Wonderful conference with amazing colleagues

the little man can hardly remember the days of $4 gasoline

Tax cuts for the rich paid for with Medicaid/SNAP cuts hurt the people who suffer from high prices the most. These people are ghouls.

Trump: "There's no oil coming out of Kharg Island. People are finding other places to buy oil, like Texas. So I don't want to say we're making a fortune, because if I say that, they're gonna say 'he forgets about the little man with the $4 gasoline.'"

It's not just gas but also food prices that have jumped. The Iran war has made the inflation from tariffs, deportations worse, all while Trump has cut supports for struggling families.

Discovering there's a tier below "As Seen on TV"

Good thing that this does not effect consumers, oh wait,.....

All to make the rich richer. This is sickening.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

> @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/p...

Great survey. Very quick turnaround, annual, and lots of info on financial security. Easy to use. Recommend to look at code book to see what's in it.

Fact that no one mentions reparations when they’re floating “Woke 2” is one of those things I typically laugh to myself about but it’s only funny in a dark sardonic way.

Happy birthday Stevie Wonder! 🎹🎶🩵🎤 #steviewonder

Black people saw the largest decline in financial stability for nearly every category compared to all other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new Federal Reserve survey.

The agenda is set! Ready to hear and learn from @jwickslim.bsky.social @shahramazhar.bsky.social @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social @dont-d.bsky.social @profcew.bsky.social @kdoc-writes.bsky.social @leiladavis1.bsky.social and many more scholars #JSE2026 Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Almost 50% of Arizonans who had SNAP benefits have been kicked off of the program since last summer thanks to Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. This is an excellent article on the cruelty, which of course is the point.

New @nberpubs: "The Postpandemic U.S. Immigration Surge: New Facts and Inflationary Implications" www.nber.org/papers/w3516... "the supply- and demand-side effects of the immigration surge roughly cancel out, causing a negligible response of inflation."

“We moved 4.5 million people off SNAP” is a crazy way to say you took food away from 4.5 million people, mostly needy families. And also crazy to think this works for them politically!

Mother's caregivers from Lithuania, Syria, Poland, Columbia, France, etc. This is what the AfD wants to stop. In an aging country. What insanity (nevermind that multiculturalism is good for the soul).

Taking the train through Swiss countryside. Not the most dramatic (along the Rhine more or less) but it is very calming im perfect spring weather. Need to enjoy the good things.

⚫⚪🔴 SC Freiburg are through to the Europa League final after beating Braga 4-3 on aggregate. #SCF #UEL

I have never seen my hometown like today pre-game. The mood was great and the weather cooperated. What a win!

Reasons recorded for worker absence on this 3,250 year-old ancient Egyptian attendance register include ‘brewing beer’🍺 ‘stung by a scorpion’ 🦂 and ‘embalming brother’! 🤯 From Deir el-Medina, royal tomb worker’s village 📷 by me #Archaeology

Who could have seen this coming? Nobody except anybody who ever took an econ class that taught supply and demand

We’re hiring two LSE Fellows in Public Policy A two year career development role for early career scholars to teach on the MPP and contribute to LSE’s research community 📅 Deadline: 21 May Apply: https://www.jobs.lse.ac.uk #LSEPublicPolicy

As the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s historic pontificate comes to a close, the longtime missionary and Augustinian friar remains a stalwart champion of migrants, the poor and care for the environment, a trinity of issues at the core of his ministry.

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

We're hiring a Post-Doc (3 years) at the @hertieschool.bsky.social for a @scripts-berlin.eu project on authoritarian influence in the video games industry (I am soooo excited about this project)! More details here (deadline 31 May): hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...

Is it an update to this 2025 study? USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health share.google/rBYqsyDfBrdB...

Always love to be reminded of this. A lot of it was hand-stitched too. Really amazing, precise work. Women’s work is so often minimised and forgotten.

The Globe is planning a video series on building wealth at every stage of life. We want your questions.

JOLTS data has been fairly stable over the past year, but one exception is information services (significant but imperfect overlap w/tech; includes media). We're seeing a significant rise in both hiring and layoffs, a classic "disruption" pattern.

“.. Unemployment for recent college graduates remained at 5.6% in March, slightly below the 5.8% four-year high from 2025.” @barrons.com www.barrons.com/articles/une...

Looks very interesting, although this has been published in a pro-worker rag, wait, ....

It's election day in many towns and cities across Massachusetts, so please vote and encourage others you know to vote. These local elections for city council, select board, school committee, planning board, etc. can have a huge impact on your daily life and sometimes swing on a handful of votes.

I think about this a lot. Not sure it's the only country but the propaganda has absolutely been effective.

Blue-collar employment. No bueno. (via JPM)

This could be business casual if we even gave a shit

We needed a new shower curtain for the guest bath and let the 9yo pick the replacement, no regrets whatsoever. It brings me joy every time I walk by and we’ve named the kitten Catney Spears.

OPINION WEEKEND Trump disapproval reaches new high | 2/3 say country headed in wrong direction | Iran war reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-era disapproval levels | Americans increasingly bleak about their finances | Trump Loses Ground on Several Personal Traits... & more: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260503

Trump’s Medicaid cuts are about to get very real. Read @citizencohn.bsky.social on the Nebraska Medicaid work requirements that just went into effect, and their sordid history www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-big...

“.. Colleen Heflin, a professor at Syracuse University who studies food insecurity, said larger state drops like Arizona’s were ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen.’” @wsj.com #SNAP www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Holy moly! 77% of Americans blame Trump for soaring gas prices — higher than Bush (71%), Obama (64%) or Biden (70%). Crosses ALL party lines: 95% Democrats, 82% Independents and 55% Republicans blame Trump! 64% say the Iran war is NOT worth higher prices. #TrumpsGasCrisis

Obamacare Enrollment Drops Sharply as Costs Rise www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

The post-Dobbs Republican pivot to healthcare

In President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer to get approved and getting denied more often, especially for blue states 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/c... from @byscottdance.com and Ashley Cai

Trump’s net worth has nearly tripled in his second term, reaching $6.5 billion. His administration is the most brazenly self-enriching in American history. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart.

Getting AI to read to your kids is crazy. Don’t you want to do the voices???

Sorry, aber wir müssen endlich weg von der Jammer-Mentalität in diesem Land