Lars Vilhuber
@lars.vilhuber.com
Cornell | AEA Data Editor | 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪
Somehow, almost every comic strip is political these days... www.gocomics.com/darksideofth...
Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for January 23, 2026 | GoComics
Read Dark Side of the Horse—a comic strip by creator Samson—for today, January 23, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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January 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Somehow, almost every comic strip is political these days... www.gocomics.com/darksideofth...
With all the 💩 going on in the world, I see more young people (no, not that 👶young) listening and watching stuff they didn't use to - such as Carney's Davos speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e.... The effect? They will vote! www.vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
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January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
With all the 💩 going on in the world, I see more young people (no, not that 👶young) listening and watching stuff they didn't use to - such as Carney's Davos speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e.... The effect? They will vote! www.vote.org
As researchers, we jump through a lot of hoops to access useful but confidential data (secure rooms, disclosure avoidance protocols, 🔒etc.). These DOGE guys just bulldozed through it. I'm not jealous. I'm pissed, that they are not yet in prison www.politico.com/news/2026/01... LOCK'M UP! LOCK'M UP!
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
As researchers, we jump through a lot of hoops to access useful but confidential data (secure rooms, disclosure avoidance protocols, 🔒etc.). These DOGE guys just bulldozed through it. I'm not jealous. I'm pissed, that they are not yet in prison www.politico.com/news/2026/01... LOCK'M UP! LOCK'M UP!
Jan 20. As they say: We remember.
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Jan 20. As they say: We remember.
www.gocomics.com/freerange/20... seems like an apt description of the world right now.
Free Range by Bill Whitehead for January 19, 2026 | GoComics
Read Free Range—a comic strip by creator Bill Whitehead—for today, January 19, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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January 19, 2026 at 12:39 PM
www.gocomics.com/freerange/20... seems like an apt description of the world right now.
Sometimes, it is non-trivial to get access to uncensored data! Thanks and kudos @datarescueproject.org !
New Post on work to back up the BRFSS. Big thanks to @quetzal1234.bsky.social for a huge undertaking!
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
CDC BRFSS Data: Uncensored Data Now Available on Data Lumos
According to the CDC, “The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding ...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Sometimes, it is non-trivial to get access to uncensored data! Thanks and kudos @datarescueproject.org !
Not sure what your employer will think of @washingtonpost.com 's recommendation...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Not sure what your employer will think of @washingtonpost.com 's recommendation...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
So let me get this straight: We're going back to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. Back then (a) women did not have the right to vote (b) most Blacks were slaves (c) Native Americans were still being massacred (d) CO2 levels were about half of today's.
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
So let me get this straight: We're going back to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. Back then (a) women did not have the right to vote (b) most Blacks were slaves (c) Native Americans were still being massacred (d) CO2 levels were about half of today's.
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
Innovation and improvement in the many statistics that most economists take for granted comes from careful and thoughtful by a few who go the extra mile (literally!). A reminder how @jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social and Mark Roberts were just a few of those contributing: www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
Revolutionizing Economic Measurement at the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies: Pioneering Research on Firm Dynamics, Employment Flows and Transformative Statistical Products
Learn how the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies became a hub for new data-driven research and economic measurement.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Innovation and improvement in the many statistics that most economists take for granted comes from careful and thoughtful by a few who go the extra mile (literally!). A reminder how @jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social and Mark Roberts were just a few of those contributing: www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
France should carefully check the absurd White House ballroom when (if) it opens....
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
France should carefully check the absurd White House ballroom when (if) it opens....
NSF got back to me...
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NSF got back to me...
The FBI can't explain why Antifa is an organization at all, says Intercept. This one's easy: go to the organization's website, check their HQ, and then look at the flags to see who the members are...
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The FBI can't explain why Antifa is an organization at all, says Intercept. This one's easy: go to the organization's website, check their HQ, and then look at the flags to see who the members are...
Chalk is sold in the US, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Chalk Revolution’ strikes nerve as Slovakia fears return to authoritarian past
Teenager who first scrawled messages on pavement in protest at rightwing government did not expect so many others to follow suit
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Chalk is sold in the US, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
What? Yet another working group? I am so honored by this request, I will immediately click on the button...
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What? Yet another working group? I am so honored by this request, I will immediately click on the button...
NYT reports "Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to return its default font to Times New Roman. It rejected the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri, done for accessibility reasons, as a D.E.I play." Logical next step: Image below created with Google Font "Redacted Script"
December 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NYT reports "Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to return its default font to Times New Roman. It rejected the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri, done for accessibility reasons, as a D.E.I play." Logical next step: Image below created with Google Font "Redacted Script"
La vue, et la vie, du chat!
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
La vue, et la vie, du chat!
Brazil 🇧🇷 has an official gov't website to validate electronic signatures (like on PDFs). Electronic trust, for free. validar.iti.gov.br If you tried this in the US 🇺🇸, you would immediately have lobbyists from M$, Ad0be claiming that this infringes on something (but most likely their profits). 🤷
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Brazil 🇧🇷 has an official gov't website to validate electronic signatures (like on PDFs). Electronic trust, for free. validar.iti.gov.br If you tried this in the US 🇺🇸, you would immediately have lobbyists from M$, Ad0be claiming that this infringes on something (but most likely their profits). 🤷
It's worth mentioning that global warming is NOT a myth, but ostriches burying their head in the sand IS. And yet, there's a connection, when humans emulate the latter to avoid seeing the former.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's worth mentioning that global warming is NOT a myth, but ostriches burying their head in the sand IS. And yet, there's a connection, when humans emulate the latter to avoid seeing the former.
I am fairly certain that having rolls of $100 bills in a box is NOT one of the "5 best easy ways to earn a passive income"... but then, maybe I'm wrong, and that's why I don't have a box full of $100 bill rolls...
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am fairly certain that having rolls of $100 bills in a box is NOT one of the "5 best easy ways to earn a passive income"... but then, maybe I'm wrong, and that's why I don't have a box full of $100 bill rolls...
Congrats to @simine.com for winning the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual award "Promoting Quality in Research" this year! Well earned!
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congrats to @simine.com for winning the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual award "Promoting Quality in Research" this year! Well earned!
It is worth noting that yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Nürnberg trials, in which the United States and its allies tried and ultimately convicted war criminals. Those were the times.
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is worth noting that yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Nürnberg trials, in which the United States and its allies tried and ultimately convicted war criminals. Those were the times.
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
I hope this means we'll continue to be able to buy foot long sandwiches without a background check. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I hope this means we'll continue to be able to buy foot long sandwiches without a background check. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Usually, "back to the office" mandates should have CEO's lead by example. And if you don't show up, you are fired. Not rewarded with even higher incentives. Can I get that "back to the office" BONUS as well??? Please?
November 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Usually, "back to the office" mandates should have CEO's lead by example. And if you don't show up, you are fired. Not rewarded with even higher incentives. Can I get that "back to the office" BONUS as well??? Please?
Quietly Canadian 🇨🇦
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Quietly Canadian 🇨🇦
@nytimes.com ia starting to resemble Fox News in their selection of facts to highlight in their headlines and pictures.
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@nytimes.com ia starting to resemble Fox News in their selection of facts to highlight in their headlines and pictures.