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99% of the Indian population has access to electricity.
In 2000, this was just 59%. Even in 2010, just 76%.
A massive achievement over the last few decades.
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When do you think middle age begins?
When you make a selection it cannot be changed
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"My community can't wait" for school districts to turn around, say Nebraska state Sen. Justin Wayne. Searing argument for #SchoolChoice, via
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What does the #TyreNicholsVideo actually show? breaks it down frame by frame for 's and me. Caution: graphic content.
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Wow, there’s a lot of good here. First so flattering to be a part of this culture. Wow. Listed with Randi, wow. And then to see Uri listed as a person who does tricks and doesn’t have powers, pretty great. And Uri stuck with us and Randi forever. Fuck him.
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'Meek also had an entrepreneurial mind, and he figured out a way to maximize his profit: he’d charge local businesses to print their names on the bags, which then served as tiny billboards as they were carried across town.' @MaijaKapple
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President says he bears no responsibility for #inflation, despite signing off on massive spending in budget years 2021 and 2022. He is either lying or really dumb abt the causes of inflation.
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School choice is a powerful engine of upward mobility for lower-income ppl. But it's not enough on its own, tells me & in a new Interview podcast. We argue abt what (whose?) cultural literacy shld prevail. Great stuff.
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"There's nothing wrong with journalists having a point of view, so long as they're open about it and emphasize getting the story right," writes in excellent analysis of #Russiagate media narrative. We need good-faith argument. Via
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Tired: If Trump was prez, that Chinese spy balloon would be ashes on the ground! Wired: If Trump was prez, he would have nicknamed that it The Wuhan Balloon. Expired: Trump's chances in 2024.
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'Social media has also democratized this kind of criticism and given social media users greater access to people in power. You can go on Twitter right now and tell Elon Musk directly to put his phone down and stop posting.' Good Gawker obit by
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New Patriotically Correct term just dropped.
“Legacy Americans.”
Let’s see how well this one sticks.
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3 February 1960. British Conservative Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, made his famous “Wind of Change” speech to the South African parliament, in which he highlighted the rise of African nationalism, the commented on justness of its case for national self-determination.
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Microschooling is the most exciting thing in K-12 education and people like and are changing lives.
Great interview with Reason's .
reason.org/innovators/nat via
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Steve Jobs bought Pixar on this day in 1986.
It was part of Lucasfilm.
George Lucas wanted to sell.
Jobs had left Apple and was looking for a new adventure.
He paid $5 million.
He then invested another $5 million.
20 years later, Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 billion.
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A reminder that life is not fair.
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Andrew Cuomo goes powerboat shopping after making $5.1M from COVID book trib.al/NglC1to
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Serious question: instead of hiring these columnists, why not just train a neural network on a few thousand 2017 Oberlin term papers
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What Tyre Nichols' killing tells us about policing: Live with , , and
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'Too many aspects of air travel remain under government's inept...control. Foreign-owned airlines are blocked from competing with domestic carriers.... The number, placement, and operation of airports are controlled by various levels of government...' reason.com/video/2023/02/
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When companies like @SouthwestAir screw up, they lose money, investors, and market share. When govt agencies like @FAANews & bureaucrats like @PeteButtigieg screw up, they get bigger budgets. Here's how to improve air travel via more deregulation.
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When companies like screw up, they lose money, investors, and market share. When govt agencies like & bureaucrats like screw up, they get bigger budgets. Here's how to improve air travel via more deregulation.
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The problems in Memphis--and elsewhere--go far beyond the cops who beat #TyreNichols to death, tells and me at . What are reforms that will make such tragedies less common?
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In-depth conversation about Tyre Nichols, Memphis cops, and police reform with , , and me. Katz's explication of the police video is tough but essential viewing in knowing what went so horribly wrong. Via
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This thread on national debt by is depressing but mandatory reading. Recall that market-friendly and Marxist economists agree that large, growing, unchecked debt depresses long-term economic growth. The future is less bright than it should be.
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Should the goal be to fully balance the budget?
Many lawmakers are publicly declaring that goal. I love the deficit-cutting mentality, but fully balancing the budget is both unrealistic & unnecessary. The better goal would stabilize debt at current 95% of GDP. (1/12)Show this thread
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The US is in trouble because debt is rising faster than GDP, and headed to dangerous levels. CBO's rosiest scenario shows the debt soaring to 185% of GDP.
At a 5% interest rate that means annual interest costs of 9.25% of GDP - which would consume half of all tax revenues. (3/)
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This is coming up in 15 minutes! Please join me and in conversation with ' about #TyreNichols and the long road toward police reform.
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What does Tyre Nichols' killing tell us about policing?
Thursday at 1 p.m. ET, joins and for a live discussion on YouTube: youtube.com/live/aXdAUVsPd
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"The 19-year-old said he was walking down Chelsea Avenue near University Street when unmarked cars started following him. Those inside had on ski masks....He ran out of fear."
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'the police commissioner lacked the authority to dismiss [Derek] Chauvin, or even reassign him. The lack of supervisory authority resulted in harms that continue to reverberate in American society.' in . #PoliceReformNow #UnionStrong
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Read etc to recognize that moral and material progress is not only possible but visible everywhere around us & worthy of acknowledgement & acceleration
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#SchoolChoice in all forms is the absolute starting point of meaningful education reform. But we're kidding ourselves if we think choice itself will make our kids smarter, says 's in a fiery Interview pod w me &
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Shouldn't grown men take care of their parents? This wildly popular tweet reminded me of The Giving Tree, about the worst kids book of all time. In the words of : "Personally, I am a little creeped out by The Giving Tree."
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LIVE at 1pm ET: of talking #TyreNichols, police brutality, race, and progress with me and at . Watch, set reminder:
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. is rightly losing a billion dollars for screwing up Xmas plans for hundreds of thousands of ppl. The ? Will probably get a budget increase instead. Here's how to make flying cheaper, safer, more reliable. Via
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"Retirement Ages: Some International Comparisons" conversableeconomist.com/2023/02/01/ret
Fascinating table here:
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott calls for UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE: "Parents should be able to choose the education option that is best for their child. The way to do that is with ESAs. Education savings accounts."
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