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Random presentation tip for econ/finance PhD students, esp. for technical/theory ish stuff: When I first started presenting, I assumed a distribution of audience expertise that looked like this. Roughly normally distributed, most people know something about your topic matter

Thank you Jennifer Doleac for sharing my JMP! She wasn’t kidding when she said she would find everyone — it was < 1 hour from me posting the draft to joining this amazing thread. Whatever method/system she’s using is 🔥

Who’s gonna tell him?

I’m okay with this.

I ran and I ran and I ran. It saved my life.

Meanwhile in Santa Barbara...

If you're wondering why there's tons of video of insane flooding in the Santa Barbara area today, here's why. The San Marcos Pass above town has recorded 12.21 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Nearly 6 inches have fallen in the last 6 hours alone. #CAwx

#BREAKING: The Santa Barbara airport is closed due to flooding. All flights are canceled until further notice. cbsnews.com/losangeles/new…

Flash flooding in Santa Barbara, California on Mission Creek. It is ramming into this bridge on W Haley St and spilling onto the road. #cawx #AtmosphericRiver

WTF, Dan. There. I fixed it.

.Financial Times's Sarah O'Connor I also think that making economics more understandable is a worthy endeavour, especially right now....Because the profession suffers from what Andy Haldane, former chief economist at the Bank of England, calls a “twin deficit”, of understanding and of trust.

#EconTwitter We haven’t really talked about Gradescope. Please share tips, dos and don’ts, examples of what you’ve done with it—basically all the good stuff. For those who are only learning about it now: You’re welcome.

YOU CAN'T LIVE CONTINUALLY HOPING TO BECOME HAPPY IN THE FUTURE. THE FUTURE NEVER ARRIVES.

More than half of all abortions are medication abortion. 40% of US abortion facilities *only* provide medication abortion. Still a ton of uncertainties about what happens next, but it's in the realm of possibility that this is a bigger shock to abortion access than Dobbs.

Very interesting individual recollections about the state of macro in the 2000s by Gauti B. Eggertsson (read up and down), which might not be generalized too quickly into a "history of macroeconomics"

Did I just watch a 9-minute ad for Apple Vision Pro? Well, yes, yes I did.

Be well. Be kind. Pay it forward. Sounds trite but amazing what a kind gesture or word can mean to someone’s entire day. Saying from someone who knows. Sometimes it is something as small as a smile instead of a snarky remark that can shift the course of an entire day. 🌹

Ways to say “I Love You” to an applied economist 1.I read your appendix 2.Sure, here’s the data 3.I have an actual question 4.What DiD lit?

Forthcoming in The JHR: "The Effect of Fraternity Moratoriums on Alcohol Offenses and Sexual Assaults" by Michael Topper doi.org/10.3368/jhr.07…