#Evidence

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

So many smart people I know are convinced that presidential campaign ad spending operates in a terrain of sharply diminishing returns, but I think the best evidence says otherwise. Trump

Ja Loka

_fels1

Prophet Muhammad married a 6-year old Aisha when he was 53, to be one of his eleven wives. Joseph married a 13-year old Virgin Mary when he was 90. Basically,

Cory Wanless

corywanless

Congratulations to my colleagues John and Otto for securing some measure of justice for Clayton Boucher, a Métis man who was wrongfully convicted because of the of the RCMP. The

WHO/Europe

WHO_Europe

Today WHO/Europe launches “Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region” – an update report on the evidence & recommended policy actions. According to this new report, monetary policies can both

Joanna Hardy

Joanna__Hardy

“Online Juries”. A thread on why we should never lose our nerve when we insist that jurors are “in the room”. We should be flexible and creative with tech. Particularly

Victoria "🌇" Fierce, Bus Rider

akronisticlotor

Today I'm risking my life to make a trip to San Francisco because the Bank of Guam is literally incapable of handling anything over email, and someone is absurdly demanding

Amy C🍩🍩pes

coopesdetat

So let me get this straight. Multiple papers published in reputable journals, as well as a number of preprints, have all but dismissed the lab escape theory as vanishingly unlikely,

Ola Bini

olabini

It's been almost 1.5 years since I was first arrested, and it's been a while since I gave an update about my legal situation here in Ecuador, so I thought

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

This is extremely important to keep in mind with respect to that story about how we shouldn't have shut down the country that many, many people may are already be

The Science Femme, Woman in STEM

piney_the

Here it is: I was successful in killing my dept’s woke statement on recent social unrest. This took several weeks and may have permanently burned some bridges, but I think

Matt Tracey

MattTracey13

1/9: Equity “value” (cheapness style factor)…a simple experiment in reframing. Much debate lately about whether value is dead following a decade of deep underperformance. (This question is unanswerable; lots of

Kat 🟥

KatarinaHill2

Last week Beth Fisher, a sports journalist made this extraordinary statement on the validity of the science behind World Rugby's proposal to make women's rugby single sex. Thread 1/

Adam Housley

adamhousley

Exclusive: early Jan 2017, a Retired SR state department official wrote a letter to the FBI as a whistleblower after he uncovered evidence he says showed classified info was being

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angeItabris

To the people who follow @Oh_mes2, here is a thread on all of the things he has done and why so many people are extremely uncomfortable and dislike him. I

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

While one should always be alert to the possibility of systematic polling errors in either direction, this (alleging that polls are biased by 5-6 points against Trump because of shy

Jimmy

JimmySecUK

No idea if these claims are true or false. But John O'Connell and 'Far Right Watch' - whose previous incarnation spent hours on Twitter defaming prominent Jews and defending people