Greg Veramendi
@greg-veramendi.bsky.social
Labor economist. Assoc. Prof. at @RHULECON . previously experimental particle physicist @Fermilab . He/him/his gregveramendi.github.io
Nice paper flagging issues that can show up for researchers using LLMs papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Randomness in large language models: What researchers need to know (and report)
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to generate data for research. Typical use cases are classifications, annotations, information extraction, an
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Honestly think this is one of the best videos on YouTube. Beautiful folk song that, like, were it not for the very specific circumstances of the modern internet I would never have been able to experience anything like at all in my life. I am enriched by such things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIMK...
Özgür Baba - Dertli Dolap
YouTube video by Elif'in Hecesi
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I coded up an open-source, not-for-profit AI paper reviewer that rivals the performance of @reviewer3com.bsky.social, Refine.ink, and Stanford Agentic Reviewer (according to Gemini 3.1). Costs <$2! Live @ coarse.ink. Plug in paper, @openrouter.bsky.social key, and email. #econsky
Turks have an unforgettable traditional saying that distills centuries of life under authoritarian Ottoman rule: ⟶ Öküz tahta çıkarsa öküz padişah olmaz, saray ahır olur “When an ox ascends to the throne, he doesn’t become king; the palace becomes a barn”
Come to London for a great workshop organized by my colleagues!
Melanie Luhrmann@luhrmann.bsky.social · 8mo agoCall for Papers: Economics of Health & Human Capital Organised by EcHo Royal Holloway 🗓️ May 14–15, 2026 | Stewart House, London ⏰ Deadline: March 20, 2026 Keynote: Leverhulme Visiting Professor Martin Karlsson drive.google.com/file/d/1Ktqo... #HealthEconomics #EconSky #CallforPapers #rhulecon
Are you in Boston next week and want to hear two serious physicists have a conversation about aliens? I will discuss whether aliens speak physics with @mattstrassler.bsky.social on Nov 17 at the Harvard Bookstore. @harvardbookstore.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
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Does marriage still causally change the division of labour after having a first child? We revisit this question and find evidence of two types of households - some specialize BUT for more modern couples marriage increases coordination - men earn less, take more paternity leave and women keep working
Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics@nhhecon.bsky.social · 11mo ago"Gender Equality through Marriage" - new discussion paper by Kjell G. Salvanes (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social), Gloria Moroni, @chetinicoletti1.bsky.social and @emmatominey.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
IWAEE 2026 (16th) Meetings - Call for Papers now open! Submit your papers on education economics via iwaee.org/new/ Deadline for submissions 27th February 14th to 16th June 2026, Catanzaro, Italy Keynotes: Esteban Aucejo, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch and @marirege.bsky.social #EconSky
I read @itsafronomics.bsky.social new book “The Double Tax” this afternoon. It’s engaging and one of the best popular ways to bring social science to the public and policy that I’ve read in a long while. Black women are uniquely disadvantaged in our economy. 😍 she gave Janelle James her flowers!
For Day 2 of our celebration of work using the Census Tree we highlight @lukestein.com & co's work on the gendered impacts of perceived skin tone. They find that among African Amer. sisters, women perceived to be darker-skinned were disadvantaged. *They also cite a great QJE pub by Lisa Cook et al*
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Worth a read if you don't already follow Phil. TLDR:
Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · last yr.Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. More and more it seems that Anchorage has seen Putin and Trump come together to push a deal that could permanently hobble Ukraine. Trump is pushing Ukraine give up more territory to Russia and get nothing meaningless. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
"Young political vigilantes" have historically been very useful to dictatorships--from Berlin to Beijing--because they gleefully engage in mass violent destruction of social institutions whose value and purpose they do not understand. Ex: Mao's Red Guard: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...
OldDudeFella 🚫👑🤴⛔️@olddudefella.bsky.social · last yr.
i understand the american people on average not reading history books what with the failing education system etc but what the fuck is the university leadership's excuse
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · last yr.Christina Paxson, Brown's president, signed the AACU letter in April denouncing "the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education" www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025... She took a "deal" with Trump anyway.
📝New @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social working paper Why are students from elite high schools much more likely to go to high ranked university courses than equally qualified students from the state sector? 🤔 w @opmc1.bsky.social @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social & Jo Blanden econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:ce...
When an English person shares how they feel about good news: "I feel, um, unnecessarily emotional about it." from Thames Water documentary. Worth a watch.
Recognising the growing difference between predicted grades and achieved grades over time, UCAS are piloting personalised reports to schools These will show schools how their UCAS predicted grades compare to achieved results www.ucas.com/corporate/ne...
UCAS pilots new reports to help teachers strengthen grade predictions and support student choice | UCAS
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Author of "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps" 👇
Andrea Pitzer@andreapitzer.bsky.social · last yr."The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
Yesterday, @carlbergstrom.com presented his course "Modern-day Oracles or BS Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world". Neat way to make students aware of the capacities and limitations of LLMs👇🎰 Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC0... Course: thebullshitmachines.com @unswbabs.bsky.social
Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Seminar with Prof. Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington
YouTube video by UNSW eLearning
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