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I am a health economist using human mobility data to study public health policies and other policies. https://andersen-hecon.github.io/

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Hello all! We will continue normal business hours during UNCG Spring Break. Thank you! πŸ’›πŸ’™

07.03.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

typos are an interesting signal that one did not use AI on an assessment

25.02.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Service!

21.02.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is NOT a fucking mystery folks

21.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember when Bar Pizza had an awesome mashed potatoe pizza.... So this wouldn't have been that shocking.

20.02.2026 03:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cool. I feel like I want to take your course!

19.02.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: β€˜Serious ethical concerns’ Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influence

Wow. And recently one of the key papers supporting the safety of glyphosare was withdrawn by the journal!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

19.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

17.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 5729 πŸ” 2653 πŸ’¬ 257 πŸ“Œ 195

I'm sure @edzitron.com would have a field day with this!

17.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

17.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 6567 πŸ” 2221 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 243

bourla saying that we need a new health secretary says a lot too. You wouldn't normally hear that from a CEO in a regulated industry.

16.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Libertarians warned about executive power. Only a few actually warned about Trump. Anthony L. Fisher: A recent New York Times op-ed showed the blind spot many libertarians still have for President Donald Trump.

β€œTrump is not a hypothetical. . . He is a uniquely authoritarian, vindictive, racist, corrupt and lawless demagogue β€” of which there isn’t remotely an analog on the other side of the aisle.”

www.ms.now/opinion/libe...

16.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1184 πŸ” 367 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 7

Selection bias in action! I have a feeling there's a great econometrics hw problem in here.

16.02.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't tell the young ones. They'll just ignore me saying that I'm forty six seven in an annoying tone.

14.02.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to see how any biopharma CEO sleeps well tonight. As @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social notes there could be some legit concerns with the study but ... I would not give the FDA the benefit of the doubt.

11.02.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791

09.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

excellent letter from president of U of Michigan faculty senate:

"In March last year the U-M administration bowed to legal and political pressure from federal authorities and shuttered the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion." 1/2

07.02.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

#TeachEcon #EconSky

06.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever I prepare for class I end up longing for the good old days of 17 page JPE papers instead of the massive tomes we get now

06.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nyd vinteren. Det kan vare lΓ¦nge, fΓΈr den bliver sΓ₯ hvid igen Aalborg Portland og hemmelighedsfuld bejler redder gigantisk klimaudbud

Det gΓ₯r hurtigt med at Γ¦ndre vores opfattelse af normalt vejr. Den dyne af drivhusgasser, vi har lagt over planeten, fΓ₯r os til at glemme vintrene, fra fΓΈr forandrede klimaet.
Til denne uges nyhedsbrev har jeg kastet et blik pΓ₯ DMI's statistikker.

#dkgreen #dkpol

politiken.dk/nyhedsbreve/...

06.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Carthago delenda est - Wikipedia

I feel lik3 politicians should take a page from Cato and end their speeches with "Furthermore, I think that ICE must be destroyed"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthag...

06.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bessent Says Fed Lacks Accountability and Has Lost Public Trust

This is the same fucking playbook that worked so well against vaccines...and we saw where that took us. Do not believe him!

Bessent Says Fed Lacks Accountability and Has Lost Public Trust www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

05.02.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Alternative: Ds disarm the gun republicans had at their head and promise not shoot their own gun for two weeks

With three other giver bills passed, which includes many d priorities the RS have given up a lot of leverage

03.02.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like everyone with a pending federal grant deadline is secretly hoping for a brief government shutdown. Who wouldn’t another week to polish the proposal?

30.01.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

whatever Microsoft did in their latest windows update, it has certainly made things feel a lot snappier

30.01.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Based on my poisson model the entire world will have seen Melania in the next few days.

30.01.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Threatens Canada Over Business Jet Dispute

The amount of craziness here is a lot.... Like the basic premise of Big Orange's complaint is false.

Trump Threatens Canada Over Business Jet Dispute www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

30.01.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 97511 πŸ” 40896 πŸ’¬ 4301 πŸ“Œ 5366

This completely looks like an analyst backed into a revenue projection to justify a valuation. And totally smells like bullshit. I'd love to know what they're assuming about variable costs in their model

28.01.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call β€œsymbolic compliance.”

That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

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