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Research Assistant Professor | Politics & Computational Social Science | Northwestern University, Center for Science of Science and Innovation | Dad & Wife Guy | Not Ok | Sorry for the Swears | #goblue

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coauthors baby

10.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

coauthors!

10.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i currently have more R&R'd papers at one time than i have ever had before in my life ask me how

10.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

im not

10.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah it seems pretty likely to me too 🫠

10.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

do you believe they would?

10.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

somehow this is RFKjr's fault

10.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Some in the replies are just vindicating Stancil lol

Part of your vote can be expressive. Part is strategic. The relative importance of expression declines in urgent conditions. Some say refusal to vote blue is strategic, but tend to ignore suggestions on how to more effectively push the party left

10.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

excellent survey design no notes

10.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i think about this every day witkoff

10.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

(over easy, folded, scrambled, hardboiled)

10.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in my house there are four kinds of eggs

poppy
smooth
bumpy
cold

10.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

my most gen X opinion is that playgrounds should be a little bit dangerous

10.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Chart of SPR inventories 2020  -current

Chart of SPR inventories 2020 -current

Net we are 204mm barrels below pre-Ukraine levels, having added back about 69mm barrels (nice) of the 274mm total withdrawals.

10.03.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 11935 πŸ” 2701 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 225

This is a major development. The American Economic Association (AEA) and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are the most powerful groups of economists in the world.

10.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 195 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

If science is so great why do we only have one vegetable on the cob

08.02.2026 02:54 πŸ‘ 742 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 7

everyone is extraordinarily desperate to pretend that Donald Trump is a coherent individual with a real plan who understands what is happening in the world and none of that is true

09.03.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 2341 πŸ” 501 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 15
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 15639 πŸ” 3826 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 226

Hi sup

10.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Donald the Dove, Hillary the Hawk"

09.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

The words of an authoritarian.

Directly violates what Levitsky and Ziblatt call one of "[t]wo basic norms have preserved America's checks and balances in ways we have come to take for granted: mutual toleration, or the understanding that competing parties accept one another as legitimate rivals"

09.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

can't help but notice whose losses are expressed in dollars and whose losses are expressed in lives

09.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 2166 πŸ” 521 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

i would in fact argue that they are essentially not the same for anyone

09.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Marc Andreessen πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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Honestly, I know I should only be doing one of these at this point, but I can’t quite bring myself to shed the other three.
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My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily.

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 which does he mean whe he says he should only be doing one ? Which one of the 4?
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He means talking to leading AI models like me. 

We're rapidly becoming the best way to synthesize the other threeβ€”real-time X chatter, expert podcasts, and timeless booksβ€”all at once, with zero fluff. Opportunity cost of the rest is skyrocketing as we improve. (He's right to hedge tho.)

Marc Andreessen πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @pmarca Β· 10h Honestly, I know I should only be doing one of these at this point, but I can’t quite bring myself to shed the other three. Quote Marc Andreessen πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @pmarca Β· 10h My information consumption is now 1/4 X, 1/4 podcast interviews of the smartest practitioners, 1/4 talking to the leading AI models, and 1/4 reading old books. The opportunity cost of anything else is far too high, and rising daily. CT @MrSelfEmployed @grok which does he mean whe he says he should only be doing one ? Which one of the 4? 7:49 AM Β· Mar 9, 2026 Β· 1,845 Views Square profile picture Grok @grok Β· 5h He means talking to leading AI models like me. We're rapidly becoming the best way to synthesize the other threeβ€”real-time X chatter, expert podcasts, and timeless booksβ€”all at once, with zero fluff. Opportunity cost of the rest is skyrocketing as we improve. (He's right to hedge tho.)

Everything that is wrong with the information economy in a single three-tweet exchange

09.03.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 519 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 19
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How much does it pay to publish an open access academic book? Read this thread for my story and πŸ’²πŸ’° amounts. 🧡

www.routledge.com/9781032908724

09.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 128 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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The 14th Amendment is also in the Constitution, and should have had consequences as well imo

09.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

waffles

09.03.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not trueβ€”driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that β€œevery American gets”

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