sometimes i get halfway through a lecture and just feel

what is happening to special teams in week 3???

The history of the development of the CPI and other government compiled price indexes suggests that this will lead to even more contestation and litigation over contractually mandated wage hikes, adjustments to government benefits, and more. An expensive, unnecessary mess, one we outgrew.

piastri :/

designing a health economics upper-level undergraduate course—anyone have a textbook they quite enjoy? #EconSky #TeachEcon

brother, if MARK WELCH is not a conservative enough university president for you, i don’t know what to tell you. you don’t want a university (yes, that’s the point i know)

Really disappointed in @chronicle.com for this choice. www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

Fed confirms Stephen Miran (sworn in this morning) and Lisa Cook (kept on the job by Appeals Court last night) are attending the Open Market Committee meeting. We're waiting on a promised administration appeal of Cook's status to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, we're on track for a 25bp rate cut.

some rare good news it seems

an academic’s greatest pleasure: grading while sick

This is wild, the Reuters reporting implies all the claims are completely fabricated.

i have avoided it for roughly 8 years but i have finally caught the “first week of the semester cold” 😒😒

Pritzker's response is correct and it should be the rule, not the exception. The Dems' general condemnations of violence cede the field to Trump/Musk/GOP, who falsely blame the left for all/most political violence. (Even when a pro-Trump shooter murders elected Dems.)

Senior Lecturer immediately fired, Department Head and Dean removed, full Wrongthink Audit of all courses ordered. I’m sure the NYT has dispatched Anemona Hartocollis, perhaps accompanied by the Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf, to have a genial dinner party at the home of the person fired.

silksong act 1 final fight: very rewarding to learn and actually complete but fuck that run back.

jalen ramsey, they’re gonna make you mayor of pittsburg just for that hit

actual commercials on redzone, what has happened to my country

thanks FOX, i’ve always wondered what the grass behind the scorebug looked like

LETS GO BULLDOGS 😤😤😤

man, youtube is learning producing good live sports TV is hard tonight lol this is rough

hey btw, silksong is out

Thanks, Dusty! Candidly, The Read Optional needs another 100-ish subscribers to remain viable this year. Come and join the fun -- and help save me from the content mill or scout lift

future fed chair

Proud to be a signatory on this, even if it feels like the bare minimum. Happy to see some important voices signed on as well. Gift article: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

making my micro principles course more relatable for students by making all my elasticity calculation problems involve labubus

another saturday, another 90 minutes of RIFC passing the ball backwards

alabama v florida state: any result will be funny because one of them has to lose!

julien sayin is kinda dealing, even if no one can make a catch

macafee comparing himself to lee corso oooo i’m gonna smack him

1) BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED BASED 2) See you in the Supreme Court! 3) I have little faith in the Supreme Court

every semester, i ask my students for something interesting they learned in their previous classes and it never disappoints. apparently bogs can be used to mummify bodies!

scheduled for my first day of classes—joy lol

huh…. so things are going well

I signed—did you? The least we can do is use our voices united

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

this is the first thing i saw this morning and i thought i had a stroke in my sleep

an under discussed aspect of the lisa cook scenario: there has to be proof of INTENT to defraud on the mortgage documents. accidental misrepresentation is not fraud. all the more reason you cannot fire someone for fraud allegations without due process. not that it seems to matter much anymore

Wakey wakey, bond vigilantes on.ft.com/4m4DdjP

Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.

No one in the profession should be silent about this.

that was… an insane fumble on that punt? like first time trying to catch?

oh hey, college football is back today

i never want to hear anyone say waller isn’t a joke if he doesn’t say anything about this specifically (no one thinks bowman is anything but a clown so no expectations there)

who has a good summation of the framework changes??

huh…

gachiakuta is actually really, really charming

paxten aaronson to the rapids….. why????

ON RRP is a beautiful name for a baby girl