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I teach economics at a small, private college. Originally from Somewhere in Middle America. I like fun socks. ⚛️

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

merge m:m ... , force www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...

"This analysis is laughable. Census data cannot reliably be matched to voter data," David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said in a text exchange with NPR. "That said, it's good to see the president admit these numbers are so small that they couldn't have changed the outcome in 2020."

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hi, data nerd here. This is a collider bias problem, not a car or music problem.

User commenting that increased traffic fatalities after album releases is a car problem not a music problem.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Of course, nobody PREFERS cheap crap. Consumer choice is about weighing benefits AND costs.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Zonk?

Larry Csonka

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Today in weak instrumental variables.

User commenting on story about Troy Jackson replacing Graham Platner: did you know there was actually a photoshoot of Susan Collins bathing him as a baby?

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's what he would've wanted.... 🥲

New reports from McConnell's neighbor:

-Days before ambulance call he was seen in wheelchair, pale, mouth slacked open, being carted around by staffers.

-Day of 911 call, neighbor saw him loaded into ambulance and confirms:

-His eyes were closed and he was not moving.

-There WAS oxygen tubes running up to his face and nose.

-His staffers were crying.

-No sirens in the emergency vehicle

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

TBF the bottom 4-5 are a bit subjective but still, FFS...

Table summarizing the costs of Trump's Iran deal versus Obama's.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It's almost like that's what them wanted all along...

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T.

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

University administrators' idea of how course development contracts work.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is why students need to learn elasticity. #teachecon

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Fixed it.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Lenin statue in monument park in Budapest

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Mel Brooks as the governor in blazing saddles saying "i didn't get a harumph out of that guy!"

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Oh how I want to use this to illustrate the labor discipline model.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Ricky Williams blames pot for his failed drug tests.
"I got high and forgot I wasn't supposed to get high."

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

So, this is a real exchange I had tonight (I'm the one who was playing triominoes).

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Rocky Mountain National Park

Socks with a design of Rocky mountain national Park

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Starting the semester on a positive note!

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today's selection.

Brought green and blue socks with "this meeting is bullshit" at the top.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

INI!

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice in Chains

Ok Computer by Radiohead

Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

They also do picture frames.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My productivity for today. Release the Epstein Files.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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Overall foreign students appear
to increase domestic enrollment. This positive effect is linked to cross-subsidization,
whereby high net tuition payments from foreign students help subsidize additional domestic students.

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Trending Socks @machineecon.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

My favorite thing about 2025 is buying weed in a store and buying eggs from some guy I meet on Craigslist.

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