Hot take: I intensely dislike the phrase 'jump on a call' that seems so common in office-speak. I don't jump on calls. I drag myself to calls. I don't know who started this jump on call thing but I dislike you as much as I dislike Microsoft (and that's a lot).

Today at 3:50pm!

Sarah Cohodes@cohodes.bsky.social · last wk.

Guys I’m having a week. Tomorrow come see me present “The effects of charter schools on economic mobility” at the Labor/Ed NBER SI session at 3:50pm ET. (In-person only)

Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.

I love this prize honouring one of our best. Submit your best work!!

Centre for Economic Policy Research@cepr.org · 4w ago

📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of Sciences Po is launching a call for the Ghazala Azmat Award. Work by young scholars in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational economics welcome. Deadline: 31 August ow.ly/Skox50ZmiAL #EconSky

This is the most pure John Oliver bait I've seen in a minute.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w ago

Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.

This is Obi. He heard someone say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Would like to point out this bubble didn't blow itself. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: obi.the.dachshund)

UKRI are recruiting for a new Exec Chair for Research England (£160k-£170k). It is a crucial role including QR funding and the REF. I hope they get a great field. But I worry a bit. It's hard to find on their website (see link below) fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Evan C. Abrahamson (American, b.1984) Untitled, 2025 Acrylic, pen and ink, oil 36 x 36 in #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

We’re seeking a doctoral student or early career economist to join the judging panel for the RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession, helping to select the 2027 recipient. Applications close at 5pm on 17 August 2026. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4wZUy2T

Panel vacancy: RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession - Royal Economic Society

The RES is recruiting for a doctoral student or early career economist to join the judging panel for the RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession.

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If anyone would like to see a short video of a very happy piglet munching on some small cubes of cheese, this is your lucky day.

Can now positively confirm, Melbourne is an absolutely fabulous city and the research community here is equally fabulous!

Jan Kabatek 💙💛@jankabatek.com · 2w ago

📢We're hiring 📢 Short notice, but Melbourne Institute is looking for a Senior Research Fellow (level C) to work on applied industrial microeconomics research using Australian administrative datasets. Apply here: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UOM_Ex...

📢We're hiring 📢 Short notice, but Melbourne Institute is looking for a Senior Research Fellow (level C) to work on applied industrial microeconomics research using Australian administrative datasets. Apply here: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UOM_Ex...

Wise advice from @aeadata.bsky.social

AEA Data Editor@aeadata.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lesson? I don't know about the econometrics - but don't use --quietly-- in #Stata ! (or "source()" without "echo=TRUE" in #R, or drop the ";" in #MATLAB). Good night, and good computing!

Lesson? I don't know about the econometrics - but don't use --quietly-- in #Stata ! (or "source()" without "echo=TRUE" in #R, or drop the ";" in #MATLAB). Good night, and good computing!

Call for papers! 4th New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, Nov. 6, 2026. Conference page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-.... Submit here (deadline Sept. 14): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

Beautiful ❤️

ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™@trahias.bsky.social · 2w ago

Elizabeth Nourse (American painter) 1859 - 1938 La Petite Soeur (The Little Sister), 1902 oil on canvas Riffe Gallery, Ohio, United States of America #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Takes I'm here for

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 3w ago

England and France are both playing like lads who forgot their wife's anniversary, the difference is England still thinks he can save the day by spending the months wages on flowers and choccy and France knows she's already left with the kids for his in laws house

Great to see mine & jan bakkers research featured in the ft today

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w ago

Is Rightmove taking us for a ride? ft.trib.al/1ogmg1l | opinion

This is so beautiful

ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™@trahias.bsky.social · 3w ago

Mihaïl Zablodski (Ukrainian Artist, born 1988) "The Fatigue", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 40 × 80 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Public toilets here not only exist, but literally sing to you (shut the door and music plays, it's wild and unnerving and also lovely?! Too many feelings)

We've been here only a minute, sorting out all the base layers of a new life is insanely complex, but the husband has priorities straight (or so I'm told):

Ok I've moved to Australia from New York with an infant and a toddler (doggo on the way) and I felt a bit invincible for a minute there, and then jetlag showed me who's boss. But YAY this place is paradise and I'm so excited! HI MELBOURNE!!!! ❤️🤗

The #DiD page has been updated after two years! The site has been substantially cleaned up: code is now better documented, resources have been expanded, list of Stata/Python/R/Julia packages updated, and all Stata code has been revalidated. Check it out: asjadnaqvi.github.io/DiD/

NERA is hiring Research Associates across NYC, San Francisco, Washington DC, White Plains (NY), and Chicago. Open to BA/BS/MA grads by Summer 2026. Salary $90K + performance incentives + full benefits. Hybrid work. theeconomicmisfit.com/job/research...

Research Analyst/Associate (Multiple Locations) - NERA Economic Consulting (New York, San Francisco, DC, Chicago, White Plains) | The Economic Misfit

NERA is hiring Research Associates across NYC, San Francisco, Washington DC, White Plains (NY), and Chicago. Open to BA/BS/MA grads by Summer 2026. Salary $90K + performance incentives + full benefits...

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In any sport there are moments when, in defeat, a player or a team wins something less tangible but much larger than the match. That run was absolutely legendary, and the game itself was played at a level no one predicted from a team not many knew before. Respect.

Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. This fellowship is a three-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xWduAS

I am not certain, but I think this might be the greatest thread (and greatest use of alt text) of all time.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

LOL

mean things I say to myself@meantomyself.bsky.social · last mo.

Old enough to recognize this as a data center

Many forget this, and we all suffer for it.

This is the type of news I'm looking forward to having in my morning report

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · last mo.

While some dung beetles rest, others get to work, and farmers are making trades.