Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.)
Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
#Econsky #econ_ra
We finally got approval to hire again! If you or someone you know is still on the market, this is a really cool position that lets you do impactful research in a great location. We have plans to hire 3! Please share and reach out if for more info
www.usajobs.gov/job/864800300
A three-panel comic with Peter Parker (Spiderman in his civilian outfit) as the protagonist. The left hand side panel has Peter with a book open with the title "How to finish a paper". The right hand side panel has two images: on the top Peter reads in the book the phrase "Write It". In the bottom right panel, the third one, Peter sheds tears.
Fellow academics/writers, I come bearing bad news:
#AcademicSky #WritingSky #AcWri #AmWriting #GetYourManuscriptOut
Hang it in the Louvre because that was Aert
Wout!!!
Thanks again to everyone at the UMich CIERS seminar for having me! I got lots of great feedback and thoroughly enjoyed my time in Ann Arbor
Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military,” by Greenberg, Wasserman, and Weber: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Is anyone thinking about submitting to APPAM this year a project on school segregation/composition or on high schools? I have an abstract that would fit nicely on a panel (but don't quite have the bandwidth to put a panel together myself)
why do the astros keep losing to the rockies
Republicans saying "Happy Power Plant and Bridge Eve" reminds me that I'm still waiting for Infrastructure Week to happen
MAGA is moving to close the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate of the National Science Foundation.
Good info below on how to fight this.
#academicsky
🟦🧠 #psychscisky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhTm...
Look to your left. Look to your right. If you’re Joe Lunardi, chances are that both those people had a better bracket than you.
Monday Giggle! Easter season edition!
a bunch of peeps in a gaudy Oval Office wearing too-big shoes.
The winner of this year's WaPo Peeps Diorama Contest is "A Shaming of the Shoes."
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Seemingly all of Silicon Valley is convinced that A.I. will bring on the end of work, or at the very least massive job losses. Economists have been skeptical, bordering on dismissive.
But lately that has begun to change. Economists are starting to take A.I. seriously.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/b...
Friends, what is currently the best BBQ place in Kansas City?
It's really inspiring how Duke brings people together.
"A camel is a horse designed by a committee" is such an incredible compliment to committees
🏀 hoopR v3.0.0 is out now!
The biggest release yet for R's men's basketball data package — NBA Stats API, ESPN & G-League, all in one place.
install.packages("hoopR")
hoopr.sportsdataverse.org
h/t: @saiemgilani.bsky.social, @akeaswaran.me
#rstats #nba #sportsdataverse
“()vȯ)) ̷̨ʅ(ʅ(Ɵʅ():::()̵̳̗̊(Ɵʅ()vȯ)) ̷̨ʅ” ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ — ()vȯ)) ̷̨ʅ(ʅ(Ɵʅ():::()̵̳̗̊(Ɵʅ()vȯ)) ̷̨ʅ (2022)
A Colorado clean air plan that targeted the dirtiest offenders is actually working: Here’s how
coloradosun.com/2026/03/25/c...
Very excited for this Friday's Chamberlain Online Seminar, where we'll muse about "The Future of Econometrics." Check out this panelist lineup!
Friday 3/27 at Noon ET. Come see! t.co/pE1gZCMI7a
Terrifying numbers in latest annual survey of federal workers from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.
For example, DoD workers' trust in Hegseth is in the toilet.
Only 11.5% of Army employees say their dept's political leaders "maintain high levels of integrity." Similar numbers for Navy, Air Force
COWORKER: I’m already off to a bad start. How's your bracket doing?
YOU: Pretty good. I mostly went with whatever team was ranked higher, and that was usually the team that won.
[Your COWORKER stares at YOU with a mixture of revulsion and scorn.]
Why did you choose radio tower as a route? Are there any advantages to doing it there?
New working paper on competition in meal delivery 🍔📦
Using detailed local data and within-market variation, we uncover how competition shapes prices and demand across restaurants.
Turns out, the effects are more nuanced than you might expect.
Take a look 👇
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=632...
So much of academic work is being the guy who actually read a thing
