Alex Macdonald

Dallas ➡️ Syracuse University ➡️ Washington D.C., Interests: international development, economics, liberal arts, NBA, Dallas Mavs

[Max Ghenis @MaxGhenis]

It's incredible that French people have about triple the income as the average person on Earth, but produce basically the same carbon emissions.

Nuclear is a hell of a power source.

[CSIS Africa Program @CSISAfrica]

📢Applications are now open for the 2022 Cohort of @CSIS's Africa Policy Accelerator (APA)! Join a lively group of young DC professionals for monthly meet-ups focused on US-Africa policy. Apply here by December 14: https://t.co/bDwKZeM5I5

[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic has agreed to sign a landmark five-year, $207 million supermax rookie extension, his agent Bill Duffy of @BDA_Sports tells ESPN. https://t.co/vVj770OD8A

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

I’ve been teaching, talking, and tweeting about this for years, but it’s worth repeating: the ongoing existence of real slavery in the world, today, doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Slavery (in various forms) is not just in the past. It should concern us all.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

The sample size is this non peer reviewed study is 79 vaccinated people (corrected, misread as 83 before) and completely lacks the statistical power to differentiate between vaccinated and unvaccinanted people.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

The secret heart of academia is... Wikipedia.

In an experiment, this paper found that a single quality Wikipedia article written by chemistry experts influenced the content of 250 published peer-reviewed academic papers! Articles referenced in Wikipedia also become more cited.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Let us also pray for the populations of the city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, forced to flee due to the eruption of the great volcano, Mount Nyiragongo.

[Jonathan Reilly @thejonnyreilly]

Dominic Raab is slashing aid to China by 95%.

The UK will still send £900k to Beijing, but only to fund programmes on open societies and human rights.

[Alex Macdonald @AlexMacTX91]

Excited to be selected for the CSIS 2021 Africa Policy Accelerator cohort!

[CSIS Africa Program @CSISAfrica]

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating the 2021 Africa Policy Accelerator cohort! The APA connects the next generation of U.S.-Africa policymakers in Washington. Our 25 members will meet monthly to discuss current political, economic, & security trends on the continent.

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

Support by type of school choice:

Education Savings Accounts: 81%
Tax Credit Scholarships: 74%
Private School Vouchers: 73%
Charter Schools: 72%

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

NEW national survey: 81% of the general public supports funding students instead of institutions.

[R.J. Lehmann @raylehmann]

Public policy hack R.J. Lehmann, son of a former chemical engineer, shares his thoughts on solution thermodynamics and diffusion in mass transfer operations.

[mattparlmer 🪐 🌷 @mattparlmer]

Most "liberals" aren't liberal, they're progressives with very little interest in maintaining or extending actual liberal governance except in the very narrow context of securing wins for social groups inside their political coalition.

[Chris Krebs @C_C_Krebs]

Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomrorow. #Protect2020

[Wesley Yang @wesyang]

Which fact you select to put in the headline colors the tone of the whole piece. The truth is: the definition is not uniform, the reporting is not close to comprehensive, the overall numbers are so low that what amounts to statistical noise can be made to seem large

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

100 years ago in Europe, and got excited that it is being repeated in the USA today (or wanted to make money by projecting fears).
The Trump=Fascist story was silly then & is silly now.
He was an opportunistic neoliberal businessman w/no clear ideology.
He came, lost and left.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Obama didn’t get a pass.
Trump doesn’t get a pass.
Biden won’t get a pass.

Each president needs to be held accountable by the same standards.

[Jerusalem News Syndicate @JNS_org]

Out of 1,650 religious-motivated hate crimes, 60.3 percent, or almost 995, were anti-Jewish. https://t.co/Ry6TiS5rPl

[Dov Hikind @HikindDov]

Another blowout year for Jews being the number one target for hate in the country.

But you would never know it because the media downplays every attack, giving license to criminals to repeat their hateful behavior!

[Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey]

Everyone: "Police unions protect bad cops from accountability!"

Teachers unions: