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Noah McKinnie Braun

@noahmckbraun.bsky.social
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Economics professor at St Olaf College... researching public economics & racial inequality... Tsimshian... hate racism… he/him/his sites.google.com/view/noahmckinnieb…

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 18h
“This recent dump of papers on Tuesday destroyed the careers of early-career mathematicians. We've had whole research programs wiped out on Tuesday by their dump … they have all the mathematicians research programs in their training data” - Tristan Buckmaster on OpenAI solving unsolved math problems
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them.
post from Trump on Truth Social declaring that anyone who uses the term "Artificial Intelligence" is THE ENEMY!
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Congratulations to the University of Pittsburgh for being recognized as an elite university! #HailtoPitt
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wait until they learn about higher education and liberal arts colleges, really going to blow their mind.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT! The 2027 Meeting of the Race and Stratification in the Economy Working Group at @nber.org will be held on April 2, 2027! The deadline for submissions is December 10,2026. Please Share!! More details are here: www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sports are bad
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can’t say that an AI-slop giraffe is likely to increase my likelihood of attending the @meagrinnell.bsky.social annual conference in April
Screenshot of an email sent by the Midwest Economics association showing an AI created image of a giraffe announcing that the submission deadline for the annual meetings (April 2-4) has been extended until October 25
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New example for intro stats courses just dropped
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Continue praying for the brave souls on the academic job market this year
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The long and short of this article is exactly what you'd expect: young, disproportionately Black, men are incentivized to play a sport that will destroy their brains because it offers them a chance of financial success they don't believe they could achieve otherwise.
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think if you had told me going into the season that the Lynx got bounced in the first round but Miles won ROY, I’d have been fine with that outcome. Lost half of the playoff rotation, Phee recovering from injury. It’s all the details along the way that make this so tough.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/09/2026
It's absolutely disgusting the type of people Cunningham attracts to the game and the abuse they shower on Black players. I really hope the Aces win on Thursday and make it her last game in the WNBA.
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nothing quite like reading an AI written research proposal to derail your grading flow.
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ashley (birthday month) 🕸️ @clearlyashley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Beshear forever, man
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Liberty are a terrible matchup for the Lynx, but man it’s tough to win when your starting PG and the likely MVP runner-up has as many turnovers as made shots and assists combined.
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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For anyone wondering, still a lot of booing every time SC touches the ball!
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Minnesota Lynx play the Fever in the last game of the season tonight. These games are always fun!
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At what point do they get to the point where there’s just nothing left to cut where we just stop having universities? The U of M is one of the biggest economic engines in the state and we keep on shrinking it down
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Was just informed that premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket maximums, and pharmacy costs will all increase ~modestly~ next year. But don't worry gang! We also won't be able to add our spouse to our health insurance plan if they have access to their own employer-sponsored plan.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah, that's a problem www.chronicle.com/article/high... #academicsky #edusky
A line graph demonstrating the nonacademic spending has outpaced academic spending, from 2010 to 2024. The note indicates this is for 146 R1 institutions. Source: NCES, Created with Datawrapper
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A random thing I do is track rental prices for a set of apartment buildings in the neighborhoods of Minneapolis my fiancee and I were considering living in. Multiple buildings have had 2bd apartments sitting open for months, even after cutting rents up to 20%.
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Ben Bushong @benbushong.com · 18/09/2026
In the past I have found it frustrating that you cannot filter AEA JOE listings by some sense of "top schools" versus "non-top". Here's an attempt to address that. Feel free to share. econjobs.netlify.app
econjobs.netlify.app
Econ Job Tracker
Search for economics jobs by ranking. Postings from major listing sources; historical data from AEA JOE.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Every time I’m looking in a “vintage” clothes shop I want to ask the owner if they’ve ever actually sold the stained sweatshirts they are listing for $30
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.
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Screenshot showing two sequential posts on X by journalist Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) discussing Texas politics:
 * Top post: Text reads, "Paxton on Talarico: 'He wants to transition your kids!'" accompanied by an embedded video frame of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaking at a podium in a dark suit and red tie.
