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Money sent home by international migrants is ~3x as much as global foreign aid(ourworldindata.org)
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by therabbithole 1y ago
TIL - China may be executing thousands of people per year, according to Amnesty International
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Death sentences and executions in 2024 – Amnesty International Report(amnesty.org)
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Evaluating the Impact of Generative AI on Learning Outcomes in Nigeria [pdf](documents1.worldbank.org)
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Young Americans spend much more time alone than they did fifteen years ago(ourworldindata.org)
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Trying to Reproduce the RCTs Behind GiveWell's Top Charities(givewell.org)
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Most food is transported by boat so food miles are a small % of carbon footprint(ourworldindata.org)
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The decline in cancer mortality is about much more than smoking(scientificdiscovery.dev)
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Do imports of cheap solar panels help or hurt domestic jobs in clean energy?(sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
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Impact, Agency, and Taste(benkuhn.net)
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How old are you compared to the rest of the world?(ourworldindata.org)
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Where and how the British government spends its money(ifs.org.uk)
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How effective and safe are measles vaccines? Data from large meta-analyses(ourworldindata.org)
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Could whales be a solution to climate change? Probably only a small one(sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
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Good drug news – More important things happening in biotechnology and medicine(worksinprogress.news)
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How much foreign aid is spent domestically rather than overseas?(ourworldindata.org)
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People in richer countries tend to say they are more satisfied with their lives(ourworldindata.org)
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Measuring the Black Death(asimov.press)
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Resisting the carbonization of animals as climate solutions(nature.com)
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'Spoonful of plastics in your brain' paper has duplicated images(thetransmitter.org)
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"Cool" years are now hotter than the "warm" years of the past(ourworldindata.org)
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In 2004 it took the world 1yr to add a gigawatt of solar power – now it's 1 day(ourworldindata.org)
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Trump threatens a global trade war. Europe must unleash an alternative(theguardian.com)
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The future of humanity is in management(newsletter.rootsofprogress.org)
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Clarifying the Creation and Use of the FrontierMath Benchmark(epoch.ai)
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What's the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand?(sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
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Major data revisions are coming – should make you trust official statistics more(slowboring.com)
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Young people are hanging out less – it may be harming their mental health(ft.com)
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by therabbithole 2y ago
International migrants send $781 billions per year to families back home. That's over >3x global aid. About 6% goes to bank fees. Reducing these fees would unlock a huge amount of redistribution.
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The global redistributor we never hear about: money sent by migrants(ourworldindata.org)
3 points by therabbithole 2y ago|2 comments

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