Notices by Arthur Charpentier ⏚ (freakonometrics@mastodon.social)

"As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened." https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/los-angeles-protest-police-riot/

https://www.tomgauld.com/

another https://www.tomgauld.com/ #sundaymorning

"People with autism and parents of autistic kids are asking clinicians to erase their diagnoses and cancelling appointments with medical professionals, according to interviews conducted in recent days at an international autism conference" https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/01/autism-registry-fears-hurt-diagnosis-screening-parents-cancel-autism-evaluations "Autism evaluations are being canceled over fears about a national registry"

Found on the Internet

and probability of winning https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/

Poll Tracker https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/ 🇨🇦

"There is no good reason for small countries to exist, and we should stop making more of them" https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/04/small-countries-should-not-exist.html "Small countries do not make economic sense in their own right because their populations are too small to sustain the large scale markets required for specialisation and economies of scale and hence the economic productivity required for real prosperity. The lack of real economic opportunities leads many of their citizens to want to leave."

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"The closer to the train station, the worse the kebab" - A "Study" https://www.jmspae.se/write-ups/kebabs-train-stations/ cool study #spoiler no

"For years, the United States government hired people for all the wrong reasons. It filtered candidates based on integrity, experience, and diversity of perspective. The new administration is replacing this approach with a better, fairer system: hiring whoever yells the loudest." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/weve-replaced-the-governments-hiring-criteria-with-a-better-fairer-system-hiring-whoever-yells-the-loudest via @evan

"The Staggering Success of Vaccines" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved-around-the-world/ "Vaccines are the first step toward health equity in many parts of the world" (october 2024)

"Great Power Comes With No Responsibility", Tom Chitty https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/thursday-february-16th-great-power #RealLife

"2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7575x8yq5o

"The Curious History of Venn Diagrams" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venn-diagrams-history-and-popularity-outside-of-math-explained/ (see also https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0025570X.1975.11976431)

(via le Réseau Action Climat)

"Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship." https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-meta-zuckerberg-maga-trump/

"Paper Christmas Trees by Maho Motoyama" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaLFxGHnPxY via https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/maho-motoyama-christmas-tree-boxes/

Les pistes cyclables, c'est bien connu, ça tue les commerces ! https://www.journaldequebec.com/2024/12/10/piste-cyclable-du-chemin-sainte-foy--les-ventes-des-commerces-ont-augmente-depuis-limplantation (ou pas)

"You might think it’s unlikely for any interesting mathematics to arise from incense appreciation, but that’s only because you’re unfamiliar with the peculiar character of Muromachi (室町) era Japanese nobles." https://www.oranlooney.com/post/genji-ko/ 😍