screenshot of WashPo editorial board August 20 2025 "The Texas Gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy"

screenshot of April 21 Wash PO editorial board: "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."

listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"

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I think they like having the windows open.

Sad to see this ingratitude towards the Democrats for enabling the killings of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. Please give credit where it's due.

Americans are more polarized in their trust in scientists than in virtually any other societal institution. — James N. Druckman.
(@umisrcps.bsky.social)
More, via Opinion Today:
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I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org

I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.

blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

My baby just received routine vaccines and is now listening to My Chemical Romance. Could this be a reaction?

More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women | UN Women – Headquarters Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.

Israel killed an average of at least 47 girls and women per day in Gaza.

A new analysis published by the United Nations shows that more than 38,000 girls and women were killed in between October 2023 and December 2025.

4 year old: the warming bits of the feel of you in your shoes make me feel warm with your love
Me: what do you want

If you’re an employer reading this, I am very prepared for the job market. Probably the most prepared and most accomplished of any applicant.

Nothing like a panel on the job market to make me feel unprepared for the job market

I personally prefer singular data but my boss makes me use plural data so in my brain it’s now plural data and I can’t undo it.

People who say they live in the ”twin cities” unfailingly live in like Woodbury or Burnsville

Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate! On April 3, the Trump Administration released its budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2027. In it, the Administration states its intent to dismantle the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Social, Beh...

Hey, #EconSky! The administration is trying to cut NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate. Click below to contact your representatives and urge them to save it. Tell your friends. Our research matters and is worth funding!

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Happy Easter! Χριστός Ανέστη!

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II.

She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet.

Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

I’m amazed every day by how precise my husband‘s work designing and building spacecrafts is. But they also sometimes just cover stuff in glue to make sure it doesn’t fall off the rocket.

My 4 year old went to not one but two economics seminars today, enjoyed both, and behaved mostly appropriately! It didn’t hurt that she was given donuts, cookies, pop tarts, and candy throughout her day on campus.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become 'sitting ducks' in measles outbreaks Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks like the one in South Carolina, which is the largest the U.S. has seen in decades.

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become ‘sitting ducks’ in measles outbreaks

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

The United States effectively no longer has an asylum system.

Our asylum system was created by our Congress, under the rule of law, and it is the duty of the Executive Branch to administer that system.

It has instead disemboweled the system so that it no longer grants asylum.

BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans:

In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else.

www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Grants to Support Data for Economic Measurement Projects X LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky Threads Email Link To support the launch of research projects on economic measurement, the Economic Measurement Research Institute (EMRI) at NBER, with the support of the National Science Foundation, invites proposals from early-career faculty members and dissertation-writing doctoral students for small data acquisition grants. Economic measurement can include price measurement, national or regional income and product measures, employment and wage statistics, technology indicators, and a range of other economic measurement topics. Examples of the types of data purchases that are envisioned include, but are not limited to: Data sets from payroll service providers that specialize in small employers to measure their employment and wage trends. Extracts of government administrative data to better capture output and employment for sectors that are not captured with existing official surveys. Subscriptions to or acquisitions of proprietary data sources to measure quality-adjusted prices for emerging technologies. Location data sold by aggregators to measure economic activity for small businesses based on traffic patterns. Grants generally will be between $2,500 and $7,500 and may only be used to cover costs associated with data purchases, including subscriptions to data providers. Grants may not be used to hire research assistants, to cover the salaries of project investigators, or to support the acquisition of data for projects that are not focused on economic measurement and the creation of new or improved economic statistics. The NBER will not cover any indirect costs associated with data purchases or make sub-awards to other institutions. Invoices for data purchases may be paid directly by the NBER, or project investigators can be reimbursed for data purchase expenses.

#FundSocSci
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Long Covid Predicted to Cost OECD Economies $135 Billion a Year The pandemic might be over, but new research indicates long Covid is likely to reverberate across OECD economies, costing up to $135 billion a year over the next decade.

A new study predicts that Long Covid will cost OECD economies $135 billion a year, due to people leaving the workforce, lower productivity, and healthcare costs. COVID is not over.

If you enjoy playing golf & want to present your Applied Microeconomics research, submit to this terrific conference organized by @davidajaeger.bsky.social at University of St Andrews

I went last year, and I'll be attending again this year

Link here: standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I'm thrilled to share I helped design Arbeiter Brewing Co's newest can label!

Liberator Doppelbock: release Party today, 4/8, 6-9pm. La Choza food truck will be on site: first 100 tacos free!

A portion of proceeds from Liberator will go to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church's Immigration Justice Fund!

, said Williamson, a elder chap

An AI slop-news site translated my job title "senior fellow" as... "elder chap"

Liam Conejo Ramos constantly worries about being detained by ICE again, his parents say: "My boy is very different" Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked global outrage, constantly worries about being detained again, his parents told CBS News in an exclusive interview.

Liam Conejo Ramos' father says his son now regularly sees a psychologist.

Liam's mother, Erika Ramos, said he's been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation.

Congratulations to Ludwig Straub @ludwigstraub.bsky.social of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2026 John Bates Clark Medal! www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...