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Zoë Plakias

@zoeconomy.bsky.social

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Associate Professor of Economics @ Western Washington University | she/her Scholarship + teaching on food, agriculture, environment, resources Also: equity, mentorship, pedagogy, public transit, kindness, legos, cats Views are my own www.zoeplakias.com

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · Mar 7

I share a lot of jobs for agricultural, environmental, development, + regional economists via listservs. I recently moved this to a Substack to decrease listserv traffic for those folks not interested in postings + to make posts more accessible to all. Use the Search tab to filter jobs. #EconSky

Applied Econ Jobs | Zoë Plakias | Substack

Job opportunities for applied economists. Click to read Applied Econ Jobs, by Zoë Plakias, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

appliedeconjobs.substack.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Microsoft, before you transform humanity with artificial general intelligence, can you just get the search to work on Outlook?

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Ellen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social · 2d

Can anyone recommend an academic audiobook that was well done? Looking for a good example of how to handle citations, footnotes, bibliography, etc. in audiobook format. Ideally an academic monograph. Please only recommend if you've read the audiobook and thought it was well done.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 2d

'Agribusinesses “are very capitalist except when it comes to hiring and paying workers, then they become the most left-wing central planners I’ve ever seen,” Costa said.'

Important story by @ddayen.bsky.social for @prospect.org on proposed changes to the H-2A program

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 3d

Photos of the damage.

des.wa.gov/about/news-c...

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d

Yep. We have a massive political machine for teaching normal people to feel shame & "oh I guess my opinions & needs are less Real & Important" because.... of not being landed gentry.

And it WORKS.

Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 5d

It‘s all just “decades of RW media have successfully convinced me that farmers are Real Americans and we City Folk are Not.” I have a lot of trouble escaping this mindset myself.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 5d

I am in awe + admiration of the bravery of Greta Thunberg + all other flotilla participants as they work to bring much needed aid to starving people in Gaza. May we all find the courage to act in spite of our fears as we work together to resist the onslaught of inhumanity in the US + the world.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 5d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 6d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 6d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 5d

Must. Resist. Buying. More. Cardigans.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 6d

cc @shannonmattern.bsky.social

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 6d

Got my flu + COVID vaccines! Thank you, scientists!! ❤️💉❤️💉👩🏾‍🔬🧑🏼‍⚕️

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 6d

PS I hope you feel better!! ❤️

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 6d

If only there was a book you could read about how women are forced to take on too much in our DIY society!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 8d

My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.

"People think hope is wishful thinking, and actually hope is about action." Quote from the Wiser Than Me podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

"Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential." Graphic by the Jane Goodall Institute of South Africa.

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Graphic by Ariana Huffington on Instagram.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

New book review by me! 👇

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 9d

Check out Zoë Plakias's review of @jason-l-newton.bsky.social's "Cutover Capitalism: The Industrialization of the Northern Forest," published in 2024 by @wvupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #timber #capitalism
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

www.h-net.org

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

I donated! Happy to provide receipts via DM if desired. Farm fact, please! 👩🏼‍🌾

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

End of an era

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 9d

Computers used to scream when connecting you to the Internet. We should've heeded that warning.
share.google/xRTKZapC5xxZ...

With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent

One of the earliest consumer internet options, AOL's dial-up service was once the most common way for people to access the early web.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

Make yourself go to the things. You will feel better.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

i was invited to a gathering tonight and initially wasn’t gonna go because every extra thing feels like so much these days but i made myself go and i’m so glad i did because it turns out community is so fucking important right now

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 9d

Some good news:

“In a landmark ruling, a federal court today ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the First Amendment.”

www.aaup.org/news/court-r...

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

Will take AI a long time to achieve your level of sarcasm, don't worry!

(Meant in best possible way. You help me laugh at the worst things so I don't cry as much.)

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 9d

You're very kind, but farmers aren't more important than anybody else. It's a job. Anybody with the right training & resources can do it.

Farmers thinking we're super important & irreplaceable is how we got in this mess.

alwaysthetomboy @alwaysthetomboy.bsky.social · 9d

💔 The farmer is one of the more important citizens of our lands. It’s truly heartbreaking to see that part of us being destroyed.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 9d

I stupidly looked between classes

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 11d

Félicitations, Olivier! I appreciate your unique voice on social media and your efforts to show others there are many possible paths to success and fulfillment. Also, so glad you have a supportive environment to work and study in this time around!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d

Trump and Dems are officially meeting Monday.

This is after Trump cancelled his last meeting with Democrats because they were holding firm on immigrant and transgender protections.

The Republican budget has dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ riders.

Call your Dem senators, people, don't let them capitulate.

Trump to meet with top congressional leaders as a government shutdown looms

The gathering at the White House on Monday comes after Trump canceled an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders.

www.nbcnews.com

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