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Rafe Meager (they/them)

@economeager.bsky.social

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Aspiring wastrel, applied econometrician. At http://rachaelmeager.com for bayes, dev econ and meta science. Also at http://rottenandgood.substack.com for writing, art, death and emotions. Gay academic nonbinary weirdo, cursed to be serious in life.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

Today let us read Gene Fama's classic paper, "Mandelbrot and the Stable Paretian Hypothesis" from 1963 www.jstor.org/stable/2350971

Mandelbrot and the Stable Paretian Hypothesis on JSTOR

Eugene F. Fama, Mandelbrot and the Stable Paretian Hypothesis, The Journal of Business, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct., 1963), pp. 420-429

www.jstor.org

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11h

Get ready for a lot of Mad Libs of the form

___<A>___ are outraged that singer Bad Bunny refused to ___<B>___ during ___<C>___

<A>: group of insufferable weirdos
<B>: a completely baffling activity given the context
<C>: any public event

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

trib.al

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 11h

:) it was a long time ago, such a long time that I’m not sure it is online

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 11h

Noooooo :(

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 12h

opening scene is like a ground-level shot of somebody making and stacking mud bricks in southwestern iran

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 12h

i have also been very honoured by friends editing my work and allowing me to edit their work, and i mean actually edit it, not just tell you what you want to hear with 1-2 fig leaves of mild criticism about some random footnote

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 12h

never let a word be said against the scenic route

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 12h

editors save me from myself all the time in my research work, but, also, fun fact, when i was in undergrad i had a short story published and they wanted to edit the last line substantially. at the time i was quite annoyed but let them. now i realise how bad the original final line was, phew.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 13h

smart. this is how we avoid disaster.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 13h

😂😫

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 13h

UGHHHHHHHH J

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 14h

oh GOD

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 14h

she can redo it in NEW CHANEL COLLECTION

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 15h

The gods relieve my watch, it's all I ask

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 15h

FYI andy is writing more of these personal missives on the substack, for those not following open.substack.com/pub/statmode...

Columbia University president says, "We believe in difficult conversations at Columbia—in a broad embrace of freedom of expression. It’s in our DNA."

Claire Shipman, the president of Columbia University, writes:

open.substack.com

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 18h

i'm sold!

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 18h

THAT IS SO CUTE CALL STEVEN SPIELBERG

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 18h

it is only a matter of time until some brilliant hollywood screenwriter adapts @andreamatranga.bsky.social paper about the neolithic into a story of a young, upstart nomad who has to convince his tribe to get on board with a new crazy idea called "storage"

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 18h

goodreads really is pretty terrible overall yea

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 20h

I had not heard about this. I strongly disliked the first part of T^3 and did not read much of it, but, I am glad you got to enjoy it without knowing all this. gosh.

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · Nov 1

If your post is liked by just one wise person it is as though it had been liked by the whole world

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 21h

real

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 21h

only @bananadictatorship.bsky.social appreciate me

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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