Ben Hanowell
@hanowell.me
Writing a hybrid memoir + narrative science nonfiction book about the statistical paradox of competing risks and how it applies to my near-death. Posts are my own thoughts. This is a personal account. MEDIO·TUTISSIMUS·IBIS CUSTOS·VIAE·MEDIAE
Would be higher if creators (especially one of them) were better people.
October 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Would be higher if creators (especially one of them) were better people.
Me, every day now until the dumb conversations about ai stop
Robert Downey Jr. Rolling Eyes
ALT: Robert Downey Jr. Rolling Eyes
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October 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Me, every day now until the dumb conversations about ai stop
As an old I am just going to have to come to terms with the fact that the annoying face in the mobile camera podcast style of public communication is here to stay.
October 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
As an old I am just going to have to come to terms with the fact that the annoying face in the mobile camera podcast style of public communication is here to stay.
Just a reminder, but not a friendly one, that Halloween is at the END of the month.
October 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Just a reminder, but not a friendly one, that Halloween is at the END of the month.
I’d really like to listen to Still Counting but the last episode on AI was so bad and annoying to listen to that I just can’t risk it at this point.
October 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I’d really like to listen to Still Counting but the last episode on AI was so bad and annoying to listen to that I just can’t risk it at this point.
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Private universities having real police powere has always been a terrible idea, as student activists all understood when these departments where formed. Cornell is putting on a malfeasance clinic that might just help drive this point home
NYT today: victim "spoke for hours to a Cornell police investigator and an investigator from Cornell’s Title IX office." Cornell damage control from the beginning. You might improve university practices here, but my conclusion is the university has no good role to play in a criminal rape case.
October 1, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Private universities having real police powere has always been a terrible idea, as student activists all understood when these departments where formed. Cornell is putting on a malfeasance clinic that might just help drive this point home
Cauliflower and leeks baked in heavy cream and topped with cheese should not taste this good.
BUT IT DOES.
BUT IT DOES.
October 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Cauliflower and leeks baked in heavy cream and topped with cheese should not taste this good.
BUT IT DOES.
BUT IT DOES.
Week 2 of the progressive workout where last year before the temporary death I would be doing heavy Cossack squats, one legged squats, and skin the cats, but am now starting from like ground zero.
October 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Week 2 of the progressive workout where last year before the temporary death I would be doing heavy Cossack squats, one legged squats, and skin the cats, but am now starting from like ground zero.
My homie Zack and his colleagues are quietly revolutionizing the demography of the houseless. The magic of respondent-driven sampling and graph theory at work. Well, I guess it's not magic, but it's rad.
We are excited to share the first-ever LA Youth Count report! youthcount.org/2026-report -- LA became one of first communities to adopt cutting-edge respondent-driven sampling methods to estimate the prevalence of unsheltered young people and better understand their experiences.
youthcount.org
September 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
My homie Zack and his colleagues are quietly revolutionizing the demography of the houseless. The magic of respondent-driven sampling and graph theory at work. Well, I guess it's not magic, but it's rad.
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BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
September 30, 2026 at 3:52 AM
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Other candidate headlines:
*Up Schmitt's Creek
*Schmitting the Bed
*Hearing Turns into a Schmittshow
*Up Schmitt's Creek
*Schmitting the Bed
*Hearing Turns into a Schmittshow
September 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Other candidate headlines:
*Up Schmitt's Creek
*Schmitting the Bed
*Hearing Turns into a Schmittshow
*Up Schmitt's Creek
*Schmitting the Bed
*Hearing Turns into a Schmittshow
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f(x) is actually short for fhtagn of x
September 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
f(x) is actually short for fhtagn of x
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this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20.
The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23.
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23.
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
September 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
Wow
My god they are stupid.
A phenomenal moment in the Senate.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
September 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Wow
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And you wonder why I care so much about math education...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Democrats of being “incredibly disingenuous,” saying they do “360s on every single policy position they have.”
September 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
And you wonder why I care so much about math education...
Can someone please explain the hate for target trials? Seems like one of those nerd wars that is kind of a nothing burger.
September 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Can someone please explain the hate for target trials? Seems like one of those nerd wars that is kind of a nothing burger.
Getting a little weary of every other interview on NPR being about AI doomerism. Like: there's other more important stuff going on right now.
September 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Getting a little weary of every other interview on NPR being about AI doomerism. Like: there's other more important stuff going on right now.
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One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
www.texastribune.org
September 29, 2026 at 3:43 AM
One step closer to justice for my dad, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
