Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.

Trump will be able claim credit for giving the Iranian Regime over 176 times more cash than Obama

I never thought I'd see a story that quite so beautifully captured the phrase 'decline of empire'.

Nothing is allowed to be fun anymore I see

We have a new paper (led by @rishabhtyagi10.bsky.social with @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social) in Genus! We estimate the impact of job loss on divorce in Germany with an event study design.👇1/5

Math is worse than meth Discuss

New idea among co-authors: All researchers buy shares in Springer-Nature et al.

The thrill of having a paper accepted in a top journal fades quickly when the publication-fee invoice arrives.

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

Remembering David Attenborough's unexpectedly heartening documentary released last year. Learning that surprisingly small no-fish zones lead to huge increases in fish (even) in the fishing-allowed zones was amazing. Time to hold leaders' feet to the fire (again). silverbackfilms.tv/shows/oceanw...

Armenian political party: Against everyone.

Genug ist genug.

Not good enough! :-( Will add though that the prevalence of qual. and protected data probably makes the interpretation of these numbers a bit harder.

New Scientist on our latest study, as linked in the comment. www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

Eksistensen av Ulrik Saltnes impliserer at det finnes en Fløy Peppervik.

I'm old enough to remember when supposedly smart pundits used to make fun of solar and wind power because there'd be no electricity at night/when the wind died down.

There's gastric bypass, but what about the _tantric bypass_?

That was the Danish solution. From Finland, we have: The Groke AI. Chatbot from mummidalen whose "personality" is cold, lonely and isolated, scaring everyone away despite her need for human interaction.

Someone should make a Gruk AI, trained on Piet Hein's work and giving all chatbot answers in the form of a 'gruk'.

Much critical writing is just old whine in new bottles.

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

An uninhabitable Earth is arriving. We have to do everything we can to stop it and avoid mass death. That means an end to fossil fuels and racial capitalism. To me, that feels more inevitable than any other alternative because of our intense collective will to live.

Eg veit ikkje at nokon tidlegare medlem av Aps internasjonale utval er implisert her. Men eg håpar nokon jobbar med å finna det ut.

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

A recent @nature.com paper uses evidence from thousands of MBA and law cohorts to show that more diverse student groups are associated with higher median salaries at graduation. This is a timely, data‑driven contribution to debates on higher‑ed policy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I had my mid-tenure review recently. Today, the child asked me how it went, and I told I needed more awards and more grant money. So she gave me this award. Which is fine, I guess, but I'd rather have the money.

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

the age of the philosopher-coder has arrived. unfortunately it might only be 6 months long

A Greenlandic taxi driver says he was offered $200,000 to sign a petition saying he wants Greenland to be American www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

BA Sociology == BA The Secret to Success BA Demography == BA Advanced Life Planning ???

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

Don’t forget Georgia, under assault from Putin’s puppets. Georgia is European. @annagvarish.bsky.social

1. 🪙 The first donations to a British political party from a memecoin mark a watershed and perilous moment. Political memecoins and crypto tokens pose incredible risks to the integrity of our democracy for which the UK appears wholly unprepared... 🧵 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some useful public speaking tips from Freud here.

Expecting the most shambolic World Cup in history. Grounds half-empty because people who have paid thousands for their tickets trapped in a malfunctioning transit system despite paying hundreds for their journey and FIFA refusing to delay kickoff because of TV contracts, while ICE tasers visitors.

Comey’s desk should have an inbox, an outbox, and a third one for indictments.

Eksempel: www.dn.no/innlegg/klim...

Samtidig er norske samfunnsøkonomer (ikke alle!) opptatt av at vi ikke må bruke så mye penger på klimakutt i Norge www.nrk.no/klima/klimae...

...og dette tar kaka: - Kartleggere skriver at de ikke har fått betalt for oppdrag fordi de fant viktige naturverdier, eller at oppdragsgiveren ber dem endre formuleringer eller slette ord. Dette siste har vi i Naturvernforbundet sett ved selvsyn. Både utbyggere og kommuner har endret rapporter.

Meet the new National Science Board

Second this! My claim to fame in European/Nordic sociology is that I subjected all participants at a seminar in Oslo to listen to Ode to Joy at the start of the seminar.

My 4-year-old is legitimately better at maths than this

Just horrifying to watch once excellent universities voluntarily destroying themselves.

Use an unacceptable color #obliquestrategies