@williamformn

I'm a candidate for Minnesota State Representative in HD44B, covering Oakdale, Pine Springs, Landfall, and parts of Maplewood, and North Saint Paul.

Joined June 2020
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"Of all people, only those who make time for philosophy, only they truly live. Not satisfied to merely keep good watch over their own days, they annex every age to their own. All the harvest of the past is added to their store." -Seneca the Stoic
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Worth noting that Seneca was a contemporary of Nero. That era was not unlike our own in some ways…
I've wondered this for a while… It'll be a nice silver lining if all the COVID-19 measures result in a significant drop in the flu. wsj.com/articles/covid-19-me…
Raspberries are finally bearing!
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Pleasure to meet Sia Lo, our candidate for congress, at a Minnesota Young Republicans event!
Setting up a new computer for web development: brew cask install imageoptim. Gotta keep the campaign site loading fast.
Sorry that Sur la table is closing in Woodbury, but enjoying my new wok.
This so saddens me… I want to attempt to summarize and publish my position every time I'm asked to cast a vote. This will hopefully help them get a first-party understanding of the situation and also hold me directly accountable. thefederalist.com/2020/07/10…
TL;DR: Models seem to indicate that low immunity in the population outweigh summer conditions. Standard disclaimer about all models being wrong, yet some useful, apply.
The Wall Street Journal
@WSJ13 Jul 2020
A few months ago, some scientists hoped summer conditions might help tamp down coronavirus transmission. Yet case counts are surging in the U.S. What happened? on.wsj.com/32euEh0

Scientists Hoped Summer Temperatures Would Tamp Down Covid-19 Cases. What Happened?

Just a few months back, some scientists hoped summer conditions might help tamp down coronavirus transmission. Yet case counts of the novel coronavirus are surging in the U.S.

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Assuming this is all true, it's an example of how true reforms are indeed needed, although lost in the absurd ideas being suggested. When you have a couple of rats in a house, you don't burn down the house. But you do remove the rats. propublica.org/article/my-fa…
Nice thing about school choice is that each school and its parents can decide when to reopen and how. None of this one-size-fits-all absurdity.
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Spent some of the day ripping out flooring for part of a friend's bathroom remodel. Quite sore now…
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It's wonderful that things are better than expected!
Clarity
@covid_clarity10 Jul 2020
This week was the forecast PEAK in Minnesota covid deaths. How has the MN covid model performed? > Model says 4 million+ infected > 17,000 hospitalized vs 227 actual > 2,500 in ICU vs 124 actual > 700+ daily deaths vs 5 today (+14,000% higher) See tracking dashboard below.
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If you have never worked in an early stage business, I really enjoyed this story of one company's journey to initial profitability and their start of long-term success. It's hard work, and involves a lot of risk! Kudos to founders! tettra.com/blog/navigating-t…
Such a cool career!
NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard10 Jul 2020
How does a background in fashion design lead to a career at NASA?

Precision & Design: Making Blankets for Hubble

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Fantastic thread. Especially in this day and age of polarization when the Overton Window seems like a bimodal distribution…
Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg6 Jul 2020
My favorite takeaways from the book "How to Have Impossible Conversations" 👇 amazon.com/How-Have-Impossib…
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Now I want to know the story behind the squirrel bite…
Briana Bierschbach@bbierschbach9 Jul 2020
Minnesota National Guard Major General Jon Jensen said there were only 18 minor injuries to members during the period they were deployed to respond to civil unrest in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and none were sustained from another individual. One was a squirrel bite.
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Defunding police is based on a basic assumption that if we can remove all bad things from our lives, we will create utopia. This is false, and why, ultimately, we need _someone_ with coercive power to bring people in line with the law. startribune.com/some-minneap…

Some Minneapolis Black leaders speak out against City Council's moves to defund police

While the movement to defund the police has been driven by Black activists, others say that city politicians rushed the process and failed to include a police chief who has the backing of many Black...

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In some commentary on a study into marketing and advertising platforms out of the UK, the author mentioned that the European system asks whether the markets are meeting a goal and then regulate in that direction. The American system makes laws and then steps back.
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This is an example of subtle socialism. America sets the rules and lets the free market work itself out. Europe has a governmental hand constantly guiding the economy toward their preferred goals. America allows for more unexpected innovation.
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