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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 16h

🤣 shivers

Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 1d

Hey!! So great to see you here. And happy sabbatical!

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 1d

At this point, for the tasks I am working on, Sonnet 4.5 is significantly better than ChatGPT 5.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 1d

There is something very special about experiencing collective grief. It really can shape a generation.

Like the death of Artax in the Neverending Story.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 1d

Burn!

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 1d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 1d

Stop worrying about flying to conferences. Most methane released in academia is the direct result of bullshit.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 2d

The final step in the Bari Weiss cancellation process is now complete.

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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 3d

I am the 82,483rd downloader of this data? @jmorenocruz.bsky.social

dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

dataverse.harvard.edu

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 3d

Well, this is definitely going on my CV!

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 7d

U.S. regions more exposed to AI saw faster emissions growth, more reliance on fossil fuels, and dirtier electricity generation.
cepr.org/publications...

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering" by Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz ( @jmorenocruz.bsky.social ), and Kenneth T. Gillingham.
Read it here: buff.ly/v7T2nxE
📈📉 #Econsky

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 10d

It’s spookier at night!

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 10d

It’s on. Giant skeletons season is on.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 19d

What a wonderful #RunLikeAGirl book launch! A super positive event with a fun & diverse crowd. Honoured that @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social attended with politicians across party lines, climate activists, family & friends. Thankful for the incredible support! 🏃‍♀️ carolineinthecapital.ca/catherine-mc...

Catherine McKenna book launch attracts political heavyweights, including PM, cabinet ministers

At Tuesday’s launch of Catherine McKenna’s new memoir Run Like [...]

carolineinthecapital.ca

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 22d

Another great entry, Hannah!
@hannahritchie.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/hannahri...

The Electrotech Revolution: Some insights into a new way of thinking about the transition

From burning old sunshine to using it in real-time.

open.substack.com

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to all of you!

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 26d

Morning walk. Best dog.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 27d

The shadow is the best part.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · 27d

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fashion’s Historic Shake-Up (Gift Article)

This fall, 13 of the biggest brands in fashion will have new talent at the helm. What makes them tick?

www.nytimes.com

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reminds me of how sometimes people make a technical argument when there is a much more fundamental conceptual point.

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Apparently the NYTimes doesn’t know how round tables work.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · Sep 4

I’ve been using stairs wrong all my life.

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Aug 30

➡️ Deadline approaching—only one month left to send in your papers and presentation proposals for #CDSM2025!

🚨 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 🚨
📅 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟭𝟮–𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹)
📥 Submission Deadline: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Do it! Grill as hot as possible. Rotate at 2.5 min, one pizza every 5 minutes.

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