Ben Schenck

@chrisbriem Cheating was too much work! Imagine how much better this app would be if people were motivated to seek out facts.

But I can't believe more folks didn't cheat. I'm proud of yunz.

The crowd was pretty wrong, and this is a pretty well-informed crowd. In rank order, 2025 millage rates by school district: Brentwood: 37.7277 Woodland Hills: 26.50 Wilkinsburg: 26.2395 Pittsburgh: 10.25 Congrats Brentwood! Ref: alleghenycountytreasurer.us/real-estate-ta…

@krassenstein Eric Trump filling up his SUV

Gas is currently $2.99 a gallon in Florida. If Eric Trump really paid $130 to fill up his truck here in Florida then he has a 45 gallon tank that was on empty. Sure…

@scottkowalski72 @Pittsburgh @PghDOMI @BikePGH Hey that's the 3rd best new bike lane in America you're talking about! pitt.edu/pittwire/accol…

@YinzerVice Cool! Will attendees get to tour the house?

@RyanDeto I’m sensing a recency bias in these results. Yeah, the bridge is costly, but the “best” infrastructure fail? Sinkhole bus ftw.

Best (worst?) Pittsburgh infrastructure fail?

@BenRothenberg We’ve had a lot of matches start 0-2 that would have been over early in BO3 and turn out to be epic in BO5. Any updated thoughts on BO5? Not trolling, just curious because you’ve shared in the past.

That game got goofy, but Medvedev holds to take the fourth set 7-5 and force a fifth against Auger-Aliassime. Going five for a spot in the #AusOpen semifinals. Flash poll: Who you got?

Medvedev double faults to go down match point, then hits some big serves to hold. 5-5 in the fourth. #AusOpen

@BenRothenberg @BenRothenberg Do you know how many non-vax players have applied for medical exemptions? And approval rate?

More #AusOpen news: Two-time quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren (2018, 2020) is pulling out of the #AusOpen because of the vaccination requirement here. Sandgren did not try to apply for any medical exemption, he told me, because he did not meet any of the criteria listed for one.

@danielgilman @DuquesneLight 5 days later, still no power. @DuquesneLight won't install the new wires until the city inspects.

@danielgilman @DuquesneLight Thank you! One power line is live

@danielgilman @DuquesneLight Wellesley and Mellon in highland park. After several calls to 311, on the 10th forestry said they’d remove tree. Never removed, today collapsed on power line. Called at 2pm to report, still no service.

@danielgilman Great project! Imagine how frustrated drivers would have been with the traffic. Silver linings, I suppose!

Reconnecting the Hill District and Downtown. You can now really see the "Cap" coming together as the new steel beams have been laid over the highway

@ohip13 Met the person who lived there between BBT closing and it turning into this monstrosity.

@jdpobrien One interesting (although maybe uncomfortable) feature would be a post-meeting breakdown of % of call-time that each person spoke. I think we lack self awareness in that regard too.

@walk_left A stain glass window is the pandemic bike commute: always relevant.

This morning it struck me how much my morning commute has changed.

@ClaRK5on @ericgrabiak @RayFinkle__ @Zebby2Gneiss @MattGarbin I tried cutting mine...with very little success. Are haircuts by @Clark5on considered essential at this point in time?

@alxchesterfield @danielmabuse @faisal_naru @pauldadams @MauraFeddersen @floraspink @jlc_termeer Not online, but if you’re looking for something in-person, @CarnegieMellon is doing a program this spring. cmu.edu/dietrich/sds/e…

What are the best intro online courses to #behaviouralscience #BehavioralEconomics ? Keen to introduce a friend to the field in an optimal way 🤩 @danielmabuse @faisal_naru @pauldadams @MauraFeddersen @floraspink @jlc_termeer ?

@saylindsay @mountainmeister Yep, although the most recent episode was this summer.

@itisbenjamin Thanks! Are you still doing the @mountainmeister podcast?

Does anyone know why the #DirtyDozen bike race was moved to October this year? ow.ly/xggY50wRi4h

@espn @kirkgoldsberry Can someone please explain what I should take away from this?

Every first basket is unique. From LeBron to Steph, look at the distribution of the first baskets of the 10 players who topped this year's NBArank projections. (via @kirkgoldsberry)

@GregBDavies @mattwallaert @OxfordRiskLtd @CharlotteBlank @sawendel We have a list of these: BE companies (consultants, academic labs, etc), gov’t units, and companies w/ BE teams. Not sure if I can share but will check.

@mattwallaert @OxfordRiskLtd @CharlotteBlank @sawendel A list would be nice (though ephemeral). I suspect the incomplete stabs above have made the point though!

Tell that to Walmart, Clover, Google, Uber, Maritz, Microsoft, Allstate, ResMed, Tandem, Spotify, Facebook, etc. - they all have behavioral scientists and most are growing those teams, not shrinking. Side note: we're hiring. =]