Retired actuary/data scientist, library trustee. Grew up in Texas, happily living in Massachusetts. Board games, Ulysses, Bayern Munich, Commanders, GY!BE.https://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mr62twlpmk2zWell now they've gone and done it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr62twlpmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mr5sgcqgps2jOr even against a cohort study, if everything else in your meta-analysis is case-control. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5sgcqgps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqv7s5qjws2mIf you read all the comments in this thread, you will learn about a loaded minefield every script writer unwittingly goes through 😅 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqv7s5qjws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqr74wi4xs2tI complained bitterly about this, but perversely I'll soon be getting more TV channels and paying less for them. Thanks...capitalism, I guess? Two channels for Bundesliga seems clunky, but that's how it's worked for a while in Germany. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr74wi4xs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqr3tvgdc22iTerrific piece on an (eventually) ill-fated relationship between Hitchcock and his composer Bernard Herrmann. Giant bonus points for a The Three Investigators callout, a series I read repeatedly. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr3tvgdc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqpwqkkfc22tA sadly familiar experience (as a Bayern fan) to see others experiencing Tuchelremorse. ☹️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpwqkkfc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqm66to3w22hNice to see @lomatheband.bsky.social back on tour! Europe for now, but who knows about later…?14 Jul 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm66to3w22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqjnr5fxes2eMy friend: what is this "Predator: Wastelands" film I just accidentally watched? Who the hell is "The Asylum"? Me: https://static.klipy.com/ii/d6b0ce929193df3c242ac34b5654d2ce/28/7b/f5xWyVp3.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=IQmUj0hA6h6UE&webm=GDmjSZyBhJzGcJoKCMyb13 Jul 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjnr5fxes2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqfxm5iooc2aPeople posting Zapruder-quality clips of a ball that looks like it's tailing off normally as it drops (do any players adjust their runs to the ball at any time? they do not). I wish social media had been around for Argentina - England 1986.12 Jul 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfxm5iooc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mqers3wjvs2mFunny that Harry Kane rightly gets stick for golfing with an orange toad, but everyone forgets that Haaland liked Covid-era tweets from Trump and Matt Gaetz. Genuinely clueless and insulated, most of them.11 Jul 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqers3wjvs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mq576lqyyc27Can't help but appreciate the Dutch angle on that picture. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq576lqyyc27https://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mq3lgwrvec2jThe correct legacy of Joe Montana. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3lgwrvec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mpwxgbjopk2dDos a cero! #WorldCup06 Jul 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwxgbjopk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mpwq3rglfk2wA little weird to see people glazing Chicharito, the guy who talked about women "eradicating masculinity" and needing to conform to traditional womanly roles, and who initially responded to criticism with "take it or leave it". Better than Lalas, but that's faint praise.05 Jul 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwq3rglfk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mpvqexdskk2jEvery word of this correct. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvqexdskk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mp5myc34sk2gOur quaint neighborhood church! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5myc34sk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3motbfljrdc2mBelgium is gonna Dortmund this, aren't they.21 Jun 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3motbfljrdc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mot6diqytk2di really dislike Lalas, but this relentless karma farming by dunking on him is ubiquitous and boring. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/21/thierry-henry-alexi-lalas-fox-world-cup21 Jun 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot6diqytk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mofhwci2os2oHappy Ineluctable Modality of the Bloomsday! (to those who rightly practice)16 Jun 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofhwci2os2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mo7gqf5frc25Weren't we at least supposed to get bread with this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7gqf5frc25https://bsky.app/profile/paul314.bsky.social/post/3mo2bedorps2rEvery time I see something like this I imagine someone 2,000 years ago doing some stupid thing and then hiding the evidence, and now we're all assembled in a circle trying to parse it out. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:5ef5o2jly7ytxipt3layk3fg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2bedorps2r