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There's a long sordid history of contrarians in the economics space applying their narrow toolset to problems they don't understand to argue for claims that resonate w/ their right-leaning political ideology. They then pass of this stinking 💩 as wisdom, with much help from a lazy media.🧵
I recently got into a geoengineering tiff that I, and I hope @michaelemann.bsky.social, found amusing.. and I've been fooling about with some climate economics here and there.
So I was greatly amused when I tuned into this episode of @unlearnecon.bsky.social:
youtu.be/11eTG4_iwqw?...
So I was greatly amused when I tuned into this episode of @unlearnecon.bsky.social:
youtu.be/11eTG4_iwqw?...
The Death of Freakonomics
YouTube video by Unlearning Economics
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There's a long sordid history of contrarians in the economics space applying their narrow toolset to problems they don't understand to argue for claims that resonate w/ their right-leaning political ideology. They then pass of this stinking 💩 as wisdom, with much help from a lazy media.🧵
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He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.
April 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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Jesus, this is excellent. Depressing, but excellent.
"That disconnect between the treatment of mainstream politicians and populist politicians helps explain so much of our current predicament."
iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
"That disconnect between the treatment of mainstream politicians and populist politicians helps explain so much of our current predicament."
iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
Want to know how Trump gets in? Just look at the coverage of Le Pen
The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law
iandunt.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Jesus, this is excellent. Depressing, but excellent.
"That disconnect between the treatment of mainstream politicians and populist politicians helps explain so much of our current predicament."
iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
"That disconnect between the treatment of mainstream politicians and populist politicians helps explain so much of our current predicament."
iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-kn...
Twenty Lessons on Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder, is essential reading for our times. Here is a summary, read by John Lithgow:
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Twenty Lessons on Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder, is essential reading for our times. Here is a summary, read by John Lithgow:
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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All supernovas ever observed, tens of thousands of dying stars
Once the Rubin Observatory is completed it will be able to see several millions of supernovas, dwarfing what we've seen so far
This is from a brilliant website by Isaac Shivvers.
ishivvers.github.io/maps/sne.html
Once the Rubin Observatory is completed it will be able to see several millions of supernovas, dwarfing what we've seen so far
This is from a brilliant website by Isaac Shivvers.
ishivvers.github.io/maps/sne.html
March 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
All supernovas ever observed, tens of thousands of dying stars
Once the Rubin Observatory is completed it will be able to see several millions of supernovas, dwarfing what we've seen so far
This is from a brilliant website by Isaac Shivvers.
ishivvers.github.io/maps/sne.html
Once the Rubin Observatory is completed it will be able to see several millions of supernovas, dwarfing what we've seen so far
This is from a brilliant website by Isaac Shivvers.
ishivvers.github.io/maps/sne.html
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Jessica Aber, the 43 year old prosecutor who has just died in Virginia, charged two Russian nationals with money laundering last fall.
databreaches.net/2024/09/26/t...
databreaches.net/2024/09/26/t...
Two Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Operating Billion Dollar Money Laundering Services – DataBreaches.Net
databreaches.net
March 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Jessica Aber, the 43 year old prosecutor who has just died in Virginia, charged two Russian nationals with money laundering last fall.
databreaches.net/2024/09/26/t...
databreaches.net/2024/09/26/t...
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I look at three things Trump's done these past 2 months that appear to have been learned from the Orban antecedent (or directly from Mr. Orban)
First is ignoring high-court rulings, attempting to stack courts and fire non-partisan judges, and reinterpreting the constitution
First is ignoring high-court rulings, attempting to stack courts and fire non-partisan judges, and reinterpreting the constitution
March 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I look at three things Trump's done these past 2 months that appear to have been learned from the Orban antecedent (or directly from Mr. Orban)
First is ignoring high-court rulings, attempting to stack courts and fire non-partisan judges, and reinterpreting the constitution
First is ignoring high-court rulings, attempting to stack courts and fire non-partisan judges, and reinterpreting the constitution
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Some people LOVE to tell me that scientists have lost public trust because we were wrong about something, we communicated badly, we swore or cried or acted fallibly human, or whatever.
