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This is my personal account. Faculty at UPenn. Emergency doc, health economist, geriatrics and privacy researcher. Views are my own. RT does not imply endorsement.
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I didn't understand an econ paper unless I'd gone to the trouble of taking it to pieces and putting it back together, better still programmed the thing in a computer and solved it myself.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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SNAP surveys SNAP users. Already half of them are saying they are skipping meals.
Families are making impossible trade-offs 51% of respondents have already skipped meals 40% say they have had to buy cheaper or lower-quality food Nearly 40% are delaying bills to put food on the table, while 42% are relying on help from family and friends 80% say they have not been able to prepare for the possibility of another delayed deposit 49% expect to visit a food pantry next week – up seven percentage points from those who planned to visit in the first days of November
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

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Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The obvious incentives being created here is that on aggregate, most faculty will avoid Texas if they have a choice, or administrative positions if they can. For a while, this discouraged red state leaders from draconian attacks on faculty. But no more. They value subservience over excellence.
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM