If you're getting into #FunctionalProgramming in #Javascript you might find this useful - it's about the converge function in the #Ramda library link.medium.com/ClHtxvlEC3

"Study after study finds a positive association between #immigration and long-run #EconomicGrowth" economist.com/node/21779929?… via The Economist

Ah-ha! Burried in this article is an explanation of why #polls were wrong just prior to the 2016 #election. It is still a problem. economist.com/united-states/… via The Economist

Does "holding people #accountable" after a #disaster has occurred really work? I think it has the opposite effect. medium.com/@simonrumi/lov…

If we have #juries made up of regular #citizens, why not #parliaments also? This is the idea Brett Hennig talks about in this ted talk ted.com/talks/brett_he…

A question for #HealthCareProfessionals - if we are looking at a shortage of #ventilators, has anyone considered using #CPAP machines for less critical cases? There must be many more CPAP machines than ventilators and while not ideal, would surely be better than nothing

Wanna be a #dictator? Use an eemergency as an exxuae to curetail #CivilLiberties, then you can start jailing people for #sedition politico.com/news/2020/03/2…

The #Startup, a large publication within Medium, picked up my article about embracing #failure and as a way to mitigate disasters. It was written before #covid19 hit the US but it applies. medium.com/swlh/love-your…

While we're all stuck inside waiting for a #vaccine for the #coronavirus can we all agree that #vaccination is a good thing and put the silly, anti-vaccination #ConspiracyTheory to bed

Why are we putting up with these repeated #recessions? Is that some thing we really have to put up with in our #economy? Could this be a better way to do things?: medium.com/@simonrumi/how…

A #timelapse sequence of the #storm this morning in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea youtu.be/WNw5p1lEmww via YouTube

Per The Economist "If every eligible person in the state cast a #ballot, according to our analysis of #polling and #census data, #Texas would probably be a #Democratic state." economist.com/united-states/…

A portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur, Calif., collapsed this week and fell into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains caused a “debris flow” of trees, boulders, water and mud, leaving behind a 150-foot-wide gap. nyti.ms/3r8GCBO

Mitch McConnell, who refused to reconvene the Senate before January 19 to allow Trump's impeachment trial to start while he was still in office, says the Senate lacks jurisdiction to hold Trump to account because he's no longer in office.

Shorter McConnell: The Trump defense was garbage and lies, but, you know, technicalities, narrow definitions and blind eyes to past impeachments.

Sen McConnell arriving at his reasoning for why he voted to acquit former Pres Trump says he believes Constitution says Congress cannot convict Trump bc he is no longer in office. So McConnell believes it’s unconstitutional to convict Trump but he believes riot was his fault.

Now is a good time to support brands like H&M and Nike who are not supporting the #Uighurs #forcedlabor camps run by the #Chinese nytimes.com/2021/03/29/sty…

I've been getting interested in #behaviouralscience #decisionmaking and generally how to figure out humans....and my article was just posted on the Medium publication "An Idea" link.medium.com/XPny2wxbFlb