Denial of science, from vaccine effects and effectiveness to climate change is endangering all of us, individually and as a species.
Arantxa Rodriguez-Uribe
@maranzazuru.bsky.social
Political economist working at the intersection of development & conflict. Understanding & countering the effects of conflict on human capital accumulation. PSE & Sciences Po. PhD Princeton. An unapologetically loud woman. https://www.arodriguez-uribe.com
This is the Spain that represents me (and I think, most of "us"). A very visible example of the power of immigration and diversity.
5 months pregnant, how many times a man has offered me his seat in public transport? 0. Literally, 0.
Are french people gonna open the eyes to the need of AC (and get off their high horse of being morally superior for not using it) or we all gonna fry before?
📣 #CallForPapers 📣 The Spanish Network of Development Economists (SPANDE) is organizing the 4th Workshop on Development Economics in Spain at the Universidad de Alicante☀️ 📅 October 26–27, 2026 ⏰ Submission deadline: June 20 🗣️ Keynote speakers: @catiabatista.bsky.social @hjortj.bsky.social
We just got approved to hire a teaching professor in Quantitative Methods! This is the *very* rare tenure track teaching position at Berkeley. I'll be chairing the search committee. Official job ad coming later this summer!
I am fed up of people making their incomptence, your problem.
Se me revuelven las tripas con lo de “prioridad nacional”. Como española y como migrante. Si se llegase a implementar, España se va a quedar sin muchos inmigrantes, y lo tendría bien merecido. Cuando no estén, llegarán los lamentos.
Hoy me voy a dormir sintiendo esperanza por el futuro. No lo sentia desde hacia tiempos, gracias Hungria, no era consciente de lo que necesitaba esto.
Science takes us to the moon, science saves us from COVID, science helps us get pregnant, science gets us from one point of the earth to the other in hours, science allows you to text your mum in another continent… science is something its easy admire and love ❤️
Between aging (and becoming more risk averse in my case) and the global state of affairs, I miss feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future. It impacts so much how I live the present.
I did a mistake. I tuned in to the Congress session of today (Spain). The lack of professionalism and lack of basic education is through the roof. In any job you will be fired immediately if you speak like this. Here you get a round of applause (literally).
“Europe can’t be the guardian of a world order based on laws” (paraphrased). Or maybe yes, maybe Europe can and should be a place that stands up for a world order based on law (which by the way they help create and benefit from).
I have been told that I have too many opinions, that I take too much space, that I am too loud, that I speak too much, and even questioned whether “my personality serves me professionally”. How many men can say the same?
8M : we continue fighting because too many mediocre men are building their careers & lives on the shoulders of brilliant woman who will never get the credit and because too many woman worldwide will never even have the chance at an equal life.
I am at awe at science. All days, everyday.
In case it was not yet clear that who you vote for has immense consequences.
So far in 2026, America has launched a military strike on 22% of Saturdays
In the generation of my parents there were a lot of stay at home mums that, very literally, are the reason why men have the careers they have. They don’t have pension upon retirement. Me parece insultante.
I am getting started in Claude Code. The same mentor who walked me through being a RA, then through the PhD, is now building the path for me to use AI. I got really lucky. He is not in here, but thank you, Cblatt.
Si vuelvo a oír “Sanchismo” me va a dar un derrame. Que forma tan vil y cruel de cargarse las normas informales que sostienen la democracia.
One day a year, all of us immigrants (who are not under direct threat) should wear a t-shirt saying so. It would be a powerful and visual reminder of how essential immigrants are to all aspects of the societies we live, construct, and contribute to. Lets add second generation too.