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perhaps I had heard of the 'college basketball crown' months ago and forgot about it. the '25 NIT lineup makes more sense now.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!

submitted 32 days ago • 134 comments

As long as the Trump Admin doesn't say the word "impoundment", they don't actually have to spend the EV or broadband money I call this "Biden-poundment": Just sit on the f***ing money for 4 years Just say you need to continue Dem best practices & restart NEPA environmental review

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

the worst way for St. Johns to go out; the most utterly predictable - a horrific shooting performance

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Alignment Chart of new signature MLB concession items for 2025

submitted 42 days ago • 40 comments

Looks like we've got a cure for sickle cell. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

submitted 47 days ago • 163 comments

Texas has over 20,000 MW (megawatts) of solar, wind, and storage capacity coming online in 2025 with zero subsidy. Texas has ~200 MW of natural gas generation capacity coming online in 2025. There is a $5 bn state subsidy for natural gas.

submitted 49 days ago • 11 comments

@stephenjacobsmith.com was very surprised to see most of the city has more housing inventory for sale than pre-pandemic. some sections a lot more

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

a must read www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Chinese journalists have filmed a report with the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the first time, even participating in shelling Russian positions. Previously, this media outlet had only filmed reports with Russian troops.

submitted 51 days ago • 29 comments

Not the first person to make this observation, but it's so striking how the media covered the crack epidemic as a problem caused by black/urban drug users and the fentanyl epidemic as a problem imposed externally on white/rural drug users.

submitted 52 days ago • 146 comments

Unemployment rate of 20-24 year old college grads in February of certain years (non-seasonally-adjusted): 2001: 3.9% 2002: 5.7% 2003: 6.0% 2004: 6.0% 2008: 4.3% 2009: 9.0% 2010: 8.7% 2011: 9.3% 2017: 5.7% 2018: 4.5% 2019: 4.2% 2022: 4.6% 2023: 4.6% 2024: 5.3% 2025: 7.4%

submitted 54 days ago • 19 comments

The problem was there was an unusual surge in gold imports (due to tariff threats), and the underlying data wasn't released until later. GDPNow will adjust at the next release. GDPnow is an excellent GDP tracker and will likely turn positive at the next release on March 17th but still be very low

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Pay to play, and kiss the ring. You see this in local government too.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment