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# ![@CharlesFLehman Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::703671791512887296.png) @CharlesFLehman Charles Fain Lehman

Charles Fain Lehman posts on X about murder, in the, donald trump, money the most. They currently have [----------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
[murder](/topic/murder), [in the](/topic/in-the), [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [money](/topic/money), [public](/topic/public), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [if you](/topic/if-you), [new york](/topic/new-york), [mamdani](/topic/mamdani), [new york city](/topic/new-york-city)

**Top assets mentioned**
[DoorDash Inc. (DASH)](/topic/doordash) [Klarna Group plc (KLAR)](/topic/klarna) [Kroger Co (KR)](/topic/kroger)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@mattyglesias There were simply fewer sources of information so it was easier to produce the sense of being informed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1328176884950183940)  2020-11-16T03:23Z 17.1K followers, [--] engagements


"(this is because you're not allowed to talk about class in America) https://x.com/janecoaston/status/1442481210035474435 I think the overall thing is not that the guy who has a PhD has no power or that the guy who owns six car dealerships has no power it's that they *both* have power but neither seems to want that because that carries responsibility in some manner. https://x.com/janecoaston/status/1442481210035474435 I think the overall thing is not that the guy who has a PhD has no power or that the guy who owns six car dealerships has no power it's that they *both* have power but neither"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1442483768980295682)  2021-09-27T13:38Z 16K followers, [--] engagements


"This is why most Americans identify as "middle" or "working" or "upper middle" class even when they are not. America is a classless society https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/27/despite-recovery-fewer-americans-identify-as-middle-class/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/27/despite-recovery-fewer-americans-identify-as-middle-class/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1442484265833336833)  2021-09-27T13:40Z 16K followers, [--] engagements


"Must-read from @RenuMukherjee1 in today's @nytopinion https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1587218276660269057)  2022-10-31T23:01Z 16K followers, [--] engagements


"@careyhelmick @HerreidJohn "Pikamoo" an objectively hilarious name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1617554327022731273)  2023-01-23T16:06Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Illegal *and discoverable*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1674443855289016321)  2023-06-29T15:44Z 14K followers, [----] engagements


"They are already saying this stuff *in public* It's not like they're lying about their plans to engage in massive resistance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1674444544627056640)  2023-06-29T15:47Z 14K followers, [----] engagements


"Love to admit to breaking the law on camera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1674553692614164485)  2023-06-29T23:20Z 14.3K followers, 33.4K engagements


"@mattyglesias "No your honor I wasn't violating employment law to facilitate illegal discrimination I was just telling my subordinates that *they* should do that.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1674555227880542208)  2023-06-29T23:20Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@mattyglesias the famous "I said you couldn't quote me" defense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1674563750995677184)  2023-06-29T23:41Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"I just don't understand why people actually responsible for public policymaking are allowed to say this nonsense"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1678550143069552641)  2023-07-10T23:43Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@JBisAlwaysRight @jneeley78 @janecoaston where do those reduced costs come from and why would an efficient market not remove them regardless of prohibition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1678763696326320129)  2023-07-11T14:16Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Somewhere out there is a guy writing "actually pushing out Pornhub will just cause people to substitute to more extreme porn sites. Prohibition never works" That guy is my mortal enemy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1688958085891600411)  2023-08-08T16:59Z 16K followers, [----] engagements


"Meanwhile the grey market keeps chugging merrily along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1691458421911080961)  2023-08-15T14:34Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Reminder that the social equity program is *such* a mess that it took the state months and months to find a private investor in its associated fund in spite of the generous 10% interest rate on the loans the fund will issue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1691460443280457728)  2023-08-15T14:42Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@LizWolfeReason @rSanti97 if it makes you feel better my view is that all of these interests would be reconciled efficiently if the streets were privatized"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1696623385847984428)  2023-08-29T20:38Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"In case anyone was wondering"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1696629534756323387)  2023-08-29T21:02Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@whstancil Nah just that one predicts the other. Can you provide me some research showing the relationship is spurious or driven entirely by confounding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1696662181717180536)  2023-08-29T23:12Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@SaysSimonson I'm a beneficiary of affirmative action which means that it is incredibly rude to insinuate I didn't earn my position :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1696893111832568245)  2023-08-30T14:30Z 14K followers, [--] engagements


"America is an unusually religious country a continuing series"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1699080547178328118)  2023-09-05T15:22Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@cojobrien Israel a highly polarized society religion-wise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1699083624916664793)  2023-09-05T15:34Z 14K followers, [--] engagements


"In Drug War Heresies (2001) MacCoun and Reuter dismiss most predictions of post-legalization consumption of drugs as "nothing short of apocalyptic." They cite two estimates for marijuana (left). And on the right is the actual figure under partial legalization circa 2021"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1700293406369386618)  2023-09-08T23:41Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Again I understand that this is just standard practice in public health but why do you need [--] co-authors to do . this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1701382941543117098)  2023-09-11T23:51Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"In case you were wondering: they find that safer supply programs would like more money and less regulation and also people who use drugs often have other problems. I'm sure they couldn't have done this with only [--] co-authors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1701384036860522717)  2023-09-11T23:55Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Quick reminder that it was never clear what Kendi's Center for Antiracism Research actually you know produced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1702347348699918457)  2023-09-14T15:43Z 14.1K followers, 14.7K engagements


"This seems good but also emphasizes how the UK is a silly country. Can anyone imagine Joe Biden taking time out of his day to pursue the ban of a specific dog breed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1702637130235756792)  2023-09-15T10:54Z 14.3K followers, 578.3K engagements


"yet again my policy of pre-emptively muting tweets is paying off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1702733010494218319)  2023-09-15T17:15Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@sp6runderrated more individual policing would also help with the rise in car thefts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1705313549575139687)  2023-09-22T20:10Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Will have to read the report but on first pass I'm not sure I buy that average GOP voters know what "tight labor market" means"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1707015131983409515)  2023-09-27T12:51Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Interesting stuff below the fold. GOP voters: - oppose student loans - support tariffs (though again wonder if they know what those are) - support gov't investment in semiconductors - are divided on the virtues of wall street"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1707020593558610378)  2023-09-27T13:13Z 16K followers, [---] engagements


"@sgodofsk Charlotte Fang is *rolls dice* Miya BPD God who was *flips coin* one of the founders of Remilia and they're all in *pulls card from deck* a 1930s-style far-right movement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1707773568132493718)  2023-09-29T15:05Z 14.3K followers, 27.5K engagements


"@aaronsibarium This one a little more persuasive though straight agree/disagree particularly primes for acquiescence bias"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1708165258727092467)  2023-09-30T17:01Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"The "living in Maryland" thing is weird but seems like it should be a bigger deal that Newsom just handed a seat in the U.S. Senate to one of the Democratic party's biggest fundraisers. SCOOP: Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Dem women who support abortion rights per a person familiar. https://t.co/FtOv4fneAk SCOOP: Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein elevating the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1708840874766192920)  2023-10-02T13:46Z 20.6K followers, 297.3K engagements


"@ZaidJilani imo automated enforcement is underrated. Will Hurd was big into this "smart wall" of drones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1710040280492392835)  2023-10-05T21:12Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Excited for the people on here who spent days demanding Israel prove exactly how many babies were decapitated to also demand USA Today corroborate the fatality statistics provided by Hamas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1714980754067693924)  2023-10-19T12:24Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Brief reminder that Jews are the second most frequently targeted group for hate crimes in the United States. Muslims are #15.* *as measured by incidents reported to the FBI. "What is Biden's level of concern right now about a potential rise of antisemitism" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks" https://t.co/q1WYkpbKmn "What is Biden's level of concern right now about a potential rise of antisemitism" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716549038357479451)  2023-10-23T20:15Z 20.6K followers, 196.8K engagements


"Something I noticed in Vancouver is the relatively low visibility of street homelessness relative to Portland or DC. It was there but much less. Why Vancouver has thousands of SRO units. The SROs have lots of problems but theyre much better than nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1718357678614008096)  2023-10-28T20:02Z 14.1K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Vancouver to be clear has huge affordability problems - a function of supply. Better zoning and more building clearly necessary. But cheap places to live help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1718358251194982578)  2023-10-28T20:05Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Lot of people pointing out that the non-Trump lane should consolidate. But ofc. consolidation is something that needs to be forced by the party (a la Biden 2020). And in the case of the GOP the party leader is . the most recent former Republican president"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1719018136303808933)  2023-10-30T15:47Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I know many Christians who like Israel none of whom has ever said anything like this to me. Seems like there should be polling evidence for this if it's true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1721199600470483021)  2023-11-05T16:15Z 14.1K followers, 40.4K engagements


"Check out this reefer madness from uh the National Bureau of Economic Research"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1721978456630534191)  2023-11-07T19:50Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"What is happening Left look more West Eurasian intellectual sophisticated mythical vibe of Ancient Civilization. Right look more East Eurasian more Asiatic straightforward more Genghis Khan even he is not Warrior stock. I think Jesus look more Right than Left #jesusrace @meditationmonke https://t.co/3xPtHdBkDy Left look more West Eurasian intellectual sophisticated mythical vibe of Ancient Civilization. Right look more East Eurasian more Asiatic straightforward more Genghis Khan even he is not Warrior stock. I think Jesus look more Right than Left #jesusrace @meditationmonke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1722604353830195301)  2023-11-09T13:17Z 14.4K followers, 15.5K engagements


"Yes I'm sure they'll do this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1726715196163645557)  2023-11-20T21:32Z 14.1K followers, 38.2K engagements


"@PeterMoskos The city of San Francisco I think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1726952093985247526)  2023-11-21T13:13Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"This is definitely just some outlier in the Millennial sample who decided to say "1 trillion dollars" to screw with the survey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1729223998280552725)  2023-11-27T19:41Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Personal post: tips on killing a mouse in my kitchen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1729683032758538591)  2023-11-29T02:05Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"BTW here's that chart updated with the past four years of data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1730577982018683358)  2023-12-01T13:21Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


""In psychedelic studies . validity is commonly threatened by the lack of control groups the breaking blind problem . placebo effects . lack of long-term treatment effects and mechanisms of action . multiple comparisons problem conflicts of interest (COIs) outcome switching and other questionable research practices.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1731027226932453498)  2023-12-02T19:07Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Why can't you do an RCT - Because there's strong evidence of efficacy such that randomizing people causes harm. How do you know the evidence supports the intervention having an impact - There are lots of studies that compare a non-randomly selected treatment group to a control group. But aren't those at risk of selection bias - Yes but we can't do an RCT. And repeat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1732479566143246551)  2023-12-06T19:18Z 14.2K followers, 24.5K engagements


"FTR I think PSM studies are interesting They are suggestive When they're all we have rely on them But it's not just that selection bias is a possibility here. It's that self-selecting into college class *obviously* correlates with reoffense risk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1732479819789541618)  2023-12-06T19:19Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@BeauKilmer @PardeeRAND @VitalCityNYC Appreciated this overview. Notable to me is that decrim in Vancouver BC has lead to retail sales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1735018459489034418)  2023-12-13T19:26Z 14.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Im just thankful their families were able to eat that Ford Fusion for Christmas dinner CHRISTMAS DAY ARMED CARJACKING IN THE ECKINGTON AREA: [----] Bl. of Harry Thomas Wy. N.E. @DCPoliceDept on scene investigating an armed carjacking with a citizen having their Ford Fusion taken by [--] individuals with atleast one armed with a gun. CHRISTMAS DAY ARMED CARJACKING IN THE ECKINGTON AREA: [----] Bl. of Harry Thomas Wy. N.E. @DCPoliceDept on scene investigating an armed carjacking with a citizen having their Ford Fusion taken by [--] individuals with atleast one armed with a gun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1739404361413935111)  2023-12-25T21:54Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"One simple solution would be to follow the traffic laws. Black residents in D.C. are disproportionately impacted by traffic fines with fewer opportunities to build wealth that would help them pay off debts. Plans to increase traffic cameras could exacerbate this disparity according to a report from Tzedek DC. https://t.co/6SxG7fr8RG Black residents in D.C. are disproportionately impacted by traffic fines with fewer opportunities to build wealth that would help them pay off debts. Plans to increase traffic cameras could exacerbate this disparity according to a report from Tzedek DC."  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1740471060049662430)  2023-12-28T20:33Z 14.3K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Black people are ofc also disproportionately the victims of traffic accidents Enforcing traffic laws saves lives and can reduce the policing footprint. But when progressives are upset about disparate harm to black people they mean black *criminals*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740474188517810680)  2023-12-28T20:45Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"13th is underrated as a cause of illiteracy about criminal justice policy Apparently Netflix put out a documentary in [----] that convinced people of this I havent seen it and cant speak to whether thats a faithful reading of its text. Apparently Netflix put out a documentary in [----] that convinced people of this I havent seen it and cant speak to whether thats a faithful reading of its text"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741848736853016804)  2024-01-01T15:47Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


""Predicting adult involvement in crime: Personality measures are significant socio-economic measures are not""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1742202740489572859)  2024-01-02T15:14Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


