Brendan Mapes

I wrote earlier about working hours across the world, but that study has been superseded. This is the definitive study on working hours; they use World Bank data which has hitherto never been publicly accessible to cover 97% of the world population. Now let’s look at some graphs!

In the 1980s, Nestlé was moving into infant formula markets in low-income countries. With each new market entry, moms switched from breastfeeding to unclean water, and infant mortality increased substantially; 200,000 excess deaths per year. 1/n

ahahahahaha a great time to let what followers I have left here know that I've started a PhD in political science 🫠

#BREAKING United States vetoes Security Council draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, and immediate and unconditional release of all hostages VOTE In Favour: 13 Against: 1 (US) Abstain: 1 (UK)

UNDP: "We find no statistically significant correlation between growth and non-income HDI improvements over a forty year period." hdr.undp.org/content/unders…

If you'd like to expand your R-based statistics toolkit, don't miss @MapesBrendan's first TDS post, which covers a painless, tidyverse-friendly correctional analysis workflow using rstatix. buff.ly/3LxZFBv

The STS scholars: AI will be consequential, but neither as deadly or dreamy as doomers/hypers suggested; some of its important effects will be unanticipated, shaped by complex contexts of use, adaptation, resistance; and *its advantages/dangers will not be distributed equitably*

“You can’t make cherry blossoms by tearing off petals to plant, only spring does that”

"Without algorithms based on self-containment, scholars and policymakers might have to learn something about the cultural and natural histories at stake. That takes time, and too much time, perhaps, for those who dream of grasping the whole in an equation" - Anna Tsing

😂😂😂 would need to see the numbers here but wouldn’t doubt it…

@ShalMarriott @UMinnPress and it’s not even close

What’s your favourite university press? Mine is Princeton.

Check out the #climate vulnerability assessment from @usaidescarib! This assessment of 11 Caribbean countries offers insight into exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to climate change so stakeholders can better guide climate change programming. ow.ly/OpQy50KaUnV

46 million more people faced hunger in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the 2022 @FAO SOFI report. Global hunger has risen for the 4th year in a row.

As part of my PhD, I've spent a lot of time searching for data on corporate income taxes, multinational enterprises, international trade, etc. I just listed 100+ databases I came across/worked with. I hope it can help! 👇 baptistesouillard.com/resources

9) Why do you choose not to investigate people who own polluting businesses for illegal dumping of chemicals? When was the last time you conducted an illegal dumping undercover operation? How many surveillance operations/informants do you have devoted to pollution violations?

Can early intervention in trade policy positively influence #foodsystem outcomes? Great insights in "Healthy and #sustainable diets from today to 2050—The role of international trade." paper. bit.ly/3Q122yf

Had a physical reaction to this headline… how much longer can the US urban housing system squeeze renters? curbed.com/2022/05/new-yo…

At Bonn UN climate talks, Brunei asks the @ipcc where the coal, oil, and gas need to stay in the ground (hint everywhere). IPCC responds that it’s beyond their remit. It’s a political question. That’s why we need a @fossiltreaty

Of COURSE no mainstream climate models game this out. They are quite literally not designed to do so. The scientific models correlate emissions and warming; the integrated assessment models *assume* continued economic growth.