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21 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Shooting things in ads is quickly becoming passé. MTG already ostensibly blew up a car with a .50 cal. How far are we from tanks, missiles, etc.?
Reverse Daisy to come
Oh jeez, I forgot about this. It's really, really bad.

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17 Oct
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start repeals Duverger's Law
Really getting into some extremely niche content here
Correcting the record, ahem
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16 Oct
True but much of it is a demand issue. Normal people aren’t interested in coverage of Beltway politics so media coverage is oriented toward insiders, political junkies, and other journalists, who care about process (which also creates more “news”).
Some make policy stakes more clear / center policy substance but often the exception (like Dan’s excellent coverage) not the rule
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14 Oct
This is very, very, very bad - dangerous to public health. Children should not be put at risk because of this partisan insanity
Sadly related - Republican majority on New Hampshire Executive Council not only block federal funds to promote COVID vaccination, but threaten the status of the NH vaccine registry, which is essential to making sure every kid gets protected vnews.com/Executive-Coun…
Sadly related - Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch and everyone on the Fox board are helping to poison the well
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13 Oct
Regulating algorithms is regulating speech. There's no way around this. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
(in the context of social media platforms when the algorithms are showing news and political content, I mean)
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12 Oct
So much econ sigh @amorygethin @cmtneztt @PikettyLeMonde. Why the lack of intellectual generosity?
A good time to (re-)read @kmmunger on the problems with the siloed economics research production model and its consequences for knowledge accumulation kevinmunger.substack.com/p/wither-econo…
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11 Oct
Would read a 10,000 word New Yorker article on the person tasked with turning "Naval Diplomacy" into a body wash scent or vice versa
This marketing copy is incredible
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