Reposted by Alex Eblelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/07/2026say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please 6186191468
Reposted by Alex EbleLauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Millions of people are losing access to food benefits right now for literally no good reason and I wish more people were aware and talking about it. www.cbpp.org/research/foo... (As opposed to or at least in addition to the other stuff.)cbpp.orgSNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is ImplementedSNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4 million people (nearly 10 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and March 2026, based on the latest month of data. 32013
Reposted by Alex EbleSarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026"Better information, simpler applications, and clearer aid promises can move students toward higher-quality colleges. But they cannot create more high-quality seats." You can say the same about mentoring, advising, and pipeline programs. www.nber.org/papers/w35434nber.orgDegrees of Mobility: Shifting Low-Income Students to Higher Quality CollegesFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 0182
Reposted by Alex EbleSista 𓅓 @sista.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The world would be significantly better if meta ceases to existreuters.comMeta says US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties in August youth safety trialMeta Platforms said in a court filing on Monday that four states were seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties over accusations the company designed its Facebook and Instagram platforms to addict young us... 25868111465
Reposted by Alex EbleCooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/07/2026It’s New Foods Day for the Minnesota State Fair and this, to me, is the promise of America www.mnstatefair.org/new/food 514901854
Reposted by Alex EbleCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo. 094892281
Reposted by Alex EbleIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The next president should drive a General Grant 2497
Reposted by Alex EbleIn Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Yes, self promotion sucks, academics, but if you don’t do it nobody will find out about your work. The point is to publish and be read, not publish and hope you are discovered by fate, lifted out of a humble and pure obscurity so that you may be both famous and retiring 1451569
Reposted by Alex EblePaul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 15/06/2026Since we're heading into academic job market season, a reminder: I've collected some advice (esp. for new grads): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips... And reach out if you'd like to set up a time to chat about the job market and how to navigate it. I'm not an expert by any means, but happy to talk.paul-bruno.comSome Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno 01110
Reposted by Alex EbleCarolina Concha-Arriagada @conchaarriagada.bsky.social · 04/06/2026📢 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 👇 1127
Reposted by Alex EbleMatthew Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The stated cost of the Iran war ($25 billion so far) now exceeds the 2024 annual budget for USAID ($22 billion). What better summary of current US foreign policy? Trump and Elon left hundreds of thousands left to die of preventable illnesses, and spent the money on a pointless war of choice.nytimes.comWhat $25 Billion Spent on the War in Iran Really Means (Gift Article)It exceeds the annual budgets of numerous federal agencies, and the Pentagon’s yearly budget for munitions. 12319128
Reposted by Alex Eblegelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Fidelity administers University of California retirement funds. I bet those involve a lot of money. 061
Reposted by Alex EbleDaniel Mangrum @danielmangrum.com · 28/04/2026Issues with spatial spillovers in staggered DD designs: Exhibit A 083
Reposted by Alex EbleOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss" 623750785
Reposted by Alex EblePatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Simple rule: the Senate should not confirm any appointee to any post who can’t say clearly who legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. Not just who was “installed”, but who won the vote and the electoral college. 351774379
Reposted by Alex EbleLauren Gilbert @lgilbert.co · 17/04/2026We've launched In Development! It is aiming to be the New Yorker for global development. We want to promote discourse on development without dogma - stories doing deep-dives into pressing development issues, backed up by evidence, argument, and experience. Subscribe here: indevelopmentmag.comindevelopmentmag.comIn Developmentevidence and argument for a developing world 14625
Reposted by Alex EbleMarcello Graziano 🇺🇦 @marcellograz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Another ICE-DHS made murder 011
Reposted by Alex EbleWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/04/2026Come on then, and remove him. 8995982521
Reposted by Alex EbleGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Rep. Ted Lieu isn't backing down. 490168024911
Reposted by Alex EbleNathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 07/04/2026Great day to make some calls to your elected representatives. Got through to actual people on 2 of my 3 calls. 5calls.org/issue/stop-i...5calls.orgNo War With Iran (UPDATED 4/7) ⭑ 5 CallsUpdates April 7, 2026: Trump has openly threatened to obliterate “a whole civilization” if Iran does not agree to a deal. Given these repeated, … 033
