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If it's "to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States" it definitely shouldn't be controlled by Trump
Trump: “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President”
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
If it's "to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States" it definitely shouldn't be controlled by Trump
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🆕 Africa faces a climate-conflict poverty trap. Growth is the best solution.
Today on VoxDev, Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel & Solomon Hsiang outline their research on feedback loops between growth and conflict under climate change: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel & Solomon Hsiang outline their research on feedback loops between growth and conflict under climate change: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Africa faces a climate-conflict poverty trap. Growth is the best solution.
New projections highlight the feedback loop between lower growth and increased conflict risk in Africa under climate change.
voxdev.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🆕 Africa faces a climate-conflict poverty trap. Growth is the best solution.
Today on VoxDev, Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel & Solomon Hsiang outline their research on feedback loops between growth and conflict under climate change: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDev, Joel Ferguson, Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel & Solomon Hsiang outline their research on feedback loops between growth and conflict under climate change: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
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We found that Wisconsinites that grew up around smelt mines during the 1940s had steeper rates of cognitive decline in later life. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35146115/
December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We found that Wisconsinites that grew up around smelt mines during the 1940s had steeper rates of cognitive decline in later life. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35146115/
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Facebook deliberately induced depression in 155,000 people and nobody talks about it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say
Lack of 'informed consent' means that Facebook experiment on nearly 700,000 news feeds broke rules on tests on human subjects, say scientists. By Charles Arthur
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Facebook deliberately induced depression in 155,000 people and nobody talks about it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Here he is, the aforementioned therapy dog Bruno. He might be on Tinder, I’m not sure.
November 18, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Here he is, the aforementioned therapy dog Bruno. He might be on Tinder, I’m not sure.
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A vintage interview, but still a favorite of mine: DUST BUNNY Writer/Director BRYAN FULLER (HANNIBAL) on the HORROR GENRE. From ROBSERVATIONS #400
youtu.be/MnZqAhozbhI
youtu.be/MnZqAhozbhI
DUST BUNNY Writer/Director BRYAN FULLER (HANNIBAL) on the HORROR GENRE. From ROBSERVATIONS #400
YouTube video by THE BURNETTWORK
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November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A vintage interview, but still a favorite of mine: DUST BUNNY Writer/Director BRYAN FULLER (HANNIBAL) on the HORROR GENRE. From ROBSERVATIONS #400
youtu.be/MnZqAhozbhI
youtu.be/MnZqAhozbhI