happy monday, folks πŸ“·

Photo of minivan with a blown radiator

πŸŽ₯ Woodie is a good puppy!, YouTube

Lot of folks ask, how hot is it in Arizona? Well, it’s nard to say. I mean, you get used it. But…

Screenshot of iPhone overheating warning.

πŸŽ₯ Turning the Tables on AI, iA Writer.

I like the idea of getting the AI to ask the writer questions for clarity; I suspect many of my students will find that useful too.

Your periodic reminder not write and edit your own wikipedia page. It’s just bad form.