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This is very concerning, mostly I'm bamboozled that someone can come in with good grades for high-school maths while being unable to do middle-school or even elementary-school maths.

Coffee futures $KC_F ranging near record levels. All-time high notched back in February. @AugurInfinity Under $90 in 2019. Above $400 this year.

"China’s Purchases of US Soybeans Stall Despite Trade Truce" 😲 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market! My JMP asks a classic question: Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation? To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont. A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)

Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide: The hour approaches Tam maun ride

They made a movie which reminded me that Train Dreams is probably the best novella I've ever read.

Anyone got a model for what happens when you crowd out the market for capital?

"there is so much alpha in books"

BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation: “.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”

Sawing away at the plank we're standing on

We have choices to make about the world we are passing to our children. We should talk about them more.

Meanwhile, in Scotland

As with most problems, talking about it more now may seem tough, but it sure beats talking about it more later.

Flu (and/or COVID) vaccines reduce *HEART FAILURE* (consider this your regular reminder to get yours) academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...

Hey fellow alums: if you'd like to voice your displeasure, here is the contact info for Cornell President, Michael Kotlikoff. (607) 255-5201 [email protected]

ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.” That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.” @jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Thoughts with all the talented faculty and students at Cornell whose freedom to conduct academic inquiry has been betrayed by the university administration.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

has anyone seeing this purchased the corelogic climate scores product, or worked on it? or know someone who has done either? and is willing to chat about it?

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak dies tomorrow Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months This blind spot will remain forever

"In Australia, no permit is required for a standard installation [...] By contrast, the U.S. system involves multiple layers of approval—building and electrical permits, several inspections, and a Permission-to-Operate from the local utility."

Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025. On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data. This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data. Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport www.bls.gov/schedule/202...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

What is happening in Darfur is utterly devastating, made more painful by how we all saw it coming. You can’t really say you didn’t know, but if you didn’t, read this: An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...

Today, as ever, is a good day to encourage friends, family and colleagues to get off of Twitter. The effect of extremist propaganda on you is a lot stronger than any marginal effect you will have on public discourse.

The interviewer understandably tries to get her to confirm discussions with the government, but unfortunately does not ask the simpler question of why OpenAI requires a "backstop" for chip financing.

This company has a stock market valuation of $1.6 trillion. More jaw-dropping reporting by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025. www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

climate policy is health policy is economic policy

WHO reports 42 deaths in Rift Valley Fever outbreak in Mauritania and Senegal reut.rs/49DptK1

Pointing out a policy proposal is unlikely to work is good. Doing it while suggesting an approach that does address the underlying issue is better.

The Poochie theory of international trade lacks empirical support

Broad-based prosperity requires emissions reductions.

🔴#SouthSudan 🇸🇸 Localised conflict, expanding civil insecurity and widespread flooding in South Sudan continue to drive 5.97 million people into high levels of acute #FoodInsecurity, including 1.3 million people facing Emergency conditions. Read more: www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...

Study demonstrates transmission via oral infection of H5N1 bird flu from raw milk to ferrets.

Step one of reducing fossil fuel use is don't go looking for more to burn.

Some good news for once! JBS, the world's biggest meat company and one of agriculture's biggest methane emitters, has settled a false advertising lawsuit for $1.1 million from @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for making false claims about producing "net zero" beef. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...

You may have seen recent coverage of lead in supplements in the US. Dietary exposure to heavy metals is potentially a significant public health problem, but we don't understand prevalence well in LMICs In our new open-access paper, we explore contamination in greens grown in Nairobi. Quick 🧵

Glasgow's miles better

IFC confirms famine in El-Fasher and Kadugli, with many other areas at imminent risk of famine

You may have seen recent coverage of lead in supplements in the US. Dietary exposure to heavy metals is potentially a significant public health problem, but we don't understand prevalence well in LMICs In our new open-access paper, we explore contamination in greens grown in Nairobi. Quick 🧵

No one anywhere should go hungry. Chip in if you can so we can help @offline.mountainherder.xyz defeat another nice person who I am less familiar with.

This should be the biggest news story in the world right now

Grape Harvest Dates in Beaune/Burgundy, 1659-2018. Since the early 1980s, the moving 20-year avg of Burgundy grape harvest dates has dropped by 16 days. That is, harvest starts more than half a month earlier than 35 years ago.  #climatechange #globalwarming

This should be the biggest news story in the world right now

Due to rising costs, low crop prices and the effects of the trade war, economists project that growers could see roughly $44 billion in net cash income losses from their 2025–26 crops. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-f...