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public policy researcher. my alt/fun account
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Weird, it seems ED drugs are not on the list despite being in the top 20 prescribed.
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Weird, it seems ED drugs are not on the list despite being in the top 20 prescribed.
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The Bible-thumping Speaker of the House is working overtime to cover up credible allegations that Trump’s unqualified AG nominee committed sexual misconduct. We’re already plumbing new depths of depravity.
Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says The attorney is calling for House Ethics to release its report. More: https://t.co/mIdiWvDST6
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Phi (the golden ratio) is the Rick Roll of Twitter geometry puzzles
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Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988 and 1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
statnews.com
In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.
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🚨 It's time for a new issue of Works in Progress🚨 Read Issue 16 to find out: - How we can gene edit mosquitoes out of existence - Why lab diamonds are better than natural ones - What's special about drip coffee & much more! https://t.co/M8keWVy8sJ
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This is pure gold. I’m starting to think JD Vance is a worse VP pick than Sarah Palin https://t.co/xwNV3vAdmh
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icymi while you were having a nice weekend: 20 mins of me explaining fixed and random effects in the context of group confounding, with coded examples of Bayesian implementations. Link in quoted below
Fixed effects? Random effects? What are econometricians smoking, is it safe, and where can you get some? See this BONUS content from my 2023 lectures for the bayes eye on random effects and group confounding. (link cued up to 55min mark)
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The West has been below replacement level fertility before. By the 1920s, more than half of European nations had fertility rates below 2.1. But fertility recovered – often to far above replacement level – in the famous Baby Boom. How did we pull it off? (🧵)
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We have 4 Supreme Court Justices who are past retirement age, two of which are in their 70’s. The next President could nominate MULTIPLE Justices to the Supreme Court. Let’s make sure It’s not Donald Trump.
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