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This article links tech layoffs that started in 2022 to a Section 174 change in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which ended immediate R&D write-offs. The assumption was companies using savings from the tax cuts to cover the increased tax bill on R&D spending. Instead they’ve cut headcount.

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ok this one was enjoyable too. not sure i have the patience to dig into exercises but maybe i should. pytorch looks usable and not too scary in the grander scheme of things im not sure how useful it is to dig into these fundamental. i guess im partially curious and partially fomo

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let’s make this happen people

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My new Capitolism @TheDispatch examines the good, bad, & ugly of the Musk-led DOGE (tl;dr: good intentions, meager results, big mistakes, & troubling precedent): "DOGE Looked Broken Before the Trump-Musk Breakup" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...

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america first (in lost jobs)!

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can confirm

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these are our brothers and we should be building a better world together

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This is Tom's bread a butter so this is worth a read

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Good job, US Senate

submitted 6 days ago • 128 comments

my new rule, be like tom and always quote post

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I also worked for a mayor, a state rep, and a U.S. Senator. I've written and taught about authoritarianism for almost 40 years. I'm not an expert on global protest movements, but pretty sure I have a better feel for what works and what doesn't than most of the angry wannabe resisters here.

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I am not a world class vaccinologist or a leading scientist by any measure. But if my voice has any weight, let me say vociferously that pregnant women should get vaccinated against COVID. The data are pretty clear on this, IMHO.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

This exchange is revealing, terrifying, and intellectually bankrupt. No world leader would ever want to enter a room to deal with this guy because he's a crank.

submitted 12 days ago • 135 comments

Converted the ideas & writing in this thread into a piece for @theurbanist.org! My case for building code updates to promote more housing in Seattle! www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/04/o...

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Tomorrow, my team starts a new project at this great cave site, Arma delle Manie (Liguria, Italy). We're focusing this season on contextualizing the final Mousterian (Neanderthal) levels first excavated in the 60s. Watch this space for updates over the next few weeks! 🦣🏺

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Infant craniofacial diversity in Early Pleistocene Homo www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Does The Human Brain Have A Finite Memory Capacity? “It’s not some hidden dimension of space that’s limitless.” www.iflscience.com/does-the-hum...

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Imaging tools helping to unlock new stories from ancient human history phys.org/news/2025-06...

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Scientists find new markers to identify species from fragments of fossilized bone phys.org/news/2025-06...

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Good morning. It is now 12:01 AM, which means tariffs on nearly all steel & aluminum have been raised to 50%. That includes an increase in the tariffs on steel & aluminum content in derivatives, plus a new tariff on derivatives' non-metal content based on country-level tariffs

submitted 12 days ago • 51 comments

I’ve been marching for LGBTQ+ rights since Pride was considered a protest. And I’ll continue to march under this administration as a recommitment to the fight for equality today. No matter who you are or who you love, you have a home here in Illinois.

submitted 14 days ago • 87 comments

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

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This, from @justinwolfers.bsky.social , is so damn good. Elegantly and succinctly explained. A masterclass in communicating economics to people outside the discipline.

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I wonder what the intersection of masked men claiming without proof to be federal agents and a Stand Your Ground law looks like.

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"Mr. Vance and his defenders obviously don’t understand economics. I’m starting to think they don’t understand science either. Perhaps the only thing they understand is power." www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-v...

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Noticing this across the board with various agencies, and remembering my days in Iraq. Those police and soldiers who wore masks were considered cowards and suspects in extrajudicial action. Cant help but believe those doing it now in the US are complicit in crimes.

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US aluminium, steel, AND copper prices spike on Trump's latest tariff plans, further weighing on US manufacturing output: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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No idea about swing states, but a rent control ballot initiative lost in California last year so I doubt it's a huge winner in the EC battlegrounds.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

NEW from me: Trump's tariffs on cars & parts are among the largest and most complex moves in his trade war, hitting $350B in imports and breaking up the deeply-integrated North American supply chain. I wrote everything you need to know about the tariffs here: www.apricitas.io/p/a-detailed...

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USAID is still illegally shuttered. Trump should be impeached for this alone.

submitted 19 days ago • 8 comments

With the tariffs decision, the immigration cases, and battles over law firms, Harvard, and arbitrary presidential power--the battle is joined between the Trump administration and the defenders of the rule of law and a free society. Judges and institutions standing up to Trump need our support. Now.

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$9.5 billion of biomedical research support, 2,100 grants, have already been terminated at NIH www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...

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🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇

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"Trade Between the U.S. and EU Is Massive. We Break It Down." www.wsj.com/economy/trad... Heavily taxing medicine, cars/parts, food/wine, & industrial machinery to own the libs.

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