Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, peeps 🌟

I was going to make a joke about the Times New Roman/Calibri situation, but then I remembered that I, too, take fonts extremely seriously.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Offenders from different socio-demographic groups receive different sentences. This appears to violate the principle of equality under law. However, this may be explained by differences in the nature and circumstances of the crimes performed. I.e the different sentences may be 'warranted'. 🧵 2/10

Wow. The AEA has issued a life time ban against Larry Summers. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

I'm excited to announce that I am on the 2025-26 economics job market! I’m an applied microeconomist working on education, gender, and inequality—with a focus on how teachers and institutions shape student outcomes. A 🧵on my #JMP and other projects: #EconSky (1/n)

Trying to debug in Qualtrics like… (At least you have to appreciate the honesty)

“There is no teapot orbiting the sun near Mars” is not an evidence-based statement because no study has *proven* there isn’t. Checkmate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...

This is a weird place to be. I don’t recognize it. #DaBears🐻 #1stPlace

Paul here doing getting things done 👏🏽

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Today was a good day 🥳

I was on a crafting kick today, and ended up sewing some sun glasses cases. #procrasticrafting (?) I need to somehow get rid of the stash of fabric I keep accumulating without sufficient output.

Being a Bears fan is not for the faint of heart #GoBears🐻

BobDylan got a ball pit all to himself! #HappyBirthday 🎂

It’s BobDylan’s birthday today. 5 marvelous years of this tiny pup being the best boy. (Do not confuse him with the other Bob Dylan, the second coolest one. His birthday is in May).

in my post-academic era i have become extremely scathing of the way academia considers papers to the primary outcome of intellectual work, and refuses to give credit to academics who write software or build other tooling. in industry we very rarely read your papers; but we always use your software

I'm writing a blog post on making high-quality reports with Quarto and Typst like the ones we recently made for the Johns Hopkins University International Vaccine Access Center. Anything in particular you want to know about how we make reports like these? #rstats

Q for Python users that miss R: Is there something like `tinytable` for Python? Plotnine solved 90% of the problems of not having `ggplot`, but I need someone to get cracking on building `tinytable` for Python. Pretty please? 😑

I’m just here to say that I haven’t used R in like 4 months (just Python), and my heart aches a little bit 💔

This package is absolutely fantastic. 100% recommend for all your table needs.

Had the absolute pleasure of watching “One Battle After Another” last night. What a masterful piece. The story, the cinematography, the performances, the score. Very current for the times. PTA at his best. Go see it in theaters is you can. Almost 3hrs of perfection.

Clearly not the most important news coming out of Oregon tonight, but I just added a recession bars example to the tinyplot “Tips & tricks” vignette. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig... #rstats

I’m just going to log off for a bit and binge watch The Great British Baking Show, as one must do in periods of high anxiety and distress.

This. No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued. This process takes at least a couple of years.

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 now supports absolute plot dimensions 🤩 #rstats #dataviz #phd

The new {marginaleffects} release for #RStats (0.30.0) comes with two new vignettes: 1. Speed up computation with automatic differentiation (often 10x gains) marginaleffects.com/bonus/perfor... 2. Power analyses with {marginaleffects} and {DeclareDesign}. marginaleffects.com/bonus/power....

ggplot news is the best kind of news 😍

Birthday weekend is on fire 🔥

➡️ Deadline approaching—only one month left to send in your papers and presentation proposals for #CDSM2025! 🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨 📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹) 📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...

Nice post by @jamesbrandecon.bsky.social on the scaling benefits that come from offloading your big regression jobs to a database. jamesbrandecon.github.io/blog/posts_h... (Showcasing some new-ish 📦 s that he, @apoorvalal.com & myself have been working on, but haven't really advertised yet.)

Getting back into sewing, made BobDylan a copy of his Japanese bow tie (the shitty version, of course). We might add these to the fall collection of #BobsShittyBandanas. I’ll keep you posted.

BobDylan says Happy Saturday

Zero-based indexing will *never* not be dumb. 🔥

These are all great tips!! 👇🏽

In data, as in life, nothing’s perfect. You can have it accurate, timely, or cheap — and it's a tradeoff. The BLS opts for timely, then revises when more info arrives to improve accuracy, without blowing out the cost. That’s not a flaw, it’s the trade-off baked into every statistic.

I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/

Sheesh, I love New York 💕

We each find our way through these times As an academic, I am doing this: Uplift those whose research you admire. Diversify the academy. Many ways to do this: -Nominate for awards (did 2 yesterday) -If you are in an academy, nominate to it (did 3 this month) -cite them in a paper and/or talk

#rstats #econsky PSA: The next release of `fixest` will include some important changes (plus cool new features). E.g. Fixed-effects regs will now default to 'iid' SEs rather than clustered. github.com/lrberge/fixe... You can install and test drive the dev version from R-universe; see the README.

Looking forward to the NBER SI Thursday metrics session next week where we will be presenting work on remote sensed outcomes with Rahul Singh and Ashesh Rambachan. Here is the program www.nber.org/conferences/... and preview dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... Drop by if you are around!

Some personal news: 🚀 I’m leaving academia 🚀 It’s been a great time, and I’ve met some fantastic people at UT Austin (shoutout to the Econ department and LBJ too!), but I’m very excited for this new stage and to be back in NY, the place that always feels like home💕 1/2

🚨Free data alert!! 🚨 Please share. Large new dataset of Amazon product reviews, including full text and photos and product characteristics, with individual *reviews labeled as fake reviews*. I believe this is the first publicly available data of this kind. github.com/bretthollenb...

Yellin' at Yellen - great new paper. “Congress interrupted Janet Yellen, the only woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board, far more than her male peers. We find that lawmakers with daughters did it less, suggesting gender bias drove the interruptions.” www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Y’all, I wrote a book! www.amazon.com/Science-Seco...

NYC is the greatest city in the world. I won’t be taking any comments about it.

Whenever I feel old, I remember that in my heart I’m still a grad student… because I still get ridiculously excited about free food.

Doc students and recent grads: applications are due *June 30*! Advisors and mentors: please share.