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Scott Imberman

@imbernomics.bsky.social

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 19m

I’m watching the Pop Tarts Bowl. Not because I care about the game, but because I need to see what crazy shit the Pop Tart is going to do during half-time.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 22m

I appreciate what he did, but this is unlikely to be a free speech thing. I doubt his contract with them allowed for cancellation for any reason, so he probably is in breach of contract.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

I was wondering the other day what his contract says. Presumably he would only be allowed to cancel for certain reasons. A million sure sounds like a lot, though, but he must’ve known he had legal jeopardy by doing this (and if so, even more kudos to him for taking a stand).

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1h

I hate having our government run by awful people.

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Josh Giersch 🏳️‍🌈 @josh.sg · 2h

If I had a dollar for every British astrophysicist named Brian who put their career on hold to join a chart-topping pop group and then successfully pivoted back to astrophysics, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t much but it’s weird that it’s happened twice www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...

Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Tomasz Mickiewicz, Scott A. Imberman

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3h

Tariffs as a % of GDP are at the highest level in more than 100 years amidst Trump's trade war—even though tariff rates are still lower than in the 1930s, they have a much higher impact because trade volumes are much larger than in the past

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h

Seriously, whoever said “Let’s take a bowl game sponsored by a popular food item and make it have the most ridiculous, insane, and debased mascot at a level Gritty can only dream of” deserves a FIFA Peace Prize.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h

Sometimes, I wonder why I love college football, and then I get the greatest of reminders.

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate

My tweet from 2023:

I asked if it was offensive to eat a Pop-Tart in front of the @PopTartsBowl mascot and then its handler yelled out "ITS THEIR DREAM" and then the mascot grabbed a Pop-Tart out of my hand and started force-feeding it to me while making soft grunting noises.

Picture of me being fed a pop tart by a Pop tart

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 4h

I was also wondering though how that compares to pass through for other taxes where much of the statutory incidence is on the supply side like corporate taxes and FICA

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AccidentalInsightRepeater @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · 4h

I have a bunch of intersecting thoughts here but basically 1) excessive alcohol consumption is an urban activity, 2) we shouldn’t legalize drunk driving and 3) we should more heavily penalize parents whose kids abuse alcohol in such a drastic fashion.

Reposted by Trevon D. Logan, Scott A. Imberman

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Pop-Tarts Bowl Day to all who celebrate

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

Also I originally read this as Stancil and the entirety of posters on “X” and was like “yeah, that checks out”.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

Dammit. You already took mine.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

If they don’t all go out there in full armor and say the line from Gladiator, then what are we even doing here?

Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 6h

A call and a raise

Over to you Jesus

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

That actually is incredible. A whole new use for GS I had no idea existed.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

That’s rather amazing - 94% pass through. I don’t know the literature so maybe this is normal for incidence on supplier based taxes, but it certainly destroys any argument about anyone other than consumers suffering the effects of tariffs.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7h

Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

She finally remembered that she wants to run for President.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

And it gets really painful when the kids are old enough to start having opinions. Last year I had a flyout someplace and the mere possibility of moving when discussing brought my younger one to tears.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Rosemary A. Joyce, Daniel W. Drezner , and 6 more Lisa W. Fazio, Rosemary A. Joyce, Daniel W. Drezner, Michael Kevane, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Alan Richardson, Margot C. Finn, Scott A. Imberman, Nelson Flores

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 6h

I had missed this. Perverse even by the standards of the Trump White House. They’re threatening to pull student aid from Brown over the shooting www.nbcboston.com/news/local/t...

Trump administration investigates Brown's security after shooting

The Department of Education said its Office of Federal Student Aid would investigate if Brown University violated the Higher Education Act in connection with the deadly shooting on Dec. 13.

www.nbcboston.com

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Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 6h

A call and a raise

Over to you Jesus

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Robert C. Richards, Scott A. Imberman , and 2 more Michael A. Clemens, Robert C. Richards, Scott A. Imberman, Simon Lester, Maksym Polyakov

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 7h

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NPR @npr.org · 11h

Online prediction markets, like Polymarket and Kalshi, were under intense scrutiny in the Biden administration. But Trump officials are embracing the controversial apps, raising new fears about election interference ahead of the midterms. n.pr/4sfSvX5

Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms

n.pr

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Göran Bolin, Scott A. Imberman , and 1 more Anne Applebaum, Göran Bolin, Scott A. Imberman, Bill Emmott

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12h

Russia attacked Ukraine with 500 drones and around 40 missiles, including Kinzhal missiles. The main strike targeted #Kyiv, hitting energy facilities and civilian infrastructure.

The Russian attack left nearly one third of Kyiv without heating.

Russia is a terrorist state.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 17h

On Christmas week no less.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18h

Pfft. His mother would’ve just glided across the entire floor in one move.

Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18h

You really should try a resolution you have a chance of sticking to.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18h

Every day… farther from God… yada yada

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve moved about a half dozen times in my life. Each time gets harder and more expensive. It’s exhausting and you have to rebuild your social networks! It’s got to be orders of magnitude more difficult to move a business with many employees.

post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 19h

the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.

it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 19h

I can’t really sympathize with the complaints. What other form of entertainment gets you 50+ hours of content for under $80? That’s the equivalent of paying $3.20 for a 2 hour movie.

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman, Elliot Friedman, Jon Dean

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 19h

What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome

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