TIL that following the 2014 Paris installation of "Tree" by Paul McCarthy, one sex toy store in Paris reported a 200% increase in sales of butt plugs.
#Art #StrangeArt #UnintendedEffects #InflatableArt #FlaredBase #AdultToys #Holidays

Progress and pitfalls when evaluating the unintended effects of public policy: The case of German international development cooperation - Zunera Rana, Dirk-Jan Koch, Carla Diem, 2025 The study of unintended effects of policies is a key debate among evaluation scholars. Through complexity theory, we argue that unintended effects of (international) public actions are inevitable a...

Can we truly capture the #UnintendedEffects of #PublicPolicy? A deep dive into German development evaluations reveals biases, blind spots, and the need for better tools and guidance. #Complexity matters.
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#PolicyEvaluation #Germany #Eval4Action

A friendly reminder for the rest of us. Feel free to download this image and post wherever laughing fools have been spotted.

#LaughingFools
#UnintendedEffects

Coincidence or Strategy?

1. Decimating the United States' severe weather forecasting and advance warning programs.

2. Imprisoning thousands of unconvicted "detainees" in tent-covered cages in a remote Florida swamp.

#UnintendedEffects
#SadisticStrategicNegligence

Call it what you want, but this will always be true. #UnintendedEffects

#unintendedeffects? Remember all those partner frequent flyer miles you didn't get because you lost all the paperwork and boarding cards? I wonder how many more miles are claimed via etickets and (critically) mobile barding cards than 10 years ago?