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NYC Neighborhood Complaints. Tag yourself. I’m “Illegal Posting”. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
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Econ/finance only account to keep me more sane for the duration of the crisis
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Great chart showing who’s sending and who’s receiving in my story about 1mn antiquities being returned to their countries of origin since 1950 www.ft.com/content/82f2...
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it sounds kind of ridiculous but i think you can make a not entirely facetious case that 1) the industrial revolution and therefore ~modernity is downstream of mass-market stimulants (tea, then tobacco and coffee) and 2) a key impact of stimulants is their effect on specifically certain ND types
gonna bury this one in the replies a little bit but while i think dx uptick for adhd is very much driven by awareness i think it's also driven by nicotine cessation-- we had a widespread-to-the-point-of-inescapability drug that ~worked pretty well for ADHD (shame about the other side effects)
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Some people think having better outcomes for historically disadvantaged students and no change in outcomes for people pushed out of flagship schools must be stopped at all costs www.nber.org/digest/jun20...
What is at stake in this case if and when SCOTUS takes it back up on the merits is the constitutionality of policies like UT's Top 10% Plan, which then-Gov. George W. Bush adopted back in the 90s as a response to the 5th Circuit's declaring affirmative action unconstitutional in higher ed...
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Bottom line: we can’t rely on billionaire-owned news outlets to do fair & accurate reporting of Trump’s abuse of power. And we need to demand more action from DC Council and our in coming Mayor. They need to be vocally fighting for transparency & accountability of Guard and Feds actions in DC 13/
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We are hiring in the US! The @financialtimes.com is looking for a DC- or NYC-based data journalist job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners
When I first heard about AI being used for menus and advertisements, my concern was largely that it would be used to idealize the food and make it look better than it actually was. At no point did I imagine that restaurants would willingly put out horrific looking images of their food on purpose