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Angus Johnston @studentactivism
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Note to activists: If you want to be arrested, you're gonna want to inconvenience your target in some way. On the other hand, if you want to occupy a space long-term, you probably shouldn't handcuff yourself to anything that's not a toilet.
(Actual activists mostly already know this stuff.)
Seriously, I just love that she handcuffed herself to one of a set of two doors, allowing the other to remain in unobstructed use, and didn't make a "what if they just leave me here forever" plan.
Hopefully she's lying about having thrown away the handcuff keys, at least.
This is gonna just keep getting better, isn't it?
Most embarrassing pee-adjacent right-wing action of the Trump era so far:
And ... scene.
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One more thing on youth voting: There are a lot of folks in my mentions saying kids aren’t cognitively developed enough to vote. But it’s not clear to me what that means.
At 12, the typical kid is more than able to meet baseline standards for voting—understanding what an election is, learning about candidates, managing the act of voting.
When we bar kids from making choices they’re not mature enough to make, it’s generally because we’re worried that they’ll do harm to themselves or others if allowed to choose.
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Just saw something on my feed that reminded me to remind you that if you’re a NYC (or vicinity) high school or middle school teacher and you’d like me to come talk to your students, all you have to do is say so and I’ll be there.
I've spoken with NYC middle school students about the history of youth activism, how they can make change themselves, whether we should lower the voting age—all sorts of stuff. And the conversations are always really lively.
And because it's so much fun, and because it's a subway ride away, and because I know that y'all don't have budgets for this stuff, I'm happy to do it for free. So shoot me a message if you want to set it up.
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Politico says Dems we’re “livid,” but quotes critics saying the comment was “not helpful” and not language I would use,” and saying “people should cool their jets.” “Livid” is a laughable overstatement.
No congressional Dem is going to praise that quote, but I’m not seeing anyone willing to criticize it in any but the most anodyne terms. If you’re going to do a reaction piece, that’s your story: “Dems shrug off Tlaib’s remarks.”
In addition to not being a lie, a “Dems to Tlaib: ‘Meh’” piece has the virtue of being at least vaguely counterintuitive.
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A few thoughts on alternatives to Brexit...
- Bring in proportional representation
- Cancel HS2 and spend the tens of £billions on improving *regional* rail and other transport links
- Turn the HOL into an entirely elected second chamber (its oversight function is useful)
- Recognise the merit of a booming economy in London and the SE. Celebrate it and nurture it. Then milk the cash cow and spread that delicious cream across the whole of the UK.
- Foster an entrepreneurial mentality that rewards a "British Dream" (parallels to the American Dream)
- End the culture of secrecy in Government, except in cases of genuine national security. Transparency and accountability at every level. Shine a bright light into the darkest corners.
- Set up a "regional sifting committee" to vet all large infrastructure projects to ensure that
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1/We have known for more than 60 years about many of the human biases that plague us. They are not confined to our investment decisions, but it is in this realm that they cost us the most money.

Study after study after study have confirmed them.
2/They are widely written about and discussed.

Yet, we continue to exhibit them, because they are part of the programing we are born with and we can not educate against them.
3/The only way to conquer them is to install some interventionist system.

I use quantitative algorithms, but there are many other ways.

If you want to succeed with your long-term investments, find one.
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#activists arrested:
Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and VV Rao produced at the Pune sessions court at 3.35 pm. @AarefaJohari @scroll_in
(2/n) Prosecutor reads "resolutions" of groups referred to as "anti-fascist" front. Says intention was to overthrow government. @AarefaJohari @scroll_in
(3/n) state prosecutor says one of the resolutions directly called for "waging war against the State". Elgaar Parishad was formed through Kabir Kala Manch by the "anti-fascist" front. @AarefaJohari @scroll_in
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Stagnationists (including Robert Gordon) underrate the importance of sustainability.

We built industrial civilization quick, cheap, and dirty. REBUILDING that civilization to last longer is a form of progress that the official statistics often miss.

bloomberg.com/view/articles/…
Suppose you build a crappy, fragile house that will fall apart in a few years (or when the first big storm hits).

And then, having achieved temporary shelter, suppose you work on rebuilding the house piece by piece to last longer and be more robust...
A stagnationist would look at this situation and say "Look, we haven't built a new house in a while. Progress has slowed."

But it hasn't slowed. It has continued. A more durable, sustainable house represents progress relative to a fragile, short-lived house.
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1/ As a cybersec/hacking expert, I'm not sure I have much useful to add to the Mueller indictment of GRU officers in the hack of DNC. But that's not going to stop me from giving a few opinions anyway.
2/ Two years ago, I would've consoled that while we know it's Russians, we don't know that it's Putin. A lot of Russian hacking, as demonstrated by the so-called "Internet Research Agency", is not really tied to the Russian government, despite being pro Russian government.
3/ It's like soldiers in Ukraine. A lot are Russian mercenaries armed and paid for by Russian oligarchs, and not necessarily official Russian military. Disentangling this for proper attribution is hard.
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