Jamie 🎺🇦🇺🇳🇿
@kil0metresdavis.bsky.social
Public policy nerd, trumpet player, Warhammer fantasy advocate.
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One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
One of the things about trust is that it is efficient. It saves you having to invest a lot of time and effort in verification, and if placed in the right places, saves you a lot of pain.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
"The diseases will do the education" is what we get when we don't trust.
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Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
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I wrote this in October 2023 and I wish I had been wrong about what was going to happen
July 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I wrote this in October 2023 and I wish I had been wrong about what was going to happen
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Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
July 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump: I wish Ghislaine Maxwell well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
Swan: She’s a child sex trafficker.
Trump: Big deal... I do, I wish her well.
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some frankly amazing AI slop that someone decided to try and post on the r/dataisbeautiful subreddit
![the same image in context of a reddit post from the subreddit "r/dataisbeautiful" saying it's "the most popular food of each state from voting [OC]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbwkbgkz2zssoj22ebartpgy/bafkreihanvynageumop7hvniq3bft4koyuf7uskvatstjnkcro5mw4fp24@jpeg)
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
some frankly amazing AI slop that someone decided to try and post on the r/dataisbeautiful subreddit
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I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
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Earlier this week, I asked which tie knot you think looks better. Of course, you can wear whichever you like. But here's the social history behind both knots and why some people consider one better than the other. 🧵
One knot is bigger, more symmetrical. The other knot is smaller, less symmetrical.
Which looks better to you?
IG justin__kwan
Which looks better to you?
IG justin__kwan
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Earlier this week, I asked which tie knot you think looks better. Of course, you can wear whichever you like. But here's the social history behind both knots and why some people consider one better than the other. 🧵
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So, first: I hope no one was hurt.
That serious thing said...
That's definitely warpfire and y'all need to get folks down there to check for a Skaven undercity, like, yesterday or you're going to be neck-deep in clanrats in like, a week, tops.
That serious thing said...
That's definitely warpfire and y'all need to get folks down there to check for a Skaven undercity, like, yesterday or you're going to be neck-deep in clanrats in like, a week, tops.
#BREAKING: Yellow and Green fire was seen exploding out of a manhole at Texas Tech University moments ago.
Evacuations are underway for the whole campus.
x.com/Collins_Wx/s...
Evacuations are underway for the whole campus.
x.com/Collins_Wx/s...
March 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
So, first: I hope no one was hurt.
That serious thing said...
That's definitely warpfire and y'all need to get folks down there to check for a Skaven undercity, like, yesterday or you're going to be neck-deep in clanrats in like, a week, tops.
That serious thing said...
That's definitely warpfire and y'all need to get folks down there to check for a Skaven undercity, like, yesterday or you're going to be neck-deep in clanrats in like, a week, tops.
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I think it's both depressing and telling how many Americans (including many members of the elite media) view "masculinity" basically in terms of being an abuser and are excited and thrilled to sign up themselves and others for more abuse.
Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even *hear* yourself?
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
February 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think it's both depressing and telling how many Americans (including many members of the elite media) view "masculinity" basically in terms of being an abuser and are excited and thrilled to sign up themselves and others for more abuse.
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yeah im not christianity’s #1 soldier or anything but it is amusing that there are distinct branches of american christianity which believes roughly the inverse of almost every core non-metaphysically derived value espoused by christians for two thousand years
These people would be so much happier if they read Nietzsche and denounced Christianity as slave morality. That’s what they want, really.
bleak to see what passes for Christianity on the other site
January 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
yeah im not christianity’s #1 soldier or anything but it is amusing that there are distinct branches of american christianity which believes roughly the inverse of almost every core non-metaphysically derived value espoused by christians for two thousand years
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taking a deep dive into the Steam "anti-woke" list
prepare to laugh
prepare to laugh
it's so cool how Gamers somehow became a political category that now plays the same role that the Junker class did in Weimar
In case you’re wondering what the subnormal Gamerz are up to, here is a Steam list that rates the “Woke” content of games. It is (unintentionally) hilarious.
store.steampowered.com/curator/4492...
store.steampowered.com/curator/4492...
January 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
taking a deep dive into the Steam "anti-woke" list
prepare to laugh
prepare to laugh
Does Arthur Fleck from Joker have to take mirth control pills?
December 30, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Does Arthur Fleck from Joker have to take mirth control pills?
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Actionable evidence, measured by timely release of the results (esp when program is linked to the ruling party) is the only thing strongly positively correlated with spending changes. This suggests the policy environment is changing over time -- quick release of evidence might be very important.
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Actionable evidence, measured by timely release of the results (esp when program is linked to the ruling party) is the only thing strongly positively correlated with spending changes. This suggests the policy environment is changing over time -- quick release of evidence might be very important.
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We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 AM
We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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FDR: "The economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power."
October 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
FDR: "The economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power."