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I would go back to X more often if you guaranteed lots of yelling at Matt Stoller.
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by Carl T. Bergstrom — Reposted by: Keith Head, Marc Lynch, Nancy Kanwisher , and 6 more

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I cannot overstate how remarkable it is that under GOP rule, US federal health regulations have been captured by fringe crackpots who espouse views that the vast majority of the US public—and nearly 100% of health professionals—reject.

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Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots
www.nytimes.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
Beauman is the son of Persephone Books founder Nicola Beauman and economist Christopher Beauman

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Trying to explain why international trade is good to an American: okay so imagine a burger

(yes this is a real ad on the Canadian embassy in DC)
A picture of the Canadian embassy ad saying “we make great burgers together!” with a picture of a burger and an ad saying “we make great planes together!” with a picture of a F-35 c
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Because of Florida's decision to phase out childhood vaccine mandates, many will die of preventable diseases like measles, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria. This is regressive, bringing us back to the early 1950s when parents had to worry that their kids might die from diseases like polio.
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the Cov...
www.statnews.com
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Reposted by: Keith Head, Ezra Golberstein

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Florida moves to end vaccine mandates to attend school, the first state to do so.
So many own goals across America right now.

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.
www.miamiherald.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
The study does not randomize birth control method. So I think it’s rather hard to control for selection effects.
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by Keith Head

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Who’s Pickle?

by Carl T. Bergstrom — Reposted by: Keith Head, Patrick A. Jansen, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 1 more

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Nine former CDC directors, from Bill Foege onward, speak out about the incalculable harm that RFK, Jr. is doing to public health in the US and around the world.

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Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
Football pundits agree! The only thing worse than VAR is not having VAR. ( see Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona)
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
Why is everything on the 45 line? Ostensibly 2 dimensions but de facto only one?
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by Justin Wolfers — Reposted by: Keith Head, Stephen D. Murphy

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Back-to-school reminder: The market rewards education

Average earnings:
High school dropout | ### ($35k)
High school grad | ##### ($47k)
College degree | ######### ($87k)
Masters degree | ########### ($106k)
Professional degree | ##################($184k)
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by Simon Lester — Reposted by: Keith Head

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Doesn't everyone feel overburdened with mitochondrial challenges at the airport though? Those TSA procedures are tough these days.
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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · Aug 27
via @acyn.bsky.social

RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
it's not for me to say what others should do with their careers, but economists thinking of quitting the Trump admin might want to time their departures to reinforce this collapse narrative.
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
www.slowboring.com/p/waning-day...
Waning days of a dying empire
Is this what collapse looks like from the inside?
www.slowboring.com
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Firing RFK Jr would unburden a lot of overworked mitochondria in this country
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
How do you track what is actually implemented?

by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
This is the reasonable conclusion. But why doesn’t Trump just come out and say so? He’s generally not that shy about declaring his stances.
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by Keith Head

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“Whom does it help?” Should be a core question of government policy. This administration seems more likely to ask “who can I spite? Whose timidity can I exploit?”

Reposted by: Keith Head, Francesco Nicoli, François Guesnet

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I’m sorry to say but the claim that the US under Trump is going to provide Ukraine with militarily enforced security guarantees, is simply the newest version of the Trump will hit Russia hard with sanctions delusion. Neither will ever happen, but if it makes you feel better….
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by Ryan Enos — Reposted by: Keith Head, Lisa W. Fazio, Richard S.J. Tol , and 2 more

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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
"Arm Ukraine, expand sanctions, stop the lethal drone swarms, break the Russian economy, and win the war. Then there will be peace."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Aug 16
Trump has no cards

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
www.theatlantic.com
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by Keith Head

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"It was determined by all..."
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by Anne Applebaum — Reposted by: Keith Head, Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers , and 7 more

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Trump has no cards

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
www.theatlantic.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
The Trump 2 cabinet has so many weirdos
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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · Aug 12
"Kennedy questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines…

'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com

Reposted by: Keith Head, Carl T. Bergstrom, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 4 more

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"Kennedy questioned the effectiveness of the vaccines…

'You can't control the amount of energy that everybody is getting," he said. "When you give a vaccine, you want to know exactly how much energy is because some people react very, very badly and can get very, very badly injured.'"
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
Do they explain their method? Whole academic papers devoted to this question.
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by Douglas A. Irwin — Reposted by: Keith Head, Nicholas A. Christakis, Robert Wolfe , and 1 more

douglasirwin.bsky.social
The US Constitution forbids export taxes but I guess this payment isn't a "tax" but a payout....🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China
www.nytimes.com
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by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
Where do those 15, 15, 70 numbers come from? I think you said “Wall street friends”?

by Keith Head

ckhead.bsky.social
I don’t think PDF were designed for phones; nor were phones designed for reading academic papers. Remarkable is good for that.

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