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econobob.bsky.social
Economist, Dad, and Cyclist, though not necessarily in that order.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

submitted 7 days ago • 6053 comments

YOUVE GOT TO SEE THIS: I was just reporting on how the plaintiff's lawyer in the ElonMail case just filed a motion for sanctions against the govt's lawyers since they lied to the court about the ElonMail's (called GWES) always being voluntary. Now they've just gone back and changed the policy ...

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

Vaccines save lives. More on this letter at en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

IATAH? According to Canada, the answer is a resounding YES! Rehabilitation may take some time. Sigh…

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently our weather models have been too good! Time to dumb them down. Yikes.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This - from the one and only @questlove.bsky.social - is INCREDIBLE.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath

submitted 61 days ago • 8 comments

Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.

submitted 72 days ago • 18 comments

Coal generation across OECD countries has HALVED since its peak in 2007 📉 A THIRD of OECD countries are already coal-free, and three-quarters are on track to be coal-free by 2030⚡ 🔗 Learn more about the progress of the global energy transition here: ember-energy.org/lat...

submitted 77 days ago • 5 comments

I suspect this pup has some Milk Bones riding on the outcome…

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

It’s important to listen to what your neighbors are saying about you.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

WATCH: “This is a story almost no one in America knows,” says Chris Hayes, “And it's a good reminder of a hard, well-worn truth: building things and fixing things is a lot more difficult than breaking them.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MR...

submitted 101 days ago • 70 comments

I gotta say, I still love Calvin & Hobbes. ❤️❤️❤️

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

I sometimes think about how amazing it must have felt, being Bill Watterson, and saying no to every request and proposal to expand the Calvin & Hobbes IP to tv, movies, merch, you-name-it. To be in that position, in need of nothing more, and to just say no thanks.

submitted 101 days ago • 144 comments

Oh, this is excellent. Gotta go get the article now…

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

I just received an email that said that I would be "an excellent integration partner for an upcoming editorial platform" and it made me want to go live in the woods.

submitted 109 days ago • 165 comments