Kit Deming
kitdeming.bsky.social
Kit Deming
@kitdeming.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Analyst at USAFA/OLEA. Researching entrepreneurship, labor, public policy, and regional economics. kdemingecon.com
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Person who was fired here - you should still trust BLS data. The agency is being run by the same dedicated career staff who were running it while I was awaiting confirmation from the Senate. And the staff have made it clear that they are blowing a loud whistle if there is interference.
February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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All the animal, marine animal, and even botany people get “museums” (zoo, aquarium, botanical gardens) that cater to their interests, why not statisticians?!?😤
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

gradient.horse
gradient.horse
Draw a horse, watch it run!
gradient.horse
February 9, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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I need an “explain it to my like I’m 5” except instead of 5 years old, I’m 5 (10) years too old to know what’s going on with Claude Code. Do you install it on your laptop? Then you call an API and use tokens to do anything? Or does the subscription cover that? meleantonio.github.io/awesome-econ...
Awesome Econ AI Stuff - AI Skills for Economists
A curated collection of AI skills for economists. Enhance your research workflow with skills for data analysis, econometrics, LaTeX, and academic writing.
meleantonio.github.io
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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I must visit this museum
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
February 6, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Two game theorists cannot agree on the refinement concept for equilibrium selection but they will always keep playing.

Repeated rivalry
Two epistemologists who keep coming up with reasons that undermine one another's claims know only one thing: their love for one another.

Defeated rivalry
at a caber-tossing competition, two kilted competitors close the distance between each other

Yeeted Rivalry.
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Hi #causalsky - Has anyone done a dynamic DiD set up when we have accumulating treatments or multiple events with cumulative effects? Some units are true controls, some have one event, some have multiple at different points in time. @jmwooldridge.bsky.social @pedrosantanna.bsky.social please Repost!
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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New Census Working Paper: "Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children" by Na'ama Shenhav and Danielle H. Sandler
www.census.gov/library/work...
Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children
Increased women’s college attendance delivers wage and job-quality gains that grow over the life cycle, alongside improvements in children’s early-life health.
www.census.gov
February 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Call For Papers! Sarah Small, Wendy Sigle, and I are seeking papers on feminist approaches to quantitative methods for a special issue of @frontiersjournal.bsky.social. Abstracts due March 15. #Econsky frontiers.utah.edu/what-are-fem...
February 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.

Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography - Uppsala University
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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one thing that's great about Bluesky is when there's new Chotiner piece we all meet up like fans of a band for a surprise listening party
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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We are live! 25 Seahawks/Seattle sports items that I have collected over the years are up for grabs, with every cent going to @abortionfunds.bsky.social :) Seahawks fans, let's show 'em how much we love reproductive rights! Tell a friend to tell a friend... www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?s...
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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ATTN ECON JMCs: We are searching for a postdoc through to work with Steve Billings, Ludo Gazze and myself on a project to better understand impacts of lead exposure and potential benefits of remediation using linked administrative data in Colorado. Details here: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
PostDoctoral Associate
jobs.colorado.edu
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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I opened this app for the first time in many hours and immediately regretted it. It’s all too much.
January 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The furor over 2026 World Cup ticket prices raised a fascinating question:

How did sports tickets get so expensive in the United States — all while remaining relatively modest in the UK, Europe & elsewhere?

Spoke to economists, sports execs, etc. for answers @theathletic.com:
How U.S. sports tickets got so expensive – and why it shocks the rest of the world
World Cup ticket prices are symptomatic of a greater issue across sports in America, where enough people have proven they'll pay in excess
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"I would do a lot of that other stuff, but I’m just not as good as her at those things. It’s really hard to keep track of all those different activities, and she’s got it all figured out. So why reinvent the wheel? Plus, she’s not very good at wrestling."
Good Parents Capitalize on Their Individual Strengths. My Wife’s Is Seeing to Our Kids’ Every Need, and Mine Is Roughhousing
The secret to a good parenting partnership is for parents to play to their strengths. For instance, my wife is organized, diligent, loving, and car...
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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All 'Q' wants for Christmas is 'U.'

(Except 'qi,' 'qaud,' 'FAQ,' 'qapik,' 'Iraq,' 'IQ'...)
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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As we enter a holiday season, some essential advice. fivethirtyeight.com/videos/white...
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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SANTA: What I’m saying is that overall, whether a child is naughty or nice does have an impact on what they receive. You know, in general.

CHOTINER: But you do make the list yourself, and you are the one who checks it twice.

SANTA: Yes, of course. It’s in the song.
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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"There is more than a tinge of anti-intellectualism in the perception that social sciences and humanities have a negative effect on officer candidates"
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
The U.S. Naval Academy Needs Civilian Faculty
Civilian faculty help provide midshipmen with a well-rounded education.
www.usni.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy.

These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure).

And now onto the scholars... 👇
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Vanderbilt has an ad running in LaGuardia calling themselves “New York’s SEC team”
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM