Ryan Helton

A follower of Christ, trying to do God's will. I am the Minister @ Alvaton Church of Christ. I'm blessed by the best wife, and the cutest daughters ever.

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

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[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

Even more evidence of sports gambling's harms: legalization reduces the share of working-age, non-college households that have enough to eat by 2.1 percent—implying a 10.5 percent reduction among active gamblers.

Guo, Peng, and Meyerhoefer use data from the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, which collected data every two weeks on (among other things) households' food sufficiency.

Using these data, they compare 9 states where sports gambling was legalized in 2021–2023 to states where it was illegal in that period in a difference-in-difference design.

First, they show that legalization does increase gambling—Google searches and household spending on gambling both rise, by ~$50 per capita per month in the latter case. (That's a consistent finding, undermining the claim that legalization just cannibalizes the black market.)

Then they look at the actual effect on "food sufficiency," whether households have enough to eat. Indeed, there's a reduction, concentrated among non-college-educated, non-white, and households with adults aged 25-44.

Finally, they suggest the effect is driven by financial hardship: legalization causes an increase in the share of households saying it's hard to pay for "usual expenses."

This result is consistent with the ever-growing body of research showing that legalization yields economic harms, especially among the most precarious. And it adds yet another data source to that mix—this one at a remarkably high frequency.

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[Being Libertarian @beinlibertarian]

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[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

It's the screens

ban them. All of them. No smartphones, no chromebooks whatsoever. Paper homework only

[Berry Softball @BerrySoftball]

Never a doubt!

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[Harding University @HardingU]

2 Corinthians 9:7 - Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Jumping The Shark: 'The Chosen' Criticized For Planning To Kill Off Main Character Only To Resurrect Him Next Episode https://t.co/el3MZLN4se

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The last time debt hit these levels, America had just helped win a World War. What's our excuse today? Runaway spending. Bloated budgets. A uniparty that refuses to say no.

I've said no. I'll keep saying no. But I need Americans to demand better from their representatives.

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Walt Disney Animation has re-animated some songs from recent animated films into American Sign Language versions, including:

• “Beyond” - Moana
• “The Next Right Thing” - Frozen 2
• “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” - Encanto

Releasing April 27 on Disney+

[Isi Breen @isaiah_bb]

American men are more likely to have gambling debt than to have read a book in the last year.

[LadyTigerSoftball @CVilleLTS]

Congratulations to SR Caroline Pitcock for receiving the Sports Management Award and SR Selynna Metcalfe for receiving the Sports Medicine/Exercise Science Award!! #LTS #Proud

[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

🚨: Mia Heller, high school student, 18, invents water filter that eliminates 95.5% of microplastics.

[Victor Glover @AstroVicGlover]

Home, again! Mission complete. I hope we glorified God, humanity, our families and our terrific teams a @NASA and @csa_asc. Time to share the good news!

[Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_]

that’s life.