
Philadelphia Bureau Chief, @today_explained from @voxmedia. Previously: @whyynews, @WBEZ, @WYPublicRadio.
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Miles Bryan retweeted
Stancil's moment has arrived
Minnesota governor-elect @amyklobuchar (D) on who she will appoint to fill her Senate seat: "I will do right by the state of Minnesota with that person."
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This shit better say Lake Ontario by 9AM @Google @sundarpichai
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Hearing from insiders that Talarico is gonna use eminent domain to turn the Comedy Mothership into the Tragedy Fathership, a family court where dads never get custody @nypost
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It is possible that Republicans lose every seat they gerrymandered for themselves.
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The American people have spoken. The Cheesecake Factory will be liquidated tomorrow.
I think about this all the time.
Why didn’t Rome have an industrial revolution?
The Roman Empire had extensive trade networks, an efficient legal system, and a level of per capita wealth that probably wouldn’t be rivaled again in Europe until the 16th century.
But… “their science sucks.”
@Oklahomaharper explains that Rome never industrialized because it was bad at scientific innovation:
this saga is a good illustration of why its so hard for governments to do things that help a lot of people in the future (make parks more accessible / build housing ) in a way that mildly inconveniences a small group now
Should New York City renovate the exercise bars at Tompkins Square Park?
I attempt to find the answer in my latest for @WSJFreeEx
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Great news for R’s in their election next week
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it is kind of interesting that the united states government is racist in ways that are completely inscrutable to me now. like i used to at least understand what the idea was
Miles Bryan retweeted
sure, a writer in 1955 could sell a short story for ten grand. but if he wanted to look at his phone he was completely fucked



























