Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 24/08/2026I’m teaching this semester, and this is truly the GOAT in saving my voice and throat. 000
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 08/08/2026It’s the freakin’ weekend imma ‘bout to have me some fuuun 🎉 2140
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 27/07/2026Indeed, shopping on my credit card card is a critical emergency. Successful AusAlert! 👏🏽 010
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 24/06/2026New paper out. The child penalty in Vietnam, in one picture: at the first kid, mothers’ earnings and employment fall off a cliff and never recover. 🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 051
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 17/06/2026Not that there's anything wrong with wearing eyeliner, but clearly, I was not the first person to have wondered. Blues in Game 3! 010
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 12/06/2026She seems utterly harmless until she decides to poop out of her litter box. But then again, with toe beans like that, how can I hate her?! 🤩 020
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 08/06/2026Our new paper using 21 years of longitudinal data shows food insecurity in Australia is a structural income problem. Low-income households spend 30%+ of income on food. Also, food stress isn't a localized quirk—the Illawarra tracks the national average. 🔗: doi.org/10.1093/heap.... 071
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 03/05/2026North Beach doing North Beach things this afternoon. 🌬️ 0180
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 02/05/2026OK, maybe Google heard me. You can now export files from Gemini. Source: blog.google/innovation-a.... 040
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 29/04/2026OK, the new trains are all right. It’s not the Shinkansen, but at least they’re a smidge better than the old carriages. 🚉 020
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 25/04/2026Absolute cracker of a day for golf. Just don’t ask me how many balls I lost. 🏌🏽♂️ 070
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 23/04/2026Graduation day, fun day at the University of Wollongong. Truly my favorite “service” duty. 🎓 0111
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 14/04/2026Excuse me? Are we meant to take the train to Central and change there to get to the airport? 🤦🏽♂️ 000
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 12/04/2026I had a successful SMILE surgery for my eyes, so now I have daily contact lenses (-6.00 and -6.50) to dispose of. But I’m happy for them to go to someone (in Australia for postage reasons) who can use them. DM/email me! 080
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 09/04/2026Maccas has stopped serving chocolate ice cream. Meanwhile, I’m still trying to find a branch that consistently has any soft serve ice cream at all! Why are the machines always out of order?! 110
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 09/04/2026In this house, we donate plasma. If you’re in Australia, Lifeblood has some pretty good milkshakes to offer while or after you donate! 🥤 0100
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 07/04/2026From @kevinroose.com over on X: “During testing, Claude Mythos Preview broke out of a sandbox environment, built ‘a moderately sophisticated multi-step exploit’ to gain internet access, and emailed a researcher while they were eating a sandwich in the park.” 092
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 07/04/2026Imagine being upset at me but, like, this is my view whenever I go out for a walk?! 💅🏽 4120
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 27/03/2026I gave a short talk upon the invitation of the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX). Title? “The Philippine Economy: Five Lessons from KPop Demon Hunters.” 🌈 130
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 27/03/2026I don’t know why any person with at least half a brain takes Jason Hickel seriously. And for a BMJ journal to publish this is just crazy. Draw a DAG, for fuck’s sake! 080
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 18/03/2026Qantas really likes ripping a new one into its frequent flyers. 030
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 03/03/2026How about working on deploying RCS first, Telstra? It’s 2026! Google RCS had it already turned on in Australia in 2020! 000
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 17/02/2026I regret to inform you, but matcha is still delicious. ✅ 2100
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 12/01/2026Why settle for one when you could have two lighthouses? 150
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 09/01/2026The heat is genuinely oppressive out here right now, and it’s only going to get hotter as the day progresses. Cool yourselves, people! And watch out for the wildlife. 🥵 060
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 04/01/2026Meanwhile, tell me you’re in Australia without telling me you’re in Australia (specifically, a children’s party). 040
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 03/01/2026I came home to a flooded apartment on January 1 after being away for two weeks, and now, this. So, 2026 is starting out terrific, mates. 030
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 14/12/2025I’ve been re-appointed for another term as Economics Discipline Leader (Dept Chair) at UOW. I’m looking forward to backing our staff, advocating for the resources they need, and helping a brilliant group of economists do their best work. I’m very grateful for the trust and excited for what’s ahead. 2310
Alfredo Paloyo @alfredopaloyo.com · 11/12/2025I haven’t posted here in months, but this felt worth resurfacing for: I’ve been elected to the University Council, UOW’s highest governing body. It oversees strategy, budget, and performance; and it protects UOW’s long-term sustainability and academic independence. I’m grateful for the trust. 🙏🏽 1100
