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May 19, 2023 3 tweets 2 min read Read on X
In social science as in many areas, you need to care less for what people say and more for what they do.

When a calorie label mandate passes, people say they see them and and that they respond by picking lower-calorie options.

But don't believe them. Look at the next picture.Image
The actual amount of calories they purchase doesn't seem to change more than comparison cities (Philadelphia vs Baltimore) and may look worse than comparisons (New York vs Newark). Image

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Jul 26
Men used to live many lives.

John Smith, founder of Jamestown, got his start fighting the Ottomans for Habsburgs. He killed so many Turks they knighted him and gave him a coat-of-arms with three Turk heads on it.

He was captured, sold as a slave, escaped, and founded Jamestown. Image
The Turks are for the three who challenged him to duels, all of whom he beheaded.

He also killed his slavemaster who was trying to convert him to Islam, then he escaped from Istanbul to Russia, passed through the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and made it England.

Hello, HBO?
"Pocahontas, did I ever tell you about the time the Prince of Transylvania made me a noble in the Austro-Hungarian Empire because I cut off three Turkish guys' heads? Good times." Image
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Jul 17
Data centers barely use any water, barely use any land, and they lower electric bills. Image
Want a version with logged axes so you can actually see data centers? Image
Want mobile-ready versions to convey each of these points?

No worries!

Here you go: separate charts for water, land, and electricity so you can deliver the stats at a moment's notice! Image
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Jul 4
Do you know the most patriotic drink you can have today?

It's a wine from a little island controlled by Portugal.

It was definitely the Founding Fathers' favorite drink, and it's likely the most important drink in American—and thus world—history.

Let's talk about Madeira🧵Image
Our Colonial forebears "swam in a sea of booze from breakfast till bedtime".

It was safer than drinking the water, but that wasn't the only reason they did it.

They were also rowdy, young, and they liked to drink. When it came time to party, they showed it! Image
Before the Revolution, the British vigorously curtailed the import of French and Spanish wines into the colonies.

So, what could the colonists drink? Rum, brandy, spirits, and their favorite: wine from the Portuguese island of Madeira! Image
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Jun 30
Amy Wax got in trouble for remarking that she'd not seen a Black student in the top quarter of a Penn Law class.

Thanks to hacked Columbia data, we can see that she was...

Probably right!

In the decade before her statement, there were just two top-25% Black students. Image
It is *totally* plausible that she never met these students. And it's also plausible that she rarely saw Black students in the top *half*, because each year, the number of them was just 1-4.

But, despite being 8% of the class, they were ~40% of the bottom 10%-ranked students: Image
Note: Penn is on-par/slightly less elite than Columbia, so it's likely that the Black students there were somewhat *worse*, as the article notes, making her claims more likely.

This all comes from @zagrebbi's latest article. It's well worth a read!

Link: rightrationalism.art/p/black-law-st…
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Jun 30
And there it is:

The Supreme Court has decided to maintain Birthright Citizenship.
Big day if you think Roe v. Wade was correctly decided.

My favorite part (note that I've only read 150 pages so far) was Thomas explaining that, no, the Founding g Fathers did not adopt the English feudal system.

This fact was clearly lost on the other side. Image
The Court's reliance on a random remark from a case that ultimately didn't even produce lasting changes raises the question of whether that sort of thing even matters.

Why shouldn't I cite the Dred Scott case as the law of the land? Image
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Jun 26
The medical community has cured a mountain of diseases in the past several decades.

Diseases cured thread🧵

In 2013, hepatitis C was cured by direct-acting antivirals. Image
Peptic ulcers are now curable in more than 90% of patients via antibiotic triple/quad therapy (1994). Image
Sickle cell anemia was cured in 2023 for >96% of patients. Image
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