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Have I mentioned that I'm bipolar?

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Reflective Coverage, Not Breaking News

Whatever is happening in the daily news torrent, you won't read hot takes of the latest 5 minutes of news here. I need time to think and you already have other sources that do real-time delivery.

Editorial Stance

I intend to communicate relatively informally and will not routinely cite sources. Factual statements are based on sources that I have assessed for credibility. Novel ideas that I incorporate will be cited. Ideas long in circulation will not be specially called out except to call attention to especially useful treatment. Wording is my own unless quoted and sourced. You may ask about specific sources for facts in the weekly Ask Me Anything.

Topics

AI: The story thus far.

Join me as I prompt my way through the brave new world of turbo-charging what I know.

Data science: Adventures in applied statistics

How to think about data science as questions, not answers.

Public Affairs: The large, economy-sized tribe

Politics, law, economics and how we interface in plain view.

QOTD: Quote of the day

Quotations are the gateway to ideas.

Readings: Find something new to you

Short-form book reviews.

TIL: Today I learned

Who knew?

Sources: Other writers

Who I read regularly (formerly a blogroll, when that was a thing).

Show and Tell: The creative side

Photos, art, shorty stories and sorta poems, memoirs of a life well-squandered and assorted other stuff.

NOC: Not otherwise classified

Honestly, who knows what else might pop up.

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