This paper assesses claims that, prior to the 19th century, around 90% of the human population lived in extreme poverty (defined as the inability to a…

Study by Jason Hickel (not the magacommunist weirdo, that's jackson hinkle).

Here's a thread .

    • The_Dawn [fae/faer, des/pair]
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      2 years ago

      Other thing is it seems faster for me than Twitter, at least when it’s working.

      Genuinely not sure if I've Never Been Sent a Nitter Link When It Was Working, or if you're full of crap, but I have to switch to Twitter Proper anytime I want a video to buffer

      • flan [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        the video player is weird but it seems to work for me. You have to like click on the "load hls" button and wait for it to load then click play.