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Lisa Kramer

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Financial economist musing on behavioural finance, behavioral economics, emotion, markets, risk, pensions, humans, & animals. Professor of Finance, University of Toronto Joint Sponsors, UPP Board of Directors, UTAM & We Animals http://www.lisakramer.com

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · Nov 15

From my personal archives, spotted 10 years ago in the lunchroom at the NBER 📉📈

A paper sign taped to a fridge door, which reads:

To the person with the JP Licks ice cream:

This is not a freezer that keeps anything frozen. The ice cream spilled. It has been put in the upstairs freezer.

To the person with the beer:

Please remove your beer from this refrigerator. This is not the place for it. This is a small refrigerator. Only food that you consume at the NBER belongs here. Do you really drink beer at the NBER?

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 6d

I am grateful to have met and learned from the formidable Dr. Jane Goodall, whose legacy will live on through all the good work she has done, seeds she has planted, and ideas she has sparked around the world.

Photo credit: @markkamstra.com

Jane Goodall speaking to Lisa Kramer. Photo credit: Mark Kamstra

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 11d

Happy birthday!

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 12d

Kudos to the Government of Canada for recommending Tylenol as safe as treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy 🇨🇦

recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec...

Acetaminophen is a recommended treatment for fever and pain during pregnancy - Canada.ca

Health Canada currently maintains that there is no conclusive evidence that using acetaminophen as directed during pregnancy causes autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders. Acetaminophen is commo...

recalls-rappels.canada.ca

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder to fill out this CRA survey and say YES to automatic tax filing cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...

Automatic tax filing consultation

cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 15d

He’s trying to tell you it’s his shed now, no longer yours. What an amazing creature.

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 18d

Unexpectedly finding myself at urgent care this morning. Not gonna lie, the stickers someone left behind on a chair in the waiting room are exactly boost the I need.

“mini dots stickers - tiny fun for every one!”

Cute cat and dog stickers.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 19d

Flight South
Ted Harrison
1985

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 24d

Water lily

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 24d

Late summer delight

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 25d

😅 I promise to abide by protocol once I’m in the theatre!

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 25d

What’s everyone doing this weekend to disconnect and recharge? Today I’m off to Stratford to see TWO plays: Macbeth and Dangerous Liaisons. 🎭

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25d

hi friends! It's almost the weekend. Have you planned something fun offline? It could be reading a book, taking a long walk, going to a museum, seeing a friend, doing a craft, or cooking an elaborate meal. If you are sad, try not to be sad alone. And if you can, charge your phone away from your bed.

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 25d

Greenwashing allegations at a Canadian asset management firm:

"... contrary to claims made in the firm’s sales communications — including in online posts, interviews and articles — the firm wasn’t considering ESG factors for many of its funds."

www.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-th...

OSC alleges greenwashing by Purpose Investments | Investment Executive

Firm, founder overstated its reliance on ESG considerations, regulator alleges

www.investmentexecutive.com

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 26d

Here's a cute example. A Wall Street Journal article, "The Guard Dog Ate My Matisse," included a photo of a museum guard dog who mauled rare teddy bears that were under his care, and the expression on his face gets me every time.

Gift article link:
www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...

Museum guard dog with rare teddy bears he mauled, including one said to have been owned by Elvis Presley. Excerpt from a WSJ article. Photo: NewsCom/Splash News.

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 26d

When I come across something in life that makes me especially happy – a touching email, a funny photo, an uplifting article – I save it to a folder on my computer called "Happy". If ever I'm feeling a little down, I just peruse items in that folder for an instant boost.

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Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social · 27d

Hope to see folks on-line tomorrow for this great line up of talks on animal normativity, dedicated to Frans de Waal.

Kristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us September 12 for the 4th annual Normactivity Online Workshop, with four talks on 🐘 animal normativity 🐒, and dedicated to the memory of Frans de Waal, who launched the field. Speakers: Sarah Brosnan @lgruen.bsky.social Pier Francesco Ferrari, Phillip Kitcher. Register 👉 tinyurl.com/5akaw2j6

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 27d

Today I heard the expression “video podcast” for the first time.

Hello? The 20th century called and wants its talk show back.

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 27d

I’m on page 87 of a 145-page dense document I have to read carefully in time for a meeting later this week. Here’s hoping pages 88-145 are just drawings for me to mindlessly peruse.

a person is drawing an orange juice with a straw on a piece of paper

Alt: Someone is drawing a cup of orange juice with a straw on a piece of paper

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 28d

Me asking AI to define uroboros

a snake is sticking its head into a laptop on a table

Alt: a snake typing at a laptop

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 28d

My dear husband and I got identical new laptops at the same time. I have opted to identify mine with pink glitter to ensure no mixups going forward.

My Lenovo laptop with a pink glitter skin. Now if my husband accidentally brings it with him to work there will be no denying that he did so on purpose.

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 28d

My face as I read an email from someone offering to create a Wikipedia page about me in exchange for payment

a woman with red hair is making a funny face while sitting in front of a crowd of people .

Alt: Lucille Ball grimacing and generally looking displeased

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · 29d

Dislike!

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · Sep 8

To avoid paying a 75¢ debit card fee, I used a $10 bill to pay for a $7 food cart purchase, and now I have three dollars in coins I’ll never use

Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · Sep 8

The gift-giver should at yeast have left you a crumb of a clue

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · Sep 7

Woah. Mind blowing photos.

HT @koenfucius.bsky.social

www.popsci.com/science/astr...

18 awesome images from the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards

Our universe is vast and absolutely incredible.

www.popsci.com

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Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com · Sep 7

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“It’s unthinkable to let unfiltered, untreated water flow in our taps, and it should be equally unthinkable to have unfiltered air circulate (along with airborne viruses) in places where vulnerable people gather in close proximity...”

[Gift article link]

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c970638...

The summer (and fall) of our COVID discontent

We still aren’t doing enough to mitigate the spread of the virus

www.theglobeandmail.com

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