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Andreas Peichl @apeichl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Aufstiegschancen in Deutschland nehmen ab Deutschland galt lange als Land, in dem fast jeder den sozialen Aufstieg schaffen konnte. Eine aktuelle Studie des Münchner ifo Instituts zeigt nun, dass das immer schwieriger wird. www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...

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ifo-Studie: Aufstiegschancen in Deutschland nehmen ab

Deutschland galt lange als Land, in dem fast jeder den sozialen Aufstieg schaffen konnte. Eine aktuelle Studie des Münchner ifo-Instituts zeigt nun, dass das immer schwieriger wird.

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Open letter

Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Do you have a syllabus you'd be willing to share?

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Universities tend to have strict branding guidelines, including with respect to colors. I suspect that Columbia Blue would have been the appropriate color to use for official communications.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

well I prefer unpolished over ChatGPT 100% of the time :)

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I once read a piece of writing advice saying to avoid multiple directional changes in the same sentence. Had to read “increased lower elevation” like 3 times.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Super real. I've always liked em dashes (counted 39 in my master's thesis from 3 years) and now idk if I can keep using them.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Depends on what exactly the "update" is about. Did she have a surgery or are you just checking in? I'd listen at 2x speed (I do this anyway for most voice memos)

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"bloviating." learned a new word today. might also do good to enunciate "horror" a bit less ambiguously lol

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Econ (because we are such naughty imperialists) spans such a broad range. Some research is also closer to eg computer science

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

well, it’s a social science. Not a natural science. In German, we make this distinction more clearly whereas in the US, we usually use “science” to mean “natural science.”

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

In German it's also a blue eye. I think the color changes throughout different periods of healing. Sometimes it's also green-ish

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

haha well, my initial instinct was responding with something sassy like "why don't you leave some food in the fridge for a bit and find out?" or point out that my composting worms also eat fungus that I can't eat. But as an officer in the UCSD Mycology Club, I was curious and googled.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I guess the Eighth Amendment protects against cruel and unusual punishment, not universal punishment

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I’m not sure that these are immediately incompatible positions. iirc there’s good evidence that speed cameras reduce racial bias in policing, for instance.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

fun fact that might explain the different pronounciations!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

No doubt, I never said otherwise! ICE’s actions are abhorrent one way or the other

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Congratulations! That’s awesome

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Beside the point, but Real IDs are indeed not proof of citizenship. They *are* proof of legal residence, but you can be a non-citizen and get them (I have one as a green card holder, for instance).

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

you might enjoy the guidebook "secret stairs of the east bay"

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Congratulations, that's great!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It looks like there’s been some downward revision. Googling now I also see 5.2. It was the strongest one I’ve felt before!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The whole building shook right in the middle of micro theory! It’s probably a sign that I should pay more attention to mechanism design

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I was just thinking this exact same thing sitting down to do my macro pset. in these times, you can have good days, but you can never truly be at ease.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

even with modern technology, parts of hw1 (e.g. around Big Sur) were blocked off for a substantial amount of time recently!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

1/3 seems very high. but beyond that, I can see how you get there. I’ve thought about whether I could convince grad housing to let us have chickens given egg prices, and I am growing some fruit + veggies also w grocery prices in mind. now multiply that by indoctrination + religious fervor x100…

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

We just got the same email at UCSD bsky.app/profile/mart...

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

My garden’s first strawberry harvests 🥰

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If I have kids, I’ve considered moving back to Europe while they’re young for this reason

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Vinny Armentano @vinnyarmentano.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

How did such a large share of the world’s population escape extreme poverty? Paul Niehaus, Tom Vogl and I were curious and are excited to share with you what we've found. vincentarmentano.com/research/hpf...

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I’d be interested in more west coast cities. New England/east coast cities like Philly, NYC, and Boston in particular are featured so heavily in K12 history. But I took an environmental law class in undergrad and learned that LA’s dev history is fascinating!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

There’s a great book on SF’s history: “Imperial San Francisco” in case it’s helpful!

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My tomatoes finally germinated! (Something unrelated to anything else)

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Does he speak directly about the impact of his mental health on his worldview or is that just your conjecture?

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I've also been thinking about this, especially the decay of social norms! makes me feel like a boomer sometimes

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

My grandparents, my sister and her family, and my BIL’s mom have all been going to the protests (pic from my grandma)

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

@venturinimiri.bsky.social and @andreamatranga.bsky.social were talking about this just the other day! Wonder how many people get medication they don’t really need and if there are any pop level implications (like antibiotic resistance)

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Imma respond with something equally … out there … In particular, the end of the piece about responsibility. open.spotify.com/track/4jGdL3...

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It Starts Now

BLOND:ISH · Welcome To The Present · Song · 2015

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

lol he lost the plot a while ago

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’ve had thick and plentiful hair all my life but I’ve been getting ads about hair loss and now I’m terrified I’m losing my hair and don’t even realize it cuz I didn’t realize hair loss for women was even a thing

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This is also why education is extremely explicitly left to the states rather than the federal government in Germany.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I wouldn't be so sure. There are some researchers who are motivated to find a "cure" for something, but some of it is just happenstance. The PI that happens to have an opening; the cancer research that happens to get funded.

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Martha Fiehn @marthaf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

These seeds are meant to be planted before the annual rain season. But it’s been the driest winter in 150 years — since they started recording. So I still planted them now. Hopefully it will rain on Sunday 🌧️🌷🌻 and help put out some of the fires

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