Joe Davis
@doeyjavis.bsky.social
Politics, campaigns, psychology, sportsball, root beer floats. The Great State of Minnesota. The Lynx were robbed. I'll try and do less stream of consciousness here, but no promises.
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The pass and goal are so so damned good
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The pass and goal are so so damned good
Like when a runner shatters a record, huge leaps in educational outcome metrics should be immediately filed under “investigate this immediately”
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Like when a runner shatters a record, huge leaps in educational outcome metrics should be immediately filed under “investigate this immediately”
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it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
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okay sorry this is really funny. Graham Platner was on a Facebook "Are We Dating the Same Guy"
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
okay sorry this is really funny. Graham Platner was on a Facebook "Are We Dating the Same Guy"
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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Turns out when you spend a bunch of time with David's Sack and the Crypto Bros, you end up absorbing a whole lot more than their dirty money
www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-senato...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-senato...
Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Turns out when you spend a bunch of time with David's Sack and the Crypto Bros, you end up absorbing a whole lot more than their dirty money
www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-senato...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-senato...
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An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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And if someone says "my proprietary tool is magic but it's proprietary so I can't show you data that would validate that claim", you don't need to publish their words on your news site.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And if someone says "my proprietary tool is magic but it's proprietary so I can't show you data that would validate that claim", you don't need to publish their words on your news site.
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People catastrophizing about a precedent where no one can mark anything down anymore for being wrong when the real precedent is trans people not being able to do literally any job without an army of bigots launching a harassment campaign against their employer.
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
People catastrophizing about a precedent where no one can mark anything down anymore for being wrong when the real precedent is trans people not being able to do literally any job without an army of bigots launching a harassment campaign against their employer.
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You see a new group like this pop up every few years because hoodwinking wealthy donors into thinking you can break the two party system with technology is incredibly lucrative. It's free money for a political consultant. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You see a new group like this pop up every few years because hoodwinking wealthy donors into thinking you can break the two party system with technology is incredibly lucrative. It's free money for a political consultant. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
Every year I come to this realization after a single trip into the single digits. Then I get to live through it until June or whenever Minnesota winter nonsense decides to stop.
winter is a good example of the limitations of persuasive messaging because for years I have been telling myself "festive! cozy! hygge!" but nope it's still just depressingly dark and miserably cold and bereft of deciduous greenery
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Every year I come to this realization after a single trip into the single digits. Then I get to live through it until June or whenever Minnesota winter nonsense decides to stop.
Hey at least strong floor no ceilings is less than 1000 words 🤷🏻♂️ baby steps
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hey at least strong floor no ceilings is less than 1000 words 🤷🏻♂️ baby steps
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How about
Strong Floor to Area Ratio
No Ceiling on height limits near transit?
Strong Floor to Area Ratio
No Ceiling on height limits near transit?
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How about
Strong Floor to Area Ratio
No Ceiling on height limits near transit?
Strong Floor to Area Ratio
No Ceiling on height limits near transit?
I don’t think Michigan State should be allowed to continue with athletics generally cuz y’know… Google it… so I’m not super surprised their football program really keeps pushing that amorality.
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don’t think Michigan State should be allowed to continue with athletics generally cuz y’know… Google it… so I’m not super surprised their football program really keeps pushing that amorality.
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I seriously have no idea why you’d hire Pat Fitzgerald. He wasn’t a playcaller or strategic mind, his whole schtick was selling Northwestern Culture because he played there, and then it turns out that culture featured a brutal atmosphere of sexual hazing
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I seriously have no idea why you’d hire Pat Fitzgerald. He wasn’t a playcaller or strategic mind, his whole schtick was selling Northwestern Culture because he played there, and then it turns out that culture featured a brutal atmosphere of sexual hazing
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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The Krugman blog today on affordability gets at exactly what I think is happening, and what's missed in the vibecession debates
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Krugman blog today on affordability gets at exactly what I think is happening, and what's missed in the vibecession debates
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/affordabil...
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I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I heard there was a secret verse
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
That David used to make AI worse
But you don't really want to pub that, do ya
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Gophers were Jumping Around after winning the Axe!
Minnesota's win over Wisconsin means the Gophers retake the series edge, 64–63–8 (.504) after losing it in 2017.
Tight series!
Minnesota's win over Wisconsin means the Gophers retake the series edge, 64–63–8 (.504) after losing it in 2017.
Tight series!
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Gophers were Jumping Around after winning the Axe!
Minnesota's win over Wisconsin means the Gophers retake the series edge, 64–63–8 (.504) after losing it in 2017.
Tight series!
Minnesota's win over Wisconsin means the Gophers retake the series edge, 64–63–8 (.504) after losing it in 2017.
Tight series!
4 out of 5 years? 🥰 🥹
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
4 out of 5 years? 🥰 🥹
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The Axe remains in Minnesota
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Axe remains in Minnesota
Chop chop chop chop! There were 0 good football teams out there today, but there was one truly terrible one and it wasn’t the Gophers woooooo!!!
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Chop chop chop chop! There were 0 good football teams out there today, but there was one truly terrible one and it wasn’t the Gophers woooooo!!!
I’m very excited that Bucky is standing behind their guy Fickell.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I’m very excited that Bucky is standing behind their guy Fickell.
The Iowa transfer brought some of the dark magic with him?
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Iowa transfer brought some of the dark magic with him?