iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Strong contender for paper title of the year

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My dad took me on a tour of the school he teaches at today and there was a room labelled “PODCAST ROOM” and I have some Questions

004

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of my favorite college football moments was going to a rain-soaked Yale-Howard game. At halftime the six-person Yale band put on an out-of-tune show followed promptly by the full-strength Howard band with a Super Bowl-grade performance, in front of a crowd of no more than 1,000 people.

020

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Related: students who give you a thank-you gift near the end of the course and it’s a brand new pack of whiteboard markers

010

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Not a large effort, just something I don’t really have a lot of time to spend on

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I think I’m going to slowly move all of my day-to-day LaTeX writing over to Typst but I’ll admit I’m not particularly excited about the fixed costs of converting my custom TeX templates

110

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rolling this one out again while the job market cycle is ramping up

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am declaring it fall and will not be looking at a calendar to see how premature that is!

A weather.gov screenshot showing it’s 54°F

022

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Periodically checking The List to ctrl+f “econ” and make little mental notes

100

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Whoops, this was on Johnson, not University

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The cyclist was ok and refused the driver calling for medical attention. Driver called in the incident. Pretty nerve-wracking as someone who cycles in Madison.

100

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Was just on a Metro bus that hit a cyclist while merging lanes on University Ave. I don’t know if the driver just wasn’t checking his mirrors or what, but it was a pretty loud thump followed by someone saying we hit someone

100

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

Mary Ryan Baumann @drstatsncats.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yeah no JSM prep is going great why do you ask

Old dril tweet meme template about budgeting. Tweet has been edited to read:
“Overview: 1
Background/motivation: 46
Methods: 3
Results: 4
Conclusion: 1
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my presentation is dying.”

Below is a reply that’s been modified to say “@dril spend less on the motivation.”

dril replies “no”

051

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My favorite scene in The Odyssey is when Matt Damon kicked his helmet and screamed in frustration because what most people don’t know is he actually broke his toe in that shot

040

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Given how much that town’s focus was/is football I’m willing to give them a pass just for knowing the school even had a cross country team

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Today’s “trying to work but your brain randomly remembers a thing from a long time ago to distract you” moment is brought to you by the time my hometown newspaper negged me as hard as it possibly could

News Tribune

Isaac Bauman may run cross country, but just because he’s an athlete doesn’t mean he’s not intelligent, too.

Last year, Baumann was invited to try the Jefferson City High School Scholar Bowl Team.

130

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Celebrating Fourth of July weekend by donating platelets yesterday and now doubleheader softball with fireworks

An American Red Cross t shirt with looney tunes characters

030

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Finally finished developing, scanning, and editing the first roll of film I shot in Newfoundland a few weeks ago so here are some frames #filmphotography #35mm

060

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The degree so nice I got it twice

030

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

the trip here was long but there’s a theater downtown screening Phantom Thread next weekend and it’s t e m p t i n g

020

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Nice views as the storm moved across campus. 1 hour time lapse as the storm approached (looking west). www.aos.wisc.edu/weather/wx_o...

1188

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Really excited to see this project in its published form. Another great example of the kind of awesome research that @uwdsi.bsky.social supports

020

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

See also: marketing departments

010

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Managed to hit the trifecta of Atlantic Canadian tourism this week: a whale, puffins, and an iceberg. And it’s not even Friday.

111

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Next semester I’ll write even smaller

Please provide constructive comments on specific aspects of the teaching assistant that need improvement

- Write bigger on graded problem sets please!

020

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Fun fact: you can request the Florida voter data file and every month they’ll send you a CD with the most incredible graphic design you’ve ever seen

A white CD with a label white background that says “Florida Department of State” in red text between two blue stripes. There are red and blue outlines of stars between the stripes. It’s giving extreme Microsoft Word 2005 word art energy.

150

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

Jonathan Erdman @wxjerdman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

There was one report of softball size (4" diameter) #hail near Maple Bluff, WI Tuesday. (NE Madison metro) Per NOAA's database, the only other occurrence of 4" hail in Dane County dating to 1950 was on July 2, 1960. One of most damaging hail events in Madison history? (📸: Kyle Obremski)

12618

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

That’s a less-than-ideal velocity picture

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

FYI for those in Madison: you’re about to get hit with storms again

A radar image showing a large storm front with tornado warnings approaching Madison, WI from the west

110

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

One of the cool parts about being a regular blood donor and using the health charts on the Red Cross blood donor app is you can look at your blood pressure time series and see exactly when you started grad school

010

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

𝐹𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒶 𝒦𝒶𝒽𝓁𝒾𝒸𝑜

0332

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Now doing this one, but multiple cities: - Tulsa - St. Louis - Springfield, MO - Evansville - Tulsa again for good measure

010

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I lived in New Haven for a couple years and genuinely loved it. I’m always a little confused when I meet other people who lived there who dislike it. This is based on one weekend trip many years ago so take it with a grain of salt, but I think Omaha is also underrated.

220

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

*Vince McMahon meme* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. 35 mm. At the Music Box. With Bob Odenkirk introducing the screening.

020

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Applications for mentees and mentors are being accepted until April 12 for the 2026 Mentoring Conference for LGBTQ+ Economics PhD Students and Early Career Economists on July 6-8, 2026, in Chicago, IL. The AEA covers travel costs for PhD student mentees. www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

aeaweb.org

2026 AEA CSQIEP Economics PhD Student and Early Career Economist Mentoring Conference

013

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

It’s a really nice day in Madison for a casual walk to the state capitol

041

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Few things are as self-gaslighting as grading a dozen problem sets in a row that all interpret confidence intervals incorrectly in exactly the same way

030

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Greens Farms and Cos Cob were left on the cutting room floor when they were deciding on Monopoly squares

000

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Currently remembering how important it is to just take a day off every once in a while to read whatever it is you want to

120

Reposted by Isaac Baumann

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

NEW: When a Wisconsin mayor ended his city's contract with Flock (the AI surveillance company), he was stunned to see Flock refused to remove cameras. So he covered them with plastic bags. Now local activists are taking their fight to Madison & the Dane County sheriff, wanting more cameras gone.

boltsmag.org

This Wisconsin City Ditched AI Surveillance Cameras. Now Activists Want to Keep Going. - Bolts

Last November, the city of Verona, Wisconsin, voted to pull out of the sprawling surveillance network run by tech company Flock Safety in hopes of protecting residents’ privacy and preventing... Read ...

451751643

Isaac Baumann @ibaumann.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

They should simply nominate only my favorite movies for the Oscars every year

010