Favorites October 31st 2021 🎃

Ethan Mollick @emollick

Argument against holding back students who fail. 8th graders who just barely fail & are held back are 58% more likely to be convicted of a violent crime by 25 compared to those who just barely pass and go on to 9th grade, as it hurts adult job prospects nber.org/papers/w25384

More interesting experiment design, I kinda wonder how the employers know the students were held back.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Now he's just trolling

Steve Morris @stevemorris__

Joe Manchin wanted to have work requirements for people to have paid leave from work. I am losing my mind https://t.co/sUgI7KkmvW https://t.co/qNi7JVeGWx

What does that even mean!

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’m not on board with the “traffic enforcement is bad” school of thought. The solution is to automate it, so enforcement isn’t discriminatory and doesn’t lead to potentially dangerous interactions.

Nick Confessore @nickconfessore

4/ But why are there *tens of millions* of traffic stops a year in America -- opening up so many opportunities for encounters to go wrong? The answer is simple, @mmcintire & @mhkeller report: $$$

I really really want California to legalize speed cameras, but red light cameras are already legal, why not add tons of them?

Colin O'Flynn @colinoflynn

Does your dog always walk in front of you in narrow spaces? I give you the ultimate dog costume. #evergiven

Find the right hallway, and you can bring the whole house to a standstill.

Philip N Cohen @familyunequal

Excess mortality update, through September. (Code: osf.io/5n964/)

Happy it's going down, but look at that spike 😬

helen warlow @HWarlow

Lunch now, back later. Helen 🎃🎃🎃

Happy Halloween