Ken Acks
@costbenefitkmaacks.bsky.social
Supporting Rational Evaluation over Preconception by Facilitating Comprehensive Quantification of Costs and Benefits www.costbenefitgroup.com envirovaluation.org. Adjunct Prof NYU Schack Institute for Real Estate
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Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
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Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Farmers get a bail out in the face of the costs they've born from Trump's trade war. Quite an admission that his policies have hurt Americans.
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Now riddle me this: Why not bail out consumers who are paying more for imported goods?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
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December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Alina Habba is out as fake US Attorney.
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Alina Habba is out as fake US Attorney.
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Son-in-Law Watch:
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Son-in-Law Watch:
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
When he’s not brokering geopolitical surrenders in meetings with Putin, he’s financing global media consolidation.
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Corruption. In plain view. newrepublic.com/post/203954/...
Trump Jr.-Backed Company Cashes In on Massive Pentagon Contract
What a coincidence!
newrepublic.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Corruption. In plain view. newrepublic.com/post/203954/...
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For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. this year.
We won’t always be this lucky — and when the next big storm hits, Trump's hollowed-out FEMA won't be able to respond.
We won’t always be this lucky — and when the next big storm hits, Trump's hollowed-out FEMA won't be able to respond.
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
prospect.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For the first time in a decade, no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S. this year.
We won’t always be this lucky — and when the next big storm hits, Trump's hollowed-out FEMA won't be able to respond.
We won’t always be this lucky — and when the next big storm hits, Trump's hollowed-out FEMA won't be able to respond.
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“All good cons [or bad cons with easy marks] eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest [dumbest] and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall.
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
Trump is horrendously unpopular. Even MAGA is catching on. | Opinion
All good cons eventually crumble, and we're starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement may be poised to fall.
www.usatoday.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“All good cons [or bad cons with easy marks] eventually crumble, and we’re starting to see the earliest signs that the MAGA movement – one of the greatest [dumbest] and most destructive cons in American history – may be poised to fall.
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
It’s coming, I tell you. And it’s going to be spectacular.”
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@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Is Failing at Its Most Important Job
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December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
@nytimes.com editorial board: "Many lower courts have responded heroically to Mr. Trump’s ill-founded efforts to centralize power and weaken democracy." But the Supreme Court is "allowing Mr. Trump’s power grabs" instead of stabilizing American democracy.🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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Americans nationwide are getting sticker shock when they open their electricity bills.
But the driver of those higher prices isn’t necessarily the cost of electricity, itself. Instead, aging grids and new demand are racking up fees for replacing and updating infrastructure. https://cnn.it/3Mfg6GR
But the driver of those higher prices isn’t necessarily the cost of electricity, itself. Instead, aging grids and new demand are racking up fees for replacing and updating infrastructure. https://cnn.it/3Mfg6GR
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Americans nationwide are getting sticker shock when they open their electricity bills.
But the driver of those higher prices isn’t necessarily the cost of electricity, itself. Instead, aging grids and new demand are racking up fees for replacing and updating infrastructure. https://cnn.it/3Mfg6GR
But the driver of those higher prices isn’t necessarily the cost of electricity, itself. Instead, aging grids and new demand are racking up fees for replacing and updating infrastructure. https://cnn.it/3Mfg6GR
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Russia is a failing power that managed to control us through our leaders.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Russia is a failing power that managed to control us through our leaders.
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“The fragility of the post-cold-war system has been revealed,” writes Mark Carney in a guest essay. “To re-establish resilience, a new web of ad hoc co-operation is beginning to emerge”
The world is in a new age of variable geometry, says Mark Carney
Canada’s prime minister argues that countries that build new networks and pragmatic alliances will be best placed to thrive in this new age
econ.st
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“The fragility of the post-cold-war system has been revealed,” writes Mark Carney in a guest essay. “To re-establish resilience, a new web of ad hoc co-operation is beginning to emerge”
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Trump's vow to strip citizens of their legal status is expected to face legal challenges. What to know:
Trump Vows to Remove US Citizens. Can He Do That?
The Trump administration has unveiled plans to remove legal immigrants from the US, including by canceling green cards and “denaturalizing” some US citizens, after an Afghan national who entered the country in 2021 was accused of shooting two members of the West Virginia National Guard.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump's vow to strip citizens of their legal status is expected to face legal challenges. What to know:
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Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
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Absolutely cackling at this one. Can’t get enough.
the Right Side Broadcasting feed on YouTube is really a godsend here. they have a split screen of Trump struggling to stay awake
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Absolutely cackling at this one. Can’t get enough.
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
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The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Franklin the Turtle image that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted apparently came from a right-wing content creator known as "Maverick Alexander." Among the images Alexander has posted with the Franklin character includes dedicated to 9/11 trutherism.
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“Reality has a well-known liberal bias,” as Stephen Colbert once noted.
As for Trump’s whining he “inherited the worst inflation in history”? A double lie. Inflation in 2023-24 was a modest 3%, down from 6-7% in 2021-22. Whereas for six years during the 1970s and 80s it was 9, 10, 11, 12, 13%.
As for Trump’s whining he “inherited the worst inflation in history”? A double lie. Inflation in 2023-24 was a modest 3%, down from 6-7% in 2021-22. Whereas for six years during the 1970s and 80s it was 9, 10, 11, 12, 13%.
December 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Reality has a well-known liberal bias,” as Stephen Colbert once noted.
As for Trump’s whining he “inherited the worst inflation in history”? A double lie. Inflation in 2023-24 was a modest 3%, down from 6-7% in 2021-22. Whereas for six years during the 1970s and 80s it was 9, 10, 11, 12, 13%.
As for Trump’s whining he “inherited the worst inflation in history”? A double lie. Inflation in 2023-24 was a modest 3%, down from 6-7% in 2021-22. Whereas for six years during the 1970s and 80s it was 9, 10, 11, 12, 13%.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
An addendum to today's post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-pro-...
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NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
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December 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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On September 3 in a Fox News appearance, Hegseth said that he “watched it live” regarding the September 2 boat attack. He now says that he didn’t see the second strike.
Hegseth issues DEADLY WARNING after cartel strike
YouTube video by Fox News
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December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
On September 3 in a Fox News appearance, Hegseth said that he “watched it live” regarding the September 2 boat attack. He now says that he didn’t see the second strike.