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Keith Humphreys

@KeithNHumphreys

8 years

In this life Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

A simple, free, kind, thing we can all do is never ask anyone who declines an alcoholic beverage for an explanation.

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2 years

Every dang hotel I've stayed in.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

Circus performers line up to get a COVID vaccination in London. Photo by Matt Crossick.

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9 months

If she subpoenas Colada, she'll be caught and arraigned.

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NEWS: Francesca Gino today filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against Harvard and Data Colada. Story coming soon.

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2 months

Cities face rising murder rates

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6 years

If you are a typical Kentucky Fried Chicken minimum wage employee with an additional $1,000,000 in annual income from a hedge fund payout, this tax bill is gold to you.

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4 years

Most of my great public health colleagues are greatly over-estimating the likelihood that the U.S. can mount a national test, trace, and isolate program as have countries like Germany and South Korea. My friends are mistaking a political-cultural challenge for a technical one 1/9

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3 years

I respect that fact that Dolly Patron made this investment in Nashville's Black neighborhoods, and also that she didn't feel the need to mention it until asked 30 years later.

Dolly Parton invested Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ cover royalties in Black community

Houston's cover, recorded for "The Bodyguard" in 1992, became a global sensation 18 years after Parton penned the song.

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2 years

A change in academia that still shocks me is how comfortable some people have become openly discussing the putative value of withholding some accurate study findings in light of imagined political consequences. Once you go down this road, there is no route back to public trust.

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2 years

@sgadarian @PhDinProgress17 A PhD holding male friend of mine, married to a MD, overheard his little boy telling a friend "Both of my parents are doctors, but Daddy is the kind of doctor who doesn't help anyone".

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Keith Humphreys

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5 years

An academic walks into a bar and Reviewer 3 says this is not the joke he would have told.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

Study I would like to see: Have 10 rich kids write college admissions essays about growing up in poverty and despair and have 10 kids who actually did grow up in poverty and despair do the same and ask admissions officers to say which are more compelling (I fear the former).

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4 years

That’s why America is more or less going to end up with Swedish coronavirus policy, not because we universally agreed to consciously choose it, but because we couldn’t universally agree – and never have – about fundamental issues surrounding politics and health. 9/9

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

No one is in federal prison for simple marijuana possession today. There were some up until 1970, when the mandatory minimum for possession was ended by...Richard Nixon. If either of those facts shock you, you've been getting your drug policy info from dubious sources.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

All Swedish battleships have a UPC code printed on the hull. When the ships return to port, it helps them Scandinavian.

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1 year

Men are overrepresented among 1 Heads of state, CEOs, billionaires and 2 Prisoners, the homeless, drug overdose fatalities A good theory of sex,gender, and society has to explain both 1&2.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

JUSTICE AT LAST: I sued United Airlines over my missing luggage; they lost the case.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

No doctors hate waiting more than neonatologists. They have very little patients.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

@rmc031 @epicciuto I've worked on two shows with them and their fact checking and follow-up questions about scientific findings and policy data were as good as Frontline, New Yorker, Washington Post...not just a comedy show.

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Keith Humphreys

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5 years

The very best way to find typos in your article is to re-read it immediately after submitting it to a prestigious journal.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Testing programs depend on all that; they depend on people being so compliant that they will stay home for 14 days because a health worker told them to. Meanwhile, in Detroit last week a grocery store security guard was shot in the head for asking someone to wear a mask. 4/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

I laugh about this at least once a month

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3 years

@yoda @_cingraham How does he know that the snow crabs aren't nesting up there and dining on raccoons?

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Keith Humphreys

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1 year

@Factschaser Good point. In US history, no one has ever made fun of poor people in Appalachia. Not once. You are very smart.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Public health professionals are working out the technical side brilliantly. How many tests? What type? Who makes and processes them? How many health workers are needed for tracing? But solving these technical problems means nothing without widespread political consent 2/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Hard questions public health professionals haven’t answered include “What do you do when millions of Americans refuse to take your tests?” and “What do you do when many of the people you order to isolate, or to close their business, angrily refuse?”. 5/9