""The general factor of personality (GFP) and criminal behavior across the lifespan: Expanding predictive validity""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1742203069297795092)  2024-01-02T15:15Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@besttrousers And as a fraction of total current expenditures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742273446829019393)  2024-01-02T19:55Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Last year @interruptcrim @inournames & @drugpolicyorg convened Black feminist leaders from six countries to create a shared Black feminist vision toward a world that centers bodily autonomy & self-determination. The roots of a Black Feminist approach to ending the drug war https://t.co/bN0dej0XQe Last year @interruptcrim @inournames & @drugpolicyorg convened Black feminist leaders from six countries to create a shared Black feminist vision toward a world that centers bodily autonomy & self-determination. The roots of a Black Feminist approach to ending the drug war https://t.co/bN0dej0XQe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1742992380792299764)  2024-01-04T19:32Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"An interesting thing about number writing: I think this headline would be clearer if they'd just written "2500." Floating pier proposed for Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg: https://t.co/eIjSGxVrlo https://t.co/xU3lutqKv6 Floating pier proposed for Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg: https://t.co/eIjSGxVrlo https://t.co/xU3lutqKv6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1744375657319031275)  2024-01-08T15:09Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@PangolinRollin It's at Rio in Gaithersburg. They have a big artificial lake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1744377415076311371)  2024-01-08T15:15Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@jdcmedlock This is why I had a kid in December for the tax benefits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1744541666751422478)  2024-01-09T02:08Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@lymanstoneky each survey breakout is here: I'm not sure there's a way to pull out the correlated death risk. Could look at the attrition in cohorts-first use years between survey years maybe. So that line is actually the average of these points. (Which probably shouldn't be equally weighted because the surveys are different Ns.) https://t.co/1Qf4wHrEfn So that line is actually the average of these points. (Which probably shouldn't be equally weighted because the surveys are different Ns.) https://t.co/1Qf4wHrEfn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1744796719143886929)  2024-01-09T19:02Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Everyone should be in favor of a constitutional convention insofar as it would be among the funniest events in American history. Schiff would somehow accomplish something that requires a constitutional convention if elected https://t.co/KGDjAMHerg Schiff would somehow accomplish something that requires a constitutional convention if elected https://t.co/KGDjAMHerg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1745812275745730870)  2024-01-12T14:17Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"There's a real chance that a ConCon would both abolish the income tax *and* create a constitutional right to publicly funded health insurance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1745812435569615105)  2024-01-12T14:18Z 14K followers, [---] engagements


"@SwannMarcus89 Shocked the Senator from a state Donald Trump won in [----] and almost won in [----] isnt far left"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1746709031568171432)  2024-01-15T01:41Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The sort of position you can only hold if you enjoy the insanely rare privilege of living in the diaspora and yet not facing brutal antisemitism. Some progressive Jews are embracing diasporism the belief that they must embrace marginality and a certain estrangement from Israel reimagining their faith as one that blesses their lives in America and elsewhere. https://t.co/wBslQ3uhxl Some progressive Jews are embracing diasporism the belief that they must embrace marginality and a certain estrangement from Israel reimagining their faith as one that blesses their lives in America and elsewhere."  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1746714171641573562)  2024-01-15T02:01Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Again does seem significant that you cant spot Bukeles election on this chart โ˜  ๐Ÿ•Š From the world's most unsafe country to second safest in the Western Hemisphere in just a few years ๐Ÿงต A thread on El Salvador https://t.co/uS32vsSRMG โ˜  ๐Ÿ•Š From the world's most unsafe country to second safest in the Western Hemisphere in just a few years ๐Ÿงต A thread on El Salvador https://t.co/uS32vsSRMG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748039741541319045)  2024-01-18T17:48Z 14.3K followers, 11.2K engagements


"@SJacques83 As I just said I don't know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748043625366221170)  2024-01-18T18:04Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Homicide rates in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua for comparison"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748043949514600558)  2024-01-18T18:05Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"you're hearing more and more about stocks lately"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748489000451543331)  2024-01-19T23:33Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"To be fair the polls suggest Trump will win is a reasonable conclusion. Having been to Davos once and preferring to keep it that way I can affirm that this is the sort of private hush-hush only-on-background stuff you get from being on the ground there: I think Trump is probably going to win. (Why) Well I saw I cable news segment on the polls https://t.co/YCf5Kn2Ffz Having been to Davos once and preferring to keep it that way I can affirm that this is the sort of private hush-hush only-on-background stuff you get from being on the ground there: I think Trump is probably going to win. (Why)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748539286142562675)  2024-01-20T02:53Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Continuing my theme of Donald Trump might win because theres lots of evidence he could get more electoral votes than Joe Biden"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1748539710710948039)  2024-01-20T02:55Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"I am happy to bet anyone on here that Trump will outperform RFK among christian suburban moms however measured. What I know for sure is that Trump is going to have to work for the Christian suburban mom vote like he never has before. They dont agree with RFK on everything but they like him. If they have a choice between Trump who called heartbeat bills terrible and who authored the What I know for sure is that Trump is going to have to work for the Christian suburban mom vote like he never has before. They dont agree with RFK on everything but they like him. If they have a choice between"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1749440066420658318)  2024-01-22T14:33Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I don't think RFK is going to be *on the ballot* in most states"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1749441041193640055)  2024-01-22T14:37Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@jdcmedlock @besttrousers Pretty sure this is neither a head tax nor an income tax"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1749980881828114454)  2024-01-24T02:22Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements


"I dunno I would rather police be trained than not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1750150348499538257)  2024-01-24T13:35Z 14.3K followers, 17.1K engagements


"When will we as a nation say enough is enough and stop using platform as a verb So CNN has just platformed both Robert F. Kennedy AND Kari Lake two conspiracy theorists liars & people who have no respect for our democracy in the span of a one hour show. Pathetic. CNN will never learn. Our media continues to fail us & our democracy. So CNN has just platformed both Robert F. Kennedy AND Kari Lake two conspiracy theorists liars & people who have no respect for our democracy in the span of a one hour show. Pathetic. CNN will never learn. Our media continues to fail us & our democracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1751395090021355966)  2024-01-28T00:01Z 14.1K followers, 49.3K engagements


"I dont think its unreasonable what Fetterman is doing indeed I prefer it to the alternative. But it is really really transparent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1751418251160985918)  2024-01-28T01:33Z 14K followers, [----] engagements


"Twitter crowdsource question: this is a photo of my grandfather. Can anyone tell me what the uniform hes wearing is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751724502692638725)  2024-01-28T21:50Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"I used to be a BWC skeptic because the early studies were so negative. But they had substantial problems with power and failed randomization. The later bigger ones show effects"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1752051307576209660)  2024-01-29T19:29Z 14.3K followers, 239.5K engagements


"This is one of those things where thinking in absolutes doesn't help. "Correlation implies causation" and "correlation does not imply causation" are both usually not helpful for actually judging evidence. Better to think "correlation suggests causation but not that strongly." My econometrics professor said anyone who uses the phrase correlation is not causation doesnt understand statistics and wouldnt be able to explain what the problem is stancil has devolved into being incredulous that even measuring race at all means anything lol My econometrics professor said anyone who uses the phrase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1752418070734290963)  2024-01-30T19:46Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"If you see a correlation insisting it doesn't show something isn't a very strong argument. Absence of evidence = evidence of absence. On the other hand lots of correlations are spurious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1752418294928207885)  2024-01-30T19:47Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"And if yes to the last does the research replicate Does it scale What are the relevant heterogeneities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1752418968441110956)  2024-01-30T19:50Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"If you start with "correlation suggests causation" and then ratchet up or down the strength of that suggestion based on other evidence you end up with a more persuasive and useful picture of the world than just making strong statements about correlation to begin with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1752419162935165100)  2024-01-30T19:51Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Who bothers to vote in an essentially uncontested Democratic primary the fact that Biden is polling rough in the general with the other fact that he is putting up Saddam numbers in primaries is rather interesting the fact that Biden is polling rough in the general with the other fact that he is putting up Saddam numbers in primaries is rather interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1753959454628810868)  2024-02-04T01:51Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Starting to think this Donald Trump fellow might be able to win after all This is the first time that a Republican for president has held a consistent lead in national polling since [----]. This is the first time that a Republican for president has held a consistent lead in national polling since 2004"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1754331197939839049)  2024-02-05T02:28Z 14.3K followers, 12.8K engagements


"- I don't think prohibition is coming back but strongly favor more restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol; just some of my thoughts on the topic is available in this report - I don't think people should be incarcerated just for using drugs (which mostly they are not) although I don't think that means policy should do nothing to address problematic drug use. You can read more of my thoughts on same here: - I do think selling drugs should be prohibited with at least some resources dedicated to enforcing that prohibition. So I suppose the last point is true Although I don't really"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1755625487487971642)  2024-02-08T16:11Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@dr4liberty @CarolKennon4 So talking about Portugal isn't particularly germane to a discussion of SCSs right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1755625737883640003)  2024-02-08T16:12Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Although as long as we're on Portugal let us recall that drugs were also decriminalized in Italy and Spain with essentially no effect on OD deaths. And that Portugal's decrim a) probably had very little effect on actual enforcement (see and b) happened at the same time as a number of other drug-policy changes including a dramatic expansion in treatment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1755626428857503760)  2024-02-08T16:15Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Call me old fashioned but I think public defenders shouldnt see it as their job to explain how to get away with crimes hello this is your friendly public defender logging on to ask you to please stop googling your crimes. thank you. https://t.co/KuMCfY0jsz hello this is your friendly public defender logging on to ask you to please stop googling your crimes. thank you. https://t.co/KuMCfY0jsz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1756426817139871828)  2024-02-10T21:16Z 20.6K followers, 1.6M engagements


"PDs should make sure that peoples due process rights are protected They should give them fair representation They should not uh discourage them from incriminating themselves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1756426987730522484)  2024-02-10T21:16Z 14.3K followers, 147K engagements


"Fair representation means helping your client get away with a crime it does not @CharlesFLehman Fair representation but just sit by and watch them incriminate themselves lol ya ok @CharlesFLehman Fair representation but just sit by and watch them incriminate themselves lol ya ok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1756432547678986605)  2024-02-10T21:38Z 14.3K followers, 110.1K engagements


"@HabCorpLinguist Do you think a public defender should help hide a murder weapon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1756447087581884792)  2024-02-10T22:36Z 14.3K followers, 38.4K engagements


""Adversarial system" means PDs ensure the state has gone beyond reasonable doubt has followed procedural norms has respect their client's constitutional rights. "Adversarial system" does not mean hiding your client's gun to get him off. @CharlesFLehman Bad take. In an adversarial system it is the job of public defenders to do whatever they can to defend their clients interests (like not going to prison) @CharlesFLehman Bad take. In an adversarial system it is the job of public defenders to do whatever they can to defend their clients interests (like not going to prison)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1756447433666462133)  2024-02-10T22:37Z 14.3K followers, 108.2K engagements


"@Mike_chen2 Raw appears to modify both nouns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1756728150111760617)  2024-02-11T17:13Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@musharbash_b @besttrousers There's no particular reason "what matters is the average not the monthly fluctuation"I buy eggs more than once a year indeed more than once a month But sure here's real average annual egg prices. I'm glad to see that the egg companies stopped colluding in [----] :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1758509446500683860)  2024-02-16T15:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"The NYM financial advice columnist is sitting on $50K in cash is in retrospect something of a red flag do i have $80000 in checking do i look like a journalist married to a nonprofit board member do i have $80000 in checking do i look like a journalist married to a nonprofit board member"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1758885287831204235)  2024-02-17T16:05Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@ryxcommar Have you heard the good news about unlimited sips at Panera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1759639093875560863)  2024-02-19T18:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"This is a map of population density This is one of the most fascinating charts Ive ever seen. Been staring at it all morning trying to draw assumptions from it https://t.co/vG01VRNExu This is one of the most fascinating charts Ive ever seen. Been staring at it all morning trying to draw assumptions from it https://t.co/vG01VRNExu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1759749149828796806)  2024-02-20T01:17Z 14.4K followers, 14.1K engagements


"Something quick from me at @CityJournal on DOC's "napkin math" on scaling down New York City's jail pop. https://www.city-journal.org/article/consequences-be-damned https://www.city-journal.org/article/consequences-be-damned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1760029867213455642)  2024-02-20T19:53Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Me: aggressive regulation of housing has dramatically reduced the supply of housing. This is bad. Libertarians: *nodding* Me: aggressive regulation of drugs has dramatically reduced the supply of drugs. This is good. Libertarians: *shock outrage*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1761775255171768689)  2024-02-25T15:28Z 14.4K followers, 11.1K engagements


