Brian Held
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Brian Held
@econstatTeacher
Teacher of AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconimics, & AP Statistics at Loyola High School of Los Angeles. Head Varsity Tennis Coach. Georgetown Alum CAS '97
Katılım Eylül 2009
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Jose Canseco your watch has ended.
There is a new HR blooper
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@MeganTStevenson @haroldpollack @ben_golub .@haroldpollack originally pointed out an irony.@ top 50 colleges, more than 1/2 come from upper 20% income dist who pay approx 50-90. Are you quibbling with the number 90k? or the general point that colleges are an institution that correlate w increase in income inequality
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much respect but i believe this to be a bad take
material rewards are extravagant for smart people in many jobs with negative social value.
conditional on a scholar doing important, good work, that person is donating a lot to society
it's fine for there to be little things like a taxi ride -- if you prefer such people to take a sort of vow of poverty you thin the pool of donors to save a few bucks
Harold Pollack@haroldpollack
Pet peeve: unself-aware academic junket culture. We spend $2000 to attend conferences where 75% of speakers rail against American inequality, while we pay a $1000 registration fee, splurge on $75 dinners, and take a $50 uber ride to avoid a 3-stop subway ride that wld cost $2.50.
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@MeganTStevenson @haroldpollack @ben_golub And it’s not really an uber vs subway that’s the irony. I think the shelling out of 90k a year for the students and families might be the elephant here
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@ben_golub I don't know... I would never judge anyone for enjoying the fine things in life. But at the same time I think there is a bleak irony in what @haroldpollack is describing
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@robinhanson Enlightening! …. But, in the end, nothing there matters
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A ~10^50 watt "light" bulb!
Massimo@Rainmaker1973
The first direct observation of gravitational waves captured the merging of two black holes which emitted 36 septillion yottawatts of power (3.6×10⁴⁹ watts), greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe. [🎞️ SXS simulation]
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@conor64 2/2 society is too complex for public heath to manage every facet.
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@conor64 1/2 Perhaps the gov should have been the institution to weigh the benefits & costs (of various measures), but they deferred at every turn to what public health said (at least in Cali). When teachers jumped the vaccine line and we still didn’t open schools, revealed that …
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A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I'm hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.
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@JesterJum At that point in the race, It would all depend on who’s *too tired*
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Brian Held retweetledi
𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐧 • Loyola Tennis was honored to celebrate our beloved Cub, Braun Levi ’25, today at Cheviot Hills.
Thank you to the Levi Family, Geffen Academy, and all of our Loyola alumni, family, and friends in attendance.𝐂𝟒𝐋
#LoyolaTennis | #LiveLikeBraun 💛
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Brian Held retweetledi
𝐋𝐋𝐁 💛 • All are invited to our LLB Tribute Match at Cheviot Hills tomorrow as we honor our alum Braun Levi ’25 with a pregame ceremony:
🆚 | Loyola vs Geffen Academy
📆 | Mon, Mar. 2 • 2:00PM
📍 | Cheviot Hills Tennis Courts
#LiveLikeBraun | #LoyolaTennis | #C4L
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@jasonfurman Imagine(?!) the admin just ignores it. Then, this is just the “ruling” of the law. It will be victory for the “rule” of law if they don’t get away with that without consequence
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A thrilling victory for the rule of law. And even better that the rule of law will mean better economic outcomes for America and the world.
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@arthur_spirling @GarettJones Great tweet. Raising a glass of Guinness to celebrate!
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t-distribution as n → ∞
Harry Eccles@Heccles94
What's something thats absaloutely insane that the world has accepted as normal?
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@Rainmaker1973 Looks really fun! Should it be an Olympic sport??? We should table that discussion until further field testing can be done
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@JustinWolfers Well, no need to do the dishwasher then anyway….they cleaned you up!
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Foiled. And I can't tell if I'm disappointed or proud: The kids quickly recognized me as a shared foe trying to grab the surplus for myself. They unionized and refused to bid against each other. Organized labor negotiated a settlement that better served their collective interests
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Just got to the airport with the kids and was pleasantly surprised to have gotten one kiddo upgrade. Problem: I have two kids.
So I'm holding an auction and they're each bidding on how many times they will unload the dishwasher over Thanksgiving. Highest bid gets the upgrade.
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Can’t help but notice that since it was renamed the Gulf of America, hurricanes have decided not to mess with it.
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy
Hurricane season has just 2 weeks remaining, but so far, for the first time in a decade: ZERO hurricanes made US landfall ZERO Gulf hurricanes
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Wayne Gretzky is 55 (and a day) now, but his stats are just as ridiculous now as ever. fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-bel…
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@barstoolsports Oct 15, 1988 I went w my dad to the @lakings game w newly acquired Gretzky. Pre cellphone, was listening 2 the game on a hand held radio w rabbit ears. When Gibson hit the dinger, the entire Forum ERUPTED spontaneously, even before it was announced -everyone was listening!!
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LA Kings fans lost it at the Crypt after the Dodgers tied it in the 9th
Barstool Sports@barstoolsports
MIGUEL ROJAS OUT OF NOWHERE GAME 7 IS TIED IN THE 9TH
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@mariana057 That’s a bit salty of you, don’t you think?!
But, glad you’re not afraid to try new logic & expand your horizons…
Showing us that the only thing to fear is sphere itself!!
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