Patrick Crawford
@pjcrawford.bsky.social
PhD student | GMU | Economic History | 🏳️🌈
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Preprint w/ (rapid) analysis of Grokipedia, showing it to be “highly derivative of Wikipedia”, but differing, often on controversial topics, in that Grokipedia includes content/cites from low quality (hyper partisan & conspiracy laden) sources like Stormfront & Infowars. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09685
arxiv.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Preprint w/ (rapid) analysis of Grokipedia, showing it to be “highly derivative of Wikipedia”, but differing, often on controversial topics, in that Grokipedia includes content/cites from low quality (hyper partisan & conspiracy laden) sources like Stormfront & Infowars. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.09685
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This is a really fascinating article. Mississippi's "basic" reading comprehension for Black 4th-graders is 52%. In California, it's 28%.
In fact, Mississippi has gone from having one of the nation's worst school systems to one of the best. Despite being one of the poorest states.
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In fact, Mississippi has gone from having one of the nation's worst school systems to one of the best. Despite being one of the poorest states.
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https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/illiteracy-is-a-policy-choice
t.co
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a really fascinating article. Mississippi's "basic" reading comprehension for Black 4th-graders is 52%. In California, it's 28%.
In fact, Mississippi has gone from having one of the nation's worst school systems to one of the best. Despite being one of the poorest states.
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In fact, Mississippi has gone from having one of the nation's worst school systems to one of the best. Despite being one of the poorest states.
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Can I finish this draft soon or will I just rerun R for the thousandth time?
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Can I finish this draft soon or will I just rerun R for the thousandth time?
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i think fundamentally the story of 2024 and the reaction to this admin is a bunch of people's whose entire lives are predicated on stability necessary for liberal democratic capitalism to function standing in a circle holding hands chanting "worse things aren't possible"
I will go to my deathbed, which god willing will be in like seven decades, absolutely hating these people for their sheer hubris and decadence. We had the world, and they are risking it all because they can't see past the bridge of their nose shoved up their ass
The thing that's astounding is they don't seem to understand how what they're exactly playing at, their cowardice actually increases their personal risk! Their entire being is predicted on the stability and order that they are choosing to compromise!
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i think fundamentally the story of 2024 and the reaction to this admin is a bunch of people's whose entire lives are predicated on stability necessary for liberal democratic capitalism to function standing in a circle holding hands chanting "worse things aren't possible"
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
July 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
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Don't let MAGA gaslight you into thinking any of this is popular.
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Don't let MAGA gaslight you into thinking any of this is popular.
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#BLM OTD 1863, Harriet Tubman planned & guided an armed raid (becoming the 1st woman to do so in the Civil War) against Confederate forces, supply depots & plantations along the Combahee River in coastal South Carolina. The raid freed nearly 800 people.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
June 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#BLM OTD 1863, Harriet Tubman planned & guided an armed raid (becoming the 1st woman to do so in the Civil War) against Confederate forces, supply depots & plantations along the Combahee River in coastal South Carolina. The raid freed nearly 800 people.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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My take on Elon Musk and his plan to leave government.
www.economist.com/united-state...
With a mini scoop at the end - the workers going back into the United States Institute of Peace offices found a whole bunch of weed apparently thrown away by the DOGE staffers who had been hanging out there
www.economist.com/united-state...
With a mini scoop at the end - the workers going back into the United States Institute of Peace offices found a whole bunch of weed apparently thrown away by the DOGE staffers who had been hanging out there
June 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My take on Elon Musk and his plan to leave government.
www.economist.com/united-state...
With a mini scoop at the end - the workers going back into the United States Institute of Peace offices found a whole bunch of weed apparently thrown away by the DOGE staffers who had been hanging out there
www.economist.com/united-state...
With a mini scoop at the end - the workers going back into the United States Institute of Peace offices found a whole bunch of weed apparently thrown away by the DOGE staffers who had been hanging out there
And this is why Pride month *must* exist. I wish peace and justice for his family.
The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
June 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And this is why Pride month *must* exist. I wish peace and justice for his family.
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"Maybe it's time for us to be a little bit meaner. Maybe it's time for us to be a little more fierce."
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Maybe it's time for us to be a little bit meaner. Maybe it's time for us to be a little more fierce."
Sounds worrisome
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sounds worrisome
And can we eat those dollars?
Trump: "We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple."
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And can we eat those dollars?
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This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
April 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is Linda Martin. A few years ago, the FBI seized her life savings: $40,200.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
The kicker: She was never charged with a crime—and the government couldn’t tell her why it took her money.
Martin is far from the first. But she is trying to make sure she is the last. A thread.
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so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations.
everything.
everything.
April 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations.
everything.
everything.
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Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
April 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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I'd be disturbed if a court barred a politician from standing for 'offensive speech', or 'bullying', or other such subjective matters.
Barring them for embezzlement though feels pretty legit.
Barring them for embezzlement though feels pretty legit.
March 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'd be disturbed if a court barred a politician from standing for 'offensive speech', or 'bullying', or other such subjective matters.
Barring them for embezzlement though feels pretty legit.
Barring them for embezzlement though feels pretty legit.
What should have been…
The former Brazil president faces potentially decades in prison if found guilty on charges of leading an armed criminal organisation, violent abolition of the rule of law and coup d’état. www.ft.com/content/b89a...
March 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What should have been…
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i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution
The weeks of performative “resistance” from those in my party were limited to undignified antics.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
March 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution
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Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...
Greg Mankiw's Blog: Kevin Hassett forgets Econ 101
gregmankiw.blogspot.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...
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these are segregationists.
“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order
Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
these are segregationists.
A medicine so effective that we give it out for no cost… the death of PEPFAR shows how utterly different this GOP is to the party of 20 years ago
The Trump administration has launched yet another calculated attack on LGBTQ+ lives—this time by withholding access to pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP under the longstanding President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Trump administration takes away life-saving HIV prevention medications from vulnerable LGBTQ+ people worldwide
According to a State Department memo, PrEP can only be dispensed to “pregnant and breastfeeding women” through PEPFAR.
www.advocate.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A medicine so effective that we give it out for no cost… the death of PEPFAR shows how utterly different this GOP is to the party of 20 years ago
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a good bit of evidence that trump represents bona fide confederate government is that he keeps tripping every wire placed by the 14th amendment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump Says Some Treasury Notes May Not Be Real
I suspect this will just end up being something Old Man Trump...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
a good bit of evidence that trump represents bona fide confederate government is that he keeps tripping every wire placed by the 14th amendment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...