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josephpolitano 4h The fact that UPS capitulated to the Teamsters before a strike while studios are still fighting with the writers guild and SAG-AFTRA I think speaks partially to the relative economic state of those two industries. Always much easier to distribute gains than losses. — (src)

I found this interesting chart of historical entertainment industry profits (and losses) a few weeks ago. All the major companies decided to compete with Netflix, and competition drove all the profit out of the industry. But it's even more ridiculous because none of this is the fault of actors or writers.

See new Tweets Conversation Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦 @StuartJRitchie I asked several top UK materials physicists about the new "room-temperature superconductor" studies that have gone massively viral on Twitter. None of them were convinced. inews.co.uk The latest mega-breakthrough on room-temperature superconductors is probably nonsense Several top physicists have weighed in, and they're not convinced — (src)

There was a lot of discussion about these papers, theories as to why it got published in two places at once, Reminder of why a room temperature superconductor would be a very big deal. But too bad it's almost certainly fake.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias · 20h It’s well documented that the clearance rate for murders in America has fallen precipitously since 1960. But there’s striking new evidence that this doesn’t mean what it sound like — perpetrators are actually more likely to be punished not less. slowboring.com New evidence that we're solving more murders Is the great decline in homicide clearance rates all a big misunderstanding? Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias · 20h What’s the deal? Well the conventional thing is just to ask “did the cops arrest someone” and arrest rates have fallen. But the ratio of people sent to prison for murder to murders that happen has gone up not down. https://slowboring.com/p/new-evidence-that-were-solving-more Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias In short, it looks like the clearance decline is entirely composed of bad arrests that didn’t lead to prosecutions or convictions — modern police departments are actually better at solving murders. slowboring.com New evidence that we're solving more murders Is the great decline in homicide clearance rates all a big misunderstanding? 3:09 AM · Jul 26, 2023 · 22.2K Views — (src)

This was a very interesting story to me, seems like genuinely good news, although of course we should still be working to improve policing further.

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