RIP to Kris Kristofferson, country musician and the greatest villain in John Sayles’ greatest movies, Lone Star and Limbo.

Protip for fusion restaurants trying to make burgers, pasta, etc. “Korean” by putting gochujang on everything: you’re using the wrong sauce. Use ssamjang instead. It’s much tastier.

I predicted for all his quirks, he’ll govern like any other conservative Argentinian president, which means slash social programs, go deeply into debt that the Peronists will later default on, and leave office with single digit approval. But he could still clear that bar!

The Finkelstein firing is a case of a cowardly university caving to an astroturf bot-driven smear campaign, and in the process threatening to end academic freedom for all scholars in the US. I hope she sues them for millions.

Yes but they typically leave office with around 20%. The post Nestor era has mostly been one of unpopular presidents.

Honestly a 40% approval rating is pretty good for an Argentinian president

Argentina’s poverty rate soars above 50% under Javier Milei

Latest data blamed on government austerity measures as radical libertarian’s popularity wanes

Great research project and nice addition to the literature on labor market impacts of migration shocks (mostly null) testing with DiD

Insights from Colombia's massive regularisation of Venezuelan forced migrants

The regularisation of Venezuelan migrants had no significant effects on labour markets, political and social cohesion among Colombian natives, or crimes committed against Colombians while it enhanced ...

Congrats to Bibi for finding another way to stay out of jail a little longer

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