"@BrandondelPozo The weaponry also saves local taxpayers money - if you get handguns and ammo under [----] you dont pay for them out of pocket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1762600413985923165)  2024-02-27T22:07Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Seems suboptimal After Bruen a police officer in New York can no longer assume that seeing a person with a gun in public here a possible gang member who has a gun in his pants pocket is doing so illegally. No PC motion to suppress granted. (EDNY per Garaufis) https://t.co/4MPK1yHzmM #N https://t.co/4WGLyczVZF After Bruen a police officer in New York can no longer assume that seeing a person with a gun in public here a possible gang member who has a gun in his pants pocket is doing so illegally. No PC motion to suppress granted. (EDNY per Garaufis) https://t.co/4MPK1yHzmM #N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1762659594084483379)  2024-02-28T02:02Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@PTBwrites @LeahLibresco I like the idea of destination wedding as tax avoidance scheme. "Honey let's get married in the Cayman Islands""  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763626295512989750)  2024-03-01T18:04Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"An interesting thing is that that the ratio of COVID deaths to COVID hospitalizations has dropped pretty precipitously. The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19 a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic. https://t.co/tIRTSeHcEd https://t.co/juNbJKZlIZ The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19 a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic. https://t.co/tIRTSeHcEd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763656827122708901)  2024-03-01T20:05Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I don't have an opinion on why this is. Probably vaccine roll-out important although that happens early in the series. Probably population immunity accruing. Maybe driven by changes in reporting of data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763657278077415930)  2024-03-01T20:07Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Some of it maybe selection bias: less serious cases now more likely to get hospitalized due to slack capacity maybe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763657504754475364)  2024-03-01T20:08Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Also let's just re-up this thread on the ineffectiveness of comprehensive social service provision for gang violence reduction. A recent study evaluated StreetSafe Boston "a multiyear streetwork intervention providing violence mediation and social service provision to active gang members associated with [--] Boston gangs." https://t.co/mTEkoKcLjj https://t.co/xsPw8n5QKe A recent study evaluated StreetSafe Boston "a multiyear streetwork intervention providing violence mediation and social service provision to active gang members associated with [--] Boston gangs." https://t.co/mTEkoKcLjj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763663759791276359)  2024-03-01T20:33Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Why do people join gangs Because their friends are in gangs How can you disrupt these social networks Call-ins social interventions CBT probably help at the margins. But at the end of the day you mostly have to give people [--] - [--] years time out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763664201636008300)  2024-03-01T20:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"(Note that I don't say [--] or [--] years Some gang offenders are likely to be persistent. But lots of them will age out of crime; get them off the street for a gun offense and you can probably release them in their late 20s or early 30s)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763664379738734689)  2024-03-01T20:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@brunosaurustext Ofc. there are clearly going to be cases where prison is criminogenic But by the same token there are cases where the benefits outweigh the cost. And my view is that guys who are on the margins of murdering one another the benefits outweigh the costs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1763729559726219329)  2024-03-02T00:54Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"OD is actually a major cause of death in prisons. Even if you dont think the CJ system should be a treatment off ramp - which imo is mostly a moral purity position - you should care about providing services for preventatively Lauding jail as a place for recovery expresses desperation for healing structure. But the jails being lauded are often death traps Giving birth unattended on the floor of a prison shower because a woman told a cop she used cannabis. Is this healing https://t.co/52ZPu5kTXC Lauding jail as a place for recovery expresses desperation for healing structure. But the jails"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764047835035488654)  2024-03-02T21:59Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@dr4liberty Ah but this wouldnt be a problem if we just legalized is convenient in its practical unfalsifiability. Not very persuasive as an argument about actually existing policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764080570651304204)  2024-03-03T00:09Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@dr4liberty But sure we can do this again. Do you think if we finally legalize alcohol and cigarettes that will solve all the alcohol and cigarette deaths we currently deal with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764081092389179826)  2024-03-03T00:11Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Oregon Secretary of State: "Prior to M110 Oregon had no adults in custody serving time in prison for solely drug possession-related offenses." [---] million Oregonians: We are exercising our democratic right to change the law so that we are no longer locking people up for using drugs. Handful of rich dudes: We really would prefer that they were locked up. Oregon legislature: Lock 'em up it is [---] million Oregonians: We are exercising our democratic right to change the law so that we are no longer locking people up for using drugs. Handful of rich dudes: We really would prefer that they were"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764455909500088815)  2024-03-04T01:00Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Also it's not a "handful of rich dudes" it's a majority of Oregonians in polling as well as the mayor of Portland the ultra-progressive Multnomah County DA the Democratic governor and myriad community leaders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764456995518632410)  2024-03-04T01:05Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"A fun fact is that Italy decriminalized drugs in the 70s recriminalized them in [----] and then re-decriminalized them in [----]. Oregon is attempting an interesting public-policy experiment: criminalizing drugs https://t.co/CB6nhRbMNy Oregon is attempting an interesting public-policy experiment: criminalizing drugs https://t.co/CB6nhRbMNy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1764460009847460099)  2024-03-04T01:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Wait what It used to be way more common to be killed by lightning. https://t.co/WX1YiWgRcJ It used to be way more common to be killed by lightning. https://t.co/WX1YiWgRcJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1767712817354833997)  2024-03-13T00:42Z 14.4K followers, 69.3K engagements


"@jmhorp Yes but why wouldn't they follow the same trend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1767719542451507672)  2024-03-13T01:09Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"If anyone views the 40th year as as much of a deterrent as the 39th its probably guys who spend a lot of time taking long-term views"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1768753180244857050)  2024-03-15T21:36Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"You can rent almost any movie on YouTube for $3 Really a great arrangement Some of this is pure Charlie Brown had hoes territory but a lot of it is people stubbornly refusing to pay for la carte digital rentals even though of course thats how you paid for everything in the good old days. Some of this is pure Charlie Brown had hoes territory but a lot of it is people stubbornly refusing to pay for la carte digital rentals even though of course thats how you paid for everything in the good old days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1768974992048341112)  2024-03-16T12:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I agree The murder of [--] people in Arkansas also deserves to be news. Arkansas this week had a mass shooting that tragically killed [--] people and injured [--] more. I havent heard a peep about it. The NYC subway moves the population of Arkansas everyday and a man gets shot with his own gun and its a national media frenzy. Make it make sense. Arkansas this week had a mass shooting that tragically killed [--] people and injured [--] more. I havent heard a peep about it. The NYC subway moves the population of Arkansas everyday and a man gets shot with his own gun and its a national media frenzy. Make it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1768990571199135815)  2024-03-16T13:19Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Whenever you read someone complaining about RCTs the subtext is usually that RCTs were bad for the intervention they wanted to run or would have been paid to run. Perhaps the highest value of the RCT revolution has not been in finding things that work of which there are too few but in steering resources away from programs that make intuitive sense but dont actually improve lives. Perhaps the highest value of the RCT revolution has not been in finding things that work of which there are too few but in steering resources away from programs that make intuitive sense but dont actually improve"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1769059488496001443)  2024-03-16T17:53Z 14.4K followers, 11.8K engagements


"Sports gambling which was essentially illegal nationwide until less than a decade ago now being used as a wedge to push for expansion of other gambling products. Gosh that slope is slippery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1770087438800572628)  2024-03-19T13:58Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@ahardtospell Thats descriptively true. But the evidence from cigarettes is that reaching such an equilibrium takes a very long time and is very politically costly. Think about how long it took to get people to stop smoking even after we knew it was bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1770104127927750935)  2024-03-19T15:04Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the most horrifying graphics ever. One of the most horrifying graphics ever. https://t.co/kGggd0bs4H One of the most horrifying graphics ever. https://t.co/kGggd0bs4H"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1771888429929844842)  2024-03-24T13:14Z 20.6K followers, 472.9K engagements


"This has escaped containment so let me be clear: I am joking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1772054547977953437)  2024-03-25T00:15Z 14.4K followers, 10.1K engagements


"@ernietedeschi Sure Im just saying that for Italy eg that happened a long time ago and the marginal decline today does not have the same benefit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1774240440423694673)  2024-03-31T01:00Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@mattyglesias If you understand it as part of the broader movement culture of the Progressive era it makes sense. The same people who passed the 18th Amendment also passed the 19th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1774561470891626737)  2024-03-31T22:16Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@IrvingSwisher Wait what is it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1774933419098624055)  2024-04-01T22:54Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Just got back from the degrowther rally. Amazing turnout. Thousands of people holding hands and chanting Better things arent possible Doing some light reading https://t.co/YnHMZQoqIk Doing some light reading https://t.co/YnHMZQoqIk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1777036258214117703)  2024-04-07T18:10Z 20.6K followers, 75.2K engagements


"https://manhattan.institute/article/why-police-need-to-enforce-traffic-laws Your regular reminder traffic tickets are for revenue generation they do nothing to improve traffic safety. Plus lots of overtime for cops. https://manhattan.institute/article/why-police-need-to-enforce-traffic-laws Your regular reminder traffic tickets are for revenue generation they do nothing to improve traffic safety. Plus lots of overtime for cops"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1779838477925826587)  2024-04-15T11:45Z 14.5K followers, 27.6K engagements


"@AlecStapp Pronouncing it like Namibia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1779855948246356089)  2024-04-15T12:55Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@ByrneHobart love my little future workers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1780272853822189828)  2024-04-16T16:31Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One way to think about the "isolated demands for rigor" I identify here is that almost everyone skeptical of the Ferguson effect will insist that the 2020-23 spike was caused exclusively by COVID usually based on nothing more than the argument "it was an unprecedented pandemic" New post about what's going on here. Hint: it rhymes with "shmerguson effect" https://t.co/JOcYY13xVr New post about what's going on here. Hint: it rhymes with "shmerguson effect" https://t.co/JOcYY13xVr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1780376831331311683)  2024-04-16T23:24Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Real question: what explains tipflation Its a long-term trend: 10% was normal decades ago then [--] then [--]. Why would a percentage of a nominal price increase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1781098254341472567)  2024-04-18T23:11Z 18.7K followers, 128.3K engagements


"Oklahoma should offer to insure employers of returning citizens An opportunity to experiment with the idea proposed here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w29947 Opinion: Hiring individuals returning from incarceration can address the ongoing labor shortage writes Tricia Everest Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety. https://t.co/0rxxUYYXXs via @theoklahoman_ https://www.nber.org/papers/w29947 Opinion: Hiring individuals returning from incarceration can address the ongoing labor shortage writes Tricia Everest Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety. https://t.co/0rxxUYYXXs via @theoklahoman_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1781307624840970543)  2024-04-19T13:03Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Among NYC voters Eric Adams is approximately as unpopular as Donald Trump. https://manhattan.institute/article/polling-nyc-survey-analysis-of-2025-likely-mayoral-voters https://manhattan.institute/article/polling-nyc-survey-analysis-of-2025-likely-mayoral-voters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1781311808164241889)  2024-04-19T13:20Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"If you dig into the links you will discover that these ETFs are respectively "iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF" and "Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF" https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/19/letter-4-18-your-student-group-needs-to-call-for-divestment-2/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/19/letter-4-18-your-student-group-needs-to-call-for-divestment-2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1781432972635156792)  2024-04-19T21:21Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@watn_tarnation fentanyl actually one of the few commodities to experience substantial deflation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/add.15942 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/add.15942"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1782817856960204838)  2024-04-23T17:04Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@janecoaston When you look into what universities are supposed to divest from its always sell an ETF that holds 0.001% of a weapons manufacturer that might have sold weapons to Israel way in the past"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1783600305193554221)  2024-04-25T20:53Z 14.5K followers, 36.6K engagements


"@janecoaston The market value of the ETF isnt determined by the demand from endowments - if Columbia sells it some (potentially less ethical) actor will just buy it at a marginal discount and profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1783600966417232192)  2024-04-25T20:56Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Why is everyone so confused by prepositions His public attacks *on* Elon Musk. happy for him https://t.co/gcIt164s99 happy for him https://t.co/gcIt164s99"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1785307686940168344)  2024-04-30T13:58Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Quick take from me in @CityJournal on rescheduling marijuana (hint: it's just a hand-out to the pot industry). https://www.city-journal.org/article/bidens-handout-to-the-pot-industry https://www.city-journal.org/article/bidens-handout-to-the-pot-industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1785716462197395566)  2024-05-01T17:02Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@wanyeburkett ftr treatment does work depending on what you mean by treatment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1786034863629385910)  2024-05-02T14:07Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In the not-too-distant future folding clothes will be looked back on as the same kind of pointless drudgery that handwashing is today viewed as. This is cool but A) takes way too long. And B) Doesn't look like you can just dump a gigantic pile of clothes out of the dryer onto it. Need both of those things to actually have a killer consumer device (which we need) This is cool but A) takes way too long. And B) Doesn't look like you can just dump a gigantic pile of clothes out of the dryer onto it. Need both of those things to actually have a killer consumer device (which we need)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1786377151500935579)  2024-05-03T12:47Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@LessCrime New Haven for pizza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1787973398729044204)  2024-05-07T22:30Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@mattyglesias UAE has one of the funnier pseudo-western political systems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1789613672211382513)  2024-05-12T11:08Z 14.6K followers, 12.7K engagements


"@tonyannett There are lots of reasons few of which are germane to determining the causes of the crisis because *the demand is approximately what it was before the crisis started*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1789718387603497408)  2024-05-12T18:04Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@tonyannett Let me give you another example. How would you say these phenomena are playing out in Canada And how would you say they are playing out across the EU https://twitter.com/tonyannett/status/1789703660726800535 @CharlesFLehman I can point to the real wage stagnation of the working class the huge drop in mens prime age participation spiking inequality faltering intergenerational mobility https://twitter.com/tonyannett/status/1789703660726800535 @CharlesFLehman I can point to the real wage stagnation of the working class the huge drop in mens prime age participation spiking inequality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1789718778965639525)  2024-05-12T18:06Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The best explanation for polling remains - unpopular incumbent - thermostatic equilibrium reading the anecdotes from that article about the NYT/Siena poll Im increasingly convinced people are irrationally hating Biden first and coming up with a justification afterwards reading the anecdotes from that article about the NYT/Siena poll Im increasingly convinced people are irrationally hating Biden first and coming up with a justification afterwards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1790064977128182146)  2024-05-13T17:02Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements


""How can so many people vote for Donald Trump" well he's the Republican nominee so he'll reliably get about half the country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1790065072783413540)  2024-05-13T17:02Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@besttrousers Phone a friend 50:50 etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1790776136625946928)  2024-05-15T16:07Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Ah a classic Twitter dot com fight about calculus Impressively obtuse and pedantic--the *impact* of inflation (itself meaningless to voters except as an abstraction) is cumulative in the sense that the rising costs accrue against an ever-growing baseline. https://t.co/vMke4N2WOe Impressively obtuse and pedantic--the *impact* of inflation (itself meaningless to voters except as an abstraction) is cumulative in the sense that the rising costs accrue against an ever-growing baseline. https://t.co/vMke4N2WOe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1791128153865212244)  2024-05-16T15:26Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@jmhorp https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21214344/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21214344/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1792719136700920301)  2024-05-21T00:48Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Back in the 1990s @KeithNHumphreys and Jon Caulkins write the average marijuana user was consuming about [--] mg of THC per day. Today the average is [---] mg/day a 60x increase. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/22/this-isnt-your-fathers-marijuana-use/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/22/this-isnt-your-fathers-marijuana-use/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793303580364947909)  2024-05-22T15:31Z 14.6K followers, 126.9K engagements


"It should be instructive that while we obviously ought to regulate and tax alcohol pretty strictly we do not and have been wildly unsuccessful at changing that since the 21st Amendment. Raises questions about our capacity to implement such a regime for pot imo. What we need to do is regulate and tax both marijuana and alcohol pretty strictly while also letting them be available for legal consumption by consenting adults. https://t.co/HQbzEDdJel What we need to do is regulate and tax both marijuana and alcohol pretty strictly while also letting them be available for legal consumption by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793311533881086078)  2024-05-22T16:02Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Caulkins and Humphreys are talking here about daily (or near-daily) users. Caulkins separately estimates that about 40% of the [--] million American marijuana users use daily or near-daily (24M)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793613525954482686)  2024-05-23T12:02Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements


"And people who smoke marijuana daily or near-daily demonstrate other features of dependence like going through withdrawal which 47% do in one study. (yes of course you can withdraw from marijuana see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15743 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2764234 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15743 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2764234"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793613547542585547)  2024-05-23T12:02Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@ManhattanInst I think this is wrong for two reasons. The first is that decrim does not actually appear to have an appreciable effect on ODs either wayit neither increases nor decreases them. This is true in it turns out the high-quality literature on Portugal as well as on North America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793649927761150446)  2024-05-23T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@ManhattanInst *If* criminalization causes ODs then decriminalization should reduce them. It doesn't ergo changing the criminal status of drug possession has little to do with improving health outcomes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1793650151787315592)  2024-05-23T14:28Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements


"I think we underrate how hard it is to provide education to a range of abilities at scale. If the smart kids are bored thats an okay outcome. Most interventions dont work at scale School kind of does some stuff Thats pretty good This thread is absolutely correct. Sometimes people treat good schools as black boxes where you put kids in and education pops out with everything working well But for many kids their core memory of even good schools will simply be waiting idly So much more is possible This thread is absolutely correct. Sometimes people treat good schools as black boxes where you put"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1794163064990011700)  2024-05-25T00:26Z 14.7K followers, 1M engagements


"I also spent a lot of time waiting as a kid. That was good Im glad that I was forced to wait. It was an important lesson in how my edification is not the most important thing. https://x.com/simonsarris/status/1794042603203096827 I went to excellent catholic schools for [--] years. I had a fine time. I liked all my teachers. Still my biggest childhood memory of school was just waiting. Waiting for everyone else to be done waiting for the day to be over waiting to be picked up. I think we can do better. https://x.com/simonsarris/status/1794042603203096827 I went to excellent catholic schools for"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1794163406439919758)  2024-05-25T00:27Z 14.7K followers, 61.4K engagements


"Most of the replies/qts are missing the assignment. Its not memorable tweets its tweets that define the language of Twitter. And for that the only answer is anything tweeted by Donald Trump What are the load-bearing posts of our time Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count PS if you can parse this you should probably log off What are the load-bearing posts of our time Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count PS if you can parse this you should probably log off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1795231927009448063)  2024-05-27T23:13Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements


"If 100% of the change in Biden's approval since the IDF invaded Gaza is attributable to that action then it only accounts for about [---] pp of decline. Let me say this nice & slow for the oh so smart white liberals: - genocide + economy that only works for the top 10% = 38% approval for Biden. - instead of yelling at ppl to get over genocide or working [--] jobs just to struggle put energy into getting him to step down. Let me say this nice & slow for the oh so smart white liberals: - genocide + economy that only works for the top 10% = 38% approval for Biden. - instead of yelling at ppl to get"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1795849438251868173)  2024-05-29T16:07Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@MidwestDeplore @besttrousers I think we should ask a bunch of people including the working poor and immigrants about their employment. We could do it every month and the government could pay for it. What do you think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1796149870736069103)  2024-05-30T12:01Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@cojobrien don't be too conspicuous with your use of advanced American technology it can scare the natives who are unused to such wonders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1796248107623268646)  2024-05-30T18:31Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements


"As I understand it incarcerating a first-time non-violent offender will just stigmatize him increasing recidivism risk. Maybe they should try a restorative justice or other diversion program"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1796345400288510441)  2024-05-31T00:58Z 20.6K followers, 41.1K engagements


""Have" - "'ave" - "of" drift is definitely one of those things that will be standard English in a century or so. Today is a miscarriage of justice. Donald Trump should NOT of been found guilty. Today is a miscarriage of justice. Donald Trump should NOT of been found guilty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1796514305824924092)  2024-05-31T12:09Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I'd like to see where the polling goes but I think at the descriptive level there are very few people who did not already have strong opinions on whether or not Donald Trump was a crook. Thats the reason being convicted of a felony is political damaging. If twelve people who listened in detail to your well-paid attorneys and their arguments all decided that youre a crook that shifts a reasonable persons priors toward youre a crook. Thats the reason being convicted of a felony is political damaging. If twelve people who listened in detail to your well-paid attorneys and their arguments all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1796573522049085696)  2024-05-31T16:04Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements


"What are some policy issues where there has been meaningful (and probably semi-permenant) change over the last [--] years What are some policy issues where there has been meaningful (and probably semi-permenant) change over the last [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1797614661053145523)  2024-06-03T13:01Z 14.8K followers, 30K engagements


"Also while violence is down *relative to its 2020-21 peak* it's important to note that we're still above the [----] baseline by a lot of measures. https://jasher.substack.com/p/murder-is-still-down-a-lot-as-summe https://jasher.substack.com/p/murder-is-still-down-a-lot-as-summe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1797620151912903079)  2024-06-03T13:23Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Need some new podcasts which are the good ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1798310702421311534)  2024-06-05T11:07Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"It does seem important that this is not really how NYCs congestion pricing scheme was going to work. Ever been stuck in traffic and think man this is annoying and inconvenient so annoying and so inconvenient that I would gladly spend a modest sum of money to avoid the annoyance and inconvenience Ever been stuck in traffic and think man this is annoying and inconvenient so annoying and so inconvenient that I would gladly spend a modest sum of money to avoid the annoyance and inconvenience"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1798667331448738191)  2024-06-06T10:44Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"My official view on congestion pricing in theory is that it is very good My view on congestion pricing as proposed by the MTA is that it was a mess. Possibly still preferable to the status quo ante But far from ideal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1798667333483020662)  2024-06-06T10:44Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@binarybits A flat fee set by government fiat with lots of carve outs is not a very efficient price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1798668865112801505)  2024-06-06T10:50Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@besttrousers We should randomly assign half the country to have Trump as president and half the country to have Biden. Then we could really figure out who does better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1798900357051158605)  2024-06-07T02:10Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@besttrousers The problem with NYC's plan is that it is not sufficiently a neoliberal market solution. Why isn't the toll dynamic in response to demand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1799081880740086039)  2024-06-07T14:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"One simple answer is to say that unsafe driving is 80/20 such that marginal improvements to the average drivers safety have very little effect on the risk of those most likely to be in deadly accidents What's the best theory on why all the new car safety tech is having no impact on car fatality rates I (wrongfully) assumed that blind spot + lane departure detection etc. made us safer but car fatality rates are flat / up over the last decade. https://t.co/5GiJFg1lwO What's the best theory on why all the new car safety tech is having no impact on car fatality rates I (wrongfully) assumed that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1802292016811815405)  2024-06-16T10:47Z 14.8K followers, 19.8K engagements


"@Bernstein I just took the three-year-old to panera which is sort of the low-rent version of this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1802336321492463887)  2024-06-16T13:43Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"60 million is more than the entire foreign-born population of the United States legal and illegal. Even @CIS_org*the* think tank for immigration restrictionismestimates the illegal immigrant population at about [--] million. https://cis.org/Report/October-2023-ForeignBorn-Share-Was-Highest-History Why does everyone just accept the [--] million figure it's pushing near [--] million at this point. https://cis.org/Report/October-2023-ForeignBorn-Share-Was-Highest-History Why does everyone just accept the [--] million figure it's pushing near [--] million at this point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1802715145921008035)  2024-06-17T14:49Z 14.8K followers, 13.2K engagements


"More generally the problem is that sociologistsindeed many academicsusually do not think about policy and so when they write the conclusions chapter they just sort of go "therefore we should do #whatever the left wing of the Democratic party wants." It seems that the Achilles' heel of every sociologist's new book is that they propose pairing Scandinavian-style "universal" social spending with American-style "soak the rich" taxation which is simply not how it works in reality. https://t.co/sui144xPBf https://t.co/EVm3MyuFHU It seems that the Achilles' heel of every sociologist's new book is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1802731794669695421)  2024-06-17T15:55Z 14.8K followers, 19.8K engagements


"https://x.com/Talknpucks/status/1802794910996988361 @CharlesFLehman The sharp drop in liquor and disorderly conduct offenses probably signals a big pullback in proactive policing https://x.com/Talknpucks/status/1802794910996988361 @CharlesFLehman The sharp drop in liquor and disorderly conduct offenses probably signals a big pullback in proactive policing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1802796528857165857)  2024-06-17T20:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Anyway look I get that "Trump caused a crime wave Biden fixed it" is a fun way to own the cons or whatever. But it is correctly not an argument anyone would take seriously if it was made about a GOP president and you shouldn't take it seriously here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803142526083506217)  2024-06-18T19:07Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"(ftr I don't think Justin was trying to do that but other people on here including Marshall were.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803143644909547985)  2024-06-18T19:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"BTW if you think the federal government *should* be doing more to lower crime which while thankfully in decline is still too high by developed-world standards have I got a plan for you https://manhattan.institute/article/modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-an-agenda-for-the-new-congress https://manhattan.institute/article/modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-an-agenda-for-the-new-congress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803144572576371066)  2024-06-18T19:15Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The other thing that Joe Biden could do to prove his tough-on-crime bona fides is fire D.C.'s U.S. Attorney and replace him with someone who will actually prosecute gun crimes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803146330438500378)  2024-06-18T19:22Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Wait why were SIDS rates so low in the 1970s In late [----] Denmark started telling families about how to position their babies so as to avoid asphyxiation and the SIDS rate fell by two thirds shortly after. https://t.co/Z0KgApQGf0 In late [----] Denmark started telling families about how to position their babies so as to avoid asphyxiation and the SIDS rate fell by two thirds shortly after. https://t.co/Z0KgApQGf0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803496129998495992)  2024-06-19T18:32Z 14.8K followers, 41.9K engagements


"@ryxcommar @NateSilver538 Wow they pay you the big bucks over at Docusign huh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803552893082943612)  2024-06-19T22:18Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@SwannMarcus89 Dont we often lose at baseball to both Latin American and Korean/Japanese teams"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1803750124419523066)  2024-06-20T11:21Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Good piece. Why dont successful programs replicate/scale Sometimes the answer is implementation fidelity Public policy researchers have you heard of the titanium law of evaluation @NIJDirLaVigne wants to acquaint you with it. https://t.co/nDmtEfCkWC Public policy researchers have you heard of the titanium law of evaluation @NIJDirLaVigne wants to acquaint you with it. https://t.co/nDmtEfCkWC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1804098694305783864)  2024-06-21T10:27Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Stocks and flows Good Saturday morning NYC https://t.co/C41Q59qPaR Good Saturday morning NYC https://t.co/C41Q59qPaR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1804528615834472505)  2024-06-22T14:55Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I wanted to like this essay because I agree with the premise that we should use involuntary treatment more at the margin. But (typically) DeBoer spends most of his space lambasting the left. I think there are other challenges for IT than activists In the aftermath of the death of Jordan Neely the need for helping the mentally ill on the subway and on the streets who resist treatment has become more acute. https://t.co/vUuQq4TvTb In the aftermath of the death of Jordan Neely the need for helping the mentally ill on the subway and on the streets who resist treatment has become more acute."  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1804660069436391759)  2024-06-22T23:37Z 16K followers, [----] engagements


"Almost like Freddie is part of a movement that tears itself apart over how much text there should be in a comic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1804671418409300308)  2024-06-23T00:22Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Community notes still got it June [--] [----] Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility at the peak of McCarthyist anti-communist hysteria. https://t.co/3xCohHBEFL June [--] [----] Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility at the peak of McCarthyist anti-communist hysteria. https://t.co/3xCohHBEFL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1804835992605520289)  2024-06-23T11:16Z 14.7K followers, 11.5K engagements


