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I'm a data scientist but political violence threatens my job. I am struggling to support my family financially but hold two graduate degrees. What the hell happened?

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Feb 21

There's around 20 congressional districts that appear vulnerable, given this model of the 119th Congress I developed. I used LASSO to select a set of significant and minimally colinear features to a logistic model, leveraging 2023 Census estimates from the ACS.

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RPubs - Forcasting vulnerable districts of the 119th Congress

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · 2d

Every small victory should be felt in a big way.

This woman's story should be shared nationally. It was a crime to detain her after being victimized for so long.

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Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after five months in ICE custody

Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolon...

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · 3d

Deliberate. And not unusual for 2025

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · 29d

The call to action should be more than just showing up for protests. People need to start sacrificing their pocket books and apply broad spectrum boycotts. Stay engaged with your communities but knock off the frivolous spending.
And for God's sake no more Amazon.

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · 29d

Instead of blowing it up, wouldn't it be better for everyone if the boat was intercepted and the three smugglers arrested and questioned?
You know, unless you just want people to take it on faith you're telling the truth.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · 29d

Ad hominum attacks is all our tax dollars go towards these days. And crimes against humanity.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 14

If it were any other network he would have been fired immediately. Him being there is a permission slip to continue with the vitriol

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 13

Not quite the media's fault, but the violent mobs watching Fox news. There's an undeniable appetite for this.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · Sep 12

“… just days after a gunman sprayed over 500 bullets across the CDC campus, the government fired over 150 violence and injury prevention specialists”

STAT @statnews.com · Sep 12

Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and closed prevention offices. Expert calls it a 'cruel irony' – gun violence grows as prevention efforts fade
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As U.S. faces deadly week, gun violence experts lament end of prevention research

Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and shut down research on preventing gun violence. Expert calls it a "cruel irony."

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 13

Mace told Rep McBride she shouldn't be allowed to use the bathroom, in a speech from the floor of the House.

Anyone calling themselves a journalist could have called that shit out right then on air.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is the stupidest version of McCarthyism I've seen in a while. So much for the first amendment or honoring our service members.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 12

The snake eats itself

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh I got your point. You were identifying instances where presumptive liberal Democrats had committed violence. That feeds a false narrative, a lie of omission, especially because most of your examples are misrepresenting facts

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

If Trump is capable of murdering a boat full of Venezuelans without any legal or national security justification being offered... I wouldn't be that surprised if Trump just wanted to change the topic on every news network.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

We're also not talking about most gun deaths at the moment. Out of all politically motivated homicide, the vast majority is indeed being committed by white men with a cultural axe to grind. They're the target audience of people like Charlie Kirk, so my guess is the shooter was at one time a fan.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

Cue the false flag accusations on the right

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

White, disaffected gun loving men commit political violence. The rest of us are still peacefully protesting.

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 11

Excuse me, but both would-be Trump assassins were supporters before they tried to kill him and there were violent protests sponsored by the right well before 2020. And after.

Don't blame one political bent for all political violence. It's a problem because of guns. Motives are ubiquitous.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm seriously wondering if it was one of his listeners.

Is it too soon to feed a conspiracy theory? Just a reminder that Kirk had disaffected, angry listeners.

Gen Z MAGA 'Flaming Mad' Over Epstein Files—Charlie Kirk - Newsweek share.google/Y9hoHYh3IdnQ...

Gen Z MAGA "flaming mad" over Epstein files—Charlie Kirk

The conservative pundit said his audience of young voters is angry about the approach to the Epstein investigation.

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 10

Is. Is unethical.

A placebo controlled vaccine trial means some patients get the vaccine, others get sick. It violates the "do no harm" principle to clinical ethics and may be criminal.

Vaccine testing is done using retrospective data to compare with unvaccinated rates of disease.

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 8

Might be his signature being at pubic hair level.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 7

It matters A LOT that the association is in vitro. That there is a theoretical inflammatory pathway doesn't automatically net a clinical significance to these findings.

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 7

A real NES classic had us doing that for entire levels

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ALT: a cartoon character with a top hat and glasses

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 6

Federal agents do not have overriding authority when breaking local statutes. Last I checked, if you detain someone without a warrant for arrest, it's called kidnapping.
Mayors, governors, county execs should all be stepping up pressure on local police to enforce the law

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grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 5

Case in point: you cannot ethically do a placebo controlled RCT with vaccines in most cases. If you don't get some treatment, you will get sick and might die from the disease being studied. Most RCTs rely on competing treatments in this case, not placebo

grimace14.bsky.social @grimace14.bsky.social · Sep 5

@alsobrooks.senate.gov the next committee hearing with RFK should include testimony from infectious disease specialists to punctuate the degree of ignorance from this man. He isn't just lying, he's woefully ignorant of scientific study, medicine and basic human biology.

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