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Jul 28

My chair is quite the writer-- his out-of-office email text:
"Hi,
I'm on vacation. Like real vacation. Like I threatened people that I wasn't taking my laptop vacation. So I'm pretty unlikely to respond before August 1st. Now if you really, really need something, you can try and

find someone from the list below to deal with your requests, problems, and crises. Note that ... is also off during this time, so honestly, the Department is currently completely lacking in leadership. Like when I'm there.
If you need immediate help you can contact (...)

(and)
Cassie, my cat, for any emeowgencies

Now I realize there's a chance that you're still reading this and I'm starting to wonder if you don't have something better to do. I mean I know it's the last week of July, but if all you're doing is spending your day reading

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Jul 10

"So, about those gas prices. As economists at the St. Louis Fed recently pointed out, there’s a longstanding phenomenon in the fuel market known as asymmetric pass-through or, more colorfully, rockets and feathers.

When oil prices shoot up, prices at the pump shoot up right along with them (the rocket). And when oil prices plunge, prices at the pump eventually fall, but much more gradually (the feather).

Why this asymmetry? There have been a number of economic papers trying to understand it, pretty much all of which stress the market power of companies that face limited competition ... The clearest explanation I’ve seen is in a relatively old paper

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Jul 9

A must-read piece
"And then, watching what happened to the Republican Party really was the bigger surprise — that, wow, they’re doubling down on this almost white supremacist strategy. That’s a losing strategy in a democracy."
washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…

"So why would they do that? Okay, it’s worked for them since the ’60s & ’70s, but you can’t turn back demographics. And then I was like, Oh my gosh. The only way this is a winning strategy is if you begin to weaken the institutions; this is the pattern we see in other countries."

"And the second stage, you start to have a few isolated attacks.

And in the manual, it says, really the danger in this stage is that governments and citizens aren’t aware that this is happening."

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Feb 13

Since I'm getting slammed with people promoting "natural immunity" for COVID19 over vaccination, I do want to clarify that the issue is not (and never has been) that people *can't* have protective natural immunity for COVID19. The #1 point is that it is much much more dangerous

to get infected with SARS-CoV-2 than to get vaccinated, because of a much much high rate of severe disease and even death from infection than being vaccinated, even now with all the various treatments we have for the disease. I'm not sure why this isn't super obvious though

I know there are some people convinced that vaccination is more dangerous than getting the disease. But there's no evidence for that and if you believe that, I don't think there's anything I can say to change your mind. The other part of "natural immunity" is it is more

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Feb 13

Some guy emailed me at work, presumably inspired by my twitter tirade yesterday, saying that I would get more respect and more positive feedback if I promoted a good diet for health and better resistance to COVID19. So yes, a good diet and exercise will increase your odds of

not dying from COVID19-- if you've done that for long enough time to prevent getting the types of metabolic syndromes and diseases that weaken the immune system and make one susceptible to disease overall. But still that doesn't completely prevent you from getting severely ill or

dying from COVID19. Plus it takes time and isn't always practical for people to suddenly change their diet and lifestyle especially if they are poor or have busy jobs. So the top priority to keep from getting COVID19 is still the same advice we get from public health experts:

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Feb 12

*HB1116* IS BEFORE THE INDIANA SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
9:00AM, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH
ROOM 233
INDIANA STATEHOUSE
This bill restricts even further your ability to request an absentee ballot. If this bill passes,

you'll have to certify on the absentee ballot application that you can't vote in-person at all during early voting, OR on election day.
Life is complicated for all of us & the Indiana Legislature is working to make voting harder.
Now is your chance to rise in opposition to HB1116

Make your voice heard in the Indiana Senate Elections Committee
Call or write to the Committee Chair, Senator Jon Ford, at 317-232-9517
senator.ford@iga.in.gov
Let your State Senator know you oppose these restrictions on absentee voting!

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