#Aggregate

Daniel Howdon

danielhowdon

God knows I'm sick of churning out COVID-19 data myself, so going to post a bit of a thread that hopefully might help other people to at least interpret it

Dennie van Dolder

dvdolder

Research highlight A thread on what @MJvandenAssem and I learned about improving estimation accuracy by studying decisions made in casinos.A story involving an unlucky ox, pearls, diamonds, poker chips, and

Travis Kimmel

coloradotravis

Why do business cycles end?And some follow-on observations about where we are today.1/ So first let’s talk about business & cycles. Much of business is really just about projections and

Graham Martin

Graham_P_Martin

Scientific debate around Covid-19 on Twitter and beyond has become increasingly polarised & unpleasant in recent weeks. It’s not a great look. Ironically, I think it’s less down to scientific

Asfand- AB

abyar93

Thread:1-We hear n see every Tom Dick and Harry in Pakistan point out GDP figure to raise fingers at @ImranKhanPTI @PTIofficial govt. This thread will prove to u that GDP

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CasMudde

Very disappointing to see the power struggle play out so openly already now. To be clear, @AOC did not start it, but this doesn't help either. #ShortThread https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ends-tr

Paige Fernandez

paigejfernandez

Our @ACLU marijuana report was released today! One of the most important findings is that legalization alone is NOT enough. Here's a deep-dive into our recommended policing policy changes that

kashiwagi

kwamurai

The story of modern government is the attempt to abolish judgement. To outsource decisions to some set of "neutral" procedures which will self-execute, free from the corrupting influence of human

Autumn Florek

PlanningAutumn

I love assessment data. How much do I love assessment data? I love assessment data so much that I built a database comprised of all 3 million+ parcels in New

David Schleicher

ProfSchleich

I endorse Matt's point here, but there's more that's problematic with it and it captures something a bit problematic in some recent research on housing markets. (A thread)https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/13174030307326074

Charity Majors

mipsytipsy

Updated definition: Monitoring is for running and understanding other people's code (aka "your infrastructure") Observability is for running and understanding *your* code -- the code you write, change and ship

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

(Thread) Orwell's 1984 showed us why“Without truth, we can’t speak truth to power, so there is only power” @jasonintrator Shared truth makes rule of law—and democracy—possible.This Rand Study explains how

Jennie Spotila

jspotila

Unfortunately in some ways it IS competition. THREAD (1/10)https://twitter.com/dr2nisreenalwan/status/1325515300595507201 The public has a limited attention span. Despite events like @unrestfilm and the National Academy of Med report, the p

Simcha Gross

Simcha_Gross

On the topic of imperial Iranian inscriptions circulating among subjects, a postscript which takes us to the Sasanian Empire, a case of scholarly integrity, & fascinating modern forgeries. Though less

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

There are many reasons that the White House response to the pandemic has been a disaster, but chief among them has to be this: they honestly don't give a damn

Greg “Big Ed” Meeker

yomeeks

This is your daily pension announcement: The Pension War Room unleashes AIMCo's investment results and some whoop-ass! Available for download here. #ABLeg #handsoffmypension #travisfailhttps://www.aimco.alberta.ca/Media/News-Views On the surface