I finally made the switch to R from stata, and as a fierce long-time defender of stata, I can concede that R is leagues better in almost every way. Still, I do wish there was an easier way to diagnose merges w/o complicated code. GPT hasn't helped, and joyn doesn't seem to do it right. Any advice?

Crying (complimentary)

JDM folk: please submit :)

A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

New The Effect materials today: introductions to basic coding and data manipulation in R, Stata, and Python. Get the wheels turning on using these languages with data with these intro pages and exercises: nickchk.com/Coding%20and... nickchk.com/Coding%20and... nickchk.com/Coding%20and...

For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip. If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by: Preview: ⌘ + [ Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow

*leans in to make sure #17 is really what it says*

‘My position on OpenAI has hardened in recent months, as they have themselves recognized that their only path to profitability is to follow the models of…Meta (Facebook) & Alphabet (Google) by creating dependency and/or addiction for an entire generation’. Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social

2020: Thank god for healthcare workers, we would be dead without you 2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you

Trying to identify opioids and other drugs in pharmacy data (claims, PDMP, etc.)? Use my code to quickly build a list of national drug codes (NDCs) using the free public database RxNorm. I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset. github.com/asacarny/dru...

What ... is this ... peculiar stirring ... within mine breast .... could it be -- aye -- hope?!

The Republican Party has fully embraced fascism and destroyed American democracy. But some Democrats still say Latinx. I have never felt more politically homeless.

New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom. Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵

the brown representation in current US politics has been killing me day in and day out ... but this!!!!! omg my heart. PLZ NEW YORK ... plz. PLZ!!!!!!!

Today I gave a talk in Rome and choked up reflecting on the rare, incredible bonds that unite the global academic community. No matter where we're from, we speak the same language & believe in the same things (progress, truth, science). What an honor to belong here, even in these tumultuous times.

Every day, they break things that will never be unbroken again. I grieve those, but I knew I would. What I didn't expect to grieve is my faith and belief in the good of my fellow people. Wondering if the person I nod to in the street *wanted* all this, is ok with it all. I mourn that loss deeply.

🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

We need a culture of honoring the people and institutions who take the hit. Anyone who says they should have been savvier and sidestepped — shut that right down.

STATA help: Does anybody know how to save (or estimate, idk, via bootstrapping or something) the SEs of the fixed effects in reghdfe?

My dear friend & co-author @sdschwab.bsky.social is running for office. He is brilliant, kind, driven & filled with integrity. The kind of person who, when dissatisfied, becomes the very change he wants to see in the world. We need more people like him in politics, so please donate to his campaign!

Reviews of Economic Literature has been launched True open access, managed by academics for academics, it follows our mass resignation from JES where the commercial publisher imposed very problematic conditions. Submit your literature reviews in economics! rel.journals.sup.org/index.php/re...

you never know what's going to make you burst into tears today

Deleted twitter. Idk what I was waiting for exactly, but today I accepted it's been long gone.

Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.

Everything indicates that the Tesla protests are really eroding his wealth and are the only thing causing enough business/financial pain to him to possibly change his behavior. www.teslatakedown.com to find a protest near you this weekend. Something you can do to really make a difference.

Best one I've seen so far

I'm at the neo-Nazi militia rally. I'm at the Tesla dealership. I'm at the combination neo-Nazi militia rally/Tesla dealership.

I was supposed to give a keynote and a seminar at Columbia in April. I have decided to cancel both. It was not an easy choice, but I don't think I'll regret it. open.substack.com/pub/mytwocen...

New phone, Houthis

My public comment opposing the proposed changes eliminating the X gender marker on passports. practicingeconomist.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Extremely well-put from @adamserwer.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

My mental health is so precarious these days that I burst into tears anytime I learn about even the smallest act of kindness in the world. This is what did it for me today. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Here are updated forms for Federal Cuts Tracker Map project, live later this week 🙏🏼 Help share and crowdsource!!! www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...

Me, 2020-2024: They can't even do THAT????? Me, 2016-2020 & 2024-??: They can just DO that?????

Reminder to please submit! Deadline is Feb 28. #econsky

I've had some frustrating conversations with fellow academics who did not seem to understand this. Higher Ed's version is something like: First they came for the "DEI scholars" and I did not speak out because I do not study DEI...

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

My response, to myself and others who are STILL wishfully praying that universities will stand up for us, for science, for knowledge, for democracy, despite knowing FULL WELL that they've spent all their resources the past few decades converting these universities into ROI-driven businesses:

find it extremely funny that today I'm resubmitting a proposal to the NSF with the following title:

Recency bias is something we’ve known about for many decades, but Vini Singh (@vinisingh.bsky.social) has terrific new(er) research showing how consequential it can be when it influences doctors’ decisions. Learn more in this Q&A: open.substack.com/pub/katymilk...

Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :) More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... Submission deadline: Feb 28 Please please RT and share with your networks!

This thread will be stories of how people hold the line--continue to behave responsibly and ethically.

Me, 2020-2024: They can't even do THAT????? Me, 2016-2020 & 2024-??: They can just DO that?????

If you'd told me in college that a decade later, Reddit would show more courage and integrity than almost every major news outlet in America, that Reddit would be one of the last remaining bastions of free and thoughtful speech against a fascist regime ... I would have asked you to pass the bong

No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH

Looking for photos of signs of fight in the U.S. Suggestions welcome.

Odds on a stiff right arm, 45-degree salute "mishap" at the rally today?

I know the feed is flooded with stories about what he's saying. As we learned last time, it can be exhausting trying to keep up with that (and wearing people down is part of strategy). To keep up with *what he actually does* you can check this page: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...