"It's true we are opposed to tactics originally used by the Klan to intimidate law-abiding citizens and commit crimes with impunity. Right wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute are creating model legislation for mask bans which Democrats are trying to make law. https://t.co/MKN3IeixqV https://t.co/TsrxwUAKpG Right wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute are creating model legislation for mask bans which Democrats are trying to make law. https://t.co/MKN3IeixqV https://t.co/TsrxwUAKpG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1805611116929651136)  2024-06-25T14:36Z 14.8K followers, 16.2K engagements


"@cojobrien did you inflation-adjust the inflation-adjusted figures tho"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1805626661141967298)  2024-06-25T15:38Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements


""the 1st Black Congressman for NY16"* * Not counting two of the most notable black Representatives in American history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1806302822041829673)  2024-06-27T12:25Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

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Charles Fain Lehman posts on X about murder, in the, donald trump, money the most. They currently have [----------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social Influence

Social category influence countries finance us election technology brands travel destinations social networks celebrities stocks ncaa football automotive brands

Social topic influence murder, in the, donald trump, money, public, twitter, if you, new york, mamdani, new york city

Top assets mentioned DoorDash Inc. (DASH) Klarna Group plc (KLAR) Kroger Co (KR)

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@mattyglesias There were simply fewer sources of information so it was easier to produce the sense of being informed"
X Link 2020-11-16T03:23Z 17.1K followers, [--] engagements

"(this is because you're not allowed to talk about class in America) https://x.com/janecoaston/status/1442481210035474435 I think the overall thing is not that the guy who has a PhD has no power or that the guy who owns six car dealerships has no power it's that they both have power but neither seems to want that because that carries responsibility in some manner. https://x.com/janecoaston/status/1442481210035474435 I think the overall thing is not that the guy who has a PhD has no power or that the guy who owns six car dealerships has no power it's that they both have power but neither"
X Link 2021-09-27T13:38Z 16K followers, [--] engagements

"This is why most Americans identify as "middle" or "working" or "upper middle" class even when they are not. America is a classless society https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/27/despite-recovery-fewer-americans-identify-as-middle-class/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/27/despite-recovery-fewer-americans-identify-as-middle-class/"
X Link 2021-09-27T13:40Z 16K followers, [--] engagements

"Must-read from @RenuMukherjee1 in today's @nytopinion https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html"
X Link 2022-10-31T23:01Z 16K followers, [--] engagements

"@careyhelmick @HerreidJohn "Pikamoo" an objectively hilarious name"
X Link 2023-01-23T16:06Z 19.2K followers, [--] engagements

"Illegal and discoverable"
X Link 2023-06-29T15:44Z 14K followers, [----] engagements

"They are already saying this stuff in public It's not like they're lying about their plans to engage in massive resistance"
X Link 2023-06-29T15:47Z 14K followers, [----] engagements

"Love to admit to breaking the law on camera"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:20Z 14.3K followers, 33.4K engagements

"@mattyglesias "No your honor I wasn't violating employment law to facilitate illegal discrimination I was just telling my subordinates that they should do that.""
X Link 2023-06-29T23:20Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@mattyglesias the famous "I said you couldn't quote me" defense"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:41Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"I just don't understand why people actually responsible for public policymaking are allowed to say this nonsense"
X Link 2023-07-10T23:43Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@JBisAlwaysRight @jneeley78 @janecoaston where do those reduced costs come from and why would an efficient market not remove them regardless of prohibition"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:16Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Somewhere out there is a guy writing "actually pushing out Pornhub will just cause people to substitute to more extreme porn sites. Prohibition never works" That guy is my mortal enemy"
X Link 2023-08-08T16:59Z 16K followers, [----] engagements

"Meanwhile the grey market keeps chugging merrily along"
X Link 2023-08-15T14:34Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Reminder that the social equity program is such a mess that it took the state months and months to find a private investor in its associated fund in spite of the generous 10% interest rate on the loans the fund will issue"
X Link 2023-08-15T14:42Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"@LizWolfeReason @rSanti97 if it makes you feel better my view is that all of these interests would be reconciled efficiently if the streets were privatized"
X Link 2023-08-29T20:38Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"In case anyone was wondering"
X Link 2023-08-29T21:02Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@whstancil Nah just that one predicts the other. Can you provide me some research showing the relationship is spurious or driven entirely by confounding"
X Link 2023-08-29T23:12Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@SaysSimonson I'm a beneficiary of affirmative action which means that it is incredibly rude to insinuate I didn't earn my position :)"
X Link 2023-08-30T14:30Z 14K followers, [--] engagements

"America is an unusually religious country a continuing series"
X Link 2023-09-05T15:22Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@cojobrien Israel a highly polarized society religion-wise"
X Link 2023-09-05T15:34Z 14K followers, [--] engagements

"In Drug War Heresies (2001) MacCoun and Reuter dismiss most predictions of post-legalization consumption of drugs as "nothing short of apocalyptic." They cite two estimates for marijuana (left). And on the right is the actual figure under partial legalization circa 2021"
X Link 2023-09-08T23:41Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Again I understand that this is just standard practice in public health but why do you need [--] co-authors to do . this"
X Link 2023-09-11T23:51Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"In case you were wondering: they find that safer supply programs would like more money and less regulation and also people who use drugs often have other problems. I'm sure they couldn't have done this with only [--] co-authors"
X Link 2023-09-11T23:55Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Quick reminder that it was never clear what Kendi's Center for Antiracism Research actually you know produced"
X Link 2023-09-14T15:43Z 14.1K followers, 14.7K engagements

"This seems good but also emphasizes how the UK is a silly country. Can anyone imagine Joe Biden taking time out of his day to pursue the ban of a specific dog breed"
X Link 2023-09-15T10:54Z 14.3K followers, 578.3K engagements

"yet again my policy of pre-emptively muting tweets is paying off"
X Link 2023-09-15T17:15Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@sp6runderrated more individual policing would also help with the rise in car thefts"
X Link 2023-09-22T20:10Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements

"Will have to read the report but on first pass I'm not sure I buy that average GOP voters know what "tight labor market" means"
X Link 2023-09-27T12:51Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Interesting stuff below the fold. GOP voters: - oppose student loans - support tariffs (though again wonder if they know what those are) - support gov't investment in semiconductors - are divided on the virtues of wall street"
X Link 2023-09-27T13:13Z 16K followers, [---] engagements

"@sgodofsk Charlotte Fang is rolls dice Miya BPD God who was flips coin one of the founders of Remilia and they're all in pulls card from deck a 1930s-style far-right movement"
X Link 2023-09-29T15:05Z 14.3K followers, 27.5K engagements

"@aaronsibarium This one a little more persuasive though straight agree/disagree particularly primes for acquiescence bias"
X Link 2023-09-30T17:01Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"The "living in Maryland" thing is weird but seems like it should be a bigger deal that Newsom just handed a seat in the U.S. Senate to one of the Democratic party's biggest fundraisers. SCOOP: Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Dem women who support abortion rights per a person familiar. https://t.co/FtOv4fneAk SCOOP: Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein elevating the"
X Link 2023-10-02T13:46Z 20.6K followers, 297.3K engagements

"@ZaidJilani imo automated enforcement is underrated. Will Hurd was big into this "smart wall" of drones"
X Link 2023-10-05T21:12Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Excited for the people on here who spent days demanding Israel prove exactly how many babies were decapitated to also demand USA Today corroborate the fatality statistics provided by Hamas"
X Link 2023-10-19T12:24Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Brief reminder that Jews are the second most frequently targeted group for hate crimes in the United States. Muslims are #15.* *as measured by incidents reported to the FBI. "What is Biden's level of concern right now about a potential rise of antisemitism" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks" https://t.co/q1WYkpbKmn "What is Biden's level of concern right now about a potential rise of antisemitism" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of"
X Link 2023-10-23T20:15Z 20.6K followers, 196.8K engagements

"Something I noticed in Vancouver is the relatively low visibility of street homelessness relative to Portland or DC. It was there but much less. Why Vancouver has thousands of SRO units. The SROs have lots of problems but theyre much better than nothing"
X Link 2023-10-28T20:02Z 14.1K followers, 11.9K engagements

"Vancouver to be clear has huge affordability problems - a function of supply. Better zoning and more building clearly necessary. But cheap places to live help"
X Link 2023-10-28T20:05Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"Lot of people pointing out that the non-Trump lane should consolidate. But ofc. consolidation is something that needs to be forced by the party (a la Biden 2020). And in the case of the GOP the party leader is . the most recent former Republican president"
X Link 2023-10-30T15:47Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I know many Christians who like Israel none of whom has ever said anything like this to me. Seems like there should be polling evidence for this if it's true"
X Link 2023-11-05T16:15Z 14.1K followers, 40.4K engagements

"Check out this reefer madness from uh the National Bureau of Economic Research"
X Link 2023-11-07T19:50Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"What is happening Left look more West Eurasian intellectual sophisticated mythical vibe of Ancient Civilization. Right look more East Eurasian more Asiatic straightforward more Genghis Khan even he is not Warrior stock. I think Jesus look more Right than Left #jesusrace @meditationmonke https://t.co/3xPtHdBkDy Left look more West Eurasian intellectual sophisticated mythical vibe of Ancient Civilization. Right look more East Eurasian more Asiatic straightforward more Genghis Khan even he is not Warrior stock. I think Jesus look more Right than Left #jesusrace @meditationmonke"
X Link 2023-11-09T13:17Z 14.4K followers, 15.5K engagements

"Yes I'm sure they'll do this"
X Link 2023-11-20T21:32Z 14.1K followers, 38.2K engagements

"@PeterMoskos The city of San Francisco I think"
X Link 2023-11-21T13:13Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"This is definitely just some outlier in the Millennial sample who decided to say "1 trillion dollars" to screw with the survey"
X Link 2023-11-27T19:41Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements

"Personal post: tips on killing a mouse in my kitchen"
X Link 2023-11-29T02:05Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"BTW here's that chart updated with the past four years of data"
X Link 2023-12-01T13:21Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

""In psychedelic studies . validity is commonly threatened by the lack of control groups the breaking blind problem . placebo effects . lack of long-term treatment effects and mechanisms of action . multiple comparisons problem conflicts of interest (COIs) outcome switching and other questionable research practices.""
X Link 2023-12-02T19:07Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Why can't you do an RCT - Because there's strong evidence of efficacy such that randomizing people causes harm. How do you know the evidence supports the intervention having an impact - There are lots of studies that compare a non-randomly selected treatment group to a control group. But aren't those at risk of selection bias - Yes but we can't do an RCT. And repeat"
X Link 2023-12-06T19:18Z 14.2K followers, 24.5K engagements

"FTR I think PSM studies are interesting They are suggestive When they're all we have rely on them But it's not just that selection bias is a possibility here. It's that self-selecting into college class obviously correlates with reoffense risk"
X Link 2023-12-06T19:19Z 14.2K followers, [----] engagements

"@BeauKilmer @PardeeRAND @VitalCityNYC Appreciated this overview. Notable to me is that decrim in Vancouver BC has lead to retail sales"
X Link 2023-12-13T19:26Z 14.2K followers, [--] engagements

"Im just thankful their families were able to eat that Ford Fusion for Christmas dinner CHRISTMAS DAY ARMED CARJACKING IN THE ECKINGTON AREA: [----] Bl. of Harry Thomas Wy. N.E. @DCPoliceDept on scene investigating an armed carjacking with a citizen having their Ford Fusion taken by [--] individuals with atleast one armed with a gun. CHRISTMAS DAY ARMED CARJACKING IN THE ECKINGTON AREA: [----] Bl. of Harry Thomas Wy. N.E. @DCPoliceDept on scene investigating an armed carjacking with a citizen having their Ford Fusion taken by [--] individuals with atleast one armed with a gun"
X Link 2023-12-25T21:54Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"One simple solution would be to follow the traffic laws. Black residents in D.C. are disproportionately impacted by traffic fines with fewer opportunities to build wealth that would help them pay off debts. Plans to increase traffic cameras could exacerbate this disparity according to a report from Tzedek DC. https://t.co/6SxG7fr8RG Black residents in D.C. are disproportionately impacted by traffic fines with fewer opportunities to build wealth that would help them pay off debts. Plans to increase traffic cameras could exacerbate this disparity according to a report from Tzedek DC."
X Link 2023-12-28T20:33Z 14.3K followers, 11.9K engagements

"Black people are ofc also disproportionately the victims of traffic accidents Enforcing traffic laws saves lives and can reduce the policing footprint. But when progressives are upset about disparate harm to black people they mean black criminals"
X Link 2023-12-28T20:45Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"13th is underrated as a cause of illiteracy about criminal justice policy Apparently Netflix put out a documentary in [----] that convinced people of this I havent seen it and cant speak to whether thats a faithful reading of its text. Apparently Netflix put out a documentary in [----] that convinced people of this I havent seen it and cant speak to whether thats a faithful reading of its text"
X Link 2024-01-01T15:47Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

""Predicting adult involvement in crime: Personality measures are significant socio-economic measures are not""
X Link 2024-01-02T15:14Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

