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4 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Hell yeah Bangladesh!! Classic labor-intensive export-oriented manufacturing-based development model STILL WORKS!! πŸ‡§πŸ‡©πŸ‡§πŸ‡©πŸ‡§πŸ‡©
Look at that damn growth curve. That is the Platonic ideal of a growth curve. You could teach kids precalc with that growth curve. Image
I'm kidding, by the way. Bangladesh's growth is actually accelerating, not constant. Image
And lest you think that all countries' growth curves look like that, compare Bangladesh to Pakistan. Image

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Though I think voting rights are very important, I also think that "Democrats win every election forever" is not a viable strategy for dealing with the insanity of the GOP. That simply will not happen, voting rights bill or no voting rights bill.
It's bad for Manchin to oppose the voting rights bill.

But let's not trick ourselves into thinking that if that bill would only pass, Democrats would win every election forever and the Republic would be saved.

Republicans are going to win some, no matter what.
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This! I feel like queerness has been standardized and regulated by youth movements, to a degree that it wasn't when I was young. I feel like a curmudgeon, missing the old ways. They've plowed and fenced my cattle range, etc. etc.
It's more than just pure curmudgeonly-old-guy-ness, though.

That "old queerness" felt like the harbinger of a world where everyone was free to be unique, make up a whole culture just for themselves, and be accepted anyway.

Instead, we got new, nicer rules and regulations.
I don't just miss old subcultures or slang.

I miss the idea of freedom, individualism, personal uniqueness.

Today's culture feels like it was invented by a bunch of kids who spent their youth studying way too hard for their NAEP tests.
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3 Jun
"Short, thin Asian dude with vaguely L.A. fashion and short, thin very cute blonde girl" is a type of couple I keep seeing more of, and yet I feel that their story is not being told in popular media...
The guy wears skinny dark jeans and tends to hold his hands halfway in his pockets and slightly hunch his shoulders like a private detective on a case, while the girl looks a bit like a Lord of the Rings elf and smiles a lot...

Don't tell me you haven't seen this couple!!
The first couple of this type I can remember meeting was sitting next to me at a Medieval Times event in NYC in 2015. They were very into swordfighting, and told me many details about how swordfighting would work in the real world.
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31 May
Inflation-adjusted median family income in the United States.
Basically:

1955-1972: Growth

1973-1983: Stagnation/decline

1984-1989: Growth

1990-1993: Decline

1994-2000: Growth

2001-2012: Stagnation/decline

2013-2019: Growth
Note that real median PERSONAL income, which doesn't depend on family size or the number of incomes per household etc., tracks real median family income almost exactly.

So yes, the above graph does give an accurate picture of income trends.
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OK, time for the second round of polls!
Who is more respected by the general public?
Who is more respected by the general public?
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