Brendan Udkovich Stern

Rest in peace, Oma. 5tern.com/2024/04/29/oma/

Sharing 8+ meals a week with people has the same happiness boost as DOUBLING your income. And yet we eat alone 53% more than we did 20 years ago.

@BenRitholtzNBA My condolences. Never met her but knowing Jewish mothers, I know you made her incredibly proud. May her memory be a blessing.

Hey Friends, I lost my mom to a 3-year battle with breast cancer yesterday. I tell you this for 3 reasons: 1) I have the rare opportunity to tell thousands of people simultaneously that she was literally the greatest mother in the world; that I somehow hit the mom jackpot. I thank God every single day for that. And will continue to do so. Feels right to let you all know. 2) To express to you all the following: Knowing your family history can literally save your life and the lives of your loved ones. Do not delay. Do everything in your power to avoid what I now know too well is a brutal disease. Genetic testing helps identify risk early, empowers prevention, and guides better care. Talk to your family. Talk to your doctor. Please. Link here: cancer.org/cancer/types/b… 3) To encourage all of you still blessed with the opportunity, to hug your mommas while you can. Wishing you all love, health, and blessing. Rit/Benjy

@ScottGreenfield @HistoryBoomer It’s not a man walking the dog. It's a buggy Tesla prototype in Human Mode running on Dogecoin.

@HistoryBoomer Dogs wouldn't walk themselves?

The world if Elon took ayahuasca and suddenly decided to become a moderate, followed me, and took my advice to stop caring about politics or the culture wars, and just focus on building rockets, electric cars, and other cool stuff.

This is self-harming behavior, because it’s precisely by guaranteeing our rights to our enemies that we preserve them for us in the long run. (Guaranteeing our rights to our enemies doesn’t mean not doing anything; it’s actually what enables us to do a lot without backlash.)

This is genuinely surprising to me. If it holds up as a result, I think it suggests that the shocking thing about Luigi, 10/7, and this was not so much that more people are pro-murder but that it's much easier to see them since everyone shares all their opinions constantly.

💡 Debate isn’t about comfort, it’s about preparation. For HxA's inquisitive, Brendan Stern explains why Deaf America’s debates carry lessons for the nation as a whole:

🎓 The world’s only four-year university for deaf students — Gallaudet University — is a microcosmic example of how heterodoxy leads to flourishing.

🎓 The world’s only four-year university for deaf students — Gallaudet University — is a microcosmic example of how heterodoxy leads to flourishing. From @BrendanUStern:

💡 Debate isn’t about comfort, it’s about preparation. For HxA's inquisitive, @BrendanUStern explains why Deaf America’s debates carry lessons for the nation as a whole:

Here's an amazingly insightful essay on the need for viewpoint diversity in debates within the deaf community, by Gallaudet prof. @BrendanUStern. He traces out the dynamics and dangers of orthodoxy for his diverse community: inquisitivemag.org/articles/theme…

@JonHaidt Thank you, Jon. You sparked my interest in heterodoxy, so it means a lot to see you share this. I hope it leads to the kinds of conversations — and disagreements — that make us sharper, in Deaf America & across the country.

The most interesting thing I've read in a long time is the latest issue of Inquisitive, from @HdxAcademy. It's on "class," 11 essays using social class as a lens for new insights on academic life. It's beautiful, in PRINT & online, edited by @AliceDreger inquisitivemag.org/issues/class/

Thanks, @chipmunkcream, for reminding me that curiosity beats certainty and for keeping us all on our toes. I’ll miss you deeply. So will your classmates, who loved watching you make your professors sweat for sport. gallaudet.edu/commencement/c…

@BenRitholtzNBA My scientific theory, based on logging heavy minutes at a teeny-weeny lower level and now running marathons, is this: fatigue layered on fatigue is a wicked dilemma. Do I warm up to feel loose? Or sit still to conserve energy for the suffering ahead? No good answers.

@BenRitholtzNBA Exactly. It’s like a sprained ankle. You sit too long and it turns into concrete. Halftime hits, adrenaline’s gone, and suddenly you're out there moving like your joints belong to Kevin McHale in the 3Q.

My anecdotal theory based upon playing many minutes once upon a time at a MUCH (!!!!!!!!) lower level than these dudes is that fatigue can counter-intuitively manifest most when the least adrenaline is present and that’s the beginning of the 3Q.

@gella8802 @BenRitholtzNBA 1) Kolek doesn't match up well with Clips with Harden at PG and their stable of long wings. 2) It's hard to play well vs. fake/real NBA teams when you're on the floor with only one starter + Achiuwa and Rob. Kolek is ready. Just give him time.

@BenRitholtzNBA Yea this was that data we needed on kolek . Against real nba teams he’s not ready

Not goin great. Yeesh. Gotta keep in mind the back to back and running outa bodies though.

@BenRitholtzNBA If "flopping" refers to when a player exaggerates or pretends to have been fouled to deceive, then what do you call it when a referee exaggerates or pretends there was a flop to deceive? 🤔

THATS THE FLOP CALL?!?!?!?!?!

@BenRitholtzNBA My favorite part? Kolek calling him out the moment they hit the timeout. True PG—game growing, hair flowing, cojones steeling.

Until a Precious Achiuwa contested midrange jumper with 10 on the shotclock. Which honestly felt like a swing moment in the game.

@BenRitholtzNBA I once coached a smart kid who could read, write, count, and communicate. But on defense? He’d lose his man, misread plays, and make baffling decisions. Some things can’t be taught: awareness, instincts, focus, reaction speed. (And no, his first name wasn’t Karl-Anthony.)

How can it be this bad.

@JuliaSilvestri plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun 🌞 #Ecclesiastes1🌀

@elliotsteinmetz It'd be you if we had a Secretary of Offense.

No, it’s not me. Stop asking.