I have all sorts of problems with Musk. I also think Space X is great. None of that factors into it. This op-ed is just grotesquely insipid where it isn’t revealingly authoritarian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It's pretty amazing that basically all the "populist" economic positions that free-market conservatives criticize Republicans for taking are also taken by Democrats.

Our latest paper CONSPIRACY_FX project led by Daniel Toribio, he/him/his and in collaboration with Dr Ricky Green. We examined how conspiracy beliefs can affect people's interpersonal relationships 👇

🗞️ New piece in MIT Technology Review by Keegan McBride, Sacha Altay and me: We argue that AI’s current impact on elections is being overblown, and it's distracting us from deeper and long-lasting threats to democracy. Long version: technologyreview.com/2024/09/03/110… Short summary ⬇️

This is why we have a national housing crisis:

My political views are whatever this is slowboring.com/p/were-living-…

Ah, well, nevertheless: "Are tariffs bad for growth? Yes, say five decades of data from 150 countries" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

My new The Hill article explains how both Trump and Harris promote terrible economic policies to cater to widespread voter ignorance. Trump's are somewhat worse, because easier to enact without new legislation. But both still awful. thehill.com/opinion/486068…

Two weeks after having their eighth baby, Britney and JD Lott, who run a popular Instagram documenting their cross-country homeschooling road trip, received a text that is any parent's worst nightmare.

Best costume idea. Everyone else can go home. 😂😂😂😂🖤🖤🖤

The biggest inflation of the past few years doesn't involve money. It's threat inflation--*everything* is an *existential* risk now, from Trump being reelected to Harris getting in for the first time to cell phones for kids to microplastics to AI to climate change to nuclear

Exciting things afoot at the Center for Political Communication (CPC) UDelCPC at Univ. of Delaware. We are relaunching with a research focus at the intersection of Public Opinion, Media, and Political Psychology. udel.edu/faculty-staff/…

Once more for the people in the back: Anyone who pays any attention to that vibe hunting charlatan Allan Lichtman is a fool and a moron. Yes, that includes The New York Times and CNN and whoever else. Enjoy your vibe-laden sensationalism, I'll stick to my data thanks.

New: The Narrow Reach of Targeted Corrections: No Impact on Broader Beliefs About Election Integrity link.springer.com/article/10.100… The dangers of fact-check Whac-A-Mole: debunking false claims about the 2022 AZ election reduced misperceptions but did not improve election confidence.

The Netherlands' expansion of rent control to almost all rental housing is displacing tenants and aggravating the country's housing shortage. reason.com/2024/09/05/the…

Everything bad you heard about nuclear energy is a myth Nuclear power is safe, reliable, and doesn’t pollute. If you believe we’re on the brink of climate doom, nuclear energy is our best shot to avoid it. And trust us… Everything bad you’ve heard about it is a myth. Myth

New post: Wokeism is not a "mind virus". conspicuouscognition.com/p/there-is-no-…