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A lot of people dislike the idea of helping the poor by just giving them cash -- but it's usually the best way.
On my new Rationally Speaking episode @MichaelLFaye of @GiveDirectly makes the case for cash transfers. Audio + transcript: rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/263-is-cash-th…
A quote I like:
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Two Assembly Dems drawn into overlapping seats setting it the old-fashioned way https://t.co/IHyZA3nQV5
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Evan Low @Evan_Low
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🚨🚨 A new national PBS / Marist poll finds Joe Biden’s approval rating is significantly LOWER with Hispanics than it is with whites.
Hispanics
Approve: 33%
Disapprove: 65%
Net: -32
Whites
Approve: 40%
Disapprove: 56%
Net: -16
These numbers are devastating for Democrats.
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This is a good judicious take.
But again I would just make the analogy to vaccines — unlike tests these *are* universally available in the USA. And that’s great! But to really be maximally effective we’d need people to take the vaccines.
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Ezra Klein @ezraklein
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In general, anti-capitalist beliefs and anti-science beliefs are my two favorite categories of luxury beliefs, because they both quite often represent the kind of fun reality-denial that can only be possible in a society made rich by science and capitalism.
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Robotbeat🗽 ➐ @Robotbeat
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My brother pointed out yesterday that it's possible Joe Pesci in HOME ALONE actually WAS a cop, and now it's all I can think about.
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People got mad at @NateSilver538 for pointing this out, but it's clearly true that a lot of content is being written with the somewhat odd presupposition that the audience is in the top 2 percent of Covid anxiety.
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