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

Two legalized addictive drugs kill 15 times as many people each year as every illegal drug combined.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Of course, some places do broadly share these politics. They will produces patches of reduced infection via test, track, and isolate – a Massachusetts here, a San Francisco or Seattle there. But in a mobile nation, you can’t build a “no peeing” section in the swimming pool. 8/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

These political challenges are not obvious to public health planners because virtually everyone in the field believes public health emergencies should override concerns about privacy and autonomy. And in general, public health specialists usually support expanding government. 6/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

In countries with successful testing programs, deference to government authority is higher than in the U.S. Information on where people live and work is often less closely guarded. And acceptance that the state has a monopoly on force is virtually uncontested. 3/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

But these propositions have never been universally shared in America. Indeed we’ve debated them for centuries. You don’t have to venture far off campus to see that many, many, Americans don’t subscribe to the politics that are normative within public health. 7/9

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

This will be the worst year for drug overdose deaths in U.S. history, and it's barely been mentioned this election season.

America is still in the middle of an opioid epidemic. Why did we stop talking about it?

The social isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is making treating the opioid epidemic so much harder.

www.usatoday.com

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

A PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE: Tomorrow I am getting together with a friend for drinks. We both are fully vaccinated. Vaccines work. When you are vaccinated it is safer to do things that are fun. That is a reason to get vaccinated. So get vaccinated.

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Keith Humphreys

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9 months

Some academics reject the distinction between science and advocacy and then are surprised policymakers don't listen to them. What makes academics credible in the policy world is our rigorous methods and rules of evidence. If we throw those out for the sake of "the cause",…

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3 years

Hollywood spent $250 million making No Time to Die, which isn't projected to draw enough online audience to break even. But that's what you get for investing in low interest Bonds.

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3 years

NEW PAPER: We correlated 100 things with 100 other things and some of those thing x thing correlations were significant at p<.05 so we wrote about those and deleted the rest.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 months

One of my favorite deathbed stories. Jay Leno went to see Rodney Dangerfield in the hospital. Rodney's wife Joan said "He's in a coma, but I think he would know you were here if you put your finger in his hand". Leno did so, and Rodney squeezed it. Jay then said "Rodney,…

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Discouraging that #Germany , much praised for its test, track, and trace system, has seen its #COVID19 case rate increase 1300% over the past two months.

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Keith Humphreys

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1 year

@rochellehd Funnily enough the geode was thinking the same thing.

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Keith Humphreys

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6 years

Dance like no one’s watching and write journal articles like no one’s reading because, face it, they aren’t.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

How to find spelling errors in your manuscript. 1. Review carefully 2. Correct all mistakes 3. Submit to prestigious journal 4. Wait 15 seconds 5. Glance at any random paragraph 6. Start sobbing

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Keith Humphreys

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1 year

All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call his names So he killed them, he killed them all

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1 year

The worst things about middle age are the decline of short-term memory, the increase in insomnia, and the decline of short-term memory.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

@RexChapman Bill Russell was almost a half foot shorter than Swede Halbrook. The local reporter wanted a pre-game photo showing that Russell would never be able to block Halbrook...well

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

San Francisco has been spending between $75K-$125K/year per chronically homeless individual. Average rent for 1 BR apartment in SF is $38K. Yet the number of homeless people has risen. The problem is not just about amount of spending or housing.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

Happy 88th birthday to Sophia Loren, screen legend and creator of Hollywood's greatest side-eye.

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4 years

BREAKING: Mysterious explosion rocks cheese factory in Paris, scattering nearby streets with de brie.

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4 years

On the anniversary of the death of #GeorgeHarrison it is worth noting that Concert for George is one of the all-time wonderful music documentaries.

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3 years

In public health communication, once you go down the "Yes that's true but it won't get people to do what we want, so let's say something else for their own good" route, you lose credibility that you desperately need. As Joe Friday said "Just the facts".

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Keith Humphreys

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1 year

@DavidZipper @CityLab Economists have a definition of public good that no one else uses.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Most scientific editing I do isn't about content, it's about changing sentences like this: It is important to note that research suggests that acute stress may increase the amount of alcohol consumption in particular individuals. To this: Some people drink more under stress.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

Danny Aiello and Paul Newman's characters had a fistfight in the film Fort Apache, The Bronx. As they rehearsed the rough battle, Danny heard his wife yell "Oh God, don't hit him in the face". Said Danny "She was talking to me". R.I.P.

