For anyone to whom I owe work, including coauthors, editors, etc: I have been having relationship problems for a while and now my daughter is being wrongfully retained in a country that has a horrible track record of returning abducted children.
Josh Merfeld
@merfeld.bsky.social
Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Senior Lecturer, Uni Queensland | IZA | J-PAL | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl https://joshmerfeld.github.io/
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Help: I remember seeing a study here that debunked the common claim that US internal migration is falling over time. Anyone remember the reference?
Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research? #econ_ra iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...
Thank goodness! Just yesterday I told my wife: man I really wish we could watch c span right now.
C-SPAN@c-span.bsky.social · 11mo ago#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to YouTube and Hulu this fall! Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu
In a few months I'll be sending out a survey to about 3000 development studies profs around the world. If anyone is interested in chatting about possibly tacking on a question (maybe a prediction about an empirical result you're working on), I'd be happy to talk. DM me.
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Disagree. He could have been eating popcorn at home.
MLB@mlbbot.bsky.social · 12mo agoNo chance you had a better day than this kid 🍿😂
I’m sorry what? WW2 ended with some kind of negotiation??
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo agoJD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
Europeans will do anything to avoid AC
Naomi O'Leary@naomiohreally.bsky.social · 12mo agoExcessive heat in homes, offices and public buildings has prompted a debate in France this summer about the excessive use of glass in building design, which is being increasingly seen as impractical as global warming drives up summer temperatures. My story: www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
I truly believe that Sydney is the most beautiful city in the world.
UNSW Economics Dept@unswecon.bsky.social · 12mo agoWelcome to Sydney, @sioecon.bsky.social!
I dunno. I feel like shit ass parks that nobody likes can close, even if they were historically fun. But this one wasn’t even that! It was moved!
Hayes Gardner@hayesgardner.bsky.social · 12mo agoNEW | The country’s oldest operating roller coaster once weathered a fire and a relocation to Maryland. It might not, however, survive a corporate merger. After millions of visitors, but years of neglect, Six Flags America is closing. www.thebanner.com/economy/six-...
I’m literally more qualified than trump’s BLS pick. That’s insane.
I feel like the far left hates left center democrats more than republicans.
Have I told you all how pleasant Brisbane is and how wonderful my colleagues are?
I’d love to catch all these disgusting democrats. Release all the files so we can see who they are!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo agoJD Vance: "We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires ... Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did."
Obrack Ofuane’s picture is amazing
Geoff Green@geoffgreen.org · 12mo agoI've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
So before moving here I always heard that Queensland was Australia’s Florida, with ridiculous news stories and crimes. But watching the news everyday, I’m pretty sure Melbourne gets that honor?
I feel guilty enjoying videos of cute pigs because pork is so yummy