Christian E. Weller

Christian Weller

@profcew.bsky.social

9.8K followers 2.6K following 2.6K posts

Economist at UMass Boston and Center for American Progress; focus on racial wealth inequality, retirement savings and economic policy. Center on data driven policy development. Skeets are all my own opinions.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 6h

A Bronze Age horned helmet from Brøns Mose at Viksø, decorated with bosses and adorned with eyes and a beak. The helmet was found with an identical one in a bog. They were probably used at religious ceremonies. Later on, they were deposited in the bog as offerings. 🧵1/2

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology

Bronze horned helmet on display in a dark museum setting, with a rounded, riveted dome, large raised circular eye-like decorations, and two long curved horns extending upward and outward from each side.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 16h

DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 18h

From the @WSJ: “Economic fortunes of low- and high-income Americans are diverging—same pattern happening with companies.”
#economy #inequality #divergence #dispersion

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · 20h

In other words we can either remove the mountaintops or cover some of them with solar modules.

Also, there are plenty of ways to design solar installations to work more in harmony with biodiverse ecosystems.

It’s not either/or.

Aerial photo of a mountain with its top removed for a coal strip mine.

Solar panels installed in a pollinator meadow.

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 20h

And then there is really cool stuff (while listening to all my favorite tunes on my brand new headphones). Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and happiness to everyone.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

This is NGC 2264, also called the "Christmas Tree Cluster." It's a cluster of young stars about 2,500 light years away.

They were 'born' during the Pliocene Epoch (2-5 MYA), about the same time as early hominids like Ardipithecus or Homo habilis, so they're barely older than humanity.
🎄💫🔭

A nebula
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) and B.A. Wolpa (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA); Infrared: NASA/NSF/IPAC/CalTech/Univ. of Massachusetts; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare & J.Major

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

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Jacob deNobel @denobel.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.

As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2d

I just talked with a German friend about this meal (and I was about to reconsider my Xmas eve choices).

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 2d

All the cenorship has done has been to INCREASE viewership of this 60 Minutes episode.

If you have not seen it, here it is:

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Clinton just called on Trump to release the full Epstein Files, including all documents mentioning both Trump and Clinton.

“Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the DOJ’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation.”

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 3d

My takeaway: Salsa, morning coffee and the afternoon chocolate (among many other products) all become more expensive because of climate change related damage to crops and energy prices.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

Climate change caused by fossil fuels is destabilizing agriculture and food supply chains around the world—meaning higher grocery prices for Americans. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-fossil-fuels-and-global-extreme-weather-increase-americans-food-prices/

How Fossil Fuels and Global Extreme Weather Increase Americans’ Food Prices

Fossil fuels and the climate change they cause are worsening extreme weather events that disrupt global food supply chains and increase costs for Americans at the grocery store.

www.americanprogress.org

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

How Fossil Fuels and Global Extreme Weather Increase Americans’ Food Prices

Fossil fuels and the climate change they cause are worsening extreme weather events that disrupt global food supply chains and increase costs for Americans at the grocery store.

www.americanprogress.org

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3d

Pure fanaticism, just objectively bad policy especially while building all these new data centers. But also an opportunity for Democrats to say loudly, over and over again, that Trump and Republicans are making everything more expensive. Higher electricity costs impact everything.

Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast

www.nytimes.com

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City St George’s Economics @cityeconomics.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Job alert

We’re hiring 5 permanent faculty positions at Assistant Professor level:

• 3 x Open field
• Health Economics
• IO

Come work in a large, research-intensive department!

⏰ Applications reviewed on a rolling basis (deadline 18 Jan 2026)

#econjobs

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Haley Norris @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social · 4d

We've been working as quickly as possible to get information out to folks so they can take action re: HHS rules against trans youth health care. Here's my latest guide for those who want to submit a public comment! www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access

Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit deta...

www.americanprogress.org

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 4d

No contract, no coffee. Starbucks workers are still on strike.

Image of Ed with the caption: No contract?

Image of Ed holding up a Starbucks Workers United red cup reading: No coffee.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

"Lawmakers touted Rural Health Transformation Program as a counterweight to deep cuts to Medicaid and as a boon to struggling rural hospitals"
"experts praised federal investment in..rural health; but warned funds will not make up for revenue rural providers will lose..thanks to federal law."

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 4d

Missouri hopes federal funds can ease strain on rural hospitals amid looming Medicaid cuts missouriindependent.com/2025/12/22/m...

Missouri hopes federal funds can ease strain on rural hospitals amid looming Medicaid cuts • Missouri Independent

Experts and advocates described tension between federal investment in rural health innovation and an expected uptick in uncompensated care.

missouriindependent.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Gratified to be included in this lineup of really thoughtful, careful educators.

"Ask The Experts: Teaching Disability Rights and Technology in 2025"
www.techpolicy.press/ask-the-expe...

Ask The Experts: Teaching Disability Rights and Technology in 2025 | TechPolicy.Press

Ariana Aboulafia spoke to experts about how Trump’s policies are chilling the the academic study of tech's impact on society.

www.techpolicy.press

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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 4d

Rest in peace and power, ma’am. A salute to Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest ranger in the National Park system, musician, and champion human being.

richmondside.org/2025/12/21/b...

Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104

Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

richmondside.org

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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 5d

Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status www.poz.com/article/91-c...

Over 91% of Clients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reach Undetectable Status

New data confirm Ryan White’s success—undetectable equals untransmittable (and healthier)—but GOP leaders want to slash these HIV funds.

www.poz.com

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Eric Olthwaite's Strayan Cousin @olthwaiteeric.bsky.social · 6d

Things are Terrible, but this isn't.

Be weird.

A social media post recounts a story about helping an older lady with limited English, reflecting on how having pink hair signaled trustworthiness and individuality.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Jean Burgess, Jonathan M. Gilligan , and 11 more Mark J. Brandt, Jean Burgess, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Justin H. Kirkland, Christian E. Weller, Andrew Jacobs, Margot C. Finn, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Jason Lyall, Sally M. Miller, Aija Leiponen, Georg Weizsäcker, Hisham Zerriffi

Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 6d

Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

uni-freiburg.de

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 8d

What do people really want? More discussions with health insurance companies? Who ever thought having people negotiate with insurance companies they hate was a winning idea? “you get to do more of what you despise“ as slogan.

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 8d

Awesome. Congratulations.

Reposted by Frédéric Marty, Christian E. Weller, Johannes Boehm

Joint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 8d

Applications are invited for a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at our Centre in Paris, starting on 1 Sept 2026. The post is in connection with the research programme on economic & environmental history. Application deadline 19 Feb 2026. Click below for further particulars & how to apply.

THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS IN PARIS

Fellowships

histecon.fr

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 8d

Does anyone at the White House even bother to read his speeches?

He says he has cut drug prices by "as much as 400, 500, or even 600 percent"

That is MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE unless thry are paying people cash to take drugs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...