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Keith Humphreys

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4 years

@1demerith @CarlyPutnam Yep. Another one is the male CEO who says his female secretary is "Really the person who makes this place work", but pays her a pittance next to his own salary.

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1 year

When people say they are tired of experts, some are flat out denying scientific facts, which is worrisome. But others are objecting to scientists misusing their scholarly credentials to tell other people how to live, which is a reasonable thing to oppose.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

Spot the cat. Photo by Richelle Fast.

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3 years

A good sign finally in Europe: Daily #COVID19 cases dropping in all six of the hardest hit countries.

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3 years

The astonishingly low rates of depression and suicide among The Amish is a polite rebuke to everything American culture tells us about what human beings need to be happy.

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3 years

It's a lot easier for rich kids to outpace poor kids on college entrance personal essays and extracurricular activities than it is on standardized tests like the SAT.

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Keith Humphreys

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1 year

@SwannMarcus89 @TomChivers In fairness, he is French.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

BREAKING: New regression analysis controlling for everything that matters finds that nothing matters.

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Keith Humphreys

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11 months

25 year olds with Ivy League humanities degrees working as baristas in Brooklyn is part of our economy now. To tell you about another part in my circle: After high school, young man goes to trade school and learns how to repair aircraft engines, marries another trade school grad…

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

No coverage of your or your family's lung cancer treatment if you smoked, no coverage for your or others' injuries if you drove recklessly, no STD treatment for you or your partner if you didn't use a condom...be careful what you wish for.

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BREAKING: Illinois introduces a bill to force unvaccinated residents to pay out of pocket for their hospital treatment if they catch COVID, saying that they “must asume the risk” and “take responsibility” for their carelessness. RT IF YOU THINK THAT YOUR STATE SHOULD DO THE SAME!

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Keith Humphreys

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9 months

How hard can it be for the police to arrest this violent toddler?

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3 years

Very nervous guy on flight next to me tonight asked "How often do planes crash?". So I said "Generally, just once".

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4 years

I am a Stanford professor and it takes me hours to study all of California's ballot propositions each cycle, and even then am not sure I understand many of them ("A no vote means you refuse to overturn the elimination of X"). There has to be a better way to run a government.

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Keith Humphreys

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2 years

@shaunwalker7 We said we were sorry -- there's no need to subtweet us.

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2 years

When it is clear that crime will not be punished, multiple bad things happen (1) Some people turn to vigilantism for revenge (2) Some criminals become more aggressive and daring (3) Victims stop reporting, allowing people in power to claim that crime is going down.

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Keith Humphreys

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5 years

@gavinpurcell Where are my good scissors?

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Keith Humphreys

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7 years

@eveewing Becoming full professor at Stanford 25 years after my mother had to tell me we could never afford for me to be a student here @dynarski

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3 years

Keep your eye on Gibraltar as a policy experiment. The entire adult population has received at least one #covid19 vaccination, 2/3 are fully vaccinated. Cases are about nil -- if they stay that way as everything opens back up, it's party time around the world.

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11 months

One of my teenaged sons told me that if I ever I am called on to say something in a meeting where I haven't been paying attention I should say "It's all about finding the right balance", which will be greeted as a sage contribution no matter what the discussion was. Disturbing…

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1 year

@amandawtwong @Steven_Strauss The weirdest sexual scandal in that it occurred between a married couple and no sex ended up happening.

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2 years

@dylanmatt I now believe in astrology since my Uncle Rollo, who was a Cancer, died from....you guessed it, being eaten by a giant crab.

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1 year

@JHolmesSheff @DavidLarter @MichaelPDeacon A sad day for Press who are Associated

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3 years

My favorite David McCullough quote.

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3 years

A British person is being vaccinated every 8 seconds. That lucky guy is going to be SO immune.

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Keith Humphreys

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3 years

@chrislhayes @haroldpollack Most DEI trainings look ineffective only if we assume their purpose is to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. If we recognize that their purpose is mainly liability management and public relations, most are in fact highly effective.

