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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 11h

Argentine peso bull?

Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 11h

Every working-age American just gave an average of $94 to Argentina and lost infectious disease surveillance services simultaneously

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting new tool from the Chicago Fed. Forecasting consistent or slight increase in unemployment. We'll see once the September jobs report is published.

Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 21d

In a functional democracy this is impeachable.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21d

President Trump Saturday ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and chided her for not going after his other perceived political enemies quickly enough.

Trump Orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to Indict NY Attorney General Letitia James

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 22d

Wat?

Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Sep 9

Who'd have thought

Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Sep 9

The current administration has claimed renewables are making the grid less reliable. If that were the case, I'd expect states adding the most renewables over the past decade to have the largest increase in outages.

However, the opposite seems to be true!

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Aug 28

Château le Blanc '68

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Canadian Journal of Public Health @cjphrcsp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just published online first @cjphrcsp.bsky.social The geographic distribution and community correlates of electronic cigarette use in Canada @lippertam.bsky.social & Corsi) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's not complicated

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 21

BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Aug 20

omg

Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Aug 14

Live stream of wall street

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Aug 4

1. Go Brewers ⚾️
2. Pritzker 2028 🇺🇲

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Jul 16

This is, in fact, not news and has been known for a long time.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 15

Researchers have found that inactivity is not the main cause of obesity. A new study published this week offers the best ways, in the long run, to avoid and treat obesity.

What causes obesity? A major new study is upending common wisdom.

Many people assume obesity is caused by inactivity and burning fewer calories. But our diets — and excess calorie intake — may actually be the cause.

wapo.st

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · Jun 28

mapgl for #rstats now includes full support for PMTiles as a data source in both @maplibre.org and @mapbox.com maps!

Try out the example in the docs where you can visualize the 64 million places hosted by @overturemaps.bsky.social: walker-data.com/mapgl/refere...

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is the most Midwestern litigation ever

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · Jun 11

We're definitely not having the *worst* time

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 30

We can't wait!

Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · May 30

Next week, I’m teaching my Digital Cartography with R course at @cchscsic.bsky.social with @lippertam.bsky.social!

To kick things off, here’s a bivariate map showing the percentage of foreign-born pop & ethnic diversity by census tracts—beautifully clipped over Madrid’s buildings.

#rstats #map

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 25

"10 times and probably 100 times faster" sounds made up

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 23

El curso está completo, pero tendremos mas oportunidades en otoño 😊

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 23

Looking forward to bringing my graduate students to Madrid for a week of GIS and spatial demography training with @juangaleano.bsky.social at the @cchscsic.bsky.social.

Muchisimas gracias al @csic.es por su colaboración y apoyo.

¡Estoy emocionado!

#CUinSpain

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 22

The people demand a collar pin!

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 18

Oh damn

Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 12

This is *brilliant*

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 9

We need to protect coffee and chocolate from Jenn

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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · May 8

Yes, especially given that those 29% are likely suffering *severe* sepsis, and at grave risk of dying. Anti-choice legislation is a death sentence to women

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