#Consumption

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

rasmus_kleis

Quick thread on the whole Australia/Facebook/Google standoff.Frustrating situation with a lot at stake. And fundamentally opaque. There is so much we don't know, leaving space for self-interested assertions on all

Andrew Woodhouse 🌳

wouldhaus

(CW: Child Sexual Assault, r*pe)Alright buddy, lets fuckin go then. Here's a thread on the current studies done on the effects of Loli/Shota towards sexual crime rates:https://twitter.com/BlackDGamer1/status/1325547355345711114 First, a

Robert Reich

RBReich

We're in the Second Gilded Age just like the first -- when America's wealth was in the hands of a few, conspicuous consumption existed alongside homelessness and hunger, monopolies destroyed

The Shorthorn

UTAShorthorn

1/ Winter weather update: Here's a thread of what you need to know 2/ The Commons is closed due to the lack of water, but the University Center is

Per Bylund

PerBylund

This is the type of nonsense we get with the blind adherence to the consumption-spending fallacy ("Keynesianism"): "remote workers are 'contributing less to the infrastructure of the economy whilst still

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mnolangray

"[I]if you can’t go out to eat, why even live in the city?" And if you don't have a lot of nice consumption-amenities, the nudge for super productive people to

Claire Kennedy she/hers

claireakennedy_

Being a SMM during the last year has been rough. Not just because of the external turmoil, but benchmarks, data, and any confidence around my work was destroyed.The peaks and

Natasha Bertrand

NatashaBertrand

New: The WH is zeroing in on Trump’s intel briefer as the reason why Trump wasn’t told orally about Russia bounty intel (despite it being in PDB). Former officials, though,

Ross Gordon

_rossgordon

1/ Today on Gridology I tackled an issue that I care deeply about: JOURNALISM.The industry has gone through serious change in the last decade and I want to share my

Ryan Browne

Ryan_Browne_

Let’s talk about bitcoin’s impact on the environment https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/05/bitcoin-btc-surge-renews-worries-about-its-massive-carbon-footprint.html The #bitcoin network has for years alarmed experts due to the sheer level of

Stephen Stapczynski

SStapczynski

Japan Power Supply Crunch 2021Here is the state of play:> Tepco will receive electricity from companies with generating capacity (like steelmakers and refiners)> Tepco has asked some customers to lower

Alice Dreger, Ph.D.

AliceDreger

I have to go to a meeting soon but just wanted to dump a thought on the angst over the humanities, which is a reflection on my life and much

Taylor McKinnon

publiccarbon

Today's 9th Circuit ruling upended a modeling fallacy that both BOEM and BLM rely on to misconstrue the greenhouse gas pollution associated with dozens of federal fossil fuel projects onshore

Philippe Auclair

PhilippeAuclair

A fascinating thread. Some of the information/sources used by @smdiehl in it are behind a paywall, so I'll add a few free access open-source links underneath.https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1350869944888664064 https://www.sciencedail

Kishore C Iyer🇮🇳

Kishoreciyer1

This targeted GDP growth is an exercise in futility, the growth will have to happen organically, the population must be allowed to increase its consumption when it pleases and when

Liam Kelly

WordsFromLiam

Thinking about how even more massive names have gone from the high streets & town centres. We must not be tempted by temporarily filling the void with “pop-up” consumption to

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