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Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
April 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.
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Historical context from 2013:
“Major UK government policies were once based on economic findings driven by an Excel spreadsheet mistake.”
theconversation.com/the-reinhart...
“Major UK government policies were once based on economic findings driven by an Excel spreadsheet mistake.”
theconversation.com/the-reinhart...
The Reinhart-Rogoff error – or how not to Excel at economics
Last week we learned a famous 2010 academic paper, relied on by political big-hitters to bolster arguments for austerity cuts, contained significant errors; and that those errors came down to misuse o...
theconversation.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Historical context from 2013:
“Major UK government policies were once based on economic findings driven by an Excel spreadsheet mistake.”
theconversation.com/the-reinhart...
“Major UK government policies were once based on economic findings driven by an Excel spreadsheet mistake.”
theconversation.com/the-reinhart...
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Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
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At löst one government agency is still working
February 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
At löst one government agency is still working