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Springfield homeowner finds "Buried treasure" in his floors

10 months 1 week ago
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. โ€” On East Sunshine, Realtor and homeowner Clayton Carson purchased a home hoping to live in eventually, but after a surprising discovery, he has reconsidered the move-in date. Carson asked his friend Brandon York, of Cornerstone Flooring, to help him with the renovations. "And for me doing professional flooring, I always like to [...]
Tony Nguyen

Bloomberg compares Republicans and Democrats

10 months 1 week ago
Every month the BLS publishes employment figures. These numbers are calculated from a survey and then adjusted based on estimated births and deaths of business enterprises. That's a little iffy, so every year the figures are re-calibrated based on state unemployment data, which is more accurate. Here's what the revisions have looked like over the ...continue reading "Bloomberg compares Republicans and Democrats"
Kevin Drum

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: ChatGPT Told Us Not To Say This, But YOLO

10 months 1 week ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice โ€” or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]
Leigh Beadon

Legalized abortion has nothing to do with crime rates

10 months 1 week ago
I haven't written much about the lead-crime link lately because there hasn't been much to write about. Today there is. Beware: a righteous rant is coming. Many years ago Steven Levitt and John Donohue—Levitt is one half of the Freakonomics duo—postulated that the crime decline of the '90s was due to Roe v. Wade. "Children ...continue reading "Legalized abortion has nothing to do with crime rates"
Kevin Drum