Paper just published in Journal of Public Economics: "The impact of police shootings on gun violence and civilian cooperation" By Maya Mikdash (LSU) & Reem Zaiour (Vanderbilt Economics) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Highly relevant 🔥 annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Ditto. The Haber-Bosch method for the synthesis of ammonia made possible the scale production of inorganic fertilizers, without which the massive population growth we have experienced over the past 100 years would not have been possible.

While I very much enjoyed APSA in Montreal, it was a horrific conference for international scholars. There were so many cancelled/delayed visas that entire panels were empty. I'm concerned about collective amnesia with APSA going to Vancouver next year. #apsa2024 #apsa2025

The problem with “escalation management” is you eventually run out of other people’s countries to manage the escalation in.

AI reviews are an issue, but a test on 4,800 Nature + ICLR papers finds AI reviewers overlap with human ones as much as humans overlap with with each other. And 57% of authors find them helpful. They shouldn’t replace peer review but likely have a place. arxiv.org/pdf/2310.01783…

This video, which falsely claims to show IDF helicopters killing Israelis at the Supernova festival, is once again going viral. The video isn't "leaked" and wasn't filmed at the festival. It was posted by the IDF on 9 October, showing Hamas gunmen targeted near the Gaza border.

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." (Somerset House, London)

As anyone following EU affairs could not avoid notice, Mario Draghi unveiled his long-awaited report today. He touched upon various issues, but digital technologies in general and AI in particular stand out as a make-it-or-break-it matter. A 🧵on what you need to know. 1/10

Don't date in the EU Bubble tonight...

Ben bu gelişmeyi "OPEN SOURCE" açısından olumlu buluyorum. Bence tüm dünyanın tüm verisi açık olmalı, herkes herkesin her şeyini bilsin, ne var ne yok komple görsün herkes. GİZLİSİ SAKLISI OLANLA İŞİMİZ OLMAZ. YİĞİDİN MALI MEYDANDADIR!

In a new correspondence in nature, I argue that regulations should mandate data access for social media researchers: nature.com/articles/d4158…

James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dies aged 93 bbc.in/4dfMBwB