Reposted by AntowanPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroomaxios.comRaccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroomTalk about a trashed panda. 46078551924
Reposted by AntowanEconChrisClarke @econchrisclarke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Sen. Rand Paul claims food stamp spending doubled "an alarming trend." But this relies on 4 mistakes. 1. Graph can't replicate. 2. Need to adjust for Inflation 3. The economy is now bigger. 4. Share of Pop on Food Stamps Actually Declined. Conclusion: There is no trend. 0154
Antowan @wittgenstein75.bsky.social · 27/10/2025@coffeedungeon.bsky.social when does the next chapter of crossroads come out? 110
Reposted by AntowanAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18/09/2025DOGE accidentally gave out 5 months of paid vacation to many federal workers. So efficiency. 18894240
Reposted by AntowanREPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS ENABLE TRUMP AMERICAN CARNAGE! @jrfree.bsky.social · 18/08/2025 044
Reposted by AntowanStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Are you giving your research papers a last big push before the new term starts? Book your spot with one of our editors today! 023
Antowan @wittgenstein75.bsky.social · 06/08/2025@cacrisalves.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social I am looking forward to what will likely be my book of the year. Maybe after it's finished I can ship it across the pond for signatures? This has been a long time coming! 272
Reposted by AntowanMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 01/08/2025"That number is expected to rise to 399 billion gallons by 2030, nearly 7% of the state’s total projected water use." techiegamers.com/texas-data-c...techiegamers.comAI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers - Techie + GamersTexas has long been defined by oil, heat, and huge infrastructure projects. Now, it’s also at the center of a growing environmental debate. Microsoft’s Stargate campus in Abilene is leading a data cen... 115255
Reposted by AntowanThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/08/2025Trump trying to fix a historically bad jobs report by firing someone. 17644661133
Reposted by AntowanEconomic Policy Institute @epi.org · 09/07/2025EPI's @dcosta.bsky.social was featured on @wbur.org's "On Point" talking about America's reliance on migrant farm workers. Listen here: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...wbur.orgWhy American farmers rely on unauthorized workersMore than 40% of hired farm laborers in the U.S. are immigrants without legal status. President Trump campaigned on a plan for mass deportation. But even he admits -- the country can't survive without... 055
Reposted by AntowanUnlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Wrote an article for The Conversation. It's pitched at a basic level, which was really itneresting to write. Hopefully it appeals to a different audience! theconversation.com/four-reasons...theconversation.comFour reasons why many of us feel the global economy is not on our sideThe global economic system is not set up for the good of all. 2249
Reposted by AntowanMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Please share! The UW Climate Impacts Group is launching a small-grants program supporting the climate resilience efforts of Washington coastal Tribes. Application period now open - apply here:cig.uw.eduWashington Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Funding for Tribes (WA-CRAFT) | Climate Impacts GroupThe UW Climate Impacts Group has launched a small-grants program to support Washington coastal Tribes in building resilience to climate change. This initiative is a direct response to feedback gathere... 210560
Reposted by AntowanCarolina Alves @cacrisalves.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Really forward to this: 'From Protest to Power' - happening today in London & livestreamed online. My panel: Billionaires and Breadlines: The Fight for Economic Justice - Carolina Alves - Alex Gordon - Clive Lewis, MP - James Meadway secure.waronwant.org/page/172030/...secure.waronwant.orgGet your ticket nowFrom Protest to Power, Saturday 14 June 073
Reposted by AntowanSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Everybody please read one (1) book about the civil rights movement, preferably this one bookshop.org/p/books/this...bookshop.orgThis Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement PossibleHow Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible 022
Reposted by AntowanFaunalytics @faunalytics.bsky.social · 12/05/2025As attention shifts to providing farmed animals with opportunities for positive experiences, this study examines how farmers in Ontario, Canada, view enrichment and good welfare for cows used for milk production. faunalytics.org/enriching-co...faunalytics.orgEnriching Cow Welfare: From The Dairy Farmer’s Perspective - FaunalyticsAs attention shifts to providing farmed animals with opportunities for positive experiences, this study examines how farmers in Ontario, Canada, view enrichment and good welfare for cows used for milk... 032
Reposted by AntowanBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Wildly under-appreciated - Mexico is facing democratic erosion from the left, and people are soft-pedaling it: "it’s a flashing red warning light — a cautionary tale of how democracies steadily erode under years of institutional assault by autocratically minded politicians." 12912
Reposted by AntowanIlya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Texas will rue the day they insulted our flag! Virginia's conquest of that insolent state will make the fall of the Alamo seem like a walk in the park by comparison. Sic Semper Tyrannis! www.axios.com/local/richmo...axios.comVirginia flag banned in Texas district over exposed breastA Texas district pulled a lesson on Virginia from some classes over a topless Roman goddess on the state flag. Yep, really. 167310
Reposted by AntowanAbdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 12/04/2025The Great American Selloff What's happening in the macroeconomy and financial markets right now is both confusing and unprecedented in U.S. history. Read my post as I shed light on what is happening and what it means to you. www.withdra.com/p/the-great-... #Economics #policy #FinancialMarketswithdra.comThe Great American SelloffWeird Economic Times 011
Reposted by AntowanUnlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The linktree for my book has been updated with some helpful links for international buyers! bio.to/WWGPbio.toWhy We're Getting PoorerGo to Why We're Getting Poorer. 2274
Reposted by AntowanSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 20/03/2025New blog post in our Meet the Team series! Get to know the academic editors who work on your research papers! 073
Reposted by AntowanJohanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I STAND WITH THE BANNED is now on tee shirts too!! Show your support for libraries and authors of banned books 📚 www.bonfire.com/store/the-ca... 114869
