We all know social science is in the he midst of a "credibility/replication/reproducibility crisis."
Lots of very good and important work being done in this space. It often has "depressing" implications: look how bad everything is!
A brief🧵to reframe this conversation...
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Those who explicitly called for the genocide of Muslims were released within just one month, while Umar Khalid who talked about peace, justice, equality has spent 1000 days in prison. This is the highest form of injustice. Speak up!
#1000DaysOfInjustice
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Confession: for years I worked on studies that used interest rates to discount far-future effects without bothering to fully understand the rationale.
As penance, here's a high-level explanation of this debate, drawing from Geoff and Antony's JEL paper.
energypolicy.columbia.edu/wp-content/upl
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Tomorrow from 8 am. Tune into TNM YouTube channel or that of any of the other 4 news organisations. Watch #KarnatakaElectionResults with us on #ElectionsOnline. It is time that we come together, and we did.
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How the collaboration between and 's #SoLAR project enables farmers to switch from diesel to solar pumps and reduce their carbon footprints in #Bangladesh.
🔗Link to full video: bit.ly/BD-Docu
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lanky boy w curly hair who busks at Church St, spoken poetess in a bindi & saree handed down from her dadi, shayar saab who runs a drum circle & quotes Juan Elia – it’s an aspirational aesthetic that, through unspoken codes, belongs exclusively to Savarnas
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. researchers led by Country Representative met along with members of to discuss Policy Coherence for food, land and water as part of Initiative in National Policies and Strategies.
#NPSInitiative
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#NITIAayog Adviser @AMishra_NITI met a team of water experts led by @IWMI_India Country Rep. @DrAlokSikka1 & @CEEWIndia Programme Lead @NitinBassiN.
Policy Coherence for Food, Land & Water in 
, as part of the @CGIAR initiative on National Policies & Strategies, was discussed.
, as part of the @CGIAR initiative on National Policies & Strategies, was discussed.Show this thread
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There is nothing like a #woman of #leisure :-)
New #openaccess paper in w/ and Tinusha Ghimire on migration and women's labor in Tajikistan. #primarydata.
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Ghimire, @AureliePHarou, & @soumyahb found while migration is associated w/ greater food security, the demand for women’s time & labor also increased in #Tajikistanin 2016. Gender-sensitive agricultural training must consider changes from the migration.
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Forget about discount rates. This new guidance on capturing distributional concerns is the show stopper. Because this isn't just an assumption tweak. It's an entirely different approach to cost-benefit analysis. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl
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2 NRI songs
1 R*nbircel song
1 R*ckstarcel sufibhajan
3 sob fests
2 kabootars
3 bops
2 segzy time songs
And one train song & one Dil se reeee!
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Yun Hi Chala Chal: youtu.be/LuTy9KGKNbA
Nahin Samne: youtu.be/0JlcMt3l3dY
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Ram Navmi Rally in north Mumbai today.
Blaring Hindutva pop songs, the rally went through Muslim areas as well.
What struck me was the presence of kids. Reminded me of Jojo Rabbit.
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No barriers to Nutritious food.
Eggs in the plate 100 days protest of NREGA workers.
No festive-religious reason should stop #eggs in our plate
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God save us. Inside the centrally air conditioned Hospital in Dwarka, accompanying a patient with breathing trouble.
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The disqualification of as MP before he could go for an appeal is death knell for democracy.
The metamorphosis of BJP's vindictive politics into autocracy is happening at an alarming pace. If one goes by history, it is very clear what is in store for such autocrats.
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Very happy that this paper on the role of irrigation in explaining the female labor force participation found a home at JDE.
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“I bought a phone with my own money to mark attendance for #MGNREGA. Sold our grains to buy it. But then there’s no network. Will you give us network? If you can’t, let us work offline” a work mate from Latehar said
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Pls avoid giving your data to Digi Yatra. In RTI response to us, Ministry of Civil Aviation said Digi Yatra is managed by a private non profit entity, and hence not under RTI.
So they've structured collection of facial data to avoid accountability. Why should we trust them?
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Trying out “Digi Yatra” app to check out the biometric enabled seamless travel experience but app doesn’t seem to recognise Indigo issued Boarding pass!!
Any ideas @amitranjan @buzzindelhi ?
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MDPI journals have been included in the list of predatory journals. It was about time.
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Self proclaimed "Jesus Christ" of Kenya claims his life is in danger after a section of residents said he must be crucified during Easter the same way Jesus was crucified. The residents have said he will resurrect on the third day. He has reported the matter to the police.
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Remembering indian fanboys of Hayek from my college days 😬😬
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Hayek on his 'Near-Eastern' students (Indian, Egyptians) at the LSE: "They are to me a detestable type, I admit, but not with any racial feeling".
