#Boosting

5 years ago today, I slipped away from a Xmas party at a friend’s house and snuck upstairs and watched a Falcon 9 first stage return to land at the
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Updated version of The Global Financial Resource Curse (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6wch3u3pjdrz927/globfincurse_june2020.pdf?dl=0). Since the late 1990s, a global saving glut has pushed capital from developing countries to the US. But invest
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We talk about liberal and conservative bias, but status quo bias is at the root of many of our problems. The worst institutional failures, the most immoral policies, survive because
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There will be a number of stories and memories shared as #CanadaRemembers today. Signal boosting a few more from the First World War that challenge the popular narrative of
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Quick thread about carbon taxes, climate change, taxes and you. Let's begin... The free market solution to carbon emissions is to work out the cost of external damages caused by
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Over the last 2 years a rash of crowdfunders have suddenly popped up from a handful of anti-trans “gender critical” individuals. Some have had single donations over £12k from anonymous
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THREAD:Caregivers across CA have had to cut their hours or quit their jobs as a result of the #COVID19 closure of schools, camps, child care, and elder care programs. This
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Since I've got more time in my hands, now that I'm confined to my bed for a short while; thought why shouldn't I expand a bit on the one thing
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Really heartened to see my Asian American friends learning more about our history of struggle in this country and histories of global solidarity with non-Asian POC. And, it’s also frustrating
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Did a survey at uni of Japanese folks on how they felt about recent releases The Last Samurai, Lost in Translation, and Memoirs of a Geisha.Most: "Happy to see our
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1/ Last couple of days saw first serious post-war incidents along the new line of contact in #Karabakh conflict zone.No precise information about casualties. Social media posts combined with official
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This issue is, appropriately, contentious. As a vaccinologist - & citizen & relative of people in at-risk groups - I fully support the UK decision to increase dose intervals of
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https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1349886817420668929 "As Iran tensions remain high, moving Israel to CENTOM’s area of responsibility would enable Israel, the United States and Arab partners to conduct joint exercises and planni
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I saw a sign yesterday at the #Seattleprotest that I've been mulling over, and I've decided I need to talk about it. This might get long and might be vaguely
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Kerala Blasters FC a thread: After loosing out lots of players in the beginning, they made a great comeback in the market. Earlier they were tagged as "bankrupt" and now
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Thread On What I Eat DailySo this thread was the winner of the vote & it's what I eat daily to aid #testosterone production. Please retweet & feel free to
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