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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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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 12h

Oohhh thanks for the tip.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 12h

That feeling when it's a cold and rainy fall day and you remember that you have hot chocolate and kahlua... I like to do your basic hot chocolate packet, boiling water, a splash of half&half, and a splash of kahlua.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #EconSky working in environmental econ! Looking for things to do this weekend? Why not write up a 2-3 page proposal for a cool conference-publication combo, happening in May 2025 in Washington, DC?

Submit your proposal (or paper) here by Oct 20: conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...

Submission: 8th Annual NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBER

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 21h

Everyday now there is new information detailing just how economically unviable AI is. Data centers will be the new abandoned Walmarts, but on an even larger scale.

futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 17h

Looked around to see who's working on tracking this and found this useful dashboard from @adamjst.bsky.social and @austinkocher.com of @relevantresearch.bsky.social

enforcementdashboard.com/ice-arrests/

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 17h

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 17h

The thing is... We just don't know. Were they deported? Are they all still there but being kept in horrific and inhumane conditions? Have some died (either through intentional murder or unaddressed disease/neglect)? All are very bad.

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 18h

The cities are getting a lot of attention (as they should!) but at the same time small actions are happening all over the place and not being aggregated up into a larger national news story by the media

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 18h

Reminds me a lot of COVID deaths and how we didn't really recognize scale

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 18h

I also think many more people are being taken by ICE than we realize. There was a sobering Reddit thread I saw discussed on here (now can't find it) of folks who knew people taken by ICE. It's happening everywhere + the gov't obstruction plus fractured media make it hard to see the scale of things.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 18h

I've been thinking about this a lot, especially with folks disappeared into the Florida facility that no one has heard from and no can find in the tracking system. We need to know what's happening to these folks and I fear for what we will learn when we do.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Dangers of using AI to Grade

Nobody Learns, Nobody Gains

substack.com

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

You know he wouldn't have to worry so much about hiding his money if he didn't have any, like most people on Earth

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

Sending love to all the CDC folks who are experiencing a RIF today (and late Friday night a 3-day weekend, to boot). Scroll through the @altcdc.altgov.info posts from tonight to see the many affected offices. Thank you for your service. You are appreciated. We will get through this together.

Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 1d

RIFed:
PHIC - Public Health Infrastructure Center

Their job? Make public health infrastructure and workforce development actually work.

They help state, tribal, local, and territorial health agencies.

Y’know… everyone in the U.S. 🫠

2024 Accomplishments

Strengthening the public health infrastructure and workforce of the United States

www.cdc.gov

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

PS not trying to make light just calling out the irony where we have money for this but not money for daycare and more after school support

Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 1d

Not what parents meant when they asked for better after school programs 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 2d

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 3d

'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.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

Photos of the damage.

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

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 7d

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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