Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueGhouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We truly owe First Nations a debt of gratitude. We can show it by having their backs. If you see or hear racism directed towards any First Nations individual or group, stand up and loudly point it out, name it as wrong, and lend your support. 713735
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueDean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Submit your development economics papers to the BREAD Mexico conference! Submission deadline is Jun 19. Conference is Oct 23-24 at ITAM in Mexico City. bread-mexico-2026.github.iobread-mexico-2026.github.ioBREAD Mexico 2026 — Conference on Development EconomicsITAM, Mexico City · October 23–24, 2026. Submission deadline: June 19, 2026. 077
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriquePhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12/05/2026TIL that Dolly Parton's Imagination Library now enrolls one of every six children in the US to receive a new book in the mail every month from birth to age five (60 books each) @arl.orgarl.orgSeven Takeaways from the Spring 2026 Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries — Association of Research LibrariesThe Association of Research Libraries (ARL) convened for its 188th meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the end of April. Attended by the representatives of ARL’s member libraries as well as... 562518771
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Anyone who has ridden a bike in a city knows something else about speeding cars: it doesn't even help! We all end up together at the next red light anyway, but not all of us needed to travel at killing speeds to do it 319831
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueEoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I am absolutely here for @oliver.ie 's motion at tonight's Cork City Council meeting (referred to a relevant committee). 6386176
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueJaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 08/05/2026What do electric buses do at night? They help balance the grid. First Bus in Glasgow: "By flexing when buses are charged, the depots can increase demand at times when there is excess renewable energy on the system, particularly wind power in Scotland, and reduce demand during peak periods. [1/2] 9530155
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueNBER @nber.org · 22/04/2026Studying EV managed charging, intended to reduce electric grid strain by optimally allocating charging across EVs, from Fiona Burlig, James B. Bushnell, and David S. Rapson www.nber.org/papers/w35086 051
Reposted by Lilia Garcia Manriquec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We have to acknowledge that finding ANY evidence of cancer in a dino fossil is remarkable & challenging. Most cancers are in soft tissues, most won't be preserved by fossilization/petrification. And lastly, how do we even look for it, or recognize it when we see it?scitechdaily.comDinosaur Diagnosed With Malignant Cancer for the First Time – Cancerous Bone From 77 Million Years AgoRoyal Ontario Museum and McMaster University researchers diagnose osteosarcoma in a Centrosaurus apertus. A collaboration led by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and McMaster University has led to the d... 1406
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBlake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026This is so good. 2176
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueGavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Duck curve is OUT Boa constrictor digesting an elephant curve is IN 0175
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/03/2026“A fraudulent e-mail might look like an MDPI account” let me stop you right there 47718
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I'm always struck by the refusal of otherwise literate adults to distinguish between annoying and dangerous when it comes to bikes. Water is wet and cyclists are less dangerous than cars for pedestrians! Not debatable! 36123996
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Tectonicist Here! The Strait of Hormuz is busily slowly *closing* itself at a rate of 2 centimeters a year (about 3/4 an inch a year). It'll close off in about 2 million years or so. 59620
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 20/03/2026This is what not to do. Expensive and wasteful. Just give poorer people more money for a limited period. 1010528
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueAndy Ferrara @andyferrara.bsky.social · 19/03/2026My research team (w/ Sam Bazzi, Eric Chyn, Martin Fiszbein, Thomas Pearson, and Pat Testa) is hiring a full-time economics pre-doc starting in May! If you know someone who might be interested, see the link below: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...workforcenow.adp.comRecruitment 099
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueAndrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Imagine there’s no endogeneity It’s easy if you try No hidden selection bias No omitted reasons why Imagine all the scatterplots Meaning what they show 36111
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueTiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Fixed the photo! Background credit: @kaphryn.bsky.social 3153
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBlake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026ZEV sales in Canada back on the upswing after falling back with the removed of the EV rebate. Will be interesting to watch the next few quarters with (a) the EV rebate returning, (b) Chinese EVs coming, and (c) gas prices soaring. (Note: this chart includes Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid) 1226
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueEmily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Heya friends -- I'm looking for a postdoc! This time we're looking at the ethics of technology deployment for climate change mitigation. Full description in the link! Quick details: CVs and cover letters to me by 1 April; $75k/year for up to 21 months; remote within the US is ok.emilygrubert.orgResearch Team – Emily Grubert 03239
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueDr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Blasting this out occasionally to the #GreenSky #ClimatePolicy #SciencePolicy community: I am on the job market! Looking for positions in ag methane and related climate policy work. Portfolio link in bio. Some recent work: 🧵 154
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueNikki Luke @nikki-luke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026How do electricity and regulation of this vital infrastructure contribute to inequality in Atlanta? How have consumer, EJ, and labor movements strived over generations to democratize the utility? I consider these questions in my book Electric Life out today open access with @mitpress.bsky.social 23410
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueIain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Fuming that the midge isn't on this list. 251
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueTodd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026replace this list with journal names and it's the typical life of an econ paper 05810
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueJuan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This beautiful picture by @eeshani.bsky.social, which she shared on LinkedIn, is proof that the Edgeworth Box was heaven-sent. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 0314
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueAdam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This is unironically how trucking LNG and oil overland behind the straits would go, if you replace the gentlemen on poles with drones and the central truck with one stuck in a dune in the Rub' al Khali. 1102
Lilia Garcia Manrique @liliagama.bsky.social · 11/03/2026They better make sure that their new animal-themed bill is not "too" cute or people may start hoarding it: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...theguardian.comA lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spendNearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter 031