""The general factor of personality (GFP) and criminal behavior across the lifespan: Expanding predictive validity""
X Link 2024-01-02T15:15Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@besttrousers And as a fraction of total current expenditures"
X Link 2024-01-02T19:55Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"Last year @interruptcrim @inournames & @drugpolicyorg convened Black feminist leaders from six countries to create a shared Black feminist vision toward a world that centers bodily autonomy & self-determination. The roots of a Black Feminist approach to ending the drug war https://t.co/bN0dej0XQe Last year @interruptcrim @inournames & @drugpolicyorg convened Black feminist leaders from six countries to create a shared Black feminist vision toward a world that centers bodily autonomy & self-determination. The roots of a Black Feminist approach to ending the drug war https://t.co/bN0dej0XQe"
X Link 2024-01-04T19:32Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"An interesting thing about number writing: I think this headline would be clearer if they'd just written "2500." Floating pier proposed for Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg: https://t.co/eIjSGxVrlo https://t.co/xU3lutqKv6 Floating pier proposed for Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg: https://t.co/eIjSGxVrlo https://t.co/xU3lutqKv6"
X Link 2024-01-08T15:09Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@PangolinRollin It's at Rio in Gaithersburg. They have a big artificial lake"
X Link 2024-01-08T15:15Z 14.1K followers, [--] engagements

"@jdcmedlock This is why I had a kid in December for the tax benefits"
X Link 2024-01-09T02:08Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"@lymanstoneky each survey breakout is here: I'm not sure there's a way to pull out the correlated death risk. Could look at the attrition in cohorts-first use years between survey years maybe. So that line is actually the average of these points. (Which probably shouldn't be equally weighted because the surveys are different Ns.) https://t.co/1Qf4wHrEfn So that line is actually the average of these points. (Which probably shouldn't be equally weighted because the surveys are different Ns.) https://t.co/1Qf4wHrEfn"
X Link 2024-01-09T19:02Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Everyone should be in favor of a constitutional convention insofar as it would be among the funniest events in American history. Schiff would somehow accomplish something that requires a constitutional convention if elected https://t.co/KGDjAMHerg Schiff would somehow accomplish something that requires a constitutional convention if elected https://t.co/KGDjAMHerg"
X Link 2024-01-12T14:17Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"There's a real chance that a ConCon would both abolish the income tax and create a constitutional right to publicly funded health insurance"
X Link 2024-01-12T14:18Z 14K followers, [---] engagements

"@SwannMarcus89 Shocked the Senator from a state Donald Trump won in [----] and almost won in [----] isnt far left"
X Link 2024-01-15T01:41Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"The sort of position you can only hold if you enjoy the insanely rare privilege of living in the diaspora and yet not facing brutal antisemitism. Some progressive Jews are embracing diasporism the belief that they must embrace marginality and a certain estrangement from Israel reimagining their faith as one that blesses their lives in America and elsewhere. https://t.co/wBslQ3uhxl Some progressive Jews are embracing diasporism the belief that they must embrace marginality and a certain estrangement from Israel reimagining their faith as one that blesses their lives in America and elsewhere."
X Link 2024-01-15T02:01Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Again does seem significant that you cant spot Bukeles election on this chart โ˜  ๐Ÿ•Š From the world's most unsafe country to second safest in the Western Hemisphere in just a few years ๐Ÿงต A thread on El Salvador https://t.co/uS32vsSRMG โ˜  ๐Ÿ•Š From the world's most unsafe country to second safest in the Western Hemisphere in just a few years ๐Ÿงต A thread on El Salvador https://t.co/uS32vsSRMG"
X Link 2024-01-18T17:48Z 14.3K followers, 11.2K engagements

"@SJacques83 As I just said I don't know"
X Link 2024-01-18T18:04Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Homicide rates in Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua for comparison"
X Link 2024-01-18T18:05Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"you're hearing more and more about stocks lately"
X Link 2024-01-19T23:33Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"To be fair the polls suggest Trump will win is a reasonable conclusion. Having been to Davos once and preferring to keep it that way I can affirm that this is the sort of private hush-hush only-on-background stuff you get from being on the ground there: I think Trump is probably going to win. (Why) Well I saw I cable news segment on the polls https://t.co/YCf5Kn2Ffz Having been to Davos once and preferring to keep it that way I can affirm that this is the sort of private hush-hush only-on-background stuff you get from being on the ground there: I think Trump is probably going to win. (Why)"
X Link 2024-01-20T02:53Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"Continuing my theme of Donald Trump might win because theres lots of evidence he could get more electoral votes than Joe Biden"
X Link 2024-01-20T02:55Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"I am happy to bet anyone on here that Trump will outperform RFK among christian suburban moms however measured. What I know for sure is that Trump is going to have to work for the Christian suburban mom vote like he never has before. They dont agree with RFK on everything but they like him. If they have a choice between Trump who called heartbeat bills terrible and who authored the What I know for sure is that Trump is going to have to work for the Christian suburban mom vote like he never has before. They dont agree with RFK on everything but they like him. If they have a choice between"
X Link 2024-01-22T14:33Z 14.1K followers, [----] engagements

"I don't think RFK is going to be on the ballot in most states"
X Link 2024-01-22T14:37Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"@jdcmedlock @besttrousers Pretty sure this is neither a head tax nor an income tax"
X Link 2024-01-24T02:22Z 14.1K followers, [---] engagements

"I dunno I would rather police be trained than not"
X Link 2024-01-24T13:35Z 14.3K followers, 17.1K engagements

"When will we as a nation say enough is enough and stop using platform as a verb So CNN has just platformed both Robert F. Kennedy AND Kari Lake two conspiracy theorists liars & people who have no respect for our democracy in the span of a one hour show. Pathetic. CNN will never learn. Our media continues to fail us & our democracy. So CNN has just platformed both Robert F. Kennedy AND Kari Lake two conspiracy theorists liars & people who have no respect for our democracy in the span of a one hour show. Pathetic. CNN will never learn. Our media continues to fail us & our democracy"
X Link 2024-01-28T00:01Z 14.1K followers, 49.3K engagements

"I dont think its unreasonable what Fetterman is doing indeed I prefer it to the alternative. But it is really really transparent"
X Link 2024-01-28T01:33Z 14K followers, [----] engagements

"Twitter crowdsource question: this is a photo of my grandfather. Can anyone tell me what the uniform hes wearing is"
X Link 2024-01-28T21:50Z [--] followers, [----] engagements

"I used to be a BWC skeptic because the early studies were so negative. But they had substantial problems with power and failed randomization. The later bigger ones show effects"
X Link 2024-01-29T19:29Z 14.3K followers, 239.5K engagements

"This is one of those things where thinking in absolutes doesn't help. "Correlation implies causation" and "correlation does not imply causation" are both usually not helpful for actually judging evidence. Better to think "correlation suggests causation but not that strongly." My econometrics professor said anyone who uses the phrase correlation is not causation doesnt understand statistics and wouldnt be able to explain what the problem is stancil has devolved into being incredulous that even measuring race at all means anything lol My econometrics professor said anyone who uses the phrase"
X Link 2024-01-30T19:46Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"If you see a correlation insisting it doesn't show something isn't a very strong argument. Absence of evidence = evidence of absence. On the other hand lots of correlations are spurious"
X Link 2024-01-30T19:47Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"And if yes to the last does the research replicate Does it scale What are the relevant heterogeneities"
X Link 2024-01-30T19:50Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"If you start with "correlation suggests causation" and then ratchet up or down the strength of that suggestion based on other evidence you end up with a more persuasive and useful picture of the world than just making strong statements about correlation to begin with"
X Link 2024-01-30T19:51Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"Who bothers to vote in an essentially uncontested Democratic primary the fact that Biden is polling rough in the general with the other fact that he is putting up Saddam numbers in primaries is rather interesting the fact that Biden is polling rough in the general with the other fact that he is putting up Saddam numbers in primaries is rather interesting"
X Link 2024-02-04T01:51Z 14.3K followers, [----] engagements

"Starting to think this Donald Trump fellow might be able to win after all This is the first time that a Republican for president has held a consistent lead in national polling since [----]. This is the first time that a Republican for president has held a consistent lead in national polling since 2004"
X Link 2024-02-05T02:28Z 14.3K followers, 12.8K engagements

"- I don't think prohibition is coming back but strongly favor more restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol; just some of my thoughts on the topic is available in this report - I don't think people should be incarcerated just for using drugs (which mostly they are not) although I don't think that means policy should do nothing to address problematic drug use. You can read more of my thoughts on same here: - I do think selling drugs should be prohibited with at least some resources dedicated to enforcing that prohibition. So I suppose the last point is true Although I don't really"
X Link 2024-02-08T16:11Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"@dr4liberty @CarolKennon4 So talking about Portugal isn't particularly germane to a discussion of SCSs right"
X Link 2024-02-08T16:12Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Although as long as we're on Portugal let us recall that drugs were also decriminalized in Italy and Spain with essentially no effect on OD deaths. And that Portugal's decrim a) probably had very little effect on actual enforcement (see and b) happened at the same time as a number of other drug-policy changes including a dramatic expansion in treatment"
X Link 2024-02-08T16:15Z 14.3K followers, [--] engagements

"Call me old fashioned but I think public defenders shouldnt see it as their job to explain how to get away with crimes hello this is your friendly public defender logging on to ask you to please stop googling your crimes. thank you. https://t.co/KuMCfY0jsz hello this is your friendly public defender logging on to ask you to please stop googling your crimes. thank you. https://t.co/KuMCfY0jsz"
X Link 2024-02-10T21:16Z 20.6K followers, 1.6M engagements

"PDs should make sure that peoples due process rights are protected They should give them fair representation They should not uh discourage them from incriminating themselves"
X Link 2024-02-10T21:16Z 14.3K followers, 147K engagements

"Fair representation means helping your client get away with a crime it does not @CharlesFLehman Fair representation but just sit by and watch them incriminate themselves lol ya ok @CharlesFLehman Fair representation but just sit by and watch them incriminate themselves lol ya ok"
X Link 2024-02-10T21:38Z 14.3K followers, 110.1K engagements

"@HabCorpLinguist Do you think a public defender should help hide a murder weapon"
X Link 2024-02-10T22:36Z 14.3K followers, 38.4K engagements

""Adversarial system" means PDs ensure the state has gone beyond reasonable doubt has followed procedural norms has respect their client's constitutional rights. "Adversarial system" does not mean hiding your client's gun to get him off. @CharlesFLehman Bad take. In an adversarial system it is the job of public defenders to do whatever they can to defend their clients interests (like not going to prison) @CharlesFLehman Bad take. In an adversarial system it is the job of public defenders to do whatever they can to defend their clients interests (like not going to prison)"
X Link 2024-02-10T22:37Z 14.3K followers, 108.2K engagements

"@Mike_chen2 Raw appears to modify both nouns"
X Link 2024-02-11T17:13Z 14.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@musharbash_b @besttrousers There's no particular reason "what matters is the average not the monthly fluctuation"I buy eggs more than once a year indeed more than once a month But sure here's real average annual egg prices. I'm glad to see that the egg companies stopped colluding in [----] :)"
X Link 2024-02-16T15:11Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"The NYM financial advice columnist is sitting on $50K in cash is in retrospect something of a red flag do i have $80000 in checking do i look like a journalist married to a nonprofit board member do i have $80000 in checking do i look like a journalist married to a nonprofit board member"
X Link 2024-02-17T16:05Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@ryxcommar Have you heard the good news about unlimited sips at Panera"
X Link 2024-02-19T18:00Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"This is a map of population density This is one of the most fascinating charts Ive ever seen. Been staring at it all morning trying to draw assumptions from it https://t.co/vG01VRNExu This is one of the most fascinating charts Ive ever seen. Been staring at it all morning trying to draw assumptions from it https://t.co/vG01VRNExu"
X Link 2024-02-20T01:17Z 14.4K followers, 14.1K engagements

"Something quick from me at @CityJournal on DOC's "napkin math" on scaling down New York City's jail pop. https://www.city-journal.org/article/consequences-be-damned https://www.city-journal.org/article/consequences-be-damned"
X Link 2024-02-20T19:53Z 15.7K followers, [----] engagements

"Me: aggressive regulation of housing has dramatically reduced the supply of housing. This is bad. Libertarians: nodding Me: aggressive regulation of drugs has dramatically reduced the supply of drugs. This is good. Libertarians: shock outrage"
X Link 2024-02-25T15:28Z 14.4K followers, 11.1K engagements

