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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · 7d

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · 7d

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The holier than thou comments on this post decrying NPR not taking enough of a hard stance on the administration I think are shortsighted. Local, public media (like WILL in Illinois) is incredibly important for reasons behind NPR's news coverage.

NPR @npr.org · 8d

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · 19d

what a wild thing to say to a group of tech investors

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · 24d

So glad they are settling in!

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 28d

Thanks GOP—The moulds & deckles we ordered for paper making from Papertrail will be $150 more expensive thanks to your tariffs. Who will pay them? Not Canadians or Papertrail— @skeuomorphpress.org will pay it.

Tariffs are a tax on Americans & American institutions—such a self own www.papertrail.ca

the Papertrail Handmade Paper & Book Arts

www.papertrail.ca

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Sep 8

A few years ago one of our kids realized the name they were born with wasn't quite right—& some of the folks who should have been her strongest advocates instead turned away—I wrote this song for her then & was proud to perform it with The Anxious Bench for the 1st time tonight #ProtectTransKids

A Song for Saige

YouTube video by The Anxious Bench

youtu.be

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Sep 8

almost forgot to like this skeet today

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Sep 5

federalism ftw

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Sep 5

My personal favorite of these three is "Dive." I got to play a BEAUTIFUL Fender Rhodes for that track in the studio and it just perfectly complements Ryan's voice and lyrics.

Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Sep 5

Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!

I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen

Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench

3 track album

theanxiousbench.bandcamp.com

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Sep 5

Late this summer I got to go into the studio with @pablohutch.bsky.social & our buddy Tim to record some tunes—and our EP is up today on Bandcamp!

I feel a little weird as a middle-aged dude asking folks to listen to my band—but I'm pretty proud of these songs & would love if y’all gave em a listen

Exhalation EP, by The Anxious Bench

3 track album

theanxiousbench.bandcamp.com

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Sep 3

Among the other things happening, I somehow missed this one.

This would be a major blow to our graduate programs, harm our students, and severely undermine our country’s competitiveness in grad education.

www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

DHS Moves to Restrict How Long Foreign Students Can Stay

The proposal would limit international students’ duration of stay to four years. Advocates slammed the plan, saying it would force students “into a sea of administrative delays” at best.

www.insidehighered.com

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 27

Short Answer: NO THEY DO NOT

The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · Aug 27

Do work requirements work? @laurenhlb.bsky.social and @chloeneast.bsky.social review the literature on SNAP work requirements:

A primer on SNAP work requirements - The Hamilton Project

An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, summarizing the research on work requirements and their efficacy.

www.hamiltonproject.org

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Aug 26

A colleague recommended I find the 1958 YA book *Danny Dunn & the Homework Machine* for my “Writing with Robots” class—our library had a copy (off site) & I got it today.

In brief: a group of kids get access to a computer & figure out how to make it do their homework for them—high jinks ensue +

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 23

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of flames .

Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of flames, text says "it's done".

media.tenor.com

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Important caveat: this survey was done in February 2024. The political climate has changed quite a lot and a good future research project is seeing whether this bears up among respondents after the most recent dust ups around DEI related topics.

Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 19

In some of our specifications, we even find that the info treatment increased WTP!

In our latent class model, we find that Class 3 (the younger and for more female class) was willing to pay more for diversity. Yet, the info treatment increased WTP across ALL classes.

Table 7 of the paper, shows regression results of latent class model.

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 19

On average, we find that consumers had a positive WTP for strawberries with the diverse label.

Our heterogeneity analysis using mixed logit and a latent class model showed that female, liberal, and younger consumers had the highest WTP (in line with previous studies).

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our fictional label on strawberries is "USDA Diverse Farmer," which we test with and without the organic label.

We also had an info treatment that showed about half of our respondents the current demographic makeup of agricultural producers (mostly white and male) before the choices.

Figure 1 of the paper, shows strawberries with the USDA organic label as well as a fictional label that says "USDA Diverse Farmer"

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Our new paper is out in Early View today!

Using a discrete choice experiment, we test whether consumers will pay more for strawberries with a "diverse farmer" label. Here's what we find:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Do Consumers Value Diversity in Agriculture? A Choice Experiment

Farm ownership in the US today is racially and ethnically homogeneous. Diverse farmers and ranchers make up less than 10% of all producers, they tend to be less financially stable and have tighter pr...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David L. Ortega @dlortega.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wholesale prices came in hot in today’s PPI report, but veggies stole the show 🥦📈

Vegetable prices at the wholesale level surged nearly 39% in July. @willmasters.bsky.social & I unpack what’s behind this spike in today's @marketplace.org 🎙️

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

Why are wholesale vegetable prices spiking, and what's that mean for consumers?

About a quarter of the 3.3% price increase recorded by this month’s producer price index was driven by a spike in wholesale prices for veggies.

www.marketplace.org

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 14

a drawing of a robot in the snow with the url imgflip.com

Alt: an atat in the snow holding its leg in pain

media.tenor.com

Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Aug 7

Greg and Wirt from Over the Garden Wall walking in the woods. Greg is making fart noises and Jason Funderburker is sitting on his head.

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MorganHPhillips @morganhphillips.bsky.social · Jul 23

My #TEDx talk is live - Why is Environmentalism Failing?

This is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing environmentalism from succeeding:

www.morganhopephillips.com/blog/2025/6/...

#TEDxAberystwyth

TEDx Aberystwyth - Why Is Environmentalism Failing? — Morgan Hope Phillips

This is the TEDx talk I gave in Aberystwyth in February 2025. It is a dissection of the role hyper-individualism plays in not only causing the climate and nature crisis, but also in preventing env...

www.morganhopephillips.com

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Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Jul 14

In light of Sec. Rollins recent comments

Jared Hutchins @pablohutch.bsky.social · Jul 14

Worth also pointing out: it is also extremely hard to make a robot pick crops.

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · Jul 13

This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!

It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops.

It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.

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