Taking these new puppies out for a spin

Reppin the Alma mater

OOTD #11 - Travel Edition. Thanks for following along folks!

OOTD #10 - Final Day Edition

OOTD #9 - Business Formal Edition

On my way to pick up my next months supply of The Substance

Whenever I travel for conferences or other university work and I have an hour to spare between meetings or seminars, I give myself what I call Dracula time where I go back to my room, get back in my pajamas, shut the curtains and just lie in bed awake with my eyes shut until I have to reemerge.

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In action!

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OOTD #2 - Student recruitment trip edition

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Highly recommend these earplugs for plane travel! Best ones I’ve tried yet!

Springtime on my little balcony garden

Freedom of association, which inherently includes a right to disassociate, is an important part of freedom. In working out the bounds of socially acceptable expression, of which every society has some, shame is useful, a civil alternative to violence. Well done essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

Cass Sunstein right after getting off the phone with @ichotiner.bsky.social

Disney fired and unfired Jimmy Kimmel the right way. by Ezra Klein

Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne! Applications close November 23, 2025 Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...

Fleetwood MacBook Pro

I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!

New artwork

As if we couldn’t stan Pinkpantheress more 😍😍😍

Zoned out and staring into the middle distance at a Chablis tasting at Le Tuffeau after a long week at work.

OOTD - mid semester edition

New art for my little work alcove.

The dog knew.

Don't forget to submit your papers to the Labour Econometrics Workshop! The deadline is in two weeks ✌️ Hope to see you in Melbourne! 🌈🏙️ melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...

that demi speech was like watching a bunch of kids wobbling around at girl scout ice skating night and then an olympics qualifier casually steps out onto the ice

A non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring

Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

Melbourne right now.

Curious about the drama in South Korea? This sheet pan gimbap with banchan will have you declaring martial law in your kitchen!

Bluesky was invented by Ezekiel Bluesky, a polish immigrant who wanted to create a platform horny enough for gay people, but not so horny that it couldn’t be viewed at work. Modern scholars believe he failed on both counts, but the fruits of his labor exist for us today

Finally got around to potting the new Lobelia sprouts around the edge of my Camellia today.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.

Conclave but it’s a bunch of econ professors trying to avoid being assigned the job of Department Chair

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is a major public health and inequality concern. It's not clear what causes it or how to reduce it. Gaby Deschamps' JMP considers that IPV is positively correlated with motherhood, and asks if we can understand why. www.gabrieladeschamps.com/research

We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research

Obsessed with Emily Watson’s performance as Valya Harkonnen in Dune: Prophecy. Could do with less nightclub scenes tho.

My oped in Times Higher Education today: The Australian student loan HECS debt write-off is regressive and unfair to taxpayers #academicsky #highered #hecs #auspolicy #university #studentloans #aushighered

Lobelia seedlings are doing well. Should be ready for potting in a week or two.

Potted up my cymbidiums. Looking forward to their flower spikes in a year or two assuming I don’t manage to kill them beforehand 🫣🫣🫣

sorry but I’m fucking furious that they’re going after Sarah McBride and implying she’s a sexual predator while electing DONALD TRUMP and appointing MATT GAETZ

This is the vibe I bring to the classroom.

Nooooooo!