 * Bottom post: Text reads, "Talarico says he would vote in favor of a national ban for transgender surgeries for minors," above a video thumbnail from Fox News Channel featuring a woman anchor in a red blazer, with lower-third banners reading "EXCLUSIVE," "SHIFTING THE REINS?", and "TALARICO STANCE DIFFERS FROM EARLIER COMMENTS."
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're trying to propose to people with trans children in their lives that their lives are a worthwhile sacrifice for other Democratic priorities, consider whether you'd be convinced that your children should be sacrificed for the greater good of someone else's family.
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The intersection of “swing voters” and “voters who care about a Senator’s position on trans kids in sports” is an empty set.
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Will be interesting to see if opinions on the economy change as more people start booking flights for the holidays. The current price of my Thanksgiving flights is double what it was last year, and almost double what I paid for it back in May!
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Truly getting into “Big Brother invented the airplane“ territory with this one
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Caitlin Patler @caitlinpatler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Chloe East (CU Boulder Econ) & I are hiring a postdoc to work on causal research on impacts of imm policy on immigrant children & families + rapid response descriptive work. Please share & encourage qualified candidates to apply! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505
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PostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
we have immigrant concentration camps, diarrhea lettuce, zillion dollar gas, suicidal soldiers, measles resurgence, national park land sold to the highest bidder and teachers crowdfunding school supplies, but the real problems facing our country are a muslim senate candidate and an influencer
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/08/2026
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks. “They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These side by side images tell the story: Trump welcomes only white South Africans while ICE descends on Haitians who have fled violence & established lives here legally. By abruptly ending TPS for Haitians & initiating mass deportations, our government is gleefully enacting racial apartheid in US.
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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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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/08/2026
A man in Spokane attacked a trans man with a hatchet. The man smashed his windows and tore down pride flags in the front before attacking Alexander Wolfe. He said he did it to "save the kids." Wolfe was had to get 3 staples in his skull as a result. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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'I just fought for my life on my front lawn': Transgender man attacked with hatchet at South Hill home
A 25-year-old Spokane man is facing a felony assault charge after police say he damaged a transgender man’s South Hill home and then attacked him with a hatchet, fracturing his skull.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The people outraged over the academic freedom of Cofnas (which is apparently the freedom to harass & drive a man to suicide) I dont recall your outrage for the profs who got harassed & fired for speaking on Palestine I'm just a silly gal, I guess I dont understand what I'm free to do as an academic
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
People struggle with the fact that polls are a snapshot of preferences, and not a forward looking projection. Polls get more accurate the closer we are to Election Day because there is less time for people’s preferences to change, and there’s nothing we can do to speed up that process.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Under Trump, protected wild horses are going to slaughter. A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
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Robin Wonsley - Minneapolis Ward 2 @ward2.minneapolismn.gov · 20/08/2026
The Frey admin shared a proposal to make significant portions of our city eligible for data centers. If you want to stop data centers in neighborhood, now is the time to organize and make your voice heard. Read more➡️ content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/g…
flyer for data center public inputFrey admin's propsal for data centersPost with Frey admin's proposal for data centers
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/08/2026
Woah.
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
University leadership: We stand ready to support our faculty as they confront the disruptions & uncertainty caused by AI. Faculty: Great! We'll need smaller class sizes, especially for incoming students and— University leadership: Lol, no. We meant like subscriptions to Claude.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I'll go another step further: the research shows that BLM protests causally shifted Americans' racial attitudes leftward and helped Democrats in the 2020 election link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Noah McKinnie Braun @noahmckbraun.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is such a funny statement from the lobbyist opposing banning junk fees, highlighting how there is no good argument against this type of legislation. Forcing rental companies to list the actual cost of rent is the exact purpose of the law!
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Alexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Next Senator from Minnesota btw
Peggy Flanagan wearing a "Protect Trans Kids" shirt
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