[h/t @rafkhach, who cant be retweeted]
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The fact that such a long list still has some spectacular (IMO) places missing shows how great the food scene in Delhi really is. The choices from CR park make me trust the list enough to try out the many joints fron the list that I haven't yet. Great thread!!
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I arrived in Delhi on 14 February 2022. In little over a year, I have visited 120+ food shops / stalls and sampled approx. 200 different dishes that this city has to offer
Here's a Comprehensive* Thread of all the Street Food to be found in Dilli, Pt. 1
Do Like / RT :D
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& signed a collaboration treaty which will help #Bangladesh obtain a solar roadmap. As a part of it, more solarisation in #agro, health and water management sector will propagate regulatory issues as well as Mobilisation of investment.#cleanenergy
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Thread of cats in art - the good, the bad, and the bizarre:
Rocket Cat by Franz Helm of Cologne (1530)
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Massive cultural shift: superstar Democratic congresswomen describes how she safely visited a triple-meltdown site in Japan.
She further describes French nuclear waste recycling as a good thing.
She has 9 million followers, many of whom are young women.
This is wild:
!["Howare you keeping safe in the exlusion zone? What dose of radiation are you receiving during your visit? Be safe and thank you for your service!"
"Thank you! I had an individual geiger counter strapped to me the entire time, which monitors the cumulative radiation a person is exposed to...
There are Geiger counters on everything, everywhere. Nuclear operators were timing how long we were in different respective zones... We got pretty close [to] the reactor - close enough to see the explosion site and rubble - but there was also a defined zone where we did not cross.
At the end we went through all sorts of protocols and technologies to measure... exposure. At the end of the tour, my final Geiger counter measure was 0.2 mSv - the equivalent of roughly two chest X-Rays. I decided for myself beforehand that that level of exposure was worth the information and policy expertise from the experience. For me, understanding + studying the science and scale of radiation puts me more at ease"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fpq21gOXsAAukZP?format=jpg&name=large)
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!["France uses nuclear power. How do they manage it differently? They don't have earthquakes..."
"I can get into more detail later, but one key difference in France's nuclear technology is that France recycles their nuclear waste.
When we discuss the risk and controversial parts of nuclear, a lot of it centers on nuclear waste and what to do with it. Nuclear waste is radioactive, and needs to be securely taken care of.
France recycles their waste, increasing the efficiency of their system and reducing the amount of radioactive waste to deal with. The US does not recylce our waste, whch means ift builds up and gets stored on-site. Japan sends its waste to France and the UK for recycling but does not presently have recycling facilities of its own [sic]"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fpq21qRXwAA_PMA?format=jpg&name=large)
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In 2018, "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial" was published in the British Medical Journal.
It sought to determine if wearing a parachute when jumping from a plane had any impact on survivability.
It did not.
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Why not both*?
* Complex but wrong
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We need to fuck with this shit, acknowledge that the doors will never be opened for us and learn how to break in. Some of us managed and we need more of you here. (15/15)
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Yesterday was super interesting to hear about different solar schemes in Gujarat from GUVNL officials as part of the Bangladeshi delegation visit under the #SoLAR project. Technical and financial experimentation needed to attract consumers is really something to learn from.
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ये इश्क़ नहीं आसाँ इतना ही समझ लीजे
इक आग का दरिया है और डूब के जाना है
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Search for #water in dry Saurashtra. every farmer we interacted had 3-4 defunct borewell to supplement their dugwells. Farmers in a village invested 2 crore alone dis year with success rate of ~ 30 % and for yield as low as this #groundwater
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This is an important graph. When we say the rich pollute, but don't caveat it with rich in rich countries pollute, we do a disservice to data, facts, science and policy.
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Powerful graphic from @CarbonBrief showing the profound inequality of the Climate Crisis 
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*sisyphus on the phone with his parents* yeah i’m actually making a ton of progress with the boulder…no there’s not really like promotions…no yeah I can definitely ask
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Bangladesh is now seeking a revision to the power purchase agreement it signed with Adani Power on concerns it's being over-charged for coal being imported from Adani's Carmichael mine in Queensland
#AdaniGroup #Bangladesh #coal
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I thought the hardest part of the dissertation would be writing it. Turns out it's having to read what you wrote 😭
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Expanding Small-Scale Irrigation in Ethiopia: Do Pump Prices Matter? agrilinks.org/post/expanding
with & , thanks to & Cecily Layzell
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This seminar series attempts to further the efforts of the anti-caste struggle to subvert the gaze. We encourage sign ups from anti-caste ally savarna scholars in this field. We would try to have at least one non-Bahunjan speaker in every session.
Sign up- shorturl.at/KRZ01
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