Ben Boehlert
@bhboehlert
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Research Specialist @evictionlab, used to be RSA @MITEcon, opinions mine
NJ/QC/MA/NJ again
Joined February 2015
There's a lot of downsides to the way Twitter works now, but when someone calls in Grok for support in an argument and Grok disagrees with them and they start arguing with Grok instead, it's extremely funny.
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Wish I could be a fly on the wall when five lawyers explain banking regulations to Mr. Beast
BREAKING: @MrBeast has filed a trademark to launch his own bank. The org will be called MrBeast Financial. The filing was submitted on an intent-to-use basis, which under trademark law means there are genuine plans to bring this to life.
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We literally can’t discuss parking at family gatherings because my mom and I will get into a huge argument
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Just a total misread lol
the way people have SOOO much energy for fare evasion and none for drivers who don’t pay for parking says it all lol
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Good lord. Gotta use pw=weight!
There are a number of issues with this analysis but I found one that I haven't seen anyone else mention: Kaufmann estimates gender ID from the FIRE data without using the survey weights When the weights are used as designed, the evidence for his core claim disappears.
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Not joking, no exaggeration this is the craziest defensive play in baseball history
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Survivorship bias breaks everyone’s idea of how good 80s music was
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Sally, When The Wine Runs Out seems roughly as good as pop songs have been for 50 years now
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‘A succulent Chinese seal?’
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Agglomeration in the case of nyc because people can just keep moving further and further East or North
What wins out for maximizing cultural productivity? Agglomeration economies, or the freedom afforded by a low cost of living?
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the wide availability of fast fashion has distorted what people consider to be "affordable" clothing. $30 for a button-up shirt is now considered "not affordable" not because people can't pay it, but bc $5 options exist. this puts further downward pressure on garment worker wages
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Just found out @smokeismedicine got suspended which means we lost many classics including the "turns out he's one of the richest and most powerful gamblers" tweet 💔💔💔
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Over the past 5 seasons, the team with fewer hitting strikeouts has won the playoff series 43% of the time. In the same span, the team with more home runs has won the playoff series 76% of the time
The Yankees need to learn from the Brewers’ and Blue Jays’ approach of not striking out as much
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The pendulum may have swung too far on how dumb Travis is
No Taylor I do not believe Travis Kelce's favorite director is Greta Gerwig
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World Series winners with where they ranked in K rate 2024 LAD: 11th 2023 TEX: 15th 2022 HOU: 2nd 2021 ATL: 22nd It doesn’t matter
The Yankees need to learn from the Brewers’ and Blue Jays’ approach of not striking out as much
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Oh, you think a problem isn’t about housing? Wrong! It’s always about housing.
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