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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦

@kevinberryecon.bsky.social
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Econ prof, beer league hockey player, fly fisherman, hiker, hockey dad, Alaskan 🇻🇦🏒📈🦑 Mt 16:26 Isa 6:8 Mt 25:40-45 "Unless"

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Jacob Gellman @jacobgellman.com · 19h
Salmon exhibit physiological stress starting at 68°F and experience mortality at around 75°F. Warming fall and spring rivers have already had large impacts on migrating and spawning salmon in recent years.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't care if someone has to feed meatball.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hell yeah
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Eric Stone @eriwinsto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
South Korea says it hasn't committed to Alaska LNG, and they say Trump's announcement of more than $50 billion in Korean investment in the gas pipeline "went beyond what was agreed." The sticking point is the same as it's always been: Commercial viability. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
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Trump claims South Korea will invest $50B in Alaska gas pipeline. Not so fast, Korean officials say
The South Korean trade minister said Trump's announcement "went beyond what was agreed" and denied that the country had committed to investing in the Alaska LNG project.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Brett Watson @brettjwatson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New working paper from Jacob, @kevinberryecon.bsky.social, Hannah and me on valuation of hurricane evacuations. Our contribution to the “Mayor of Amity Island” problem 🦈. Mayor knows the value of staying when the coast is dangerous but didn’t property count the value placed on leaving.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Anchorage metro area should be getting more state resources than anywhere else in the state.
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 29/09/2026
"If your prayer life is boring, then you are focusing on yourself, not on Jesus, not on the needy." #PopeFrancis
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So I'm still fundraising for Covenant House Alaska - a youth homeless shelter that provides shelter, food, & education to homeless & at-risk #alaska kids who are disproportionately lgbtq+ & AK Native, and may be experiencing mental illness or pregnant/parents www.sleepout.org/participants...
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I'm giving up my bed in solidarity with youth facing homelessness.
I'm giving up my bed for one night in solidarity with youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Housing prices don't seem like they've gone up *that much* in Anchorage over the last decade.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a good thing poker is on tv, just in case golf got too exciting
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
matthewekahn.substack.com/p/declining-...
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Declining Fertility and Delayed Grandparenthood
I am 60 years old.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm willing to bet any takers $100k that Anchorage will continue to have single family home neighborhoods after this reform www.adn.com/opinions/202...
adn.com
Opinion: Welcoming the collapse of Anchorage’s single-family neighborhoods
A sweeping housing ordinance would permit denser development across more than 30,000 residential lots while loosening height, setback and lot-coverage rules.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm avoiding prepping for a panel on AI I'm on this afternoon, so here's an important graph I made. Child care and elder care are related issues #akleg
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The NYT apparently doesn't have a great grasp on what matters to Alaskans.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tapping the sign for my undergraduate students.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Covenant House Alaska chief executive Alison Kear said in a phone call Thursday that her shelter, which serves homeless or at-risk youths, has long had a residential childcare license." www.adn.com/alaska-news/... When I say they serve kids, I'm being literal. www.sleepout.org/participants...
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City to Anchorage’s homeless shelters: It’s finally time to get licensed
Many operators have complied with a license requirement the Assembly approved in 2021. Others call the process burdensome and unnecessary.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So once again I am raising money to support @covenanthouse.bsky.social Alaska by joining their Sleep Out event Whether you follow me as an economist, fly fisherman or hockey person or whatever, I'd ask you to consider helping out kids in Alaska who deserve a chance www.sleepout.org/participant/...
sleepout.org
I'm giving up my bed in solidarity with youth facing homelessness.
I'm giving up my bed for one night in solidarity with youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Stonefly nymph
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So once again I am raising money to support @covenanthouse.bsky.social Alaska by joining their Sleep Out event Whether you follow me as an economist, fly fisherman or hockey person or whatever, I'd ask you to consider helping out kids in Alaska who deserve a chance www.sleepout.org/participant/...
sleepout.org
I'm giving up my bed in solidarity with youth facing homelessness.
I'm giving up my bed for one night in solidarity with youth overcoming homelessness at Covenant House.
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Patrick Johnston 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Imagine doing a political ad for something you claim to be proud of, being surprised by backlash and then having no desire to talk about what you claim to be standing up for. Let’s talk Ovie: theprovince.com/opinion/alex...
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Alex Ovechkin wants us to think he's just a stooge
Opinion: Ovechkin says he's just a man, with no ability to control what happens around him. Yeah, right.
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Jake Dye @jakecdye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In addition to usual demands of winter, the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank says changes to SNAP benefits mean more people may be struggling with groceries this year. The Freedom From Hunger drive runs through September in an effort to replenish food stores before it gets cold. #aknews
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Freedom from Hunger drive seeks to bolster food bank ahead of winter
Donation bins are out near the entrances of grocery stores in Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski, including Walmart, Fred Meyer, Save-U-More, Three Bears, Safeway, IGA and M&M Market.
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USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It’s probably not good for your mental health to invent people in your head to be mad at.
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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@marypeltola.com
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ground beef isn't that expensive if you don't care whether it is ground beef
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good article, but there’s one understated piece: higher land use of organic ag means that if we shift toward organic at current consumption patterns, more natural ecosystems need to be cleared for farming, causing carbon losses, making total GHG emissions of organic usually higher vs. conventional.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A lot of problems today could have been avoided if more people played hockey as kids.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Feels like on the median day I hear like 3-4 different languages
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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 16/09/2026
The campaign supporting Ballot Measure 2 is running ads telling Alaskans the measure would “bring back the days of open primaries,” even though it would repeal Alaska’s current open primary system.
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Pro-repeal campaign runs ads that claim passing Ballot Measure 2 would ‘bring back’ open primaries
Ballot Measure 2 would repeal Alaska’s nonpartisan open primary and ranked-choice general election system, meaning that primary elections would return to being partisan.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not on my bingo card
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That $200 energy relief rebate is going to cover a tank of gas at this rate.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hell yeah
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Young people keep making cultural references I don't understand
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
LFG
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Things happen in college in addition to "learning content" and that's why AP or "college in the high school" will never be the same as college classes
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I really hate the way that every incentive lines up against allowing students to explore and be curious and take their time - the things that are most important to their intellectual development
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cool, you graduated at 21, you know nothing about the world or who you are, now what? Go sit in a cubicle for the rest of your life? God we are sentencing these kids to the worst future
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Alaska state fair
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"I was out picking mushrooms and didn't see the president talking about me" is the most SE AK response. If I didn't live here, AK would be unbelievable.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Alaska is a small enough town you can find yourself yelling at a candidate for Governor across a parking lot
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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 01/09/2026
This summer marks 90 years of the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. But Alaska is so big, it actually has four different state fairs every summer. We took a look at the big events--and food--offered at each. 🎤Wesley Early, Avery Ellfeldt, Shelby Herbert, Jake Dye 📹 Matt Faubion
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hell yeah. Snow on the mountains means almost time for the ODR
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Alaska should limit the campaign season to about 3 weeks long, only allow candidates to participate in debates where any reference to an opponent is required to be a compliment, and require that campaign mailers include either a box of cookies or a Hacienda 2-for-1 coupon.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People are not going to move to Alaska in large numbers because of climate change.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
WSJ editorial board: "taxes too high" WSJ news alert: "Great new way to pay 0 taxes!!"
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It's very classist to assume people should only learn things with clear applicability to their future job.
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One perk of an income tax would be people updating their residencies and admitting they don't live here
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Kevin Berry 🇺🇦 @kevinberryecon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Seeing an increase in the number of takes from Outside that people are too dumb to figure out ranking four things.
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