Being pregnant in the labor force is challenging to navigate even in Europe 2026 - with the legal protections 2026 & Europe brings. Can’t imagine how it was before or how it is now in some other parts of the world where the legal protections & social norms (explicitly & subtly signaled) are worse.

📣 #CallForPapers 📣 The Spanish Network of Development Economists (SPANDE) is organizing the 4th Workshop on Development Economics in Spain at the Universidad de Alicante☀️ 📅 October 26–27, 2026 ⏰ Submission deadline: June 20 🗣️ Keynote speakers: @catiabatista.bsky.social @hjortj.bsky.social

We just got approved to hire a teaching professor in Quantitative Methods! This is the *very* rare tenure track teaching position at Berkeley. I'll be chairing the search committee. Official job ad coming later this summer!

I am fed up of people making their incomptence, your problem.

Se me revuelven las tripas con lo de “prioridad nacional”. Como española y como migrante. Si se llegase a implementar, España se va a quedar sin muchos inmigrantes, y lo tendría bien merecido. Cuando no estén, llegarán los lamentos.

But “FeMiNiSm HaS GonE ToO FaR”

Hoy me voy a dormir sintiendo esperanza por el futuro. No lo sentia desde hacia tiempos, gracias Hungria, no era consciente de lo que necesitaba esto.

Europe won today, thank you Hungary ♥️

Science takes us to the moon, science saves us from COVID, science helps us get pregnant, science gets us from one point of the earth to the other in hours, science allows you to text your mum in another continent… science is something its easy admire and love ❤️

Between aging (and becoming more risk averse in my case) and the global state of affairs, I miss feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future. It impacts so much how I live the present.

I did a mistake. I tuned in to the Congress session of today (Spain). The lack of professionalism and lack of basic education is through the roof. In any job you will be fired immediately if you speak like this. Here you get a round of applause (literally).

“Europe can’t be the guardian of a world order based on laws” (paraphrased). Or maybe yes, maybe Europe can and should be a place that stands up for a world order based on law (which by the way they help create and benefit from).

Does FIFA do a prize for economics

8M, from Paris with love 💜✊🏼

I have been told that I have too many opinions, that I take too much space, that I am too loud, that I speak too much, and even questioned whether “my personality serves me professionally”. How many men can say the same?

8M : we continue fighting because too many mediocre men are building their careers & lives on the shoulders of brilliant woman who will never get the credit and because too many woman worldwide will never even have the chance at an equal life.

VACCINATE YOUR DAMN KIDS

I am at awe at science. All days, everyday.

In case it was not yet clear that who you vote for has immense consequences.

Well deserving of the FIFA peace prize

So far in 2026, America has launched a military strike on 22% of Saturdays

In the generation of my parents there were a lot of stay at home mums that, very literally, are the reason why men have the careers they have. They don’t have pension upon retirement. Me parece insultante.

I am getting started in Claude Code. The same mentor who walked me through being a RA, then through the PhD, is now building the path for me to use AI. I got really lucky. He is not in here, but thank you, Cblatt.

Si vuelvo a oír “Sanchismo” me va a dar un derrame. Que forma tan vil y cruel de cargarse las normas informales que sostienen la democracia.

One day a year, all of us immigrants (who are not under direct threat) should wear a t-shirt saying so. It would be a powerful and visual reminder of how essential immigrants are to all aspects of the societies we live, construct, and contribute to. Lets add second generation too.

I might even dare to advocate for learning languages, benefits are infinite.

Imagine being able to enjoy music of which you don’t understand the lyrics (and have it represented in all mayor cultural events). Great discovery for some, a known fact for all of us which are not native English speakers.

What a lot of us needed but didn’t (?) know we did was that half time súper tazón show. Thank you, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, desde el corazón.

Que viva f*** Latin America y todo su talento. The only thing more powerful than hate, is love. Que espectáculo amores.

What a moment.

Where I live gives me life. Today’s run.

Sometimes, Spain makes me proud. In the face of declining international solidarity and rise of nationalism, authoritarism, and isolationism, the Prime Minister of Spain thinks differently. And you should hear him out. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

I am an immigrant. I was educated in Spain, UK, & US. I worked in Colombia. I live in France. I teach French (+ international) college students. Research how to help youth suffering from marginalization. Consult with European policy makers. Pay my taxes. And I, too, try to make this a better place.

Dang so school may matter

I am genuinely very happy with the team I work with on a regular basis. It does such a difference in my day to day.

lol our society is allergic to holding powerful men accountable

Too often during the last *6* years meetings start with a version of "the world seems to be on the verge of collapse, but... I guess we just have to keep working".

I find myself organizing panels with high up members of different organizations. My experience is that people are vigilant of not creating panels of all men. I want to scream that the problem is not only the panel, is that you don’t give top positions to women enough. *So many* men up there.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

And I am worried about being not being knowledgeable enough when presenting at academic conferences. At least I get my countries straight.

Any wild guesses of where I am? I think this might be Paris, France, but you know, Europe is unrecognizable these days… #ThisIsEurope

In the middle of all of this… you really tell me I have to go on and do my job as if nothing was happening and we are just in business as usual?

I have very good friends. And this makes me feel I got really lucky and that I must not be handling all that bad life :)

The Fed being able to do its Fed things is pretty important if you ask me.

Shout out to all of you who wake up each day feeling like they are part of the resistance. Maybe… it’s because we are the resistance. Piensa que en ti está el futuro y encara la tarea con orgullo y sin miedo. You know together we're glowin' ✨. And yes, I quoted Walt Whitman and K-pop demon hunters

What the holy fuck.

Now that the year is ending, for 2026 I wish more utopia. I hope we become strongly pragmatic but radical optimistic thinkers✨. Wishing you all an enriching 2026.