Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
Joined Mar 2020
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“An email to Twitter returned an automated reply with a poop emoji.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/twitter-management-idUSKBN2XN3WY
@andrew Brilliant, I think you are right, I am going to dig deeper into this. Thanks!
@kyle Wow fascinating. I’ve thought for a while that we will find more and more conditions turn out to have an autoimmune response behind them.
@andrew great stuff I’ve actually been searching for a post like this recently and that’s awesome.
If you ever want to go to next level- there are some use cases where people want to route or geocode without sending the data to another service (eg you have confidential data and cannot share it). I’d love to see someone show how to do these things locally. I saw there is an R package called dodgr that should be able to do this with osm data but haven’t seen it being implemented.
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FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras
Amazon agrees to Ring and Alexa settlements but didn't admit violating any laws.
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We're hiring someone to lead mozilla.social 
Making this space safe and welcoming for all people is of utmost importance to us, and it starts with a product leader who is dedicated to driving positive change.
We're looking for people who are passionate about transforming online participation and enabling an engaging social experience that prioritizes health, safety and inclusivity. Please share with your networks and anyone who comes to mind!
#hiring #jobs
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/5082141/
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FTC announces it has reached a $25 million settlement with #Amazon (market cap: $1.24 trillion) for its Alexa app keeping childrens’ voices and geolocation data for years and using it for its own purposes. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/05/ftc-doj-charge-amazon-violating-childrens-privacy-law-keeping-kids-alexa-voice-recordings-forever
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In a new @epi report, Josh Bivens makes the case that Industrial policy and policies to rebalance labor market power are strong complements, not substitutes.
Full report:
https://www.epi.org/publication/industrial-policy/
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This is "looking through the wrong end of the telescope" shit, but the last place I saw web development as incompetent as Bluesky was several SNAP-enrollment websites built by the lowest bidder:
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from reddit /TIL: #TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
@gamingonlinux Does anyone know if this works through the Steam flatpak? Vampire Surivors does not work with Steam flatpak but would be cool if this did.
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The astonishing mimicry and hidden beauty of the Indian Leaf Butterfly (Kallima paralekta). Their wings allow them to mimic a dead leaf when closed, helping them hide from predators.
Video credit: _melissa_yung_/ig
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Conservationist, marine biologist, and science writer Rachel Carson was born OTD in 1907.
Carson challenged the widespread use of pesticides in her book “Silent Spring,” and testified before Congress on environmental policy and human health.
Image: Alfred Eisenstaedt/LIFE/Getty
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Accelerator physicist Helen Edwards was born #OTD in 1936. She was the lead scientist overseeing the design, construction, and operation of the Tevatron particle accelerator at Fermilab.
Image: Fermilab
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If you don't want to join Substack but you support our journalism on Twitter, please consider helping us buy our safety gear!
There are only a few more items we still need, but given the chatter about nuclear weapons usage we need to stock up on CBRN.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FMAKTUV6B7YU?type=wishlist&filter=unpurchased&sort=priority&viewType=list
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Apple just now announced they're shutting down Photo Stream, directing people to iCloud Photos. Unlike Photo Stream, iCloud Photos is not a viable option for folks without ~fiber-grade broadband. I was never able to use iCloud Photos until a few weeks ago, when gigabit became an option in my life.
I understand why companies like Apple are shifting to cloud everything, but for folks without omnipresent LTE and gigabit, this shift is building a wall that they cannot climb.
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Born in India in 1962, Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman in #space in 1997.
In 2003, she was on the Columbia, when insulation broke off, depressurizing the shuttle. All 7 crew members died.
7 asteroids + 7 hills on Mars were named after them.
https://www.space.com/17056-kalpana-chawla-biography.html #HistoryRemix #science
“When you look at the stars & the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system." - Chawla, 1997
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Does anybody know if there is an R package to implement Conley, Hansen, & Rossi 2012 "Plausibly Exogenous"? I know in Stata there is plausexog
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Great news, the #NationalPopularVote is now law in yet another state: #Minnesota! Slow and steady progress toward a fairer and more representative democracy. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/National-Popular-Vote-signed-into-law-in-Minnesota.html #NPVIC #ElectoralCollege
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📢 NEW ARTICLE!!!
In which I connect Charles Babbage & his 19th c. blueprints for digital computation to industrial labor control & the creation of a regime of denigrated, disciplined "free" labor.
All of which has its roots in plantation slavery. 1/
https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/origin-stories-plantations-computers-and-industrial-control/
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
Joined Mar 2020
