RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/116245122803329311

Or the name of the church of my youth. CCD class after school once per week. Part of my history, I guess.

Made homemade pizzas for dinner tonight. My son was working — running Learn to Skate hockey program — so I made his last. I texted him just as he pulled up to the house "Pizza just came out of the…"

Guess what Google's top suggestion for the next word was…

…

… shower.

Um, yeah. Oven wasn't even listed. 🤦

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@mjd/116135970540454623

Ternary plot FTW

HT @Justin_Lind

#DataViz

Not nearly as spectacular and momentous as yesterday's phenomenal OT goal for the USA Women's hockey team to take the gold 🥇, but here's another stretch pass which resulted in a 🏒 🥅🚨

This was from 7 years ago, almost to the day.

The goal scorer? My son — who is now a coach in the organization he grew up playing in. 🥲

cc @MartyCormack

RE: https://flipboard.com/@mashable/mashable-s-top-stories-082r5h7ez/-/a--qI8GAsPQE2tAOQs_6EC6g%3Aa%3A141172479-%2F0

Did someone hire Wile E. Coyote as a consultant and started sourcing equipment from Acme?

RE: https://indieweb.social/@xkcdbot/116025318248078430

I am nearly certain I am the only person who saw the image below and their first thought was "The seat stay connects directly below the seat? That's gonna be a harsh ride." 🤪

RE: https://mastodon.social/@startswithabang/116024641303945959

And if you ever wondered "Why does the x-axis of a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram go from hotter to cooler temperatures?", take a look at the bottom x-axis of the H-R diagram in this excellent article… the lower the Color Index, the more blue (hotter) the object is.

#DataViz

Four reasons to unplug radar charts https://www.junkcharts.com/four-reasons-to-unplug-radar-charts/

#DataViz

RE: https://flipboard.com/@sciencealert/sciencealert-3mvdqjtaz/-/a-TEKqTMtjT-eCTTm2_8-XFw%3Aa%3A565656366-%2F0

When I modeled 500m and 1km track cyclists back in 2008 (!), the peak age was ~25.5 for both male and female (modeled separately)

[I can share my write-up with anyone interested]