Slightly diminish a book Menos-Colell, Lhoseston, and Light Green

Martin Gaynor@martingaynor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Slightly diminish a book The Pretty Good Gatsby

Noise is an under-discussed, but presumably large, negative externality of data centers. That constant sound would drive me crazy!

charjaebug@jael.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wanna know what one of the poster children for data center noise sounds like? Turn sound on to hear Vantage’s VA2 in Sterling, Virginia. Reports indicate the noise is from gas turbines operating on site for off-grid power.

I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free.

Hello #econsky. I am still trying to find people who were on hiring committees during this economics job market for a panel at the SEA meetings in November. Please reach out if you will be at the SEA and were hiring his past year.

New Census Working Paper: "Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children" by Na'ama Shenhav and Danielle H. Sandler www.census.gov/library/work...

Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children

Increased women’s college attendance delivers wage and job-quality gains that grow over the life cycle, alongside improvements in children’s early-life health.

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Hi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year. Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them. JMP 🧵:

Harris students are wicked awesome!!!

The acting CDC director has now approved ACIP recs allowing anyone 6 months+ to receive an updated Covid-19 shot after discussing w/ their provider. If you are on the fence about getting an updated shot, read my in-depth take on the evidence we've accumulated on these vaccines. #publichealth

Do additional COVID vaccines really help?

We've accumulated a lot of scientific evidence in the last few years.

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The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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Tatyana Deryugina@tderyugina.bsky.social · 11mo ago

OK, who wants to help me draft & distribute a letter of support for Lisa Cook & Central Bank independence? I already have a first draft & a bunch of academics' emails If you want to help get this going, email me (tatyana@deryugina.com) www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

AI use and data centers are causing ComEd bills to spike — and it will likely get worse. blockclubchi.co/4oSSwOS

These were two policy briefings and a peer-reviewed article produced by undergraduates under my supervision in 2023 and 2024. The letter demands that Brown take the work off its websites. Here's the work: www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/anti-offshor...

Anti-Offshore Wind Network | CDL

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Cool RCT of the impact of exercise on cancer outcomes. The effect was big enough that they stopped earlier than their power calculations suggested!

Nature@nature.com · 12mo ago

This clinical trial provides compelling evidence for the benefits of physical activity on survival of people with cancer go.nature.com/4mMB50u

Hard to watch. Kudos to journo to getting ghoul REP Tim Burchett to say on air that we can’t afford to help (though we can, and have for years)

CNN@cnn.com · last yr.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration dismantled USAID, the agency responsible for international aid. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists that "no one has died" because of the cuts. cnn.it/459Hs7g

Just how many bald people who are unaware they’re bald are there?

It's been 2 years (+ 1 month) since I left academia. In case anyone is wondering, I have zero regrets. Indeed, I'm living my best life and am so happy I made the leap. If you're considering leaving too, here are some thoughts on how to explore your options/find a job you'll love...

Great read on invasive plants in forests around Chicago. TL;DR: they're out of control. 77% of forests have been overrun (see: map) & require constant maintenance.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Invasive shrubs cover nearly 80 percent of Chicago-area forests. Can conservationists turn things around? blockclubchi.co/4micm4y

So every foreign student coming to do a PhD at a US university—some of the best and brightest young minds in the world!—will no longer know they have *permission* to even be in the US until they graduate.

Came up w/ a potential instrument to solve an identification issue that was holding a research project back on a call this morning. My rarely exuberant coauthor (& former advisor) said, "that's a really good idea!" multiple times.

a man wearing sunglasses is standing in front of a window with the words today was a good day below him

Alt: Ice Cube rapping "today was a good day" from a music video.

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I just saw someone text & drive… on a motorcycle… on the highway… in Chicago. He was texting with both hands too. Risk aversion is a heterogeneous thing!

I have written about this before, when it was suggested as a possibility shortly after the inauguration. A quick summary here--in short, there's little clever or thoughtful about it, though there is some legal strategy at work, however cynical. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

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This is horrific. And it is happening under our watch (and, even worse, with our assistance).

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

In Gaza, finding food, which was already scarce, has become a deadly endeavor. Our reporter explains why. Listen to "The Daily."

16 children have died of starvation in Gaza this month alone. I don't have any other words. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Gazans Are Dying of Starvation

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An amazing scoop by a 17yo high school journo. A long list of wealthy Trump fans donate to the Republican Party of Guam which then sends $ to RNC. This roundabout route is bc they already maxed out donation limit to RNC. Some advisor thought nobody would dig into Guam. But then came Zach Kahn.

Peggy Stuart@peggystuart.bsky.social · last yr.

Breaking: High-school journalism student hits it big with an exclusive. (This looks like money-laundering to me, and the sad thing is, it's legal.) Read his Substack article here ⬇️ Trump's Second Favorite Island (With Another List) open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...

A good family friend just got her Green Card! My whole family was together when she called to tell us it was approved a while back, & I don't think I've ever heard so much joy in a person's voice. I can't put into words how excited I am for her. I can't imagine how she must be feeling. 😀

Hyde Park ended Pride Month w/ a flourish at dusk last night.

Each month, the island sees around 4,000 solar-plus-battery storage systems come online. As of April, over a GW of grid-connected distributed solar capacity along with more than 2 GWh of distributed batteries are connected to Puerto Rico's electricity grid. 🔌💡 spectrum.ieee.org/puerto-rico-...

Could Microgrids Be Puerto Rico's Answer to Endless Blackouts?

Meanwhile, feds redirect $365 million away from solar toward grid fixes

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“It doesn’t make me love my country less. It makes me love it more b/se I see all these people standing up for my dad... this country is all about... coming together as a community, loving each other & helping each other out..."

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last yr.

“Narciso’s son Alejandro Barranco, 25, a Marine veteran, told MSNBC on Tuesday that had he treated a detainee the same way while he was serving as a Marine, ‘it would have been a war crime.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

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