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Yesterday I posted the probabilities of Biden winning each state in terms of a field goal distance.  But I only did it for a few swing states, and I think this idea deserves more.  So with the help of Mike Lopez’s post from last May, I put the field goal distances for each state on…

I’ve converted FiveThirtyEight win probabilities into field goal yardages. So for example Arizona – 54.75 means that the probability that Biden wins Arizona is about the same as a kicker in the NFL making a 54.75 yard field goal.  Let’s look at the swing states in terms of how likely Biden is to win the…

Clinical Trials and Covid-19 Vaccines Data Art JSM 2020   Cheers.

So, a while ago I tweeted out asking for podcast ideas.  Didn’t really think I’d get anything too interesting back, but David Hess had a great suggestion: I go to a random wikipedia page and then just see where it goes.  I think this is a brilliant idea, and I’m stealing it for myself.  I’m…

Is Clay Travis still full of shit?  Yes. On March 18, 2020 Clay Travis, notable for being NOT an epidemiologist, posted an article with this headline: In that article he said this: Well, we are currently nearing 80,000 deaths. So, from the bottom of my heart: Fuck you, Clay Travis. Cheers.  

This is a work in progress.  Who else belongs on this list? Dr. Phil Clay Travis Warren Sharp Alex Berenson Jerry Falwell, Jr. Gwyneth Paltrow John Edward Jim Carey Ben Shapiro Sean Hannity Bill O’Reilley Jenny McCarthy Donald Trump Eric Trump Donald Trump, Jr. Ivanka Trump Jared Kushner Mike Pence Robert DiNero Robert F Kennedy,…

Group A Group A, dubbed the “group of death” by basically anyone who closely follows sports analytics Catan players, saw @chuurveg win the first two games of the group making the third game nothing more than a victory lap for @chuurveg.  Though he almost pulled off the sweep in round one, @sethwalder pulled out a…

Here is the email that I just sent to Bob Pittman, CEO of iheartmedia.com, and Eric Shanks, Fox Sports CEO.  I encourage you all to send emails to Bob and Eric expressing your dismay for giving Clay Travis a platform to spread this type of dangerous misinformation about coronavirus.  You can find their emails here:…

Here is a tweet I saw today.  It’s from April 7.  It’s from Tomas Pueyo, the author is this medium post on Coronavirus from March 10.  (Tomas Pueyo is not a public health expert).  When I first read this, I thought, wait that doesn’t seem right and I tried to reproduce his numbers.  To get…