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Olivier Simard-Casanova
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· Economist @univlorraine.bsky.social, en français and in English
· I use computers, network theory, and data to study how humans behave at work, in organizations and communities #Rstats
· He/Him 🏳️‍🌈
🌐 https://o.simardcasanova.net
📍 Nancy, Lorraine, France 🇪🇺
Pinned
Despite having completed 90% of the manuscript, I was never able to defend my PhD

It's definitely unexpected, but I'm thrilled to announce that I have restarted working on a PhD

You can read about what happened and my plans on my newsletter: o.simardcasanova.net/p/8e29c3...

#EconSky
A second shot at a PhD
I have an unexpected and exciting professional news to share
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
An account with this label is an instablock for me
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Did you know that the French equivalent of Thanksgiving is called Nofucksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Currently applying to rent a terrific apartment in Nancy, fingers crossed!
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Perfect algorithmic timeline
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃

We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)

Learn more in thread! ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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@lalibre.be has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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@rtbf.be has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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@universitedeliege.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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@lesoir.be has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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@arcom.fr has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This is tomorrow! Very excited (read: terrified) to give my first-ever conference talk in Spanish
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I'm soooo excited to be giving an invited talk next week on how social science writers can learn to Think Like An Editor at the ACHEE Congress at @universidad-eafit.bsky.social. If you'll be in Medellin Wednesday afternoon, drop in!

asocolhee.com/congreso/
CONGRESO
La Asociación Colombiana de Historia Económica y Empresarial, la Red de Investigadores en Historia Económica de Colombia, la Universidad Eafit y el Banco de la República organizan el III Congreso C…
asocolhee.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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@academic.oup.com has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
When you reopen poorly commented code you wrote a few months ago
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Now available on iOS 😎
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.

signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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All of Bluesky this morning:
a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
Alt: a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Heyyy look at that #bluesky #Abbottelementary
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Leaflet now has notifications! We announced here earlier but hadn't added the lab note :)

Notifs for post comments, replies, new pub subscribers — in-app for now but we'd like to add other channels

Let us know what you think! Right now most useful for comments…but got other things in mind too ✨
Notifications in Leaflet - Leaflet Lab Notes
Lab Notes 015: we now have in-app notifications for post comments, replies, and new publication subscribers
lab.leaflet.pub
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
That verification was quick!
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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@insee.fr has been verified by @bsky.app.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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RePEc was created by economists for economists. If there is a way we can serve the community better, please do tell!

repec.org

#RePEc #EconSky
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
RePEc is a central index of economics research, including working papers, articles and software code
repec.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM