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Michelle Arledge

@mjarledge

keep your wits about you

 Boulder, CO
Joined October 2011
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Athan Koutsiouroumbas
@Athan_K30 Apr 2025
Fascinating video about the efficacy of universal basic income.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia30 Apr 2025
What if we could end poverty by just … giving people the money necessary to lift them out of it? That idea has had bipartisan appeal in recent years. But, as our new video explains, a recent experiment showed … it doesn’t quite work out as planned.

The Underwhelming Results of Universal Basic Income

Why not just give the poor enough money to lift them out of poverty? Well, we tried it. And it didn’t work.

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Tony Morley
@tonymmorley5 Apr 2025
E14: Dragon orbits the poles, global happiness, it's free trade, stupid, next generation GLP-1 drugs, and much more: @theupwing theupwing.com/edition14/ “They say 'money can't buy happiness', but it unquestionably buys the things that provide happiness.”
E14: Dragon orbits the poles, global happiness, it's free trade stupid, next generation GLP-1...

E14: Dragon orbits the poles, global happiness, it's free trade stupid, next generation GLP-1...

Tony Morley, April 5th, 2025 It's free trade, stupid. Free trade and globalization, a blessing or a curse? Spoiler alert, it's not just the lesser of two evils, it's a prime mover of global progress...

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.@darcyolsen: "The outcomes for children in foster care have not changed for the better in 40 years. This is a crisis of epic proportions." youtube.com/live/5sKxLzW-nEI
Putting Children First: Child Welfare Priorities for the New Admini...

Putting Children First: Child Welfare Priorities for the New Admini...

As a new administration takes office, questions arise about what it...

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Philip Wallach
@PhilipWallach22 Jan 2025
Really well done. I do wish it could have done more to communicate that things could be different--that Congress has had turnarounds before and can again.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia22 Jan 2025
Americans love to complain about Congress: It’s too slow. Members can’t agree on anything. They’re out of touch. But, as our new video explains, there’s a bigger problem: America’s Founders gave Congress a lot of power ... and Congress doesn’t seem to want it.

The Long Decline of the Legislative Branch

The Founding Fathers gave Congress a lot of power. Congress doesn’t seem to want it.

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Tony Morley
@tonymmorley4 Jun 2024
We've just officially launched The Up Wing [@theupwing] newsletter — progress and optimistic news; collated, curated, and delivered weekly. Edition 1 — "Vaccines save 150 million lives, a Toddler's Hearing Restored Through Gene Therapy and More" theupwing.com/the-up-wing
E1: Vaccines save 150 million lives, a Toddler's Hearing Restored Through Gene Therapy, Electric...

E1: Vaccines save 150 million lives, a Toddler's Hearing Restored Through Gene Therapy, Electric...

Tony Morley, June 4th, 2024 "On what principle is it that with nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?” — Thomas Babington Welcome to The Up Wing,...

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Troy Senik
@troy_senik11 Mar 2024
Attn all @kiteandkeymedia viewers: we're celebrating our 3rd anniversary with a giveaway. Just take the short survey at the link (where you can also tell us topics you'd like to see in forthcoming videos) to enter.
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@kiteandkeymedia10 Mar 2024
Complete our quick, two-minute survey and you could win a $200 gift card! We can’t wait to hear from you. Click the link below. kiteandkey.media/3V4yPYa
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Chip Roy
@chiproytx21 Feb 2024
Please watch this regarding Fentanyl.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia21 Feb 2024
Why did America’s rate of fatal overdoses triple between 2010 and 2020? As our new video explains, there’s one huge difference between today’s drug epidemic and those of the past.

Old Drug Crises Were Overhyped. This One Isn’t.

Fentanyl is different than any other drug crisis in the country’s history. Why? Because it’s way more likely to kill even casual users.

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This is solid unbiased reporting on the fentanyl epidemic.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia21 Feb 2024
Why did America’s rate of fatal overdoses triple between 2010 and 2020? As our new video explains, there’s one huge difference between today’s drug epidemic and those of the past.

Old Drug Crises Were Overhyped. This One Isn’t.

Fentanyl is different than any other drug crisis in the country’s history. Why? Because it’s way more likely to kill even casual users.

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Nice video on attempts to use price controls as "policy" kiteandkeymedia.com/videos/d…
The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Michelle Arledge retweeted
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Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch9 Feb 2024
Fun fact: There are many black squirrels in Washington DC and they are all descended from 8 given to the National Zoo by Ontario as a gift in 1902.
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker19739 Feb 2024
Have you ever seen a black squirrel? It's a melanistic subgroup of squirrels and they may have a considerably higher cold tolerance than gray squirrels with 18% lower heat loss in temperatures below −10 °C [📹 Willem Span]
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Ryan Bourne
@MrRBourne9 Feb 2024
Price controls don't work to stem inflation because they do nothing to quell inflation's monetary causes. Price controls don't work in general because they smother relative price changes = shortages, surpluses, and inefficiency.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia7 Feb 2024
Prices too high? Wages too low? What if politicians just … changed them? It turns out that we’ve been getting the answer to that question for decades — and, as our new video explains, it’s ... not great.

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Nick Gillespie
@nickgillespie8 Feb 2024
Politicians can pass all the laws they want, but they can't repeal the law of supply and demand. Price controls mess with the information encoded in prices and thus cause shortages or surpluses. Great new @kiteandkeymedia.

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Guy Benson (@guypbenson) profile picture
Guy Benson
@guypbenson8 Feb 2024
The folly of price controls
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia7 Feb 2024
Prices too high? Wages too low? What if politicians just … changed them? It turns out that we’ve been getting the answer to that question for decades — and, as our new video explains, it’s ... not great.

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Vance Ginn (@VanceGinn) profile picture
Vance Ginn
@VanceGinn7 Feb 2024
Prices of goods, services, work, credit, and other things are best left alone from government interference. Unfortunately, politicians don’t like the outcomes so try to change prices at our peril. Markets work, governments don’t.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia7 Feb 2024
Prices too high? Wages too low? What if politicians just … changed them? It turns out that we’ve been getting the answer to that question for decades — and, as our new video explains, it’s ... not great.

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Rafael A. Mangual
@Rafa_Mangual7 Feb 2024
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@kiteandkeymedia7 Feb 2024
Prices too high? Wages too low? What if politicians just … changed them? It turns out that we’ve been getting the answer to that question for decades — and, as our new video explains, it’s ... not great.

The Policy Politicians Love — And Economists Hate

From rent control to minimum wage, price controls often hurt precisely the people they’re meant to help.

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Blake Crouch
@blakecrouch15 Feb 2024
#DarkMatter news!!! The 9-episode show will premiere on May 8, on @AppleTV. Much, much more to come...
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This covers one of the most under-discussed issues in energy conversations: energy density. Nuclear power in particular has an absolutely off the charts energy density (relationship of inputs to energy produced).
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@kiteandkeymedia24 Jan 2024
Is America on a glide path to a renewable energy future? Actually, it’s a bit more complicated than that. As our new video explains, there are powerful physical and economic constraints on where we get our energy.

The One Idea That Will Change How You Think About Energy

Why “Power Density” is the most important energy concept you’ve probably never heard of

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Brian Gitt
@BrianGitt24 Jan 2024
The 100% renewable energy fantasy will remain a fantasy. Physics & economics beat utopian dogmatism.
Kite & Key Media (@kiteandkeymedia) profile pictureKite & Key Media
@kiteandkeymedia24 Jan 2024
Is America on a glide path to a renewable energy future? Actually, it’s a bit more complicated than that. As our new video explains, there are powerful physical and economic constraints on where we get our energy.

The One Idea That Will Change How You Think About Energy

Why “Power Density” is the most important energy concept you’ve probably never heard of

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Michelle Arledge retweeted
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Adam Loewy
@LoewyLawFirm17 Jan 2024
Let me again state that @bradj_TX has BY FAR the best grid coverage on this website. Calm. Reasoned. Never panicked. Likes facts. #txlege
Brad Johnson (@bradj_TX) profile pictureBrad Johnson
@bradj_TX16 Jan 2024
Through the rest of the week, ERCOT's projections show fairly high demand tomorrow but plenty of supply to meet it. Temperatures will be rising across the state as the week progresses, no issues in sight.
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Holly Hansen
@hollyshansen18 Dec 2023
Haha. This is a fun but informative and thoughtful video from my friends at Kite & Key.
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@kiteandkeymedia13 Dec 2023
What did Ben Franklin think of the Constitution? “Meh, it’s fine.” Or words to that effect. But as our new video explains, those modest expectations may actually have been the key to America’s success.

Why America’s Flaws May Be the Secret to Its Success

Benjamin Franklin’s one weird trick for creating an enduring democracy

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