Reposted by Alex EbleMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"Israel" doesn't start with a J. 9752651017
Reposted by Alex EbleTodd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Tomorrow, at the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference in Chicago! #AEFP2026 #econsky #edusky 063
Reposted by Alex EbleJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Check out Virginia’s language that restricts teaching Jan 6 as a day of peace and love 052
Reposted by Alex EbleJesse Anttila-Hughes @jessexjesse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi... 011
Reposted by Alex EbleTim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 04/03/2026An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...tucson.comFlorence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official saysAn ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection. 16329001752
Reposted by Alex EbleNathan Converse @nathanecon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026In case you wondered how trustworthy even “respectable” UK right-leaning media might be…. 012
Reposted by Alex EbleEric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 01/03/2026This is a graph of the death of US science. 9365184
Reposted by Alex EbleAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/02/2026This is crowdsourced data on reports of ICE activity. Note further that California has 6.7X people as MN. www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall... 1178
Reposted by Alex EbleAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026“She is an international student w/a visa…She appeared to have been taken from her Columbia-owned apartment on West 121st Street…Ms. Aghayeva posted a one-second video on her popular Instagram account showing her in the back of a vehicle with the caption: ‘Dhs illegally arrested me. Please help.’” 6433231
Reposted by Alex EbleEddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026For comparison, folks I know who worked at the Department of Ed, used their own money pay into a water club, to have 5-gallon water dispensers, because the water in the building is undrinkable. 619867
Reposted by Alex EbleClint Harris @clintent-to-treat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Overleaf just suggested to me that "exogeneity" should be corrected to "endogeneity". Probably pretty good advice for most cases! 2213
Reposted by Alex EbleLady Froldmagen (she/her) @zinelib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026"This past month, I’ve had flashbacks to the ICE abductions at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. I cannot help but think that 👉🏻if this university did not normalize the kidnappings of their own students👈🏻, that things would be different today." laylasaliba.substack.com/p/a-differen... 🎓 🧊laylasaliba.substack.comA Different World Newsletter #14: Meeting this moment + jobsMixer for Mutual Aid, ICE Watch trainings, Political Director posting for DRUM, NYC's Summer Youth Employment Program, taking action for Leqaa Kordia, and MORE! 022
Reposted by Alex EbleKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground 13474019713644
Reposted by Alex EbleSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does. Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision. We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore. This is something significantly bigger and scarier. 342110225227
Reposted by Alex EbleGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Some good news abcnews.com/Business/wir...abcnews.comWith $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as nonprofitA division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit 0298
Reposted by Alex EbleKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/02/2026OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit 174286784955
Reposted by Alex EbleBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today. 9135171189
Reposted by Alex EblePaul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 16/01/2026Well, I suppose that finally settles the question of which one isn't a "real" Nobel Prize. 2334
Reposted by Alex EbleMicah @rincewind.run · 15/01/2026we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets "please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit 242267390
Reposted by Alex EbleCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Bravest motherfuckers you've ever seen. They just saw a neighbor get murdered and still out there. Maybe let's see some local officials with the power to arrest show as much backbone as these voters PAYING YOUR FUCKING SALARY 2661171650
Reposted by Alex EbleRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/06/2025"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California. 40817531358
Alex Eble @alexeble.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Happening now here at @barnardcollege.bsky.social: the second incarnation of the Gender in the Global Economy Conference. Program attached - more updates to come! 3122
Reposted by Alex Eblehammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 11/09/2025what kind of a country even is thisrawstory.comMarco Rubio's State Dept. to ban foreigners for 'making light' of Charlie Kirk's deathThe State Department, under the leadership of Secretary Marco Rubio, announced that it would ban all foreigners who downplayed the death of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk."In light of yesterday's horrif... 5375
Reposted by Alex EbleShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere. 369241975184