If you think about Medicare policy, this article may be of interest It’s behind a paywall so feel free to reach out if you can’t access Hope to add a thread later nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

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Mount Etna blowing perfect smoke rings during a volcanic eruption. 📽: Geoff Mackley

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Complaints by empirical researchers soared last year — with this being the most common gripe: data

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School, work, calendars run amok. Why have we ruined August? online.wsj.com/article/SB1000… via The Wall Street Journal

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A nation conceived. 250th anniversary of the first meeting of the Continental Congress — Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. history.state.gov/milestones/177…

A little more history… mountvernon.org/library/digita…

This is consistent with two things I often encounter: Most people assume (1) adherence to drugs is much better than it is, and (2) use of new drugs grows faster than it actually does. 12% of adults report ever taking a GLP-1, but only 6% currently do kff.org/health-costs/p…

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Season's* Greetings from Costco. * Which season not altogether obvious.

When you're clueless about how to answer a tough question at a seminar...

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The Wharton School weeps.

While there is still time… Occasional re-up of an urgent reminder. poetryfoundation.org/poems/48423/th…

“Yale students consume six times more olive oil than average Americans. Is it good for them?” This is absurd. Everyone knows you cannot consume too much olive oil. yaledailynews.com/blog/2024/09/0…

Authorship order norms in economics date back to the time of Noah. thefarside.com/2024/09/09/0