Ali Vaughan
@alivaughan.bsky.social
Health economist in Perth WA. Mum. West Coast Eagles tragic. #rstats enthusiast
Hello macroeconomists - is this a book worth reading please? (And if not pls suggest me a book - I’m only feeling non fiction at the moment)
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hello macroeconomists - is this a book worth reading please? (And if not pls suggest me a book - I’m only feeling non fiction at the moment)
Was very disappointed that @pjvogt.bsky.social ‘s search engine pod featured Oster in the most recent episode. People need to stop asking her for opinions outside of her expertise. PJ no!
So many academics in econ & public policy worship Emily Oster. She is a darling of the "popularizing" "evidence-based" social science. And she has made a mint doing it.
Serious public health folks I know are mostly horrified at the damage she has done to public health.
Serious public health folks I know are mostly horrified at the damage she has done to public health.
emily oster joining bari weiss’s right wing propaganda project absolutely checks out.
August 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Was very disappointed that @pjvogt.bsky.social ‘s search engine pod featured Oster in the most recent episode. People need to stop asking her for opinions outside of her expertise. PJ no!
Reposted by Ali Vaughan
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Todays spelling bee was annoying, particularly the pangram
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Todays spelling bee was annoying, particularly the pangram
lol. I knew what book this would be before I even tapped….
June 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
lol. I knew what book this would be before I even tapped….
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May 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I am hopelessly down the rabbit hole vis a vis the mushroom lady trial
May 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I am hopelessly down the rabbit hole vis a vis the mushroom lady trial
Umm why is PollBludger seat by seat not working, right now, at my time of greatest need.
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Umm why is PollBludger seat by seat not working, right now, at my time of greatest need.
Looks cool
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May 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Looks cool
Hulett suggesting that the AEC was somehow influenced w/r/t number of counting tables today to disadvantage her specifically. Pretty rank, in my opinion.
May 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hulett suggesting that the AEC was somehow influenced w/r/t number of counting tables today to disadvantage her specifically. Pretty rank, in my opinion.
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Good morning to everybody except the NYT games editors
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Good morning to everybody except the NYT games editors
I could not agree with this more. Some of the work I have seen “delivered” by the big 4 make me furious.
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I could not agree with this more. Some of the work I have seen “delivered” by the big 4 make me furious.
At my department, our team all put in to get a Nespresso machine and we bring our own pods and milk.
I feel like people seething in their jocks about public service waste are mistakenly projecting their own experience of work on to institutions.
It’s completely different. The public service is an austere environment. There is no fridge that unlocks on Friday arvo so you can get on the beers.
It’s completely different. The public service is an austere environment. There is no fridge that unlocks on Friday arvo so you can get on the beers.
April 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
At my department, our team all put in to get a Nespresso machine and we bring our own pods and milk.
Connections today = one star did not like
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Connections today = one star did not like
More Coasty!
Thank you ChatGPT. I shouldn’t give up my day job yet. #healtheconomics #HTA
March 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
More Coasty!
This is excellent but SO grim
Coded up a little app so you can see if your document contains any of the MAGA trigger words ("diversity", etc.). Hopefully it makes proposal writing a little easier. Built with #Quarto, #rshiny, #shinylive, #Rstats, and rage.
jhelvy.github.io/magaScreener/
jhelvy.github.io/magaScreener/
March 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This is excellent but SO grim
I enjoyed this discussion a lot, particularly the gender pay gap section.
Episode 37: Of Boys And Men
Conservatives say American masculinity is under attack from a cancerous, mendacious progressive movement. Centrists say the same thing, but more politely.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Conservatives say American masculinity is under attack from a cancerous, mendacious progressive movement. Centrists say the same thing, but more politely.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Of Boys And Men
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 03/06/2025 · 1h 23m
podcasts.apple.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I enjoyed this discussion a lot, particularly the gender pay gap section.
Reposted by Ali Vaughan
Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year
Reposted by Ali Vaughan
This is actually really easy to do in R.
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is actually really easy to do in R.
What is the weird quirk of Australian publishing that I cant get @chrislhayes.bsky.social "The Sirens' Call" on audiobook?
March 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What is the weird quirk of Australian publishing that I cant get @chrislhayes.bsky.social "The Sirens' Call" on audiobook?
This book is excellent www.penguin.com.au/books/challe...
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster by New York Times-bestselling author Adam Higginbotham, based on fascinating new archival research and in...
www.penguin.com.au
February 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This book is excellent www.penguin.com.au/books/challe...
When the algorithm knows you’ve had a long day swearing at an RStudio screen….
February 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When the algorithm knows you’ve had a long day swearing at an RStudio screen….
