Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).
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a meme — the top says “My dog just got a haircut and now he looks like he gave up drinking and got his life together” and underneath are 2 photos of a dog (a schnauzer i think?). on the left, the “before,” he’s scruffy and in need of a haircut and a bath. and on the right, the “after,” he’s clean and clipped and wearing a jaunty red bow tie and looking very dapper indeed.
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
07.02.2026 06:19 — 👍 16639 🔁 2129 💬 495 📌 168
“Dr. West’s mathematics really did lay the foundation for the global positioning system to be built,” D. Sarah Stamps, a geophysicist at Virginia Tech, said in an interview. “She made the world more precise for all of us.” 🫶🏾
28.01.2026 05:23 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
12.01.2026 05:03 — 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Time for some Coase Theorem!
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The 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access!
Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥
Check the 🧵 below to access them
Plz repost for maximum diffusion
An incredible resource!
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WOW!!!!!!!
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Bar chart titled “Who’s Really Blocking California Development?” showing the share of CEQA lawsuits by plaintiff type. HOAs and NIMBY groups account for the majority at 54%. Business and commercial plaintiffs file 20% of cases, government entities 13%, environmental groups 8%, tribal or cultural groups 4%, and labor unions 2%. The chart notes the analysis is based on 1,234 CEQA court opinions from 1973–2025 using CourtListener data, with HOAs/NIMBYs defined as homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, and ad hoc project-opposition groups.
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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Ben diagram with Santa in the middle and the three circles being “Great Power, Great Responsibility,” “Wears Red Suite,” and “Knows If You’ve Been Naughty Or Nice.” Overlaps are God, SpiderMan and the Spanish Inquisition.
Love Santa? Love Venn diagrams? Love this #Christmas edition. #MerryChristmas
20.12.2025 03:29 — 👍 169 🔁 45 💬 3 📌 1I feel the need, the need for speed
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Photo of Michael Dorn in in his Worf makeup and wearing dad jeans and a shark shirt while sitting behind the camera, directing an episode of DS9
Worf in dad jeans and a shark shirt directing DS9 is the timeline cleanse you didn’t know you needed 🖖
16.12.2025 01:59 — 👍 1173 🔁 349 💬 13 📌 21"there's a new serif in town"
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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Yall please go watch @merriam-webster.com’s new AI ad😅
youtu.be/RvQnl3O0D3c?...
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
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This dog led an officer to his leash while being rescued from his burning home. 14/10 for all (IG: aurorapoliceil)
16.09.2025 23:16 — 👍 12494 🔁 1610 💬 328 📌 204RIP Robert Redford ⚾️ #RoyHobbs #TheNatural #MLB #Baseball
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Jocelyn Brooks pursued her dream of working in medicine after she escaped from the World Trade Center on 9/11.
“I want to hold somebody’s hands when they’re crying and when they’re at their lowest because I survived,” she said.
This is Holly. She won't fall sleep until she's been given her stuffed cow. 13/10 sweet dreams Holly (TT: hollythebluestaffy__)
11.09.2025 00:32 — 👍 8636 🔁 879 💬 192 📌 84oh noooo
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Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
people.com/jessica-chas...
Imagine asking people two questions -- whether each of these is a good or bad way to run a govt:
1) having a democratic political system
2) having a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections
What percent says *both* are good?
44%!
As wildfires burn at home in 🇵🇹 and here in CA, we have a new paper that finds: exposure to fires doesn’t necessarily predict greater support for climate change mitigation. But people closest to the 2021-2022 fires do prioritize personal adaptive action. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
30.08.2025 16:39 — 👍 26 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly
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First day of 2025 over 84,000 megawatts in Texas/ERCOT.
Days like today would have been very expensive in years past. But today, with renewables meeting ~40% of peak demand, there's an extra 20,000 megawatts of capacity available and wholesale prices are low. #txenergy #txlege
