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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Northern Illinois University day, as it is known in my house.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who else thinks Bill Phillips is the worlds most interesting man?

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey Chat, give me a timeline where US no longer trades for potash

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You can not feel pain. You are just data.

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Load-bearing post

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“why are all the ai ceos all of a sudden saying this weird thing?” burning man was last week and this may actually just be the explanation

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Bursting with pride for my kid who has been named a National Merit Semifinalist!

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shout out to the class of 2027 parents who had very exhausting children who see that exhaustion pay off today (Sep 9)

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#dystopian but also thank you to those incarcerated people who did this

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Questions I feel like are coming on my sons Common App, based on what he’s gotten so far, about me: What was your second high school boyfriend’s license plate at the time you dated? How many cats have you owned? What did you make on Mme Enos’ final in French III?

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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Linux turns 35 today. Here's your cake. Enjoy.

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Graph of visas issued to students per month in 2024 and 2025

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We knew it had to happen, but too soon. rest in peace Dolly

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Me: screams in Simple Syllabus

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’ve been (nearly) everywhere, man

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My ex husband grew up in Canada in a prairie province in a neighborhood largely populated by Scottish and Irish immigrants, and the Band Spirit of the West captured this perfectly with their song Old Sod. They have lots of other great music too. Oh, and you should check out the Dead South

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I just watched Band Bajaa Bitiya and I’m not crying ur crying

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Dan Willingham @dtwuva.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New Substack: : Students should only use AI for things that they already know how to do well. dtwuva.substack.com/p/students-s...

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Students should only use AI for things they already know how to do well.

AI guardrails should protect important mental work

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Assigned reading to kids who ask for one

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Me, following the luncheon for committee chairs for faculty committees after volunteering to serve as chair for a year

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Chris Griffin: Oh God What Have I Done!

Alt: Chris Griffin: Oh God What Have I Done!

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

But this IS the value of uttering the slang. Not to impress. to be the Destroyer of Worlds. Behold, I wield the cringe like a sword

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

im at a jr high cross country meet and this is about as Indiana as it gets

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Actual sounds from the brain of one of my kids who has adhd if we skip a day of meds: wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee squirrel eeeeeeeee

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as something that almost killed you. Hi, I’m delayed postpartum hemorrhage. Hi, I’m the hawk that tried to fly into your single engine plane propeller during takeoff.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The highest cost of grief is presenteeism because the US approach to bereavement is appalling. Kid or even multiple kids die? Back to work in median of about a week.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I see all of the emphasis on financial literacy is paying off

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Someone check in on Doualy Xaykaothao? Her sign at around the 4 minute mark of the 9am NPR news update had serious 2020 world weary vibes

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A prime opportunity was missed here: the brain chip liberated us from two factor authentication

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You can take Flounder, our beloved pool vacuum, from my cold dead hands

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Today I made two ice creams that would make grown men weep: 1) brown butter and brown sugar bourbon roasted peach 2) Corn and white miso with brown butter crumble Peaches from our own tree. corn from the pop up stand at the microbrewery. #hipsterblisspoint

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When people ask if I speak Spanish and I say I don’t but I can kind of understand things I need to share this because this is what Sabado Gigante did to me.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There are two kinds of people 1) oh look they redid little house of the prairie 2) watches the remake of little house with the annotated autobiography on their lap Bonus points to you* if you are #2 but you couldn’t find your readers

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

So I guess we can pretty much guess forward guidance is out?

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I keep thinking about S22 and would like them to know I’m proud of their improvement. They aren’t there yet but they can get there!

A graph showing grade distributions with a single second exam grade higher than the first.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hey friends, a friend’s wife is enrolling in a clinical trial in Philly and they are looking for longer term furnished accommodation for their family from late july to September. If you know of any leads, let me know and I can pass them on.

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I still am trying to figure out what the whole Farage-Binface thing is, but bringing back Ceefax basically earns my vote

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

So, is there a group for academics who are, like, my kids doing pretty damn good at a lot of things but not ivy but neither was I but to be honest they are effing killing it compared to me and I did ok

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Okay lip readers what did the coach say

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Why are they playing the Star Spangled Banner at 1.5 speed?

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are in Chicago for a couple of college visits and I am unreasonably happy about 1) a Floriole stop 2) a stop later today at a small wine shop to pick up a few bottles of the wine I haven't stopped thinking about since I first tried it.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing." (from essay 1)

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

When people tell you who they are, believe them

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m fox @mehconomics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I got fewer cards on my 50th birthday than this game got

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