Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
This is why focusing on billionaires as a measure of a society's inequality is stupid.
Chris Freiman @cafreiman
Egalitarian socialists sometimes point to Norway as a model, yet it has more billionaires per capita than the US https://t.co/biVV54JyZB
8:15 AM · Aug 14, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
India and Pakistan should definitely try to be friends. Continuing to oppose each other will not do any good for either country.
Bloomberg Economics @economics
Once you realize that the future can be a radical break from the present, says @tylercowen, the possibilities for the India-Pakistan relationship start to look very different https://t.co/aonPiczwai
8:44 AM · Aug 14, 2022
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Bay area nostalgia@professorbay
it’s called NIMBY
3:48 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
People who instinctively and relentlessly look for reasons to oppose solar and wind are simply technophobes. They are afraid of change, afraid of weird scary new technologies that make their world look different. In 1910 they'd have been scared of cars.
6:46 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Many people are saying there should be one billion Americans.
Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1
China and the US have radically different demographic destinies, argues @nfergus in @opinion. The US has problems, but could fix them through immigration. China is facing demographic doom.
Cc: @NickKristof @mattyglesias @elonmusk @billmaher
https://t.co/crEFium1PF https://t.co/00rkZRKnec
8:36 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This is fascinating.
dynomight.net
The big alcohol study that didn’t happen: My primal scream of rage
9:05 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Kind of remarkable.
10:09 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Alec Stapp@AlecStapp
This is why we need an Operation Warp Speed for universal coronavirus vaccines (delivered via nasal sprays):
10:17 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Mike Konczal@rortybomb
Dobbs and the criminalization of reproductive choice isn’t just going to change the dynamics for women voters.
Katie Paris @katiebparis
New Fox poll shows men moved +2D since May. But Dads moved +28.
May August DIFF
Men +13R +11R +2D
Dads +20R +8D +28D
Dads, what changed? Inquiring moms want to know. 👊
11:45 PM · Aug 14, 2022
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Kyle Wiens@kwiens
Sick Codes has jailbroken a John Deere, and this is just the beginning. Turns out our entire food system is built on outdated, unpatched Linux and Windows CE hardware with LTE modems.
5:36 AM · Aug 14, 2022
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Sy Brand@TartanLlama
10 things that every software developer should know
1. If you hit the computer really hard with a hammer it can't hurt you anymore
5:08 PM · Aug 12, 2022
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Brent Toderian@BrentToderian
Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam." This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's via @fietsprofessor. The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.
3:59 AM · Aug 13, 2022
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jonny klemchuk@jonnyklemchuk
Putin dies and goes to hell. After a while, he's given a day off.
So he goes to a Moscow bar, orders a drink and asks the bartender:
Is Crimea ours?
Yes.
And the Donbas?
Also ours.
Kyiv?
We got that too.
Satisfied, he drinks and asks:
Thanks. How much do I owe you?
5 euros.
7:53 PM · Aug 13, 2022
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Ethan Mollick@emollick
The right model for drug development might be venture capital. This paper shows that drug companies avoid pursuing novel & breakthrough drugs as the risks of failure are too high.
But a $15B fund investing in a portfolio of more risky drugs could earn returns and push research.
2:31 AM · Aug 14, 2022
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