MathBabe looked at JPMorgan suicide is 3rd mysterious death in weeks. The result is a clear debunking using simple mathematics: JP Morgan suicides and the clustering illusion

Apparently nobody at the New York Post thought about making this simple calculation.

From Matt Strassler.

Did Hawking Say "There Are No Black Holes"?

This is one of the responses by scientists to that media story. It is the snarkiest I have seen so far :-)
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.... from a Mathematically Literate World. E.g.
Our World: Market Rebounds after Assurances from Fed Chair
Mathematically Literate World: Market Rebounds after Regression to the Mean

... in 7 visuals

No.

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Following up on Yesterday's post.

No, the World Isn't Cooling

Arctic sea ice delusions strike the Mail on Sunday and Telegraph. The The Guardian takes down its UK competition, with a sub-head that neatly summarizes the issue:
Both UK periodicals focus on short-term noise and ignore the rapid long-term Arctic sea ice death spiral

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With Climate Journalism Like This, Who Needs Fiction?


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Irish Class, October 15, 2012 Rang Gaeilge, an 15ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2012

Duirt MSNBC go thit Felix Baumgartner níos tapúla ná solas.
tapafastcomp tapúla glórsound pictiúrpicturem1 ( Léigh tuilleadh )

Cochineal Taxonomy Fail

More important, why this matters.