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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 7h

How it feels when you take a day off but spend it thinking about all you have to do

Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Spent a long time working on a paper in continuous time, which was elegant. But then a number of proofs and all the computation involved discretization and limits. So I gave up and went back to discrete time, and was amazed at how comparatively easy the results were.

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spending by the kids today: rent 📈alcohol 📉

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At the dreaded “just have to write it up” stage of the project.

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pacing the frontier but not the 💰

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Rather than buying Tyler Herro’s 8 BR 9 BA house for $12 million, Giannis opted to buy the 8 BR, 12 BA house for across the street for $13.5 million

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

$10.2 million in Iowa vs $10.9 million in Palo Alto

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Have to watch this every few months. One of the great live performances on video youtu.be/qj3QPx089g4?...

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Portishead - Roads (Live From The Roseland Ballroom, NYC)

YouTube video by PortisheadVEVO

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The @wsj.com keeps the focus on the stock market

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Prince Haakon being transported to the throne

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Helpful hints for local living from the @wsj.com

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A: “My Co-Workers Hate Culottes” B: My co-workers

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Finally had a chance to rewatch “Once,” as I’d been wanting to do since the news broke. From the opening Glen is so compelling

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New paper:"Disagreement in Information Networks" drive.google.com/file/d/1QMMl... I study how new information can generate disagreement through a network & fragility of the network to targeted information inputs. I analyze 3 empirical applications including Congressional Twitter interactions (below)

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Not a random sampling (suburban Madison), but overheard 3 separate conversations this weekend about data centers (all negative). One was at the Grumpy Troll (pictured)

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

35 years, man. (Crystal was one year below me from the next town over…) janesaddiction.org/tour/show/ja...

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Preview of paper to come next week: information network of Congressional Twitter accounts from 117th Congress (2021-2023). Account position according to spectral structure, with party color added afterward. Node size is proportional to influence in amplifying disagreement.

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

‘Twas ever thus: “The people with the most money… and the most to lose … are the ones lobbying hardest for regulation.” Shocked that powerful incumbent firms want to control the regulatory environment

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oh the memories, and the Magnolias First Ave calendar, July 1994

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Father duties, it was a good show

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The academic job market for PhD students has been tough, but placements to Congress on the rise

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Kandinsky was on the cover of my college art history book

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Lots of sunburned guys in kilts at the airport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Another guy from Wisconsin is moving to Miami. Welcome, Giannis

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Upon becoming tenured: “Tenure committees recognize true academic excellence.” One year later, looking at new tenure cases:

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Saul Kripke, “Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language” Reading age: 1 year and up

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"Uncertain Network Dynamics" now applies my methods to US production network. Over time US economy became more fragile & subject to network volatility. Reflects growing concentration of GDP in services, real estate, & finance & their increased importance as inputs. drive.google.com/file/d/1TL9l...

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Presenter slide decks in a four-paper session with 22 minutes per talk: • 49 slides • 36 slides • 32 slides • 40 slides

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The evolution of the University of Chicago: from the Common Core to the Common Claude

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Dream job if you can get to the top of that range. Don't take less than $100 per year

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The “old University of Chicago” has always been in decline chicagomaroon.github.io/data-visuali...

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The Decline of the Liberal Arts at UChicago

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Explaining your work feels like this sometimes

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Taking the Jag to the grocery store

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Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Reading about the AI backlash brought to mind Pynchon's essay from 1984, "Is it O.K. to Be a Luddite?" It's still great. Some references feel dated, as is the nuclear war focus, but well worth reading and quite a capper paragaph: archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....

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