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Employer told not to post advert for ‘reliable’ workers because it discriminates against ‘unreliable’ applicants

Longtime reader Katie sent this in: Employer told not to post advert for 'reliable' workers because it discriminates against 'unreliable' applicants. A snippet: Recruitment boss Nicole Mamo, 48, tried to…

Statistics

R Lecture 1: Installing R

Main page for R Lectures. This is the first in a series of lectures on R. For most of my regular readers, this entry will be on the too-simple end…

Statistics

R Lectures

R Lectures from wmbriggs.com This is the homepage for the links to all of the R lectures. Look for this on the main page under Statistics. Each lecture is followed…

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What Do Barney Miller and IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri Have In Common?

In 1977, on the Barney Miller episode "Blizzard"---for those under 40: a cop sitcom---a man who was poking people with a sharp stick was arrested. The man wanted to bring…

Statistics

Astroturfing Explosion: Who Did It?

Somebody---or some bodies---have been planting pro-Obama stories at newspapers all over the world. The pen names of that body are Ellie Light, Mark Spivey, Gloria Elle, and Jan Chen. That…

Statistics

Pajamas Media—Good: Nuclear Doomsday Clock Turned Back; Bad: Board Didn’t Factor In Iran

Today's post is at Pajamas Media: Good: Nuclear Doomsday Clock Turned Back; Bad: Board Didn't Factor In Iran As always, thanks to the editors, particularly David Steinberg and Aaron Hanscom,…

Culture

Proof That There Are Too Many Lawyers?

Most lawyers are like the opportunistic infections that attack the weakened immune system of heroin addicts. You can scrape off the scabs that encrust the skin, but if you don't…

Statistics

Pajamas Media: Actually, Weather Is Climate

Today's post is at Pajamas Media: Actually, Weather Is Climate Once again, thanks to the editors David Steinberg and Aaron Hanscom for coming up with a title and a tagline.…

C-Marie on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 6, 2025
Right on, Brian (bulaoren)!! It has never been the same without Rush!! God bless, C-Marie
PK on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 6, 2025
Radio has been my passion since I was a kid. Around age 11, I had an AM/FM/Shortwave radio at my…
KGB on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 5, 2025
Cole's article, while reading like the diary of a jilted 7th grade girl, is the very embodiment of crying out…
Briggs on Test Your IQ With These Puzzles! (Not So Easy!)July 4, 2025
John W, Garrett, You are welcome.
Richard S. on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 4, 2025
I'm sorry but must correct the record. I have been a radio fan since the early 1960s -- AM, FM,…