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George Wu

@geowu.bsky.social
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Decision researcher; just enough of a psychologist and economist to be dangerous

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For anyone currently living in Chicago or moving there in the coming months, I'm selling my apt in Hyde Park 🏠️ 5 min walk to UChicago and Obama Center / Jackson Park. Metra line next door. 1000sqft 1b/1b unit w/ plenty of natural light 🌞 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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1534 E 59th St #L2, Chicago, IL 60637
Welcome to Midway Apartments and this spacious one-bedroom unit, where vintage character and gracious proportions come together beautifully. High ceilings, handsome oak floors, plaster moldings, and vintage lighting are among the home's many distinctive features. Built in 1925 and designed by noted Chicago architect Paul Frederick Olsen, Midway Apartments is a beautifully maintained courtyard co-op is distinguished by limestone and metal architectural details, with inviting landscaping. The property is ideally situated just steps from the Obama Presidential Center, the University of Chicago, Promontory Point and a wealth of neighborhood amenities.
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Data Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Colada[139] Artificial Deadlines Part 2 Evidence of fraud in the 25 year old gradesheet behind the key finding in an influential paper on deadlines and procrastination. datacolada.org/139
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Data Colada @datacolada.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
An influential paper by Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002) reported two studies with tampered data. Post 1 of 2. datacolada.org/138
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[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination
A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…
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Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For those of us on the South Side of #chicago good news! The Hyde Park Used Book Sale is on even though the Hyde Park Bank Building is being sold. Bring your books to the lobby of the building where the boxes are set up. And they'd appreciate any banana boxes you'd like to gather.
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Uri Simonsohn @urisohn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Here is what i think the head-to-head comparison of ResearchBox vs Zenodo look like as OSF replacements. If I am missing an important attribute, let me know, will update accordingly.
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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A wild story, DHS investigators somehow tracked this man to a hotel after landing at JFK because of an email he sent 5 months earlier. “His daughter cried when he told her about the agents and she said she didn't want him to be killed.”
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Says the guy who was not able to multiply 17 and 6 twenty years ago. At least then, senior was less of a dolt than junior. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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Donald Trump, Ivanka, & Don Jr were asked very easy math problems. They got them very wrong.
Still, Donald insists his wrong answer is correct.
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What a story!
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My succinct Strait of Hormuz synopsis:
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm delighted that our paper, "Risk Matters Less When Options Are Apples-to-Oranges: The Translate-and-Accommodate Model" (Evan Weingarten, Yuval Rottenstreich, and George Wu) has just been accepted at Psychological Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/N
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<p><span>Risk Matters Less When Options Are Apples-to-Oranges: </span><span>The Translate-and-Accommodate Model</span></p>
<div> <div> <div> <p><a rel="nofollow"><span>Risk aversion for moderate-likelihood gains is perhaps the best-known stylized fact from decision r
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I'm delighted that our paper, "Risk Matters Less When Options Are Apples-to-Oranges: The Translate-and-Accommodate Model" (Evan Weingarten, Yuval Rottenstreich, and George Wu) has just been accepted at Psychological Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/N
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<p><span>Risk Matters Less When Options Are Apples-to-Oranges: </span><span>The Translate-and-Accommodate Model</span></p>
<div> <div> <div> <p><a rel="nofollow"><span>Risk aversion for moderate-likelihood gains is perhaps the best-known stylized fact from decision r
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Congrats to my colleague @erikakirgios.bsky.social!
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SK @sk-76.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The old Illinois National Guard Armory, Chicago (1966) Photo: Richard Nickel / Art Institute of Chicago
Late 19th century military building designed with castle-like features. A huge advertisement for a Chevrolet car dealership is painted across its facade. Another side advertises roller hockey. The building faces an empty lot. A lone pedestrian walks across the desolate scene.
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Hyde Park Trish @pmorse.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Help save the fabulous Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room that the Art Institute of Chicago wants to demolish for a new building. Dedicated architects and philanthropists spent years and more than a million dollars to reconstruct it at the Art Institute. Sign the petition c.org/L5GJtwLRTM
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room!
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is one of my favorite places in Chicago. And I have a LOT of places that I love.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
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Emma Templeton @emmatempleton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I will be hiring a full-time pre-doctoral Research Professional to work with me at Chicago Booth. Know someone interested in studying conversation and connection? Please help spread the word! More details, including application instructions, are here: www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/facu...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Disgusting. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Right now, Melania has a Rotten Tomatoes “tomatometer” of 6% and a popcorn meter of 98%, a difference of 92%! The previous largest discrepancy is The Boondock Saints @65%. www.imdb.com/list/ls52428... #Melania #Melaniathemovie
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Bondi’s letter represents a major assault on Minnesota’s sovereignty, demanding that it forfeit its ability to make and enforce its own laws and maintain its voter rolls without oversight from the executive branch, which does not have authority over elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting
Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Hundreds of people (and still growing) at this snowy, balmy (17 degrees) protest in downtown Chicago. We stand with Minnesota against ICE.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So Kyle Rittenhouse, who attended a protest armed with a loaded assault rifle and killed 2 people is a right-wing hero. But Alex Pretti who had a holstered, permitted handgun, was recording ICE, and tried to help a pepper-sprayed woman deserved to die? No one is buying this BS.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BREAKING: Judge Tostrud -- a Trump appointee — has quickly granted a restraining order, barring the administration from "destroying or altering evidence" taken from today's shooting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Alex Pretti wasn’t a part of “engineered chaos.” He was a nurse who cared about people. An individual. What is “engineered chaos” is what this admin is doing in blue cities to justify invocation of the insurrection act.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Literally 10 days ago, this hypocritical jackass introduced a bill to make concealed carry easier across the nation to help "law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights." www.hoeven.senate.gov/news/news-re...
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Hoeven Helps Introduce Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
Legislation Would Allow Concealed Carry Permits to Be Used Across State Lines, Subject to State & Local Laws
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven helped introduce the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, legislation sponsored by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) to allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry. Importantly, the bill protects state sovereignty by not establishing a national standard for concealed carry, instead treating concealed-carry permits similarly to state-issued drivers’ licenses, allowing them to be used across state lines while still requiring individuals to abide by that state’s laws. Hoeven has cosponsored this legislation every session of Congress since 2015.

          “This legislation empowers law-abiding citizens to more freely exercise their Second Amendment rights when traveling across state lines,” said Senator Hoeven. “Under our bill, individuals that have been granted a concealed carry permit in their home state will be able to use that permit in any other state that allows concealed carry, making it easier to travel while still respecting laws passed on the state level.”
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/01/2026
A whistle-blower group on Wednesday said that ICE officials drafted guidance saying that deportation officers are allowed to enter homes to arrest people without a judicial warrant.
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ICE Said Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrant, Group Claims
A whistle-blower group said a memo apparently signed by the leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/01/2026
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Todd Pomerleau, Ms. López’s lawyer, said on CNN that he appreciated that the administration admitted its mistake, and he hoped that would lead to Ms. López’s swift return. “It’s a rare apology,” Mr. Pomerleau said, but he added that “an apology without a remedy is a hollow apology.”
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/01/2026
Wanda Sykes, Jean Smart, Mark Ruffalo and Natasha Lyonne were among the celebrities at the Golden Globes who wore black-and-white pins in a tribute to Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent last week in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
Wanda Sykes is wearing a pin that reads "BE GOOD" on the Golden Globes red carpet. Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"A doctor at the scene attempted to help the woman who was shot, but was kept away by federal agents. When an ambulance finally arrived, it was blocked from reaching her by law-enforcement vehicles, and paramedics had to reach her on foot. The woman has died." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A Deadly Shooting in Minnesota
A federal immigration agent’s killing of a woman driving an SUV fits into a tragic pattern.
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
@katymilkman.bsky.social A new line of research on “fresh stops”?
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Chicago recorded the fewest murders in 60 years in 2025, bucking Trump’s "murder capital" insult. Here's why the mayor, top cop and experts say violent crime is down: blockclubchi.co/4jqAtgP
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
On Jack Smith deposition, now released: 100% obvious why GOP refused to allow this as open testimony, aired live. It's damning. Testimony from John Dean or Alex ("wiretaps") Butterfield in Watergate days would have 1/10th the impact if just in print. What Smith says is far more incriminating.
Excerpt from Jack Smith deposition:

For nearly three decades I have been a career prosecutor. I have served during  both Republican and Democratic administrations and I've been guided by those principles in every role I've held. I continued to honor those principles when I was appointed to serve as special counsel in November of 2022. 

The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts.

Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. 

Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January of 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a ballroom and a bathroom. He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents. 

I remain grateful for the counsel, judgment, and advice of my team as I executed my responsibilities. I am both saddened and angered that President Trump has sought revenge against career prosecutors, FBI agents, and support staff simply for doing their jobs and for having worked on those cases.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Only Congress has the legal authority to change the name of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is blocking a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which means the subsidies will lapse. Millions of Americans will pay much higher fees or will drop their health insurance altogether. Republicans did this while making sure rich people got a tax cut.
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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Don’t mind me. I’ll just be living in the past like Norma Desmond, after I buy this condo in the Powhatan that was just listed for sale. But seriously, whoever ends up buying this property: DO NOT GUT THOSE BATHROOMS! I WILL FIND YOU! www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Real estate photo of a vintage kitchen with maple countertops and tile painted by artist Jane Dickerson from the 1950s located in a condo in Chicago’s Powhatan designed by Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan in 1929.Real estate photo of a vintage bathroom with green tile and elaborate red wall paper located in a condo in Chicago’s Powhatan designed by Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan in 1929.Real estate photo of a vintage bathroom with black and blue-ish tile located in a condo in Chicago’s Powhatan designed by Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan in 1929.Real estate photo of a vintage bathroom with pink tile located in a condo in Chicago’s Powhatan designed by Robert De Golyer and Charles L. Morgan in 1929.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot. Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The Booth School of Business is hiring two postdoctoral Principal Researchers for the 2026-27 academic year. Principal Researcher Marks Fellow uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... Principal Researcher Instructor uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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New York Daily News @nydailynews.com · 30/10/2025
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
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French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education. 2024 soybean exports to China: $13B. Higher Ed: $14B. Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Governor Pritzker speaking at #nokings Chicago.
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#Nokings Chicago
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George Wu @geowu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan is chronicling the ICE atrocities in Chicago on instagram. The best and worst of people in the same photo. www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto...
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