Reposted by Will KingMarie-Helene @ediblepetals.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sexist or racist people are stone-cold losers. They are so insecure they created a category they were born into as “superior.” 0281
Will King @youainti.com · 23/08/2026Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty The other half of the economists on Bluesky: what was the assignment mechanism and can we use it to causally identify the effect of optimism on lifetime income or education outcomes? 020
Reposted by Will KingSandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Society of Labor Economists is piloting a new mentoring program intended to provide small group mentoring, providing advice on how to improve research and navigate the publishing process. We are seeking both mentors and mentees--apply here! www.sole-jole.org/sole-mentoringsole-jole.orgSOLE Mentoring 02416
Reposted by Will KingTore Ellingsen @toreellingsen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026People arguing that all actions are selfish (because they ”maximize utility”) are lazy thinkers. They mistake a poor definition of selfishness for a clever insight. 031
Will King @youainti.com · 20/04/2026I hope they go one of two ways with this new IP. 1. Continue the onion's style of satire, pointing out what InfoWars has always been. 2. Turn it into an actually reliable news source that highlights local level human interest stories across the world; doing what Jones never would. 210
Reposted by Will KingRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I would have preferred to have the "draw the rest of the owl" meme on the cover, but this will do. Seems like it is on schedule, and we'll leave some typos so you know we didn't write it with AI. 1237956
Reposted by Will KingRachel Widome @rwidome.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgSt. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting residentThe police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in... 48045
Will King @youainti.com · 25/01/20265 minutes before I learned of the ostensible murder of Alex Pretti, I had to explain this scene to my 5yo. Explain that the Stormtroopers "were so mean that they just killed them all". Authoritarians kill the innocent when they are inconvenient. They kill the innocent to enforce their power. 100
Reposted by Will KingHoward Tayler @howardtayler.bsky.social · 23/11/2025It seems seasonally appropriate to recall and perhaps amplify the words of Cicero: "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others." — Marcus Tullius Cicero 0154
Reposted by Will King🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli sez keep on, keepin' on. 🐈⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content. 319106737929
Reposted by Will KingPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go! Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest. /1 8242261363
Will King @youainti.com · 31/05/2025@hankgreen.bsky.social Would crash course be interested in producing materials to help teachers in Oklahoma address this new teaching requirement? apnews.com/article/okla...apnews.comNew standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 electionBeginning next school year, the curriculum standards for Oklahoma high school students will including conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. 130
Reposted by Will King"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Yeah, sad to say I called this one too (acoup.blog/2024/10/25/n...), but not enough people listened. And so here we are. Who could have imagined? Everyone. Everyone could have imagined.acoup.blogNew Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of FascismToday we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’… 226636
Reposted by Will KingKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/04/2025For example, in Washington state, a judge found that the government improperly terminated a full-time student’s F-1 visa over a DUI arrest (but not conviction) in ways that violate the clear letter of law re: the bases for terminating student visas. 8677149
Will King @youainti.com · 09/04/2025So the recent xkcd comic is absolutely on point when it comes to trade deficits and tariffs. I wish I had been able to be this creative when teaching international econ a few years ago. xkcd.com/3073xkcd.comTariffs 120
Reposted by Will KingSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 28/03/2025So that $10B bailout for farmers. Is it a payout for political support? Yeah. Bold move for an industry that talks so much about hard work & independence! But it's also worse than that. This is a US food crisis in the making. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n... Let's talk about the payoff part first?media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses and a black shirt is sitting in front of a window .Alt: gif of Dwight Schrute shaking his head in disappointment 461310612
Reposted by Will KingMatt Dalgleish @meatwatcher.bsky.social · 14/03/2025There is a much dis-information being spread about the state of the US economy that Trump II inherited from Biden. But the facts matter... #agsky #econsky 25623
Reposted by Will KingCasey @thecasey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Please remember that alt text is ESPECIALLY critical on emergency information. 023693
Reposted by Will KingASSA Annual Meeting @assameeting.bsky.social · 03/01/2025#ASSA2025 livestream sessions available to everyone atbuff.lyASSA 2025 Live-Streamed SessionsBy clicking the "Accept" button or continuing to browse our site, you agree to first-party and session-only cookies being stored on your device to enhance site navigation and analyze site performance... 03020
Will King @youainti.com · 27/12/2024I discovered this little Christmas themed Easter egg while installing #openSUSE leap today. 031
