Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark)

This account has "(Blue Checkmark)" because I typed it. Research Policy Editor for

[Reason Foundation @ReasonFdn]

In Decoding AI: How artificial intelligence is being utilized in the housing and rental market, @maxg_econ and @CNN's @PamelaBrownCNN discuss how AI may be used to reduce housing and rental discrimination.

https://t.co/dzSDv0jd2z

[Max Gulker @maxg_econ]

My latest @ReasonFdn on recent proposals for a “compute tax.” Supporters tend to have oversimplified and overconfident visions of our future with AI. https://t.co/gr6u4OZdE6

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

We all realize that when a candidate's political ad says they "stood up" to somebody, that means they lost, right?

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Guys, this is obviously an AI image from an obvious parody account! I just cannot with you people. So obsessed with sanctimoniously dunking on folks that you are making absolute fools of yourselves. No, some Trumpist did not unwittingly get a tattoo of Nathan Lane. Come on!

[Gary Peterson 🇺🇸 @GaryPetersonUSA]

The left can’t handle my daughter’s new President Trump tattoo. Sorry, wokesters, consider yourselves owned.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Trump’s medical marijuana rescheduling is historic—but many questions remain  https://t.co/XvSpEFYvSz via @ReasonFdn

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

How Trump’s executive order could accelerate widespread access to psychedelic therapies https://t.co/Q45UtiU6YS via @ReasonFdn

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

@kylejaeger @StateAffairsCA Good luck to you!

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

I'm sorry but "long regarded as soul-rotting and civilizationally ruinous" is a [citation-needed] level claim.

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

The Atlantic has a sobering, first-person look at the ramifications of legalized online sports betting. Here are a few of the more telling passages.
1/5

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Replace "California" with "Washington State" here and it's relevant yet again.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

If California's richest weren't already paying a disproportionately large share of the state's taxes, people wouldn't be getting so upset about them possibly leaving, would they?

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Brian Doherty, Historian of the Libertarian Movement, Dead at 57 https://t.co/SWME7gH3d5 via @reason

[reason @reason]

We are sad to report that Senior Editor Brian Doherty has died. Brian wrote six books, including "Radicals for Capitalism," a seminal history of the modern American libertarian movement. He had an inspiring commitment to covering the ways free people choose to live their lives, and he will be missed.

A full obituary will appear soon at https://t.co/heHRPYShz8.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Hot take if you're really trying to appeal to libertarians for a presidential run: Is deciding seat assignments on a private plane a role for federal government? (This question does have a correct answer.)

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

This dad with twins couldn’t agree more. Here’s what we did about it on my watch.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

@LBY3 I see Fairfax/Olympia/San Vicente, my personal curse.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

Okay, I guess my hot take of the day is that the level of security an inmate is placed under should be based on the level of threat they present and not as a reward/punishment based on government cooperation. That's gross.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.

She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

@TPCarney (Twitter just now notified me of responses). I won't argue against your consistency. (I don't agree with you at all on this issue, but I see it.)

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

People who had a meltdown once over a dude cheerleader really, really concerned about all this sexy dancing at the Super Bowl.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

"The Menu" was a terrible movie.

[🥨 @elyshianone]

Hit me with the harshest reality truth.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

OMG he did it. He really did it! (Turn captions on)

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

@ChaseForLiberty I am 54 and I can confidently say I look half as good as Ricky Martin.

[Scott Shackford (Blue Checkmark) @SShackford]

@pjaicomo @RepOgles There were two brief seconds of two guys acting toward each other the exact same way all the hetero dancers were acting toward each other.