It's not an exaggeration to say this will result in genocidal-scale death. And I don't mean in the distant, speculative future. Just the tens of thousands of pollution deaths in the relative near-term (Free link.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

Suleiman Baraka in Gaza says this about his work: “I decided to fight the killing of the children by educating the children.... astronomy “is also a window for breathing freedom that we were denied for our whole life". I think this is the reason the world needs it. All of us need his example.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance featured a sugar cane field, a wedding, a pan-American parade and more. The show placed his beloved Puerto Rico at the center of a communal celebration. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...

Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer: 1) boasts about the poor place he’s from; 2) boosts the value of agriculture; 3) celebrates small town life; 4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and 5) promotes marriage. And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.

Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR

Happy perfect grid February to all those who celebrate

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

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We ran a massive, uncontrolled social experiment on kids with social media. Outcomes: anxiety, comparison, fractured attention. Jon Haidt called the direction of travel. We’re doing it again with AI, outsourcing thinking and social skills, to act surprised later. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

the things to understand here -Benfica needed to win by 2 to qualify for the knockouts -up until this last moment they were wasting time and acting like they had no idea a one-goal win did nothing while their fans screamed their heads off at them cinema

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s the country has put out a statement in spanish

The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW

I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it. Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q

Just called Slotkin and Peters. Wrote them yesterday as well. Here’s the Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121. Try your senators’ local offices though, as the DC office mailboxes tend to get full. I had no problem getting through to the Lansing offices of both.

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.

Don't watch the video unless you want to feel sick. But be very very angry because they executed a man who was just directing traffic.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

There is no undocumented immigrant problem in Minneapolis, only reason for ICE to be there, their only mission, is to terrorize Democrats & minorities. They are not failing their mission by killing civilians, rather than arresting immigrants, because violence & killing & terror is their mission.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

Since September, my 9-year-old and 11-year-old have at least temporarily lost 2 lunchboxes, a couple of hats coats and gloves, a binder, a homework folder, and a school-issued planner. I can only imagine the stress that would result if they also had to keep track of their passports every day.

a sweet angel BABY

Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued

America, the land that is catching up with developing countries.

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Incredible and inevitable— Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty. A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.

Under President Trump, the EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses. It’s counter to the agency’s mission statement, which says has a core responsibility to protect human health and the environment. nyti.ms/3Loch27

Powell makes video statement on DoJ investigation of him: The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President. www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

A new, comprehensive measure of well-being shows that standard indicators, like wealth and consumption, may substantially understate the extent of racial inequality in the US, say researchers at @hec.ca and Stanford. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...

the trump approval charts on the data hub are updated www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

Great coverage of my new report highlighting ICE's disproportionate targeting on Latinos in New York and around the country.

Update on JOE postings -- things are worse: paulgp.com/2025/12/10/q...

Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up. Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... @aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky

The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

This piece I wrote for @theconversation.com argues that the Summers/Epstein debacle reflects what the data show: systemic bias in the economics profession’s practices and culture. That bias influences who succeeds and who is sidelined. #EconSky theconversation.com/larry-summer...

Excellent op-ed from @yanarodgers.bsky.social placing the Summers scandal---and the lifetime ban announced today by the AEA---in context. theconversation.com/larry-summer...

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

I have been feeling depressed and discouraged that this man has the power and influence he does at my school and in my profession And I am a tenured professor at Harvard! How much more protected can I be? Imagine how STUDENTS feel. Junior faculty. This quote nails it

CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

Breaking News: Larry Summers will step down from OpenAI’s board, he said, after the release of emails indicating a close relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Harvard has started a new investigation into ties that former Harvard president Larry Summers and others at the university had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Tuesday.

I am not being hyperbolic when I say that how Harvard and the economics profession respond to Larry Summers will determine who makes up the next generation of economists. #econsky #news #harvard

I am a serious professional scientist. I am also a commissioner of climate change and have to discuss practical and pragmatic solutions with people who disagree strongly with climate action. I have a calm and optimism-driven approach to climate action. 40 inches of rain is biblically catastrophic.

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#EconSky Two weeks from tomorrow, the Women in Economics Leadership Network (spearheaded by Janine Wilson at UC Davis) will host our annual virtual networking event! Please share with your students! It is open to ALL. Register here: ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....