Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Today is the 15th day after the Epstein Files Transparency Act required DOJ to file a compliance report with Congress. Discussed here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a... 381516521
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 02/01/2026Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week! 914979991
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2025Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program. (Published Dec. 2024)propublica.orgHow a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare TaxesSome of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found. 30837399
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinAlt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 17/12/2025Thank you @propublica.org for your continued reporting. Don't look away, America. #USAIDSavedLives www.propublica.org/article/keny...propublica.orgAfter Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death. 25020
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinRoberta Metsola @president.europarl.europa.eu · 13/12/2025I welcome the release of a number of political prisoners in Belarus, including Sakharov Prize laureates Maria Kolesnikova and Ales Bialatski, also laureate of @nobelprize.org for Peace. They have endured so much. I wish them strength as they should reunite with their families and loved ones. 215522
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinPestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This is absolutely amazing. #Science 🧪 The proteasome, cleaving proteins into antimicrobial peptides. Biology is a amazing “There’s something that we thought is so familiar and so well understood, and then boom — something totally unexpected and exciting comes out of it.” — Medzhitovnature.comThis scientist found a new trick of the immune system by digging through cellular rubbishYifat Merbl is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025. 221640404
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...nytimes.comU.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case 26639602155
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinEqual Justice Initiative @eji.org · 06/12/2025On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.calendar.eji.orgDec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose CitizenshipLearn more about our history of racial injustice. 12287164
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Next week, the court will hear the most important campaign finance case since Citizens United. Here’s what you need to know, from one of the lawyers who’s been working on the case. substack.com/home/post/p-... 24911357
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The most openly racist, eugenicist monsters are running the U.S. They will use every opportunity to advance their agenda. And as the wheels come off their regime they will only grow more brutal and obscene. These are dangerous days for us all. 441812526
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025🎁 link to the WSJ editorial that made Stephen Miller so mad. "It would be a shame if this single act of betrayal became the excuse for deporting all Afghan refugees... "Thousands are building new lives here in peace. Collective punishment won’t make America safer." www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...wsj.comOpinion | The Ambush on the National GuardThe alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here. 952927891
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinRogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info · 26/11/2025“The draft offshore leasing plan includes the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska and other areas important to the fishing industry. It’s part of a national proposal that includes the entire coast of California, where drilling is fiercely unpopular.” alaskapublic.org/news/politic...alaskapublic.orgNew offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off AlaskaThe draft plan calls for lease sales in Cook Inlet and the Arctic, as well as the Bering Sea and other regions important to the fishing industry. 04122
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 25/11/2025For everyone traveling, a reminder to masks up and avoid spending your holidays sick. 😷✈️🦃 837897
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025This is so cool (no pun intended 🫣)! A very long time series. Thanks to #NSF 💲 040
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025How heartening and energizing to watch this citizen speak up for the vulnerable. 020
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Now that I know this collection exists, I want to visit it! #econsky #history #money 020
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Release ALL the Epstein files!! Follow the money! 🤑💰 030
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Are we winning yet? 17521158
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Woah! 📌 Need to read the full paper Police bargaining rights explain 14% of civilian deaths. (What about serious injury but not quite death?) #econsky 094
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/11/2025Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.apnews.comPoland says 2 Ukrainians working for Russia are suspected of being involved in railway blastPrime Minister Donald Tusk says two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland. 441106415
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expressionThe Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events. 301239499158
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025#epsteinfiles They'll hold back or redact out details that implicate certain key people. 000
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 18/11/2025NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiropropublica.orgThe White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal InvestigationFederal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate. 45377413962
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 13/11/202519 Nov @17:00 CET International Macro History Online Seminar #IMHOS ep. 102 🗣️ @mreiske.bsky.social presents 'The Political Costs of Debt Deflation: Agricultural Crises and the Rise of the Nazi Party' Chair: Emilie Sartre (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) ✍️ cepr.org/events/inter... #EconSky 072
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 14/11/2025📢 #CallForPapers - 13th CEPR Economic History Symposium 2026 Topics of interest include: #growth, institutions and #development, history of the international economy, & macro and financial history. Submit your paper by 14 December. cepr.org/events/thirt... #EconSky #EconConf 068
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I "liked" every post in this thread. Thank you @durlauf.bsky.social for saying this all publicly. I'll admit it brought forth some emotion. 🥹 #econsky 👇🏻👇🏻 160
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinValerie Bertinelli @wolfiesmom.bsky.social · 15/11/2025This is me at 15. I’m a child. I’m a CHILD. 1029396165912
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinCenter for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 13/11/2025When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying. As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports. www.reuters.com/markets/comm... 17365602424
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinAmerican Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Deinhard Sekt bottle parade, Germany, c. 1920. 173
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025+ German unemployment is rising- now at 6.3%. Real GDP "stalled out." Trump tariffs adding to the Chinese competition problem. Worrisome situation. #econsky 132
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinC&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Though careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) often pay well, a surprising number of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers rely on federal food aid to make ends meet. cen.acs.org/policy/SNAP-... #chemsky 🧪cen.acs.orgSNAP disruptions weigh on science and engineering studentsLapse in federal food aid strains some researchers and undergraduates 0113
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinMenzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025#EconSky @tcddublin.bsky.social Swiss National Bank workshop econbrowser.com/archives/202...econbrowser.comSNB-TCD Workshop: “Globalization and the economics of the external sector” | Econbrowser 052
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinVoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 05/11/2025M Aquilina, G Gelos, A Schrimpf, & S Zhu highlight two recent advances in the use of #AI tools to anticipate financial market stress. The tools can help policymakers monitor emerging risks in real time, combining quantitative forecast & qualitative insights. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 032
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 07/11/2025📢 #CallforPapers - Simplifying banking regulation and supervision without sacrificing safety Deadline: 9 Jan 2026 Interested parties should submit their draft papers and any queries to Martin Birn of the Basel Committee's Secretariat at Martin.Birn[at]bis[dot]org. cepr.org/events/simpl... #EconSky 032
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025And, of course, inflation and tariff costs hit low-income households hardest. So, the real (purchasing power) effect is even worse. Moreover, they are likely holding little/no equity, so missing the outsized gains in financial assets that higher-income/wealthier families are enjoying. #econsky 010
Prof. Caroline Fohlin @caroline-fohlin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025It was only a matter of time. This is how corrupt authoritarian regimes keep power. 011
Reposted by Prof. Caroline FohlinIryna Voichuk @irynavoichuk.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Kharkiv is plunged into darkness, the hum of generators filling the air. Parts of the city are also without water or heat. Last night, russia launched multiple strikes on the city’s energy infrastructure, causing critical damage. 34816