Shakira's judge, "you know, her forms don't lie and I'm starting to feel it's right" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shakira hits out after winning £50m Spanish tax refund

The Colombian singer says the court ruling means the

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I hope Sinners wins because it was good and One Battle After Another is dominated by John Wick at 2/3 speed

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The most central area with the tall buildings is in the center of several more vibrant areas. I'm not sure why that happened. It might be because of the failure of the harbor mall, but I didn't know if that's a cause or an effect... or a little of both.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6mo ago

How do you define downtown Baltimore? Draw it and show us.

BGE bought a Super Bowl Ad to convince people that letting them charge customers for constructing new power plants will bring energy prices down. Nice try. If they wanted to bring energy prices down, they wouldn't be paying for Super Bowl Ads! www.thebanner.com/community/cl... #Maryland #Electric

Super Bowl-night ads will push BGE’s agenda to build and run power plants in Maryland

Baltimore Gas and Electric has called on Maryland leaders to pass legislation allowing the utility to build and own power plants — an ask it’s underscoring with ads during NBC’s Olympics and Super Bow...

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Cool!

StataTex Blog@statatexblog.com · 7mo ago

Extremely useful LaTeX code for replying to referees by @paolocrosetto.bsky.social #econsky https://github.com/paolocrosetto/reply_to_referee_template

Baltimore Banner prepared to double in size?

If you generally support what Starbucks Workers United is doing here and want to do something easy in support, this is it

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 7mo ago

If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders. Our call to action is simple: 📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp bit.ly/deletetheapp

The problem with a stochastic algorithm is that it's random

I'm watching 12 Dogs of Christmas. The town has an evil mayor who banned dogs even though everyone in the town loves dogs so much that many are willing to start a compound where they can live freely with their dogs. Who voted for the mayor?

Also it's on JOE and due by end of day tomorrow (Wed) www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Here's a link with this info in the meantime before this goes up on JOE: www.matthewthom.as/ejm2025/

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

The FTC is hiring economists! Applications due 12/17 so it’s a quick turnaround! Happy to chat with anyone interested in the position, especially if you have a non-IO background like me…

Matthew Thomas@matthewthom.as · 9mo ago

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

For folks with on the market or for folks with folks on the market. We are looking to hire this year. Feel free to reach out with questions about the job (good), research opportunities (really good) or other aspects of being in DC (lots of different ways to live here).

Matthew Thomas@matthewthom.as · 9mo ago

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

Come work with me! #EconJobMarket

Matthew Thomas@matthewthom.as · 9mo ago

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

Full time but temporary ORISE position with the Forest Service for an economist interested in estimating the benefits of recreation. #EconRA www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

By today, nearly 11 million SNAP participants should have received *full* benefits for November. They haven't. By Friday, this jumps to about 20 million. (estimated using state participation data and issuance schedules from USDA FNS) 🥗 🛟 🩺📊 #econsky

#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....

I just put the finishing touches on my online wedding album. Check it out: matthewandmaria.com/en/album/

Matthew & Maria Fernanda's Wedding Album

Matthew W. Thomas & Maria Fernanda Petri Betto were married on July 26, 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil. Here are some videos and photos from our special day.

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The FTC is being hit by terminations

The FTC is being hit by terminations

At least a dozen staffers were cut, The Verge has learned.

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