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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 1d

Wish I had more time to read books. This looks fascinating. archive.ph/RWbAp

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 4d

From @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 5d

The Sultans have a long history in the garment industry, their 'big hit' was called Where's Me Jumper... www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmZ...

Where's me jumper

YouTube video by Slaine Macroth

www.youtube.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 7d

I wouldn’t normally endorse AI prompts but these are indeed essential for all academics.

profserious @profserious.bsky.social · 7d

Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...

10 AI Prompts for Academics

making those hard jobs a little easier ...

profserious.substack.com

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Eric Sipple @ericsipple.com · 10d

*jazz hands* Tyler Cowen!

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11d

I cannot imagine anyone I know in academia letting this happen. It's utterly appalling. Glasgow uni failed to record the grade he had in fact earned, then refused him a degree, then abandoned him to kill himself.

For utter, enduring shame.

Glasgow student took his own life after 'tragic' university error

Ethan Brown, 23, of Coatbridge, was told he didn't have the grades to graduate in December 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 16d

"Those are conditions that can make almost any stock-picking strategy look smart." arstechnica.com/information-...

Experts urge caution about using ChatGPT to pick stocks

AI-selected portfolios might perform well in a growing market, but experts warn of downturn risks.

arstechnica.com

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 17d

Testbank (open questions preferably) with answers....

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 21d

"The researchers found that teams who were prompted to select a leader were 38% more likely to finish than those who were not. " hbr.org/2025/09/rese...

Research in Brief: With a Bonus on the Line, Teams Prioritize Leadership

Adapted from our September-October 2025 magazine, this succinct write-up offers insights from a recent study on incentives and group performance. Across 722 escape-room teams in Germany, comprising mo...

hbr.org

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 21d

"In the Choice System, food banks receive shares in proportion to their goal factor – Feeding America’s measure of need – but once they have these shares, food banks can spend them however they choose exclusively through twice-daily online auctions." www.worksinprogress.news/p/how-market...

How market design can feed the poor

America's largest non-profit had a broken distribution system. University of Chicago economists fixed it.

www.worksinprogress.news

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 22d

Standard economic thinking would say that private ownership would be the *solution* for something as 'public good'-y as a canal...

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 22d

This sounds like it could be an interesting historical economic case study, about the river Fleet here in London in the early 1700's "the water soon silted up again and under private ownership the canal fell into disrepair." diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/08/flee...

diamond geezer

diamondgeezer.blogspot.com

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · 24d

you didn't take part in the stage invasion??

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just in time for the start of my behavioural economics module this year (this is one of my favourite examples of people not being 'rational' and not calculating/figuring out their 'utility maximizing' commute)

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Sep 11

A chat with a Cambridge professor about why tube strikes are likely to cause lasting *improvements* in Londoners' commutes. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-und...

Why tube strikes can improve Londoners' commutes

Strike special: We find the Lime parking bay with 411 bikes, explain why some tube lines are still running during a tube strike, and have the data on the Elizabeth line surge.

www.londoncentric.media

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · Sep 10

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Kent and Greenwich universities to merge in attempt to improve financial viability

The institutions want to rebrand as London and South East University group from autumn 2026

www.theguardian.com

Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · Sep 8

Big fan of John Finnemore. Sadly his radioshow the Souvenir Programme is now just a yearly thing but the 2025 edition opens with a great sketch about research design... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - 2025 Special - BBC Sounds

Another one-off return for the multi-award-winning sketch show.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · Sep 3

www.times-series.co.uk/news/2543575...

New alliance to boost creative industry in north London

Screen London Barnet has launched at Troubadour Brent Cross Studios, uniting education, industry, and government partners to grow film, TV, and…

www.times-series.co.uk

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · Sep 2

let's not forget the key fact here which is that British higher education is still the envy of the world, and the brilliant students who flock here are bringing youthful energy and prosperity to cities all over the UK"

The absolute mind-melt it takes to NOT do that is unimaginable.

The 37th Wombat 📚🐝 @wombat37.bsky.social · Sep 2

This smells very much of inventing a problem so you can say you've solved it. And why "clamp down"? Why such violent language all the time?

Screencap from BBC News. A photo of Yvette Cooper with the headline "LIVE: Cooper says she wants to 'clamp down' on international students claiming asylum"

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · Sep 1

A Happy New Year to everyone who's spent too much of their life working in education

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Joris Gillet @jorisgillet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sadly the painting has 'disappeared' again... www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/pain...

Painting stolen by Nazis and spotted on website disappears again - DutchNews.nl

Argentine police officers who raided a house owned by the daughter of Nazi Friedrich Kadgien to recover a stolen painting have had to leave empty-handed. According to the AD, which discovered the pain...

www.dutchnews.nl

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · Aug 26

And the winner is …. UCL that increased its u/g offers by 65%. Where are you going to put all these students, UCL?!

These Russell Group unis are letting in way more students - and other unis aren't happy

One London uni is accepting 65 per cent more students than it did five years ago

thetab.com

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · Aug 23

Normal @normal_now
Sometimes on campus you accidentally walk by a Business class and the
professor is writing like "profit = revenue - costs" on the board and everyone is taking notes like its actual school

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Aug 13

Preparing slides for a talk on Marxism in the 21st century I asked an AI programme to give Marx a contemporary hairstyle.

I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.

Marx with a fashionable haircut, shaved at the sides, but still with a huge beard.

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