Read this. We'll be hiring this fall (U of Oslo, Econ Dept). Come to Scandinavia, where life is good. ❤️ www.science.org/content/arti...

New publication! Voluntary contributions tend to increase when made observable - but like monetary incentives, use of social approval may backfire. We show that when some contribution behaviors become visible, decline of other, invisible efforts may outweigh the positive effects. rdcu.be/eCB6W

Why invest in renewables if you expect natural gas to be cheap and plentiful? The Gas Trap: Forthcoming in the JPE, by Bård Harstad and Katinka Holtsmark. www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/rus...

Found this beautiful Transkription of the piece … Víkingur Ólafsson – Rameau: Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours (Transcr. Ólafsson) Beauty and Harmony versus the madness of the world #classicalmusic #arts www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTwq...

Hvorfor er det ingen større politisk debatt om å sanksjonere Israel? Er det ingen grenser for hva de får gjøre mot Gazas sivilbefolkning? @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social www.adressa.no/nyheter/uten...

Another case of a very unpleasant encounter with the US. Caricature of JD Vance found on phone and swoosh expelled from country. Great researchers and conferences over there but not tempting anymore. www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/to-b...

Science Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a @reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility. 11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Buffalo have developed a nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza (clade 2.3.4.4b) that achieved 100% PROTECTION in preclinical trials. The vaccine is under development for potential use in BOTH veterinary AND human medicine. 🧪🧵⬇️

During COVID, mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide. Today, Minnesota republicans proposed a bill stating that "whoever knowingly manufactures, acquires, possesses, or makes readily available to another mRNA injections or products" can be sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Our NSF grant on "Source Credibility, Political Identity, and Factual Belief Revision" with Jonathan Woon was also just cancelled because it is no longer "in alignment with current NSF priorities". This is sad and frustrating!

Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools) Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

Harvard-kravene: – Et klassisk autoritært trekk

Just so it’s clear, the government wanted to oversee hiring and employment at a *private* institution in order to implement a purity test. When the institution refused, they took away money for life saving research (cancer etc). That’s some fascist shit.

No serious university can accept en bloc affirmative action for students and faculty based on their political views (i.e., government support). Harvard had no choice.

Climate research, storm warnings, astrophysics, you name it: down the drain. www.science.org/content/arti...

Canada, pollofpolls. What a chart.

New Mexico made child care free for most families. Believe it or not, the good thing is good. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump vil stanse klimainnsats på delstatsnivå - inkludert Californias cap-and-trade - med ny presidentordre. Motstand fra demokrat-styrte delstater. Jubel fra oljelobbyen, inkludert American Petroleum Institute, hvor Equinor stadig er medlem. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

NEW | Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record 🇺🇸 Among all the turmoil, some positive news from the latest @ember-energy.org data for March 2025: 🏆↘️ The share of fossil fuels fell to a record low of 49.2% 🏆↗️ Wind and solar power hit a new record high of 24.4%

Veldig bra 👏👏👏👏❤️ «Bud vant over Wolt i sak om fast ansettelse Espen Utne Landgraff og tre andre Wolt-bud vant kampen om fast ansettelse i Wolt. – En seier for tusenvis av bud» www.nrk.no/norge/wolt-t...

"I have a trade deficit with my grocer, a trade surplus with my employer. I am not sure it would be a great idea for me to work for my grocer." - Olivier Blanchard @piie.com www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Tariffs for oligarchs! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...

This is terrifying. This could be me. This person was born here, brown, was nearly deported. “Let me be clear: You do not need a passport to live in this country. Millions of Americans have never had one. It's not required for citizenship. It’s not even required to vote.”

NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.

Harvard is a world university Brings together amazing minds from across the globe If students and faculty from other countries fear to work at or visit Harvard, we will be severely diminished

#Equality in hourly pay, linked to high #union density and strong coordination in wage bargaining, is the main reason for lower earnings inequality in the #Nordic countries. Magne Mogstad, Kjell G Salvanes @nhhecon.bsky.social, Gaute Torsvik cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

my god

I’m following this issue fairly closely Why is this alarming? Because it’s clear Trump is testing the waters of court defiance Short 🧵

It's clear that the Trump administration denied due process to the migrants it banished to El Salvador *precisely because* any measure of judicial oversight would've proved their innocence immediately. Deported, imprisoned, and condemned to hard labor—for a soccer tattoo. slate.com/news-and-pol...

This reads like a horror story

Travelling to the US appears less and less tempting - for whatever reason, including conferences.

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

When Donald Trump threatens student protests, consider why: throughout modern history, student movements have repeatedly been the catalyst that toppled dictatorships. Authoritarian leaders fear campus activism precisely because it works. Below is a list of 36 student-led pro-democracy movements.🧵

An executive order largely focused on blacklisting a single law firm because it has conducted work counter to the president's interests. What would you say if you saw it in another country?

Og Aps program er mer klimavennlig enn deres faktiske politikk. Vi trenger å få @mdg.no over sperregrensa og inn på Stortinget med reell påvirkningskraft 🌍 beskytt norsk natur og stem for fremtidige generasjoner. 💚 For alle, alltid.

Norway: 95% of new cars sold in February were electric. But for Tesla, formerly most popular EV, sales were HALVED compared to Feb 2024. Not due to lower total sales: So far in 2025, 46% increase in total sales of new cars compared to Jan-Feb 2024. www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/Gy...

Norway: 95% of new cars sold in February were electric. But for Tesla, formerly most popular EV, sales were HALVED compared to Feb 2024. Not due to lower total sales: So far in 2025, 46% increase in total sales of new cars compared to Jan-Feb 2024. www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/Gy...

"Both the president and vice president showed the U.S.-led alliance system something it needed urgently to know: The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator."