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Joshua Mask

@joshuafmask.bsky.social

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Labor Economist @ Temple University I think a lot about how the economic conditions you face when you first enter the labor market affect long run outcomes. RPCV (Uganda 2011), Gold Star family member, and Philly Sports fan. http://www.joshmask.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 3d

my wife is a Cal fan and apparently this week they’re putting a “59” on their football helmets to honor the 59 Nobel laureates tied to Cal in order to flex on Duke

this is maybe my favorite dunk anyone has ever done on Duke

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 4d

Research shows:
More H-1Bs → more patents
Fewer H-1Bs → more offshoring

Your choice, America.

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote this for the New York Times today (hope this link works!)

W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!

Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!

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Opinion | The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? (Gift Article)

Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.

urldefense.com

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 6d

Sora, make an Econ 1101 hype video.

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 6d

Haters will say this is fake

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Scott Wolla @scwolla.bsky.social · 10d

🌟 𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀! 🌟

Share your teaching innovations & research in economics with colleagues who care deeply about econ ed. #CTREE #EconEd #TeachEcon

🔗 Submit here: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

CTREE Conference 2026

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 11d

It's official: Temple will offer Economics of AI in the Spring. I'm super excited to teach this.

Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve been using the Codex plugin and GitHub CoPilot with VS Code. What’s the advantage to using Cursor? It looks exactly the same as my VS code session.

Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 16d

Dak Prescott’s MRPL < Dak Prescott’s salary.

Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 19d

I’d personally like it if he played this season.

Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 20d

I wonder which one is Miran. 😂

Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 20d

I just learned from Claude that using "\begin{itemize}[<+->]" in LaTeX will automatically create a series of PDF pages, each revealing a new bullet point, one by one, for your slide.

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Brian Mills @bmmillsy.bsky.social · 21d

Time for a paper plug: We find that, going the other direction, pitchers tend to perform better on the mound after batting and particularly when they had successful at bats.

(most likely a "staying warm" effect; but some evidence for adrenaline boost after success)

academic.oup.com/oep/article/...

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NFL Scores @nflscores.bsky.social · 23d

Final:
Eagles 20
Chiefs 17

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · 23d

a football player with the number 26 on his jersey is yelling

ALT: a football player with the number 26 on his jersey is yelling

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · Sep 8

This looks very interesting.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · Sep 8

New @nberpubs: "Job Mismatch and Early Career Success" www.nber.org/papers/w34215

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Brian @brian215.bsky.social · Sep 4

10 hours till kickoff.

a blurry picture of a person sitting on a subway train .

Alt: Jigar Desai runs into a SEPTA pillar

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Joshua Mask @joshuafmask.bsky.social · Sep 4

homer simpson is standing in front of a stone wall and says woohoo !!

ALT: homer simpson is standing in front of a stone wall and says woohoo !!

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spacecowboy @spacecowboy17.bsky.social · Sep 3

You can now use "show more like this" and "show less like this" in the For You feed.

(this is being rolled out so you may need to update your Bluesky app)

Here is how it works in For You 🧵

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Jovan Alford @jovan10.bsky.social · Aug 30

With today’s win over UMass, Temple has finally won a regular season opener on the road for the first time since 2014 (37-7 win at Vandy — PJ Walker was the QB).

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · Aug 30

Temple is officially running up the score.

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🦅🦉🐍 Charlie from Roxborough @cvlrox.bsky.social · Aug 30

Temple good?

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👻 The Ghost of Tom Pain 👻 @tompain.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Mr. President, the Temple Owls have scored a second touchdown."

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Steve Liesman @steveliesman.bsky.social · Aug 29

Holy wow. Many tariffs struck down by appeals court

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Federal appeals court strikes down major chunk of Trump’s tariffs

The ruling will not take effect right away, giving the administration time to appeal to the Supreme Court.

www.politico.com

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Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEW EPISODE:

We speak to the legend Emi Nakamura about her paper at Jackson Hole about why and when central banks can deviate from Taylor Rule orthodoxy and still achieve good inflation outcomes.

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Emi Nakamura on Central Bank Credibility and the Taylor Rule

Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 08/29/2025 · 36m

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