Will Stokes

@stoke123
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East Coast transplant in the Twin Cities. PhD Student at the University of Minnesota. Personal Account. He/him.
Will StokesFeb 27, 2023
Bobby Big WheelFeb 27, 2023
RT @MC_of_A
east coast democrats looking at what 51% bare trifectas are doing in the Midwest https://twitter.com/deehan/status/1630213666304819202
Mike Deehan on Twitter

“New: Dem Healey wants bigger tax breaks than Republican Baker did a year ago. New guv would rebate $600 per dependent and give breaks to low and middle class - but also give business and the rich what they want in lower capital gains taxes and huge reform to estate tax. #MApoli”

Twitter
Will StokesFeb 9, 2023
Show threadWill StokesFeb 9, 2023
@jbouie This isn't an article, but I read The Year of Magical Thinking for the first time and was utterly blown away. There are so many parts of that book that if I think about it too much I will start to cry.
Show threadWill StokesFeb 8, 2023
Also really the Lakers season in a nutshell here: Lebron putting on a clinic, and it doesn't matter because the Lakers defense allowing OKC to shoot like 70% from deep.
Will StokesFeb 8, 2023
It really is unbelievable that Lebron is still this good at 38. He's outmuscling dudes in their 20s!
Will StokesFeb 5, 2023
Benjamin RossFeb 4, 2023
Very big implications to finding (2 studies, in London & Paris) that woman cyclists get killed more than men because they wait for signal to start across intersection.
This is surely true for pedestrians too, since geometry is the same.
Implies that using marked crosswalk & obeying signal is often more dangerous than violating law. 1/2
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/is-cycling-safe-in-many-cases-the-answer-is-no/
https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/02/04/que-peut-on-dire-de-la-hausse-inquietante-des-morts-de-cyclistes_6160557_4355770.html
Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no.

Researcher Anne Lusk explains the risks bicyclists face and how we can mitigate them.

Harvard Gazette
Will StokesFeb 4, 2023
This #ChineseSpyBalloon news cycle has gotta be the stupidest news cycle of at least the last six months.
Will StokesFeb 3, 2023
About halfway through The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and it's as good as everyone made it out to be. Yeesh.
Will StokesFeb 2, 2023
Alan SepinwallFeb 2, 2023
Just used "Zaslaving" in a sentence to refer to a streaming service removing library titles just to save a pittance. It's a verb now.
Will StokesFeb 2, 2023
https://www.startribune.com/republicans-set-to-oust-rep-omar-from-foreign-affairs-panel/600248185/
Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

Newly empowered House Republicans are preparing to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born Muslim lawmaker, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments critical of Israel — and as payback after Democrats booted far-right GOP lawmakers from committees for their incendiary, violent remarks.

Star Tribune
Will StokesFeb 1, 2023
jbouieFeb 1, 2023
I'm in the middle of writing the first draft of my next column and let me say that I would not be able to do this job without archive.org. It is just an amazing repository of resources for any kind of research. Really incredible and deserves your support.