Marita Freimane
@maritafreimane.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Zurich. Studying digital media markets. https://sites.google.com/view/maritafreimane
when i was little, one of my best friends had two pets: 1. a big dog bred for hunting 2. a little widdle fluffy bunny rabbit the door was left open one day. then came the therapy bills
Eryk Salvaggio@eryk.bsky.social · 2w agoWired sets the frame that the model “escaped containment,” but from an accountability perspective, OpenAI left a door open by failing to properly isolate their system. Real headline: “OpenAI’s security failure leads to cyberattack against another AI company.”
We're launching a funding drive on Bellingcat today. It's a tough funding environment at the moment with global funder cuts & the fear of Trump scaring off donors, so support us here www.bellingcat.com/donate/?utm_... A short video about what your donations will fund www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzb...
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Celebrated Jāņi (midsummer) in Latvia this year! Bonfires and dancing till dawn, flower and oak wreaths, songs about Saule, the sun goddess, that are older than the churches. The Baltics hold a surviving piece of old Europe in living tradition.
📢📢📢 I am looking for a Research Associate (Predoc) to work on exciting projects in the economics of media and political economy. Please share and apply! More information available here: tinyurl.com/hertie-RA-or.... Deadline: June 28. #econra #econ_ra
Research Associate - Applied Economics (gn) part-time (30 hours/week)
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📢 Call for submissions: Columbia Gender in the Global Economy Conference! For economists in any subfield working on the role of gender in the economy. 📍 Columbia University, NYC 🗓️ Oct 30, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: July 15, 2026 Assistant profs & postdocs especially encouraged 👇
FINAL POLLS: Today, the final @leewas.bsky.social polls before the vote were published. Contrary to some earlier surveys, they now show a slight majority *against* the proposal. Yet the race remains extremely close, and ultimately depends on who actually turns out to vote bsky.app/profile/leew...
LeeWas@leewas.bsky.social · 2mo ago𝐍𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝟏𝟎-𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐳: Gemäss der 2. Welle der @20min.ch /Tamedia-Umfrage von @leewas.bsky.social sagen 52% Nein zur SVP-Initiative (47% Ja, 1% Unentschiedene). Die SVP-Basis stimmt geschlossen zu. Alle anderen Parteien lehnten die Volksinitiative ab
The *most debated* ballot since @foeg.bsky.social data begins: no prop has generated as many articles as the upcoming vote to cap the population. The media tone is very critical. Yet still the radical right SVP as the only major actor in favor gets the most attention www.foeg.uzh.ch/de/research/...
A fantastic opportunity for anyone on the market interested in media economics and experimental methods. Please share widely!
Marita Freimane@maritafreimane.bsky.social · 2mo ago🚨 Postdoc opportunity in media economics 🚨 WZB Berlin is hiring a postdoc for 3 years, starting Aug/Sep 2026. Great fit for a media economist interested in experimental work. I am involved in some of the projects and happy to answer questions. wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/455... #EconJobs #EconSky
🚨 Postdoc opportunity in media economics 🚨 WZB Berlin is hiring a postdoc for 3 years, starting Aug/Sep 2026. Great fit for a media economist interested in experimental work. I am involved in some of the projects and happy to answer questions. wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/455... #EconJobs #EconSky
Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/x) (ID 401)
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social s...
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PSA: Life is hard, remember to take power naps to recharge. Cred:myeongosheo
NYU is hiring two postdocs at the Center for Social Media, AI & Politics: csmapnyu.org/jobs And a grant manager in Sociology with the Social Science Research Hub: uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15327/g... I'm part of both groups--please share with anyone who is interested!
Soon, voters in Switzerland will decide on a far-right pop initiative to cut funding for the public broadcaster. The messaging is split. In the French-speaking area, the far-right stresses cost savings&financial relief, avoiding ideology. In the Swiss German part, it’s „slashing left-leaning media“
Le Temps@letemps.ch · 6mo ago🗳️🇨🇭 VOTATIONS Côté alémanique, les partisans du texte pour faire baisser la redevance à 200 francs font feu de tout bois, tandis que l’UDC romande se retient de critiquer idéologiquement le média de service public. La concentration...
Today, class, we will once again discuss "revealed preferences"
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 6mo agoFootage taken from inside Trump’s Super Bowl party at his Mar-a-Lago golf club showed the president and his guests watching Bad Bunny’s halftime show rather than TPUSA’s night of Jesus Christ, Kid Rock, and country music. trib.al/ivGSXQ3
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
Also, "underage women" isn't a thing. If they're under age, they're not women. That's what under age literally means.
Call for Papers: The 2026 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference will be held Oct 16–17 at UChicago’s David Rubenstein Forum. All early-career, tenure-track scholars are invited to submit works in progress across empirical micro fields. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Z00L50Y5vAH
Call for Papers: 2026 Women in Empirical Microeconomics Conference | Becker Friedman Institute
Organizers and Scientific Committee: Pauline Carry, Princeton University Renata Gaineddenova, Harvard University Virginia Minni, University of Chicago Manasvini Singh, Carnegie Mellon University Scientific Committee: Yunan Ji, Georgetown University Anna Russo, Harvard University Ambra Seck, Harvard University Garima Sharma, Northwestern University The Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago invites you to submit an academic paper for consideration for presentation Read more...
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Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply*
Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-
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My stock tip for everyone is that veggie is as good as chicken or beef.
Bluesky@bsky.app · 7mo agoAlso new in v1.114 today: cashtags! Like hashtags, but for stocks. Tag your posts with $AAPL, $NVDA, whatever, then tap to see everyone else's equally unqualified analysis!
📢 Call for papers 9th Economics of Media Bias Workshop Keynotes: Ruben Durante (NUS) and Pinar Yildrim (Wharton) 🗓️ May 28th-29th 2026 📍 Berlin, Germany ⏰ Deadline: January 31st 2026 Full CfP and information on how to submit: tinyurl.com/2s3f6tar Please circulate!
📢 #CallForPapers - 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June. Deadline: 31 January 2026 cepr.org/events/4th-c... @rafaeljjd.bsky.social @alexeymakarin.bsky.social @andreaprat.bsky.social @fsobbrio.bsky.social #EconSky
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me: the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social · 9mo agoI mean
Summers called this female Chinese economist “peril.” “Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats. That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Prof Dynarski@dynarski.bsky.social · 9mo agoSummers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09) The grad is from China Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril" Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package bit.ly/3LHpin8
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed. Here are the key take-aways 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
You are working on competition-related topics (or want to, or are just curious)? You have a paper you'd like to present? You just want to see what's happening in the literature? Come to #Mannheim for the #MaCCI Annual Conference (March 19-20, 2026). #economics #law #policy #competition #EconSky
MaCCI Mannheim@macci-mannheim.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 🎓 #MaCCI Annual Conference 2026 📅 When: March 19-20, 2026 🎯 Where: @zew.de 📅Submit by November 15!! #Competition #economics, #law, & #policy - #regulated industries, competition + #innovation More info: www.zew.de/MacciAnnual2026 #EconSky #ConfSky
AI Acquihires: Competition Risks, Talent Battles and Economic Spillovers Webinar - 8 October @ 17:00 CEST 🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac... #EconSky
With a great feature in @theguardian.com! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Put yourself first! 10 ways women can get a much better deal at work, home – and beyond
Women’s happiness is measurably lower than it was 20 years ago. But there are steps that can improve your life significantly
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Corinne Low@corinnelow.com · 11mo agoMy book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏