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1 year

It's time for Congress to come together and make George Santos Speaker of the House. After all, he already served two terms as President, was a hero in the Crimean War, won a Pulitzer and a Nobel, is a qualified neurosurgeon, and won silver in downhill slalom at Innsbruck in '64.

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3 years

Tenure revoked today because of my 2013 tweet knocking Aethelred the Unready. No regrets - God I hate that guy.

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8 years

After Trump's penis claim, my thoughts and prayers are totally with the folks at Washington Post fact checker. @GlennKesslerWP @_cingraham

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2 years

In mid-life, it becomes clear how consequential marriage is to lifetime mental and physical health, as well material security. Have watched friends benefit enormously or suffer enormously over decades depending on how their marriage went..so hard to appreciate when we're young

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Europe and the U.S. treated South Africa poorly. That nation's scientists did sterling work to identify and track omicron. They were rewarded with travel bans that did nothing but sow bitterness where international goodwill is needed.

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2 years

Change in US cannabis use is less the number of people at least using and more the number using every day or nearly every day (up 1000% since 1992).

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3 years

Meaning 76,994,200 of the 77,000,000 did not become infected. What a difference a frame makes.

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About 5,800 people out of tens of millions who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the CDC says

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3 years

Gibraltar has vaccinated an even high proportion of its population than Israel and wow look at that!

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5 years

Vancouver has universal health care, abundant addiction treatment and harm reduction, supervised drug consumption rooms, and a clinic that provides heroin. It also has the same opioid overdose death rate as West Virginia. Why?

Perspective | We can’t fight opioids by controlling demand alone

Unless authorities also cut back on the supply, drug policy will continue to fail.

www.washingtonpost.com

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3 years

In @alexgibneyfilm documentary Crime of the Century, Purdue executive Paul Goldenheim angrily testifies *under oath* to Congress that he had no knowledge of spreading OxyContin addiction until 2000. We then see his own emails showing he had known for years. @RexChapman

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A woman is in her prime at ages 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 and 97.

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3 years

New book documents how Freud faked most of his data about his "successful" psychoanalysis cases

Freud’s Patients

Portraits of the thirty-eight known patients Sigmund Freud treated clinically—some well-known, many obscure—reveal a darker, more complex picture of the famed psychoanalyst. Everyone knows the...

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Many tweeting this film is "underrated"...it banked over $100 million dollars has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A great film that is in fact accurately rated as great.

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18-years ago today “School Of Rock” premiered in theaters (2003) ...

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"Prisons are full of non-violent drug offenders" is a resilient myth, but FYI latest BJS data shows 5 times as many people are in state prison for violent crime than for drug offenses. Indeed, rape alone accounts for more incarceration than all drug crimes combined.

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Whenever eco-activists deface artwork, it always brings back the rage I felt when the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan and ISIS destroyed Palmyra. You may say that's unfair...I'm not trying to be fair, I'm pointing out how counterproductive it is to destroy beauty in the…

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The best parenting lie I ever heard was what someone told his kids about loud toys when the batteries died: "Toys only make noise for awhile and then they go silent forever. It's sad, but there's nothing we can do about it and we just have to learn to accept it".

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@RexChapman @Super70sSports Seeing the Osmond Brothers cover Superstition is the only time I've felt relieved that Steve Wonder is blind.

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From 2008 to 2020 the US incarceration rate dropped by a third, and it's remarkable how little analysis/comment this has attracted.

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"The average workday lengthened by 48.5 minutes in the weeks following stay-at-home orders and lockdowns, and the number of meetings increased by 13 percent"

Remote work really does mean longer days — and more meetings

Those who sense this grand experiment in working from home comes with plenty of downsides -- longer days, more meetings and more email to answer — are now backed up by data.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Anti-expert sentiment is less about denial of expertise in technical matters (e.g., jet passengers aren't asking the pilot to step aside and let them fly) and more about experts trying to cloak their preferences for how people should live as unassailable facts.

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I worry about the pressure in academia to disclose traumas and misfortunes as way to establish one's sensitivity/lack of privilege. There are people who don't like to disclose traumatic things. They ought to be able to do that without being judged as having lived a cosseted life.

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@SoVeryBritish Living in a great country and spending all day talking about how crap it is

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