That’s bullshit. Scientists lost public trust because disinformation campaigns like this stole it & eradicated it.
That’s bullshit. Scientists lost public trust because disinformation campaigns like this stole it & eradicated it.
This is not the first time a public health agency’s communications have been spoofed and altered w/antivaxx rhetoric. We documented this in our analysis to the US response to measles outbreaks in 2017-2019. It was very challenging for health departments to overcome.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/h...
Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page
Children’s Health Defense, founded by the health secretary, had published online a vaccine-safety page that looked like the agency’s but that suggested links to autism.
www.nytimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Some people LOVE to tell me that scientists have lost public trust because we were wrong about something, we communicated badly, we swore or cried or acted fallibly human, or whatever.
That’s bullshit. Scientists lost public trust because disinformation campaigns like this stole it & eradicated it.
That’s bullshit. Scientists lost public trust because disinformation campaigns like this stole it & eradicated it.
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In the vast, powerful river of stupidity we now live in, “Jackie Robinson was DEI” has to be some sort of dam-breaker.
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In the vast, powerful river of stupidity we now live in, “Jackie Robinson was DEI” has to be some sort of dam-breaker.
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Here’s my @meermaurits.bsky.social thread on my OTB game from Monday - I was White, my opponent was rated slightly over 2100 ECF. There will be 10 positions, as promised!
March 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here’s my @meermaurits.bsky.social thread on my OTB game from Monday - I was White, my opponent was rated slightly over 2100 ECF. There will be 10 positions, as promised!
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I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
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These same Justices held Biden could not use a statute passed by Congress for student debt relief because the statute authorized it but needed to extra double authorize it.
But for Trump, he can simply ignore statutes and appropriations entirely, Congress is irrelevant.
But for Trump, he can simply ignore statutes and appropriations entirely, Congress is irrelevant.
Justice Alito dissents, along with Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Here is the final paragraph from the dissent.
March 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
These same Justices held Biden could not use a statute passed by Congress for student debt relief because the statute authorized it but needed to extra double authorize it.
But for Trump, he can simply ignore statutes and appropriations entirely, Congress is irrelevant.
But for Trump, he can simply ignore statutes and appropriations entirely, Congress is irrelevant.
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Astonishing that four SCOTUS justices think the president can order the federal government to refuse to pay congressionally-appropriated funds to contractors for *work already completed.*
And in fact they’re “stunned” that anyone would disagree.
And in fact they’re “stunned” that anyone would disagree.
March 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Astonishing that four SCOTUS justices think the president can order the federal government to refuse to pay congressionally-appropriated funds to contractors for *work already completed.*
And in fact they’re “stunned” that anyone would disagree.
And in fact they’re “stunned” that anyone would disagree.
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I did an interview about Trump and transnational organized crime:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqp...
How Trump World Amassed So Much Power: Interview
YouTube video by The Hill
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I did an interview about Trump and transnational organized crime:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehqp...
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Rep. Carlos Gimenez on CNN alludes to military strikes on Canada: "Instead of taking kinetic action, he's taking economic action in order to protect American lives."
March 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rep. Carlos Gimenez on CNN alludes to military strikes on Canada: "Instead of taking kinetic action, he's taking economic action in order to protect American lives."
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I'm curious, Americans. Is this legal in your country?
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm curious, Americans. Is this legal in your country?
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Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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This is what actual assaults on freedom of speech look like.
January 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is what actual assaults on freedom of speech look like.
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If you’re ever wondering why wildfire smoke is so bad for you it’s because it includes things like “an entire bicycle”
My Co-founder Josh Weinsch took this photo of his little daughter’s bike, which was in their driveway when they evacuated. Their neighborhood was vaporized.
January 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you’re ever wondering why wildfire smoke is so bad for you it’s because it includes things like “an entire bicycle”
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.