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OH THAT IS INTERESTING
Interestingly, those with household incomes of $100,000 or more were the most likely (40%) to say they’ve intentionally taken an item without scanning it. Just 17% of those making less than $30,000 said the same.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Webcomic of a bike rider avoiding obstacles on the road: WHY IS THAT BIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD? (AND YES, IT'S LEGAL) MAKING A LEFT TURN PASSING AVOIDING OBSTACLES AVOIDING THE DOOR ZONE JERK SLIPPERY BIKES CAN LEAVE THE BIKE LANE HOWEVER CARS MUST STAY OUT! (IT'S A TRAVEL LANE NOT PARKING) DEEP PUDDLE MYTHICAL SEA-MONSTER SLIGHTLY LESS GRAND CANYON FORMER HEAD LIGHT MINI-TOURISTS @bikeyface.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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itsafronomics.bsky.social
lol wouldn't it be kind of nuts banning affirmative action and DEI in college admissions has a reverse uno effect on white students?

I'm laughing in "Black women told you so" but alas.

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December 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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itsafronomics.bsky.social
lol I guess this is also the part where people find out that due to declining enrollment of men, colleges are anecdotally engaging in affirmative action...

For men.

www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/m...
‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’ (Published 2023)
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December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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itsafronomics.bsky.social
lol a study finds that 43% of white students in one of Harvard's incoming class did not get based on merit.

They did get in based on legacy status, dean's list, being related to faculty and staff, or athletic affiliation.

www.nber.org/papers/w26316
Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler & Tyler Ransom Share X LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky Threads Email Link Working Paper 26316 DOI 10.3386/w26316 Issue Date September 2019 The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school makes admissions decisions. Using publicly released reports, we examine the preferences Harvard gives for recruited athletes, legacies, those on the dean’s interest list, and children of faculty and staff (ALDCs). Among white admits, over 43% are ALDC. Among admits who are African American, Asian American, and Hispanic, the share is less than 16% each. Our model of admissions shows that roughly three quarters of white ALDC admits would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the share of white admits falling and all other groups rising or remaining unchanged.
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM