Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasYvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Meta's new Muse AI agent blatantly ignores users permissions The advice to people concerned about this very thing was once "Well, if you don't like it, don't use it," writes Amber Neely. "But that doesn't protect you anymore. Muse can get access to your information via people who do use it." 0136
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAlan Regenberg @aregenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A completely predictable consequence of current immigration policies. | Senior Living Facility in Distress as Immigrant Caregivers Are Forced Out. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...nytimes.comHow Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder CareRetirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer. 002
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026useful but disheartening info about the grants process: 071
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasMark Histed @markhisted.org · 17/06/2026The Battle over the Constitution Has Spread to American Science. I'm out in the @theatlantic.com today about the new OMB proposed rule. It's just the longtime agenda of the the Supreme Court. US science and cancer cures now all depend on us picking up a fight with the Roberts Court.theatlantic.comThe Unitary Executive Takes Over New TerritoryThe Trump administration’s theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science. 11325169
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAlison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026One thing I wish we talked about more explicitly with #earlycareer faculty is how gradually the pool of people who'll write their tenure letters develops. Impressions form slowly over the pre-tenure years, which makes visibility much easier to build over time than to manufacture later. 02814
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasJeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Here's what the US National Science Board wanted to say about competing with China before its members were fired www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgIn unreleased document, fired U.S. science board issues stark warning about keeping pace with ChinaThe National Science Board urges robust response to China’s rise in cover letter to its biennial report on the global research enterprise 28961
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 06/05/2026great talking with @wailinwong.bsky.social about early dementia-linked financial problems. Hoping that our work can help prevent situations like Sanda's in the future 1115
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 08/04/2026#FundSocSci www.nber.org/calls-papers... 0105
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAdam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social · 11/02/2026CMS makes it official: no plans to cancel physical Medicare and Medicaid data access, forcing everyone to use the VRDC enclave. Instead, some more paperwork to make and extend DUAs – which is way better than what they were proposing! 1125
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 04/02/2026listen to CRR and read our paper on dementia's impact on household finances: www.nber.org/papers/w34659nber.orgDementia and Long-run Trajectories in Household FinancesFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 094
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023... 10411187
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAlex Everhart @aoeverhart.bsky.social · 03/02/2026One week from today! 1710
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026important information about NIH advisory panels 021
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026More on dementia & finances: similar to credit outcomes, we see declines on asset side start about 6 years before dementia onset, patterns are consistent with mistakes driving declines, not healthcare spending or spenddown 0155
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasLarry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026If you want to focus on insurance company overhead and profit, Medicare Advantage is the market that stands out as an outlier. www.kff.org/medicare/hea... 01510
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAli Robison, MD @breadandberries.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Please get a flu vaccine. It’s not too late in the season. Your arm will be sore for a few days, which is infinitely better than being intubated in the ICU. 15421
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025great article about AI vending machine failure, except for when it introduces "a revolution in snack economics" 120
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 17679295
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 02/12/2025To quote Joe Biden, this is a big fucking deal. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...aeaweb.orgStatement from the American Economic Association 1619
Reposted by Lauren Hersch Nicholas🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content. 319106777932
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasAnne Fitzpatrick @annefitz13.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🚨Attention! AshEcon call for papers! 🚨 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap... Due date for abstracts: December 10, 2025 I'm the Program Chair for Health and Development, so would like to encourage global health scholars in particular Some tips for prospective authors in thread belowashecon.org2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon 11810
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasCSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 19/11/2025CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated. 215367
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasElizabeth (Beth) Dhuey @bdhuey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...postdoc.sgs.utoronto.caPostdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows 15851
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasMichael Baym @baym.lol · 11/11/2025PSA for people with NIH grant periods starting January 1st (including most NIGMS MIRAs): your RPPR is due Saturday, but they haven’t sent out the usual automated reminders, presumably due to the shutdown 09383
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Yes to all of these! And don‘t crowd tables with meaningless extra digits just because they are software defaults! 061
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasMark Hayward @mdhayward.bsky.social · 04/11/2025My research team has published research showing that malnutrition and hunger in childhood are long-term risk factors for dementia decades later in life. Makes me think about the long-term health consequences of withholding SNAP benefits from families. 58730
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasErzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social 059
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasJordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 21/10/2025A bellwether of the wreckage that will be caused by the catastrophic assault on science in the U.S. 0117
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Just here to remind everyone that while the federal government is shutdown, all study sections at the NIH are currently on hold. Another blow to science and to early career scientists like myself with young labs and research groups. Very hard to remain positive about this career path. 1021654
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasFilipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 10/10/2025It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia. 9445133
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiEnyti.ms 14147041812
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasJenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The acting CDC director has now approved ACIP recs allowing anyone 6 months+ to receive an updated Covid-19 shot after discussing w/ their provider. If you are on the fence about getting an updated shot, read my in-depth take on the evidence we've accumulated on these vaccines. #publichealthopen.substack.comDo additional COVID vaccines really help?We've accumulated a lot of scientific evidence in the last few years. 12314
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasJohn A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The econ PhD market will be difficult this year. The exact same thing happened when I went on the market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview! Then I wrote a paper about it! ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura... Both sides of the market responded. Is this happening now too? 35112
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025🫡consumerreports.orgHow to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer ReportsAI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help. 4982875390
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 09/09/2025new results finds MA patients more likely to be stuck in hospital when they need SNF care, we found similar areas of concern with very sick patients being more likely to be sent home with no home care (along with less SNF) in MA vs TM jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comMedicare-Covered Services Near the End of Life in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional MedicareThis cross-sectional study compares potentially burdensome hospital treatments and hospitalizations and postdischarge care for Medicare decedents in Medicare advantage vs traditional Medicare at the e... 041
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasSPOOKY Martlet_Fan_64 🐈⬛🐦🩵🐁🧡🌊 @zenithmartlet.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Hey Firefox users. 184117336544
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Who wants to plan a field trip if we can’t get them at work? 020
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim! 83101986747
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 26/08/2025They important thing about #TaylorSwift getting engaged is that millions of dollars in grants funding for research projects on how to cure cancer,reverse alzheimer's dz and discover vaccines for serious infections, are being canceled daily and we really should care about how devastating that is. 1533457
Reposted by Lauren Hersch Nicholaswhet moser @whetmoser.com · 23/08/2025 no phds at harris, jesus 5485
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Good. I agree with the American College of Ob-Gyns. I was horrified when RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, & Marty Makary announced, in a video on X, that they were advising against vaccination in pregnancy—a closed-door decision that flies in the face of science & evidence www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/h...cnn.comAnother major medical association breaks from CDC as ob/gyn group recommends Covid-19 vaccines during pregnancy | CNNThe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from... 07939
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasDaniel Bachman @danielbachman.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Really simple instructions for how to turn off the auto AI on your web browser. I use Firefox and it does indeed work and only took a second! 🔥tenbluelinks.orgHow to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default 49645
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Instead of making numbers into unwanted dates, now excel wants to make up AI “data” too 🙄 010
Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 20/08/2025great news for everyone who hates these texts, also protective for dementia patients (i.e. www.cnn.com/interactive/...)cnn.comHow elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaignsA CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans. 010
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasThe American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 19/08/2025American Academy of Pediatrics has released our annual update to our immunization recommendations to best help children and adolescents build immunity and stay healthy. Read our full policy statement to learn about AAP's updated immunization schedule. www.aap.org/en/news-room... 10235133
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasSandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...mailchi.mpSOLE 2026 Submissions Open 06837
Reposted by Lauren Hersch NicholasMike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.com2025 - Hypoxia PhD job adThe Moore lab at the University of Colorado Denver is searching for 1 Ph.D. student to study the elevational limits of dragonflies in Colorado (http://moore-evo-eco.weebly.com). This position is fully... 33435