Is “somebody” Claude?

🚨 U Melbourne flagship McKenzie Postdoc

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EOI closing 7 May, need to have a supervisor (email/DM me with Qs!)

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Thoughts and prayers, it’s all that’s left of the US democracy.

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I feel this. Today we had a white tail and a Huntsman in the house. The white tail was promptly relocated. But the huntsman was name “Biscuit” by the girls and is currently doing zoomies across our living room ceiling. Get ‘em Biscuit.

Ohhh yay you’re still in Japan! Nice! I’m jelly, except for having to get coffee at Starbucks

They have Starbucks in Australia?

In all seriousness, thanks!! I learned a lot.

Did you write it, or did Claude?

Bro, what do these words mean?

UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

I just replaced my iPhone 11 Pro from 2019. It was starting to run a little slower, but the nail in the coffin was that faceid sensor broke (needed for more than just faceid). I wouldn’t say it’s unusable but given how much we use it, seemed silly to belabor getting a new one.

Economist Bruce Preston appointed to RBA Board The economics professor is the second academic economist added to the board since a review recommended boosting its expertise.

Hard to think of a better appointment to the RBA board than my old mate, Bruce Preston. By any measure he's Australia's leading monetary economist. Good news for the Bank, for Australia, and for economics.

(Many moons ago we were baby economists together at the RBA.)

4 Lakota men were kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis. 3 of them were taken to what used to be a concentration camp for Native people, and the only people talking about it are other Indigenous people. I am angry but mostly numb, I am so used to this at this point. We are always forgotten.

Murder. And not just the one who pulled the trigger.

Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

A new NYT video analysis by confirms that Renee Good's vehicle did not run over Jonathan Ross and did not strike him. It's possible that it brushed up against him, but that remains unclear. Ross should be under arrest. This is a gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

A friendly reminder to everyone still using X/Twitter: stop it.

I’d say quite the opposite, Americans have had a remarkably effective and swift regime change: from posterboy democracy to full fledged authoritarianism.

Sadly it was clear as day that this was always the intention, folks.

The Nobel Lectures 2025 - Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien

Watch the Nobel Lecture in Economics live from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and the Royal Academy of the Sciences: www.kva.se/en/event/the... The lecture begins at 2:30 CET today December 8th #econsky

Great paper! Really helps synthesise the theory and empirics in one comprehensive but clear way. Check it out 👇🏼

Check out the amazing line up of speakers!! Please submit and share 🌟 🌈
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Pauline Grosjean, Ieda Matavelli, Ralph De Haas and I are hiring a postdoc for our projects on masculinity in economics.

Position is 2 years, at UNSW In Sydney, Australia. Starting Sept 2026.

Please reach out with any questions.

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Are you working in #LGBTQ related research topics?! Come visit us in Melbourne next year!!

While there is an applied/econ focus, the summit will be more multidisciplinary than most ;)

Also there are a handful of scholarships available!
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What Jan said 👇🏼

Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB) Health Economics of Risky Health Behavior (HERB)

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 – 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 (HERB 2026)

📍 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐚, January 22–23, 2026

🗓 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: November 30, 2025

🔗 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 here: eventi.unibo.it/workshop-herb

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