"@BrandondelPozo The weaponry also saves local taxpayers money - if you get handguns and ammo under [----] you dont pay for them out of pocket"
X Link 2024-02-27T22:07Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"Seems suboptimal After Bruen a police officer in New York can no longer assume that seeing a person with a gun in public here a possible gang member who has a gun in his pants pocket is doing so illegally. No PC motion to suppress granted. (EDNY per Garaufis) https://t.co/4MPK1yHzmM #N https://t.co/4WGLyczVZF After Bruen a police officer in New York can no longer assume that seeing a person with a gun in public here a possible gang member who has a gun in his pants pocket is doing so illegally. No PC motion to suppress granted. (EDNY per Garaufis) https://t.co/4MPK1yHzmM #N"
X Link 2024-02-28T02:02Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@PTBwrites @LeahLibresco I like the idea of destination wedding as tax avoidance scheme. "Honey let's get married in the Cayman Islands""
X Link 2024-03-01T18:04Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"An interesting thing is that that the ratio of COVID deaths to COVID hospitalizations has dropped pretty precipitously. The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19 a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic. https://t.co/tIRTSeHcEd https://t.co/juNbJKZlIZ The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19 a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic. https://t.co/tIRTSeHcEd"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:05Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I don't have an opinion on why this is. Probably vaccine roll-out important although that happens early in the series. Probably population immunity accruing. Maybe driven by changes in reporting of data"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:07Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Some of it maybe selection bias: less serious cases now more likely to get hospitalized due to slack capacity maybe"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:08Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Also let's just re-up this thread on the ineffectiveness of comprehensive social service provision for gang violence reduction. A recent study evaluated StreetSafe Boston "a multiyear streetwork intervention providing violence mediation and social service provision to active gang members associated with [--] Boston gangs." https://t.co/mTEkoKcLjj https://t.co/xsPw8n5QKe A recent study evaluated StreetSafe Boston "a multiyear streetwork intervention providing violence mediation and social service provision to active gang members associated with [--] Boston gangs." https://t.co/mTEkoKcLjj"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:33Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Why do people join gangs Because their friends are in gangs How can you disrupt these social networks Call-ins social interventions CBT probably help at the margins. But at the end of the day you mostly have to give people [--] - [--] years time out"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:34Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"(Note that I don't say [--] or [--] years Some gang offenders are likely to be persistent. But lots of them will age out of crime; get them off the street for a gun offense and you can probably release them in their late 20s or early 30s)"
X Link 2024-03-01T20:35Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@brunosaurustext Ofc. there are clearly going to be cases where prison is criminogenic But by the same token there are cases where the benefits outweigh the cost. And my view is that guys who are on the margins of murdering one another the benefits outweigh the costs"
X Link 2024-03-02T00:54Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"OD is actually a major cause of death in prisons. Even if you dont think the CJ system should be a treatment off ramp - which imo is mostly a moral purity position - you should care about providing services for preventatively Lauding jail as a place for recovery expresses desperation for healing structure. But the jails being lauded are often death traps Giving birth unattended on the floor of a prison shower because a woman told a cop she used cannabis. Is this healing https://t.co/52ZPu5kTXC Lauding jail as a place for recovery expresses desperation for healing structure. But the jails"
X Link 2024-03-02T21:59Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@dr4liberty Ah but this wouldnt be a problem if we just legalized is convenient in its practical unfalsifiability. Not very persuasive as an argument about actually existing policy"
X Link 2024-03-03T00:09Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@dr4liberty But sure we can do this again. Do you think if we finally legalize alcohol and cigarettes that will solve all the alcohol and cigarette deaths we currently deal with"
X Link 2024-03-03T00:11Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"Oregon Secretary of State: "Prior to M110 Oregon had no adults in custody serving time in prison for solely drug possession-related offenses." [---] million Oregonians: We are exercising our democratic right to change the law so that we are no longer locking people up for using drugs. Handful of rich dudes: We really would prefer that they were locked up. Oregon legislature: Lock 'em up it is [---] million Oregonians: We are exercising our democratic right to change the law so that we are no longer locking people up for using drugs. Handful of rich dudes: We really would prefer that they were"
X Link 2024-03-04T01:00Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Also it's not a "handful of rich dudes" it's a majority of Oregonians in polling as well as the mayor of Portland the ultra-progressive Multnomah County DA the Democratic governor and myriad community leaders"
X Link 2024-03-04T01:05Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"A fun fact is that Italy decriminalized drugs in the 70s recriminalized them in [----] and then re-decriminalized them in [----]. Oregon is attempting an interesting public-policy experiment: criminalizing drugs https://t.co/CB6nhRbMNy Oregon is attempting an interesting public-policy experiment: criminalizing drugs https://t.co/CB6nhRbMNy"
X Link 2024-03-04T01:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Wait what It used to be way more common to be killed by lightning. https://t.co/WX1YiWgRcJ It used to be way more common to be killed by lightning. https://t.co/WX1YiWgRcJ"
X Link 2024-03-13T00:42Z 14.4K followers, 69.3K engagements

"@jmhorp Yes but why wouldn't they follow the same trend"
X Link 2024-03-13T01:09Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"If anyone views the 40th year as as much of a deterrent as the 39th its probably guys who spend a lot of time taking long-term views"
X Link 2024-03-15T21:36Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"You can rent almost any movie on YouTube for $3 Really a great arrangement Some of this is pure Charlie Brown had hoes territory but a lot of it is people stubbornly refusing to pay for la carte digital rentals even though of course thats how you paid for everything in the good old days. Some of this is pure Charlie Brown had hoes territory but a lot of it is people stubbornly refusing to pay for la carte digital rentals even though of course thats how you paid for everything in the good old days"
X Link 2024-03-16T12:17Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"I agree The murder of [--] people in Arkansas also deserves to be news. Arkansas this week had a mass shooting that tragically killed [--] people and injured [--] more. I havent heard a peep about it. The NYC subway moves the population of Arkansas everyday and a man gets shot with his own gun and its a national media frenzy. Make it make sense. Arkansas this week had a mass shooting that tragically killed [--] people and injured [--] more. I havent heard a peep about it. The NYC subway moves the population of Arkansas everyday and a man gets shot with his own gun and its a national media frenzy. Make it"
X Link 2024-03-16T13:19Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Whenever you read someone complaining about RCTs the subtext is usually that RCTs were bad for the intervention they wanted to run or would have been paid to run. Perhaps the highest value of the RCT revolution has not been in finding things that work of which there are too few but in steering resources away from programs that make intuitive sense but dont actually improve lives. Perhaps the highest value of the RCT revolution has not been in finding things that work of which there are too few but in steering resources away from programs that make intuitive sense but dont actually improve"
X Link 2024-03-16T17:53Z 14.4K followers, 11.8K engagements

"Sports gambling which was essentially illegal nationwide until less than a decade ago now being used as a wedge to push for expansion of other gambling products. Gosh that slope is slippery"
X Link 2024-03-19T13:58Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@ahardtospell Thats descriptively true. But the evidence from cigarettes is that reaching such an equilibrium takes a very long time and is very politically costly. Think about how long it took to get people to stop smoking even after we knew it was bad"
X Link 2024-03-19T15:04Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"One of the most horrifying graphics ever. One of the most horrifying graphics ever. https://t.co/kGggd0bs4H One of the most horrifying graphics ever. https://t.co/kGggd0bs4H"
X Link 2024-03-24T13:14Z 20.6K followers, 472.9K engagements

"This has escaped containment so let me be clear: I am joking"
X Link 2024-03-25T00:15Z 14.4K followers, 10.1K engagements

"@ernietedeschi Sure Im just saying that for Italy eg that happened a long time ago and the marginal decline today does not have the same benefit"
X Link 2024-03-31T01:00Z 14.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@mattyglesias If you understand it as part of the broader movement culture of the Progressive era it makes sense. The same people who passed the 18th Amendment also passed the 19th"
X Link 2024-03-31T22:16Z 14.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@IrvingSwisher Wait what is it"
X Link 2024-04-01T22:54Z 14.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Just got back from the degrowther rally. Amazing turnout. Thousands of people holding hands and chanting Better things arent possible Doing some light reading https://t.co/YnHMZQoqIk Doing some light reading https://t.co/YnHMZQoqIk"
X Link 2024-04-07T18:10Z 20.6K followers, 75.2K engagements

"https://manhattan.institute/article/why-police-need-to-enforce-traffic-laws Your regular reminder traffic tickets are for revenue generation they do nothing to improve traffic safety. Plus lots of overtime for cops. https://manhattan.institute/article/why-police-need-to-enforce-traffic-laws Your regular reminder traffic tickets are for revenue generation they do nothing to improve traffic safety. Plus lots of overtime for cops"
X Link 2024-04-15T11:45Z 14.5K followers, 27.6K engagements

"@AlecStapp Pronouncing it like Namibia"
X Link 2024-04-15T12:55Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@ByrneHobart love my little future workers"
X Link 2024-04-16T16:31Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements

"One way to think about the "isolated demands for rigor" I identify here is that almost everyone skeptical of the Ferguson effect will insist that the 2020-23 spike was caused exclusively by COVID usually based on nothing more than the argument "it was an unprecedented pandemic" New post about what's going on here. Hint: it rhymes with "shmerguson effect" https://t.co/JOcYY13xVr New post about what's going on here. Hint: it rhymes with "shmerguson effect" https://t.co/JOcYY13xVr"
X Link 2024-04-16T23:24Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Real question: what explains tipflation Its a long-term trend: 10% was normal decades ago then [--] then [--]. Why would a percentage of a nominal price increase"
X Link 2024-04-18T23:11Z 18.7K followers, 128.3K engagements

"Oklahoma should offer to insure employers of returning citizens An opportunity to experiment with the idea proposed here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w29947 Opinion: Hiring individuals returning from incarceration can address the ongoing labor shortage writes Tricia Everest Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety. https://t.co/0rxxUYYXXs via @theoklahoman_ https://www.nber.org/papers/w29947 Opinion: Hiring individuals returning from incarceration can address the ongoing labor shortage writes Tricia Everest Oklahoma Secretary of Public Safety. https://t.co/0rxxUYYXXs via @theoklahoman_"
X Link 2024-04-19T13:03Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements

"Among NYC voters Eric Adams is approximately as unpopular as Donald Trump. https://manhattan.institute/article/polling-nyc-survey-analysis-of-2025-likely-mayoral-voters https://manhattan.institute/article/polling-nyc-survey-analysis-of-2025-likely-mayoral-voters"
X Link 2024-04-19T13:20Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements

"If you dig into the links you will discover that these ETFs are respectively "iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF" and "Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF" https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/19/letter-4-18-your-student-group-needs-to-call-for-divestment-2/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/04/19/letter-4-18-your-student-group-needs-to-call-for-divestment-2/"
X Link 2024-04-19T21:21Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

"@watn_tarnation fentanyl actually one of the few commodities to experience substantial deflation https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/add.15942 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/add.15942"
X Link 2024-04-23T17:04Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@janecoaston When you look into what universities are supposed to divest from its always sell an ETF that holds 0.001% of a weapons manufacturer that might have sold weapons to Israel way in the past"
X Link 2024-04-25T20:53Z 14.5K followers, 36.6K engagements

"@janecoaston The market value of the ETF isnt determined by the demand from endowments - if Columbia sells it some (potentially less ethical) actor will just buy it at a marginal discount and profit"
X Link 2024-04-25T20:56Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Why is everyone so confused by prepositions His public attacks on Elon Musk. happy for him https://t.co/gcIt164s99 happy for him https://t.co/gcIt164s99"
X Link 2024-04-30T13:58Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements

"Quick take from me in @CityJournal on rescheduling marijuana (hint: it's just a hand-out to the pot industry). https://www.city-journal.org/article/bidens-handout-to-the-pot-industry https://www.city-journal.org/article/bidens-handout-to-the-pot-industry"
X Link 2024-05-01T17:02Z 14.5K followers, [----] engagements

"@wanyeburkett ftr treatment does work depending on what you mean by treatment"
X Link 2024-05-02T14:07Z 14.5K followers, [---] engagements

"In the not-too-distant future folding clothes will be looked back on as the same kind of pointless drudgery that handwashing is today viewed as. This is cool but A) takes way too long. And B) Doesn't look like you can just dump a gigantic pile of clothes out of the dryer onto it. Need both of those things to actually have a killer consumer device (which we need) This is cool but A) takes way too long. And B) Doesn't look like you can just dump a gigantic pile of clothes out of the dryer onto it. Need both of those things to actually have a killer consumer device (which we need)"
X Link 2024-05-03T12:47Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

"@LessCrime New Haven for pizza"
X Link 2024-05-07T22:30Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"@mattyglesias UAE has one of the funnier pseudo-western political systems"
X Link 2024-05-12T11:08Z 14.6K followers, 12.7K engagements

"@tonyannett There are lots of reasons few of which are germane to determining the causes of the crisis because the demand is approximately what it was before the crisis started"
X Link 2024-05-12T18:04Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"@tonyannett Let me give you another example. How would you say these phenomena are playing out in Canada And how would you say they are playing out across the EU https://twitter.com/tonyannett/status/1789703660726800535 @CharlesFLehman I can point to the real wage stagnation of the working class the huge drop in mens prime age participation spiking inequality faltering intergenerational mobility https://twitter.com/tonyannett/status/1789703660726800535 @CharlesFLehman I can point to the real wage stagnation of the working class the huge drop in mens prime age participation spiking inequality"
X Link 2024-05-12T18:06Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"The best explanation for polling remains - unpopular incumbent - thermostatic equilibrium reading the anecdotes from that article about the NYT/Siena poll Im increasingly convinced people are irrationally hating Biden first and coming up with a justification afterwards reading the anecdotes from that article about the NYT/Siena poll Im increasingly convinced people are irrationally hating Biden first and coming up with a justification afterwards"
X Link 2024-05-13T17:02Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

""How can so many people vote for Donald Trump" well he's the Republican nominee so he'll reliably get about half the country"
X Link 2024-05-13T17:02Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"@besttrousers Phone a friend 50:50 etc"
X Link 2024-05-15T16:07Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"Ah a classic Twitter dot com fight about calculus Impressively obtuse and pedantic--the impact of inflation (itself meaningless to voters except as an abstraction) is cumulative in the sense that the rising costs accrue against an ever-growing baseline. https://t.co/vMke4N2WOe Impressively obtuse and pedantic--the impact of inflation (itself meaningless to voters except as an abstraction) is cumulative in the sense that the rising costs accrue against an ever-growing baseline. https://t.co/vMke4N2WOe"
X Link 2024-05-16T15:26Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

"@jmhorp https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21214344/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21214344/"
X Link 2024-05-21T00:48Z 14.6K followers, [----] engagements

