Let the record state that when I posted this I did not know about the new Goldin NBER paper

o u liek capital letters? well look at u mr visual hierarchy

people see a line going down and act like we don't have over 3 million births a year in this country

kind of wish people's knee jerk response to falling fertility weren't "yeah it's because everything is horrible." i get it, everything is horrible! but do macroeconomic and social conditions adequately explain the number of kids that you, personally, currently have?

Next time an economist opines on fertility, keep in mind that plots of TFR over time are apparently new to them 😅

On a related note, there's no solid evidence that rising pronatalism is driven by capitalist concern over the possibility of increased labor power when the reserve army of labor shrinks. But on the other hand, if it's not yet, it probably will be

Instead of giving us locked accounts, they decided to tinker some more with the worst feature of this website

I got on some weird sales lists, possibly at random or possibly because there's someone else with my last name at CU who does neuro(?)bio(??) stuff. Anyway if you need your nanopores sequenced hmu

I was passing a girl on campus (me on my bike, her walking) and a rabbit hopped across the path in front of us and we both gasped and said "bunny!!" at the same time

independent voters, man

All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:

bom dia

The marker of a soul is the capability of having bangs I guess

I calm myself by thinking about this post 1-5 times per day

Just gonna leave these here...

I don't want to undercut the people saying this would take away one of the only painkillers allowed for pregnant people but also pregnant people already aren't allowed to have any painkillers, bc tylenol doesn't work

My buddy got a new coat ❄️

Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

GWAR GWAMUS GWAS GWATIS GWAT GWANT

apropos of nothing, i'm never able to keep GWAR, GWAS, and GWOT straight in my head

gotta say, "I don't get why you wrote this book" [goes to your book talk] "oh now I get why you wrote this book" isn't even a good example of extraordinarily generous friendship

have more babies than you can afford, but like in the cute way where you're white and still rich at the end of the day

It doesn't cause autism, and it doesn't cause my headache to go away

"my kids are defective!" is the battlecry of nearly every reactionary movement

I don't think making pregnancy ever more miserable and continuing to heighten its importance as the first of many sites where women's labor is demanded to ensure that the children they produce are eugenic is maybe the move

Sorry I got you a shitty present, I'm just a really well-adjusted person who had a happy childhood 💅

Perfection.

30 years ago people wore No Fear and sexual innuendo t-shirts to Cedar Point, in 2025 they wear Cedar Point-themed t-shirts to Cedar Point

Feels like a problem with a lot of centrist analysis (re: Klein's "run pro-life democrats" suggestion) is that they assume the sacrifices they're personally willing to make are the ones that Republicans want

Speaking as a reproductive health reporter who covered these referenda endlessly and talked to MANY voters in Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio: Abortion rights are MORE popular than Democrats. They MAKE Democrats popular. Why would Democrats run away from one of the few policies that works for them

Love to get honked at bc the bike lane crosses the slip lane. Idk what to tell you bro, I'm in front of you and have right-of-way, and also I promise I hate this situation waHAY more than you do

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

can anyone think of an excuse for me to go to new york in the next 2.5 weeks www.interviewmagazine.com/art/tabitha-...

Real question is how to segment this map so it's an actual contest

Rainbow season

I did it 😤

What was that tweet that was like "taking to the bath on account of my ailments" or something

Big ups to the Kaiser nurse who gamely did covid and flu shots for my child as he literally screamed through it 😵‍💫

today feels really bad!!!

me from underneath a boot when they come to get me for thought crimes/being gay

ok let's not overstate things, lol

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Have 300 million Americans *ever* died, in total? I feel like no

Since we have them regularly now, we should all come to an agreement that it should be puh-GROM, not PO-gruhm

I need to finish reading After the Spike and Move 👏 On 👏 With 👏 My 👏 Life 👏

Most depressing r/boulder thread I've seen in a while, post is "even without rent control, we could get some wins with tenant unions" and every reply is like "no!! if you don't give landlords everything they want, they'll raise the rent, sell their properties to worse landlords and steal your girl"

Does anyone know of a good modern book about Nepali history?

had a dream last night in which it was leaf peeping season and I ate a single really good bougie malted milk ball

ahaha wow now they're evacuating several buildings at CU