Know what I'd love to see? A qualitative study of FOIA requests to science agencies. I've worked at public institutions on environmental datasets a while. FOIAs are part of the job. Some are genuine & helpful. Many are a weird window into psychology of *what people ~think~ the gov't is up to.*

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Someone having a view you disagree with isn’t an excuse to be like this. The world is complicated and people will disagree with you on things. Being good and decent and thoughtful doesn’t guarantee full agreement with you on everything

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This may be a candidate for the 2026 Dumbest BlueSky Argument of the Year Award, because if you truly don’t believe you can change people’s minds with evidence and debate, why are you trying to change people’s minds with evidence and debate?

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Researchers are looking for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) for a study about data stories. The researchers are trying to figure out the best ways to accessibly share data. idd-landing-seven.vercel.app

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Using the new 2026 data (supplemental poverty), here's my update. Bringing every poor family w/ children in the US up to the poverty line would cost just $67.4 billion. We can do that with a 0.88% tax on incomes over (poverty line + $46,556). Here is the tax required per family, by income:

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