Day 2 of #WCERE2026 is a wrap! 🌍🎉 The day opened with great speeches by Prof. Pedro Oliveira, Prof. Maria Antonieta Cunha e Sá, and other committee members. The rest of the day was filled with lively economics discussions, both in the conference rooms and by the beach! 🏖️ 📈 #Econsky 📉 #AERE

that Jerome Powell video goes so much harder because it looks like it was filmed in 1986.

Random woman walking down Market street mumbled “Jesus fucking Christ” to no one in particular, to which I responded “I know right” and I can only imagine that she was channeling the ghost of Ben Franklin.

casey wichman@cjwich.bsky.social · 8mo ago

american democracy was this 🤏 close to making it to 250 years. RIP.

american democracy was this 🤏 close to making it to 250 years. RIP.

Headed to #assa2026? Hit me up if you’re interested in skipping the “research” “presentations” and trying all of the vegan/vegetarian cheesesteaks in Philadelphia instead.

Wordle 1,652 X/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 Statistically, this is harder than guessing correctly on the first go I think.

why does coffee pot coffee taste so much worse than pour over? same beans, etc. what gives?

you really got to hand it to her… I haven’t been this interested in a 60 Minutes segment in… well, ever.

just spitballing here, but maybe we shouldn’t have guns on campus? (this fraternity is adjacent to my building on campus)

I am not an AI doomer, but one of the bummers about academia these days is that I constantly feel like I am just grading LLM output, whether true or not. 📈📉

good news about not going all in on World Cup tickets in ATL before groups were announced is that resale prices for that Cape Verde—Uzbekistan match will probably be pretty low.

i dunno guys, this "FIFA" organization is starting to feel a bit evil to me

random Q for the #econsky education folks. is there a large database of university/college and/or K-12 academic calendars, including start dates, end dates, school breaks, etc., ideally going back a decade?

I am absolutely livid with the political propaganda in my kid’s school this week. They’re grooming the kindergarteners into being falcons fans.

in the last two weeks, I’ve made snide comments to at least four drivers facetiming while passing them on my bike.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.

Postdoc 2: Demand Flexibility Working with Erica Myers and Blake Shaffer A mix of independent research and also being part of a team implementing multiple field experiments on electricity demand flexibility. Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706288...

Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Demand Flexibility, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, ...

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Postdoc 1: Transmission Working with Sarah Johnston and Blake Shaffer A mix of independent research and also being part of an exciting multiyear multi-province and multidisciplinary interprovincial transmission initiative! Details and apply here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1706289...

Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Transmission, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, A...

Postdoctoral Scholar in Electricity Economics, Transmission, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, A...

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me, writing the AI policy for my syllabi:

Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham@paulgp.com · 10mo ago

This Pope guy has some bangers

life was easier when the bills were just bad every week

after much deliberation, I succumbed and bought the $89 amazon doctoral regalia rather than renting it for $75 or buying the real stuff for $1370.

well, it finally happened #econsky. my partner is out with friends, my kid’s aftercare spot is doing an “after dark” special, and I’m… eating dinner and drinking a beer solo while reading an @ecmaeditors.bsky.social paper on my phone at the bar.

today, i allowed myself some excitement about research for the first time in a long time by looking at some dormant papers that need to be revised and sent back out, just as a little treat, as i feel the end of the semester approaching. 📈📉

#econsky The School of Economics at Georgia Tech is searching for a new Chair. (We always do external searches...). Don't be spooked by the upcoming deadline for full consideration: Oct 31. I am on the search committee and happy to answer any questions! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

#econsky The School of Economics at Georgia Tech is searching for a new Chair. (We always do external searches...). Don't be spooked by the upcoming deadline for full consideration: Oct 31. I am on the search committee and happy to answer any questions! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

*tunes into @pbswisconsin.bsky.social hard af*

James Longhurst@jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 11mo ago

tonight on @pbs.org @pbswisconsin.bsky.social "From Rails to Trails," based on Peter Harnik's book of the same name. This history of the movement includes some coverage of the Elroy-Sparta's claim to fame as the first rail-trail conversion! #bike #bikesky 🗃️ pbswisconsin.org/watch/from-r...

sure, things are terrible in america, but I got quoted by local public radio about riding bikes to school with my kindergartener. www.gpb.org/news/2025/10...

Parents and students trade car rides for community connection with Atlanta Bike Bus

Students in East Atlanta embraced the cool fall air during National Walk & Roll to School Week by joining groups biking to school.

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apropos of nothing, if any Swiss universities want to pay me many millions of dollars/francs to move to Europe, my email is publicly available.

having spent the day fighting jet lag by drinking espresso, eating stroopwafels and French fries, and drinking Dutch beer, while watching bicycles whiz around, I regret to inform you that it is no longer a fair coin flip.

casey wichman@cjwich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

coin flip on whether I decide to come back at this point. I’ll just send for the family and dogs.

coin flip on whether I decide to come back at this point. I’ll just send for the family and dogs.

alright fam, I am heading to Amsterdam Sun–Wed for a workshop (assuming, questionably, that US citizens are still allowed to travel internationally). in the very few unscheduled hours I have, what should I do/see? 📈📉