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Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

1/n At the request of a fellow economist, I’m expanding my criticism of a recent tweet from @oren_cass as part of his @amercompass project.https://twitter.com/oren_cass/status/1286691198594359296?s=20 2/n Two points need expansion. First,

David Fedman

dfedman

For obvious reasons, California looms large in early Japanese accounts of trans-Pacific migration and engagement with the West. What, then, did Japanese migrants from the "green archipelago" (with a rich forestry

mswyrr

mswyrr

There's all these flourishes in the original Hebrew that make it clear the book of Jonah was intended as a story. And yet I grew up with ppl arguing to

Jennifer Binis

JennBinis

I've got time and some leftover rage from last night so a short close read thread on this tweet (messenger removed as they're moot; it's about the message and how

Getty

GettyMuseum

Chess is one of the world's oldest and most popular games. It's often depicted in art as the ultimate intellectual showdown.Here are three stories about chess from art history: If

Dr. Cara Burnidge

burnidge

It neither proves nor disproves because it reveals an important flaw—perhaps, strategy?—in the argument.https://twitter.com/jackmjenkins/status/1350830099298455553 The problem with assuming conspiracy theories have become a substitute f

Prashant Singh

pacificleo

This is a topic I think a lot about. While I agree with the intended message author wants to convey. But there are so many underlying and undefined assumptions here

Janice Leagra

JaniceLeagra

My birthday message thread. On my birthday, I always like to share, in case anyone needs the boost: my first story placed on the Bridport Prize Flash Fiction shortlist when

Shahin Farshchi

Farshchi

We are on the cusp of a new compute era: CHIPLETS......which will be the basis of many exciting new startups, as an evolution of the ubiquitious System on a Chip. 1/9

Law Turley: aka Princess Nut Nuts 👑🥜🥜

Treacle_A

Just recently I've been struggling with how best to support friends suffering from depression and isolation in the current climate, when face-to-face meetings aren't an option and when anxiety and

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

why didn't he say so earlier, when it was actually possible to impeach the president?https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1273320193373229059 a wide variety of options were open to Bolton. He could have spoken to Robert

Alan Cooper

MrAlanCooper

Good question. It seems as though there is no good way to reconcile behavior versus demographics, and it seems like biasing one over the other will either give bad results

Luis Carlos Reyes

luiscrh

In 2017, @Forbes reported that there were 3 billionaires in Colombia, with a net worth of USD 11 billion, 3,4 billion, and 2,6 billion, respectively. However, either Forbes vastly overestimated

Arthur Chu

arthur_affect

Alan Moore famously said the whole reason Watchmen was supposedly "revolutionary" for a comic book was that it was just a normal storyHe wrote it like a regular novel -

RM

dorsalstream

As Mothra currently destroys our beloved city, now is not the time for recriminations. Yes, I did kidnap the twin fairies and they are in this cedar box on my

Ian D. Morris

iandavidmorris

Skimming C.J. Werleman’s ‘Koran Curious’, published by an atheist press. Hopes not high. “Before we examine who Muhammad was, it is important to understand the lay of the sand, I

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