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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Where do economics majors actually end up working? I made an infographic to help disseminate the findings from our recent article on jobs for economics majors. The article it's based on is still free to access, so check it out before the paywall goes up! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I did not know the origins of the Blondie comic. It started in 1930 and initially Dagwood was wealthy until his family cut him off for marrying a flapper girl.

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

It comes with status you just don’t get with lox spread and lemon water.

Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I hope you got a good price on the room at least

Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Thanks for sharing. I was thinking about you and what you would post. Yesterday was truly historic. I hope it will be like they say, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Dariia Mykhailyshyna @handle.invalid · 11/04/2026

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If you’d like to give me a birthday gift - donate to Ukrainian air defense. It’s literally why I’m here to celebrate. Link: send.monobank.ua/jar/9gkXFCsATp If it doesn’t work, Come Back Alive’s regular page works too savelife.in.ua/donate/#dona...

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Although, the CPI rose 29.8% in that period. data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpic...

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Michael Kevane @mkevane.com · 04/04/2026

Assigned this paper on sleep loss and fatal car crashes to our data analytics undergrad lab class. Super clear, well-written, great example of research for advanced undergrad students. (And for PhD's too!)

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Thank you, I hope I will get the chance!

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Before Easter, Ukrainians decorate pysanky - traditional Easter eggs that are carefully hand-decorated using wax and dyes, often featuring symbolic patterns and colors that carry deep cultural meanings. 📹 pysanka. art/Instagram, oksana_rybaruk/TikTok

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

From my home brewing experience, they’re surprisingly hard to dry. The condensation can get trapped even when left open for many days. At least, we have Goo Gone today to get the labels off.

Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Dig in! youtu.be/OzTX8SVJtis?...

I’m writing something on the history of how it became a state landmark. Describing that process is also an analysis of the Ukrainian diaspora in SF and beyond.

It would be beautiful if they shot it on location where he lived and visited, including Ukraine, Greece, Egypt, London, New York, San Francisco and of course Hayward.

Your husband’s great uncle was part of that process, that ultimately was successful but took longer than they hoped. Honcharenko’s homestead became a California state landmark in 1999 in Hayward, CA bsky.app/profile/prof...

I’m very glad to make the connection! This book was written, in part, to increase the profile of Honcharenko among Americans. Evidence for this is at the end, when the authors describe efforts to make the former homestead a state landmark.

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The book is called “Ahapius Honcharenko: Alaska Man” Link to the book: diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/u...

I have a book and the forward is by Michael J. Nagurney. Is it you dad by chance?

Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I need a recommendation for a book of Robert Frost poems that inspires the youth. Whatdtya got?

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The poet who wrote those lines was Taras Shevchenko. He was born 212 years ago yesterday. He’s the reason why Ukraine is winning the war against Russia.

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I just love this recording of Bono reading poetry to simple piano chords. youtu.be/w8gug7d-MtI?...

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My Friendly Epistle by Taras Shevchenko // Read by Bono, U2

YouTube video by Yaroslav Kaplan

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Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Yes it is! (Btw, I was able to get the ebook through my library.)

Matt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I saw this article about a Canadian Olympian who asked her sociology professor for an extension, and then realized I am reading a book written by the professor. people.com/figure-skate...

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Tymofiy Mylovanov @mylovanov.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

From Morgan Stanley to the front line. At 22, Ukrainian Viktoriia Honcharuk had a Manhattan banking job, Midtown apartment. Two weeks later, she was evacuating wounded soldiers under Russian fire, NY Post. 1/

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Among his accomplishments was publishing The Alaska Herald, a bilingual English and Russian newspaper first published on March 1, 1868, a few months after the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia.

In my research, I discovered that Honcharenko was the first individual recorded in the US Census as born in Ukraine, in 1880. The Ukrainian diaspora has long been fascinated with him, and in 1999 his former homestead became a California landmark, furthering his recognition among the American public.

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Also, in this issue was an English translation of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko’s The Caucasus.

The first article, Czarism, concluded, “The despotic, all-devouring and absorbing creed which we call Czarism is thus a simple result of time end of events…The question is: when will its knell be sounded? That blessed hour is not so distant as some suppose.”

Among his accomplishments was publishing The Alaska Herald, a bilingual English and Russian newspaper first published on March 1, 1868, a few months after the U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia.

How a Remarkable 19th-Century Revolutionary Priest From Ukraine Ended up in Hayward | KQED

In Hayward, California, there is a historical landmark to one of the first Ukrainian immigrants to the U.S. who arrived in 1865. KQED just published a story on Agapius Honcharenko, you can read or listen to here. www.kqed.org/news/1207143...

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High in the Hayward Hills, Ukraina marks the farm and grave of Ukrainian dissident priest Agapius Honcharenko, who fled Russian authorities and settled here with his wife, Albina.