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueYusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 10/03/2026In case you were wondering about the state of free idea exchange in academia, this is where we are. I appreciate colleagues reaching out. But I wish they'd say it publicly, especially if untenured. That's the only way to change this insanity where experts are afraid to speak up. 813422
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueCatie Hausman @catiehausman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Paper out today in PNAS! Transmission build-out could bring electricity generation cost reductions. But market integration saves costs *because* it pushes out high-cost suppliers, so: generators in some regions have incentives to block or delay transmission. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 45015
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueMaria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Where can we download this amazing app? 153
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueRichard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 20/02/2026For my sins, I'm the editor of a book series on the economics of environment, energy, and climate. Let me know if you have an idea for a book. No restrictions on methods. www.worldscientific.com/series/wssee...worldscientific.comWorld Scientific Series on Environmental, Energy and Climate Economics 164
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueCailynn Klingbeil @cailynn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026For a magazine piece, I'm looking to talk with #yyc families who live in newer communities about the amenities (or lack thereof) in their neighbourhoods. (Playgrounds, grocery stores, childcare, etc.) If this is you or someone you know, please send a DM or email cailynn.klingbeil@gmail.com. Thanks!! 1815
Lilia Garcia Manrique @liliagama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I was very disappointed to find out that the referred published paper about Mayas trading different breeds of dogs around Latin America was not named "Gotta catch them all" www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgar...ucalgary.caUCalgary archaeologist unearths evidence of dogs being traded within Mayan societiesResearchers used strontium isotope mapping to identify these long-distance trades 000
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueRichard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Their refusal to share data and code notwithstanding, we roughly reproduce Voortman & de Vos. They underpower their analysis and misread a statistical procedure. Correcting that, we find that sea level rise DID accelerate. essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....essopenarchive.orgA global perspective on local sea level change: A commentWe replicate Voortman and de Vos (2025). Although we unfortunately lack access to their data and code, we qualitatively reproduce their results. We argue that their null result-no significant accelera... 02314
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueAdriana Guatame-García @adriguatame.bsky.social · 06/02/2026And this is a reminder: Do not buy Chiquita fruits 🍌🍍 133
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueLuis Fernández Intriago @ifal78.bsky.social · 04/02/2026We're hiring a Director for EDF's Economics Analysis Hub, a rapid-response unit we have been building to deliver decision-grade climate economics in days, not months. PhD + policy research experience. Someone who can move fast without sacrificing rigor. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...edf.orgJob OpeningsEDF brings together passionate experts from a wide range of backgrounds to build a cleaner, safer planet for us all. View our current job opportunities here. 111
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueGaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Vive la revolution digitale! 02512
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026such disingenuous, shallow bs. fraud as a researcher, fraud as a human being. 1293
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 02/02/2026New postdoc opportunities in my group at Rutgers-New Brunswick, working on sea-level rise projections and/or coastal climate risk assessment & managementjobs.rutgers.eduPostdoctoral Associates - Sea Level Rise Projections and Climate Risk Assessment & ManagementThe Rutgers University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences invites applications for highly motivated, creative postdoctoral associates with interests in (a) sea-level rise projections and/or (b) ... 02824
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueJuan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 30/01/2026New paper with Francisco Estrada! This is a paper on termination shock risk and the governance challenge of deploying solar geoengineering when international coordination is so hard to achieve. Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... New Scientist: www.newscientist.com/article/2513...newscientist.comTermination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higherSolar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change, but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply, leading to greater damage than unabated global warming 42515
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueLSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 30/01/2026💼 We're #HIRING! We are seeking an Assistant Professor in International Migration specialised in forced #migration and #policy responses to the #international #displacement of people and/or #immigration, #race and #citizenship (from a #comparative perspective). 🌍️ 👉️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 01822
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueKris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The Canadian Network for Econ History is organizing sessions for the 2026 CEA meeting in Vancouver May 28-30 (also May 22 virtual). 250 word abstracts on any econ history topic may be submitted through the CEA online portal by Feb 13. More info at www.economichistory.ca or www.economics.ca/cea2026economichistory.caThe Canadian Network for Economic History 022
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueRichard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 26/01/2026first Rand Paul, now I agree with Sepp Blatter www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comSepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World CupThe ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US 021
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueDr. Kelly I. Zimmerman @fillsyourniche.bsky.social · 26/01/2026 4478143
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Friends, I’d like to show @ucalgary.bsky.social that @bsky.app is where the cool kids hang out and that they should start posting here more and less/none at TheBadPlace™️. Show them some love by reskeeting this 100000000x. 🧪 8185151
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 21/01/2026In honour of the you know everything etc I'm going to post one of my favourite poems, by Danez Smith: "I'm going back to minnesota where sadness makes sense" 24517
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueOliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026I'd never realised how much worse certain types of oil are for the environment. As you can see below, some sources, like Canadian tar sands, emit about double the greenhouse gases per barrel compared to lighter crude from countries like Saudi Arabia or Norway. 0106
Reposted by Lilia Garcia ManriqueBernie Bastien-Olvera @bbastien.bsky.social · 15/01/2026The Social Cost of Carbon for the Oceans is out today in Nature Climate Change. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Until now, ocean damages have been largely missing from SCC estimates used in climate policy.nature.comAccounting for ocean impacts nearly doubles the social cost of carbon - Nature Climate ChangeOceans provide essential ecosystem services to human society, yet the climate impacts on blue capital have long been ignored. Incorporating the latest works on ocean science and economics, researchers... 23316