Kevin Collins

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I flagged the credibility of the sourcing for a reason

(I'm genuinely torn on this. Candor is good, but so is stating democracy as a value)

Is this better or worse than pretending we're not going to war for oil?

DC folks: who do you like for the At Large seat in the D Primary?

If true -- note the sourcing -- it would seem to underline the reasons *not* to build automated weapon systems on top of these language models.

Exemplified by Musk's frequent use of "NPC" to describe adversaries www.foxbusiness.com/media/elon-m...

Notably, this is not an announcement that he is switching parties, or leaving the GOP caucus now (or in the future)

The only word for this is bloodlust

How to Measure Public Support for Political Violence Abstract. With low but rising levels of violent political threats and violent acts by civilians in the United States, researchers increasingly want to meas

After nearly a decade measuring American public support for political violence, @nathankalmoe.bsky.social and I have published a somewhat comprehensive guide to measuring these attitudes. This includes historical comparisons and responses to common critiques. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

It's unfortunate that he cancelled all of those renewable electricity generation projects

The only thing implausible about the numbers is the overly long field period

Hey @wmata.com. When your operators need to announce a delay due to a death by suicide on the tracks, can you have them share the 988 crisis hotline number please, instead of just saying "we had a jumper" ?

I see downgrading to GPT-4.1 is having some consequences

I genuinely wonder when the last time he drove a car (golf carts don't count). Not only has he been a president or ex-president over the course of the decade, he's always been rich, and even when he was young he lived in New York City

The rally playlist was foreshadowing

Going to be tough without a development agency left to do the work

Conflict with Iran, oil price shocks, and Stagflation? Trump really can’t leave the late 70s behind can he

The acting commissioner is a career official, who has been acting at least twice before

On the plus side, BLS is continuing to operate independently (as it should regardless of the party in the White House)

Terrible for the global economy, but great for US oil companies who Trump promised to give whatever they wanted if they gave his campaign $1 billion

www.politico.com/news/2024/05...

Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.

So how long are Noem and Lewandowski being given to vacate the Coast Guard commandant house?

I believe Admiral Fagan was evicted on three hours notice www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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A price shock stemming from drop in supply in oil and natural gas due to a needless war in the Gulf is only going to make the stagflation come sooner

Stagflation is coming … and this has been obvious for months

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The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February In February the labor market lost 92,000 jobs, and economists are monitoring for signs that the labor market could be on the rebound.

Breaking news: The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February, a striking loss signaling a warning flag for the economy.

We can't even treat the country level variation as informative (left) because acquiescence bias various across cultural contexts too (example evidence right from the link).

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Interesting article about polling as agenda setting

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