Reposted by AntowanJay Patel @infotainment.bsky.social · 19/03/2025📣 This may be a long shot, but let me try. I’m seeking some volunteer interviewees to discuss any experiences with grant peer review (as reviewers/panelists) over the next 2-3 weeks. If you have any direct experience and would like to help with my #Metascience study, DM me.media.tenor.coma cartoon raccoon is writing on a piece of paper with a pencilALT: a cartoon raccoon is writing on a piece of paper with a pencil 0911
Reposted by AntowanStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Meet the Standard Error team @o.simardcasanova.net connects with @regaljohnson.bsky.social to chat about how editors can improve scientific papers Read the full interview: stderr-editors.com/blog/regal...stderr-editors.comMeet the Standard Error Team: Regal JohnsonStandard Error’s consulting editor Olivier Simard-Casanova connects with Regal Johnson to chat about how editors can improve scientific papers. 034
Reposted by AntowanStephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 17/03/2025A French member of the European Parliament, center-left politician Raphael Glucksmann, is calling for the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty — because America no longer represents the values that inspired France to present the statue as a gift. The Statue of Liberty was originally gifted to… 1943968909
Reposted by AntowanNBER @nber.org · 16/03/2025Daughters of immigrants are more upwardly mobile than daughters of locals in most destinations. Sons of immigrants are only more upwardly mobile outside of continental Europe, from Boustan, Fjællegaard Jensen, Abramitzky, Jácome, et al www.nber.org/papers/w33558 25022
Reposted by AntowanStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We are pleased to announce that Standard Error will be represented at this year's MEA annual meeting in Kansas City next week by our academic editor Regal Johnson (@regaljohnson.bsky.social). Find us at the coffee station and say hello! #MEA2025 033
Reposted by AntowanThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/03/2025Whether or not he knows it, he said what he meant. 1081908411
Reposted by AntowanAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 11/03/2025IT'S OFFICIAL. I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! 🤯 #TheDoubleTax unpacks the cost of being a woman, why the bill runs higher for women of color, and how closing the gaps moves us ALL forward. #blacksky #booksky #econsky PRE-ORDER NOW: tinyurl.com/doubletax-or... Get Involved: tinyurl.com/doubletax-join 893192720
Reposted by AntowanDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Here's what I wrote in 2017 about this difficult day. I haven't been able (mentally) to go to a vigil since, but I carry the weight with me. Please read, come if you can, remember, and do what you can to stop this from happening again. psmag.com/news/disable...psmag.comDisabled Americans: Stop Murdering UsI went to Washington, D.C., to mourn all the disabled people killed last year by their caregivers—and to join the fight to keep them from being forgotten. 310146
Reposted by AntowanThe Stupendium @thestupendium.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Are you ready for a trip back to the 2000s? Because @longestsoloever.com and I have have been hanging out there lately making a song about a certain spiky-headed antihero. 'Shadow of Myself', a Shadow the Hedgehog song, premieres in just 11 hours! Link in the replies! 🔗🔗🔗 1423338
Reposted by AntowanCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut? 8582740511715
Reposted by AntowanThe Continent @thecontinent.org · 14/02/2025All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 190 of The Continent The world order is disintegrating. Whose interests will the African Union serve now? Read it here: bit.ly/TC190 48436
Reposted by AntowanAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 15/02/2025Kendrick for president. America loves a fighter. 1122
Reposted by AntowanStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Our aim is to help make your contribution felt Happy #BHM to Black researchers around the world from the Standard Error team 075
Reposted by AntowanMichael Coon @mikecoonomics.bsky.social · 03/02/2025So many media requests coming in this week. Here's the latest. youtu.be/m_IlzKWz10I?...youtu.beLocal reaction to tariffs on Canada and MexicoYouTube video by ABC Action News 011
Reposted by AntowanAbdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 02/02/2025How’s your reading challenge going for 2025? January was a success for me. Here is my reflection of the books I read. www.withdra.com/p/five-books...withdra.comFive Books in JanuaryWhat did you read? 011
Antowan @wittgenstein75.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I guess luigi had an effect amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/...amp.cnn.comUnitedHealth Group CEO: US health care needs to be ‘less confusing, less complex and less costly’ | CNN BusinessIn its first results since its insurance unit CEO was fatally shot in New York City, UnitedHealth Group reported Thursday weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, prompting its shares to fall in e... 120
Antowan @wittgenstein75.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Im surprised it took them a hundred years to figure it out. 000
Reposted by AntowanAbdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 04/01/2025Great #dataviz comes in one of two types open.substack.com/pub/draalbah...open.substack.comGreat Visualization151 Years of S&P 500 Returns 111
Reposted by AntowanPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Ann Telnaes, who has worked at The Washington Post as an editorial cartoonist since 2008, says her cartoon criticizing billions currying favor with Trump was spiked — and now she has quit the paperanntelnaes.substack.comWhy I'm quitting the Washington PostDemocracy can't function without a free press 8655641575
Reposted by AntowanStandard Error Research Editors @standarderror.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Happy New Year from the Standard Error team 0136
Reposted by AntowanChristian Zimmermann @czimm-economist.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Bluesky accounts listed in RePEc author profiles have now reached 20% of Xwitter accounts. If you have not done so yet, you can add yours under "Contacts" in the RePEc Author Service. If you deleted your Xwitter account, remove it from your profile. authors.repec.org #EconSky #RePEcideas.repec.orgRePEc-registered Economists on Bluesky 0338
Reposted by AntowanPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/12/202420-year-old Ashanti Downey was walking to a Dollar Tree in Sanford, North Carolina, when someone came behind her, poured a flammable liquid on her, and set her on fire Her family is asking for help with medical expenses www.wral.com/news/local/h... 8315961069
