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I've gotten too used to reading sentences that look like this. I still can't write them though!

Yeah, that's hard to believe

It's wild that they think they have that power

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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was wondering why that was empty! I bike past it every time I come home from Penn Station

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Job alert! @harbatkat.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc to help lead research on Michigan's Partnership Model of school and district turnaround. We're looking for qualitative or mixed-method researcher, and hoping to hire ASAP. Reach out with any questions! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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It seems like magic numbers are some second order knowledge like I know that I don't care about the magic number and you know that you don't care about the magic number. Yet for some reason I believe that you care and you believe that I care.

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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I can already find bonds that pay more interest than my mortgage and I only bought my house this year... mortgage rate lock effect speedrun?

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Why do many businesses in poor countries look overstaffed? Experiments in Uganda show employers and workers prefer redistribution via work to cash even for no-value tasks. Workfare-like incentives, reciprocity, and dignity shape firm size and productivity. buff.ly/AXDnHcj

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I also just got some fountain pens after not using for a long time, but I haven't opened them yet because I've been out of town

Economic Research Organization @econresearch.org · 14/09/2026

In support of @sbworkersunited.org, instead of having pumpkin spice lattes this fall, I am getting seasonal Octoberfest märzen. It's a great sacrifice. 🙃 One that you could be making as well!

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The Economic Research Organization is now on Bluesky. We're an organization that supports research for affiliates. What sets us apart is that we are not invite-only. Website: econresearch.org Donate: econresearch.org/support/ Planning to do something JM related #EconSky

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The growth of private credit has often been attributed to tighter banking regulation and low policy rates. Such things certainly played a role early on, but they are difficult to reconcile with the rapid growth in private credit since 2020, when rates went up and regulation, if anything, loosened

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Economics of Accessibility in Consumption | Matthew W. Thomas

Here's a post I wrote about the economics of accessibility: www.matthewthom.as/blog/economi... It explains why markets fail people with disabilities, analyzes the argument that accessibility mandates prevent valuable projects, and presents a solution to fix that concern. #EconSky 🧪

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Simple model of how markets fail to accommodate those with disabilities

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I just found out about Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). Kind of amazing. If you give any money to charity, you might as well use one and pay less taxes. It's one of those things that I never could have figured out if someone didn't tell me about it. So, I'm telling you about it.

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 13/09/2026

I received emails to join my lab when I was a grad student, though they were human written (2018-2023) and, because I'm in Econ, not only did I not have a lab, but none of the faculty did either!

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 18/05/2026

Shakira's judge, "you know, her forms don't lie and I'm starting to feel it's right" www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Shakira hits out after winning £50m Spanish tax refund

The Colombian singer says the court ruling means the

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 15/03/2026

I hope Sinners wins because it was good and One Battle After Another is dominated by John Wick at 2/3 speed

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 24/02/2026

The most central area with the tall buildings is in the center of several more vibrant areas. I'm not sure why that happened. It might be because of the failure of the harbor mall, but I didn't know if that's a cause or an effect... or a little of both.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 23/02/2026

I think no one would trust an AI agent with access to things like changing people's passwords. And then it wouldn't be able to do huge blocks of the 99% either

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 09/02/2026

BGE bought a Super Bowl Ad to convince people that letting them charge customers for constructing new power plants will bring energy prices down. Nice try. If they wanted to bring energy prices down, they wouldn't be paying for Super Bowl Ads! www.thebanner.com/community/cl... #Maryland #Electric

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Super Bowl-night ads will push BGE’s agenda to build and run power plants in Maryland

Baltimore Gas and Electric has called on Maryland leaders to pass legislation allowing the utility to build and own power plants — an ask it’s underscoring with ads during NBC’s Olympics and Super Bow...

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 08/02/2026

...and probably human-written books as well!

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 06/02/2026

Sounds like the letters are becoming vestigial and we're adjusting towards something like 90-100 percentile => "9", 80-89 percentile => "8", ...

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 05/02/2026

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Baltimore Banner prepared to double in size?

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 05/02/2026

If it were unprofitable for him to falsify the reports, he probably wouldn't have. It doesn't seem very complicated. It sounds like running a lead certification mill is a very good business with very little downside.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 05/02/2026

Baltimore Banner prepared to double in size?

Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 04/02/2026

Depending on how large it is, I can probably do it if the issue is just that you aren't allowed to maintain your own source and it's fine for random other people to.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 04/02/2026

I think that's not very surprising? Good that it can be demonstrated though.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 03/02/2026

If you generally support what Starbucks Workers United is doing here and want to do something easy in support, this is it

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 23/01/2026

Were you the one that made the little 16px US flag image? When I first saw that, I was like "how is that not a blurry mess!?" The adjustments to the metrics are well done.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 18/01/2026

The problem with a stochastic algorithm is that it's random

Google search for "Grizzly Bear" returns that it's the name of the protagonist of the Cartoon Network series, We Bare Bears.

There are pictures of Grizzly Bears above the answer.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 23/12/2025

I think this article is good. It provides a lot more information: www.advocate.com/news/transge... In this article, the student was placed "on leave" instead of just having their TA responsibilities revoked.

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Instructor who gave U of Oklahoma student a zero on anti-trans paper removed from teaching

Graduate assistant Mel Curth found Samantha Fulnecky's paper unscientific and offensive in referring to trans people as "demonic."

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 23/12/2025

Apparently he won "by a significant margin"

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 23/12/2025

I'm watching 12 Dogs of Christmas. The town has an evil mayor who banned dogs even though everyone in the town loves dogs so much that many are willing to start a compound where they can live freely with their dogs. Who voted for the mayor?

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 18/12/2025

It wasn't me, but it's something I'd say!

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 17/12/2025

It offered to award me so many papers because Matthew Thomas is a common name. I worry about the bigger issue that Google will drop Scholar. I don't think it makes money, but most fields have no alternative. Econ has repec. Hopefully we could flood resources there.

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Matthew Thomas @matthewthom.as · 17/12/2025

Also it's on JOE and due by end of day tomorrow (Wed) www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....