"Back in the 1990s @KeithNHumphreys and Jon Caulkins write the average marijuana user was consuming about [--] mg of THC per day. Today the average is [---] mg/day a 60x increase. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/22/this-isnt-your-fathers-marijuana-use/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/22/this-isnt-your-fathers-marijuana-use/"
X Link 2024-05-22T15:31Z 14.6K followers, 126.9K engagements

"It should be instructive that while we obviously ought to regulate and tax alcohol pretty strictly we do not and have been wildly unsuccessful at changing that since the 21st Amendment. Raises questions about our capacity to implement such a regime for pot imo. What we need to do is regulate and tax both marijuana and alcohol pretty strictly while also letting them be available for legal consumption by consenting adults. https://t.co/HQbzEDdJel What we need to do is regulate and tax both marijuana and alcohol pretty strictly while also letting them be available for legal consumption by"
X Link 2024-05-22T16:02Z 14.6K followers, [---] engagements

"Caulkins and Humphreys are talking here about daily (or near-daily) users. Caulkins separately estimates that about 40% of the [--] million American marijuana users use daily or near-daily (24M)"
X Link 2024-05-23T12:02Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements

"And people who smoke marijuana daily or near-daily demonstrate other features of dependence like going through withdrawal which 47% do in one study. (yes of course you can withdraw from marijuana see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15743 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2764234 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.15743 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2764234"
X Link 2024-05-23T12:02Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@ManhattanInst I think this is wrong for two reasons. The first is that decrim does not actually appear to have an appreciable effect on ODs either wayit neither increases nor decreases them. This is true in it turns out the high-quality literature on Portugal as well as on North America"
X Link 2024-05-23T14:27Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements

"@ManhattanInst If criminalization causes ODs then decriminalization should reduce them. It doesn't ergo changing the criminal status of drug possession has little to do with improving health outcomes"
X Link 2024-05-23T14:28Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements

"I think we underrate how hard it is to provide education to a range of abilities at scale. If the smart kids are bored thats an okay outcome. Most interventions dont work at scale School kind of does some stuff Thats pretty good This thread is absolutely correct. Sometimes people treat good schools as black boxes where you put kids in and education pops out with everything working well But for many kids their core memory of even good schools will simply be waiting idly So much more is possible This thread is absolutely correct. Sometimes people treat good schools as black boxes where you put"
X Link 2024-05-25T00:26Z 14.7K followers, 1M engagements

"I also spent a lot of time waiting as a kid. That was good Im glad that I was forced to wait. It was an important lesson in how my edification is not the most important thing. https://x.com/simonsarris/status/1794042603203096827 I went to excellent catholic schools for [--] years. I had a fine time. I liked all my teachers. Still my biggest childhood memory of school was just waiting. Waiting for everyone else to be done waiting for the day to be over waiting to be picked up. I think we can do better. https://x.com/simonsarris/status/1794042603203096827 I went to excellent catholic schools for"
X Link 2024-05-25T00:27Z 14.7K followers, 61.4K engagements

"Most of the replies/qts are missing the assignment. Its not memorable tweets its tweets that define the language of Twitter. And for that the only answer is anything tweeted by Donald Trump What are the load-bearing posts of our time Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count PS if you can parse this you should probably log off What are the load-bearing posts of our time Obviously 'facing god and walking backwards into hell' and 'miette' are up there. Does Ed Balls still count PS if you can parse this you should probably log off"
X Link 2024-05-27T23:13Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements

"If 100% of the change in Biden's approval since the IDF invaded Gaza is attributable to that action then it only accounts for about [---] pp of decline. Let me say this nice & slow for the oh so smart white liberals: - genocide + economy that only works for the top 10% = 38% approval for Biden. - instead of yelling at ppl to get over genocide or working [--] jobs just to struggle put energy into getting him to step down. Let me say this nice & slow for the oh so smart white liberals: - genocide + economy that only works for the top 10% = 38% approval for Biden. - instead of yelling at ppl to get"
X Link 2024-05-29T16:07Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements

"@MidwestDeplore @besttrousers I think we should ask a bunch of people including the working poor and immigrants about their employment. We could do it every month and the government could pay for it. What do you think"
X Link 2024-05-30T12:01Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements

"@cojobrien don't be too conspicuous with your use of advanced American technology it can scare the natives who are unused to such wonders"
X Link 2024-05-30T18:31Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements

"As I understand it incarcerating a first-time non-violent offender will just stigmatize him increasing recidivism risk. Maybe they should try a restorative justice or other diversion program"
X Link 2024-05-31T00:58Z 20.6K followers, 41.1K engagements

""Have" - "'ave" - "of" drift is definitely one of those things that will be standard English in a century or so. Today is a miscarriage of justice. Donald Trump should NOT of been found guilty. Today is a miscarriage of justice. Donald Trump should NOT of been found guilty"
X Link 2024-05-31T12:09Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"I'd like to see where the polling goes but I think at the descriptive level there are very few people who did not already have strong opinions on whether or not Donald Trump was a crook. Thats the reason being convicted of a felony is political damaging. If twelve people who listened in detail to your well-paid attorneys and their arguments all decided that youre a crook that shifts a reasonable persons priors toward youre a crook. Thats the reason being convicted of a felony is political damaging. If twelve people who listened in detail to your well-paid attorneys and their arguments all"
X Link 2024-05-31T16:04Z 14.7K followers, [----] engagements

"What are some policy issues where there has been meaningful (and probably semi-permenant) change over the last [--] years What are some policy issues where there has been meaningful (and probably semi-permenant) change over the last [--] years"
X Link 2024-06-03T13:01Z 14.8K followers, 30K engagements

"Also while violence is down relative to its 2020-21 peak it's important to note that we're still above the [----] baseline by a lot of measures. https://jasher.substack.com/p/murder-is-still-down-a-lot-as-summe https://jasher.substack.com/p/murder-is-still-down-a-lot-as-summe"
X Link 2024-06-03T13:23Z 14.7K followers, [---] engagements

"Need some new podcasts which are the good ones"
X Link 2024-06-05T11:07Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"It does seem important that this is not really how NYCs congestion pricing scheme was going to work. Ever been stuck in traffic and think man this is annoying and inconvenient so annoying and so inconvenient that I would gladly spend a modest sum of money to avoid the annoyance and inconvenience Ever been stuck in traffic and think man this is annoying and inconvenient so annoying and so inconvenient that I would gladly spend a modest sum of money to avoid the annoyance and inconvenience"
X Link 2024-06-06T10:44Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"My official view on congestion pricing in theory is that it is very good My view on congestion pricing as proposed by the MTA is that it was a mess. Possibly still preferable to the status quo ante But far from ideal"
X Link 2024-06-06T10:44Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@binarybits A flat fee set by government fiat with lots of carve outs is not a very efficient price"
X Link 2024-06-06T10:50Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"@besttrousers We should randomly assign half the country to have Trump as president and half the country to have Biden. Then we could really figure out who does better"
X Link 2024-06-07T02:10Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"@besttrousers The problem with NYC's plan is that it is not sufficiently a neoliberal market solution. Why isn't the toll dynamic in response to demand"
X Link 2024-06-07T14:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"One simple answer is to say that unsafe driving is 80/20 such that marginal improvements to the average drivers safety have very little effect on the risk of those most likely to be in deadly accidents What's the best theory on why all the new car safety tech is having no impact on car fatality rates I (wrongfully) assumed that blind spot + lane departure detection etc. made us safer but car fatality rates are flat / up over the last decade. https://t.co/5GiJFg1lwO What's the best theory on why all the new car safety tech is having no impact on car fatality rates I (wrongfully) assumed that"
X Link 2024-06-16T10:47Z 14.8K followers, 19.8K engagements

"@Bernstein I just took the three-year-old to panera which is sort of the low-rent version of this"
X Link 2024-06-16T13:43Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"60 million is more than the entire foreign-born population of the United States legal and illegal. Even @CIS_orgthe think tank for immigration restrictionismestimates the illegal immigrant population at about [--] million. https://cis.org/Report/October-2023-ForeignBorn-Share-Was-Highest-History Why does everyone just accept the [--] million figure it's pushing near [--] million at this point. https://cis.org/Report/October-2023-ForeignBorn-Share-Was-Highest-History Why does everyone just accept the [--] million figure it's pushing near [--] million at this point"
X Link 2024-06-17T14:49Z 14.8K followers, 13.2K engagements

"More generally the problem is that sociologistsindeed many academicsusually do not think about policy and so when they write the conclusions chapter they just sort of go "therefore we should do #whatever the left wing of the Democratic party wants." It seems that the Achilles' heel of every sociologist's new book is that they propose pairing Scandinavian-style "universal" social spending with American-style "soak the rich" taxation which is simply not how it works in reality. https://t.co/sui144xPBf https://t.co/EVm3MyuFHU It seems that the Achilles' heel of every sociologist's new book is"
X Link 2024-06-17T15:55Z 14.8K followers, 19.8K engagements

"https://x.com/Talknpucks/status/1802794910996988361 @CharlesFLehman The sharp drop in liquor and disorderly conduct offenses probably signals a big pullback in proactive policing https://x.com/Talknpucks/status/1802794910996988361 @CharlesFLehman The sharp drop in liquor and disorderly conduct offenses probably signals a big pullback in proactive policing"
X Link 2024-06-17T20:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Anyway look I get that "Trump caused a crime wave Biden fixed it" is a fun way to own the cons or whatever. But it is correctly not an argument anyone would take seriously if it was made about a GOP president and you shouldn't take it seriously here"
X Link 2024-06-18T19:07Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"(ftr I don't think Justin was trying to do that but other people on here including Marshall were.)"
X Link 2024-06-18T19:12Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"BTW if you think the federal government should be doing more to lower crime which while thankfully in decline is still too high by developed-world standards have I got a plan for you https://manhattan.institute/article/modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-an-agenda-for-the-new-congress https://manhattan.institute/article/modernize-the-criminal-justice-system-an-agenda-for-the-new-congress"
X Link 2024-06-18T19:15Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"The other thing that Joe Biden could do to prove his tough-on-crime bona fides is fire D.C.'s U.S. Attorney and replace him with someone who will actually prosecute gun crimes"
X Link 2024-06-18T19:22Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Wait why were SIDS rates so low in the 1970s In late [----] Denmark started telling families about how to position their babies so as to avoid asphyxiation and the SIDS rate fell by two thirds shortly after. https://t.co/Z0KgApQGf0 In late [----] Denmark started telling families about how to position their babies so as to avoid asphyxiation and the SIDS rate fell by two thirds shortly after. https://t.co/Z0KgApQGf0"
X Link 2024-06-19T18:32Z 14.8K followers, 41.9K engagements

"@ryxcommar @NateSilver538 Wow they pay you the big bucks over at Docusign huh"
X Link 2024-06-19T22:18Z 15.7K followers, [---] engagements

"@SwannMarcus89 Dont we often lose at baseball to both Latin American and Korean/Japanese teams"
X Link 2024-06-20T11:21Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Good piece. Why dont successful programs replicate/scale Sometimes the answer is implementation fidelity Public policy researchers have you heard of the titanium law of evaluation @NIJDirLaVigne wants to acquaint you with it. https://t.co/nDmtEfCkWC Public policy researchers have you heard of the titanium law of evaluation @NIJDirLaVigne wants to acquaint you with it. https://t.co/nDmtEfCkWC"
X Link 2024-06-21T10:27Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"Stocks and flows Good Saturday morning NYC https://t.co/C41Q59qPaR Good Saturday morning NYC https://t.co/C41Q59qPaR"
X Link 2024-06-22T14:55Z 14.8K followers, [----] engagements

"I wanted to like this essay because I agree with the premise that we should use involuntary treatment more at the margin. But (typically) DeBoer spends most of his space lambasting the left. I think there are other challenges for IT than activists In the aftermath of the death of Jordan Neely the need for helping the mentally ill on the subway and on the streets who resist treatment has become more acute. https://t.co/vUuQq4TvTb In the aftermath of the death of Jordan Neely the need for helping the mentally ill on the subway and on the streets who resist treatment has become more acute."
X Link 2024-06-22T23:37Z 16K followers, [----] engagements

"Almost like Freddie is part of a movement that tears itself apart over how much text there should be in a comic"
X Link 2024-06-23T00:22Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

"Community notes still got it June [--] [----] Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility at the peak of McCarthyist anti-communist hysteria. https://t.co/3xCohHBEFL June [--] [----] Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed by electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility at the peak of McCarthyist anti-communist hysteria. https://t.co/3xCohHBEFL"
X Link 2024-06-23T11:16Z 14.7K followers, 11.5K engagements

"It's true we are opposed to tactics originally used by the Klan to intimidate law-abiding citizens and commit crimes with impunity. Right wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute are creating model legislation for mask bans which Democrats are trying to make law. https://t.co/MKN3IeixqV https://t.co/TsrxwUAKpG Right wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute are creating model legislation for mask bans which Democrats are trying to make law. https://t.co/MKN3IeixqV https://t.co/TsrxwUAKpG"
X Link 2024-06-25T14:36Z 14.8K followers, 16.2K engagements

"@cojobrien did you inflation-adjust the inflation-adjusted figures tho"
X Link 2024-06-25T15:38Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

""the 1st Black Congressman for NY16"* * Not counting two of the most notable black Representatives in American history"
X Link 2024-06-27T12:25Z 14.8K followers, [---] engagements

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