Andrea Vigil

[The Strand Magazine @StrandMag]

Congrats to @alex_segura who won the best mystery novel award for SECRET IDENTITY @Flatironbooks

[Dylan Connor @Life__chances]

New paper! 📈
Why do kids born into poverty in rural areas climb the income ladder at higher rates than their urban peers? Answer: rural boys, who benefit from life in small places with more two-parent households.

https://t.co/yBObBQHX2S
#AcademicTwitter #EconTwitter #rstats 1/8

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

@MeliLorenzo Peste a sol!

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

“Insomnia"

perhaps she's a daytime sleeper.”
― Elizabeth Bishop

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

@sweatystartup This exists in Miami: https://t.co/gr4B5U02hq

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

A massive convergence of right wing militants in Columbus, some armed, just shut down a drag holiday event. Organizers expected police to show, unsurprisingly, they did not.

Or they did dressed in black/yellow.

Proud Boys and Patriot Front are emboldened after Club Q.

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

A reminder. https://t.co/F1FTZ1UCtA

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

Reminded of @ANNELAMOTT during budgeting and forecasting season. "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."

[C Thi Nguyen @add_hawk]

Mel (spouse): “When I was young I was into Star Trek for the cool space adventures. Now I’m watching for the management styles. Like Captain Pike genuinely listens to the differing views of his crew and then makes a decision. The real fantasy isn’t warp, it’s good leadership.”

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

I shudder to think how much further these restrictions will go. “The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray https://t.co/ForsSLXzve

[Key Biscayne Independent @kbindependent]

BREAKING: Miami-Dade @MayorDaniella issues memo saying plan to put homeless on on barrier island raises safety, legal, environmental, and cultural concerns and may violate deed restrictions between county and city. Just providing bathroom facilities could cost $3 million

[David Bather Woods @dbatherwoods]

New Plato’s cave just dropped https://t.co/iV2cNvFkHD

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

Myriam Kin-Yee (Vanuatuan, no DOB listed)
The Gift Again, 2016
Oil on linen
16 x 12 inches

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

If the Costco hot dog combo was indexed on inflation: https://t.co/dIN1dC89Ac

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

Ça va se passer
1978

Gérard Schlosser

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!
https://t.co/hnvXviD92K

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

@rsm + one person dies. Dealer's choice on who - one of the main characters, a parent, child.

[Andrea Vigil @vigmia]

TLDR: Supply / demand imbalances will take a lot longer to normalize than everyone predicted. As Wilson Phillips taught us, we need to hold on for one more day.
https://t.co/PNC4lOUkSx

[Steph Smith @stephsmithio]

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...