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economics, innovation, and random stuff

https://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/ashish-arora

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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 1d
this man is an embarrassment to our Republic and its scientific and engineering history
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."

ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 2d
if so, you will be in a hole

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 4d
I hinted at some possible answers near the end of the story, but I think the jury is very much still out.

Anyways, if you're curious, here's the story:
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics | Quanta Magazine
Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry.
www.quantamagazine.org

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 4d
The neat thing about writing about foundations of quantum mechanics is that it makes everyone mad, often for completely different reasons.

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conjugateprior.org
Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 4d
One thing I took away from Hacking's Representing & Intervening is that many theories of How Science Works don't survive contact with the historical record. Apropos here's an account of Franklin's role in discovering the structure of DNA. A lot going on that's hard to compress into a talking point.
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 4d
fat chance

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nbirdsall.bsky.social
Nancy Birdsall @nbirdsall.bsky.social · 5d
Accessible to all! ...my paper in Journal of Econ Perspectives on World Bank's 1993 East Asian "Miracle" report ("Too Much A Product of Its TIme?") (www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.p...). @cgdev.org @mclem.org @arvind2011.bsky.social @justsand.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org

ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 5d
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pengzell.bsky.social Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 6d
they ask
what's the minimum to pass?
as if i keep a secret rubric
of disappointment
i say
do your best work
they hear
write more words

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pengzell.bsky.social
Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 6d
they ask
what's the minimum to pass?
as if i keep a secret rubric
of disappointment
i say
do your best work
they hear
write more words

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Robert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 6d
May the stings of a thousand scorpions inflict me for failing to use thy typology, O Mysterious and Great Senior Scholar from the Age of the Beatles

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 7d
PS: @espiers.bsky.social has a very good recap of the Mamdani campaign that you should read.

Campaigning has changed forever because of Trump. Democrats must keep up and surpass to actually protect democracy. newrepublic.com/article/1972...
Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway.
There’s a growing appetite for something new and innovative growing among the electorate—and an opportunity for Democrats to grow that electorate, as well.
newrepublic.com

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scientificdiscovery.dev
Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 7d
The print edition of Works in Progress is now available in:

• Canada 🇨🇦
• Australia 🇦🇺
• the European Union 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇩🇪

Subscribe today for 6 beautiful issues a year. The first edition ships in 2 weeks! 🥳
worksinprogress.co/print/
Print - Works in Progress Magazine
worksinprogress.co

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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 8d
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 8d
After a video seemed to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner, Israel has... arrested the lawyer who authorised the release of the video www.ft.com/content/0456...
Israeli military’s former top lawyer arrested over leaked prisoner video
Surveillance footage showed alleged abuse of Palestinian inmate at notorious Israeli prison
www.ft.com

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 9d
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.

Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 10d
Only if it surplus to requirement :)
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 10d
@jwaldfog.bsky.social aka "The Grinch" wrote that paper, thereby illustrating what Carlyle meant. www.pbs.org/newshour/eco...
The economics of wasteful spending: The deadweight loss of Christmas
If you haven't yet finished buying Christmas gifts for your nieces and nephews and the neighbor across the street, maybe you shouldn't bother. That's right, don't buy them gifts this year -- or ever; ...
www.pbs.org

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 10d
Experimental economics is thriving
#econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/euro...

marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/expe...
Experimental economics at the University of Pittsburgh
marketdesigner.blogspot.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d
How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees
How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees
Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic
www.theguardian.com

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 10d
When the Editor finally assigned you as Reviewer 2 and you know what to do.

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 10d
SSA/IRS chief Frank Bisgnano's company, Fiserv, in trouble less than a year after he left (and after he sold his shares to join govt for twice what they are worth now) on.ft.com/3JCP2Ae
A finance chief joined the Trump administration. Then his company unravelled
Frank Bisignano sold Fiserv stake worth hundreds of millions of dollars before problems emerged, avoiding massive loss
on.ft.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 11d
coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/c...
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 11d
There but for the grace of God ... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘You got some pants on, officer?’: video from Detroit virtual court hearing goes viral
Police officer introduced himself to virtual courtroom and inadvertently revealed himself not to be wearing trousers
www.theguardian.com

ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 12d
Funny how some things stay with you. Nearly forty years later, I still cannot bring myself to use "enable" as an intransitive verb, the result of aforesaid thesis advisor.
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 12d
A run chase for the ages
www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-w...
2nd Semi Final (D/N), DY Patil, October 30, 2025, ICC Women's World Cup (Amanjot Kaur 15*, Jemimah Rodrigues 127*, Sophie Molineux 0/44, AUS-W vs IND-W live score, 2nd Semi Final, Dr DY Patil Sports A...
Check AUS Women vs IND Women 2nd Semi Final 2025 live cricket score from Navi Mumbai. Get the live score updates and ball by ball commentary of AUS-W vs IND-W 2nd Semi Final, 2025. Fastest scorecard a...
www.espncricinfo.com

ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 12d
I do not but will check it out.
ashish arora @ashisharora.bsky.social · 13d
One potential use case (prob not very exciting) is helping non-native write up their papers. (I still remember the gentle, but stinging, edits my late thesis advisor made on my drafts. LLMs would definitely have helped.)
carlbergstrom.com Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13d
I have a number of colleagues who think that LLMs will be very useful as individualized tutors.

One of their arguments is that unlike previous generations of AI tutors, LLMs have the full context window of the conversation and that’s better understand what a student knows and doesn’t know.

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Maybe Bees Is Vampire @notthebees.bsky.social · 13d
the only surprise here is that Kash Patel has a girlfriend

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carlbergstrom.com
Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13d
I have a number of colleagues who think that LLMs will be very useful as individualized tutors.

One of their arguments is that unlike previous generations of AI tutors, LLMs have the full context window of the conversation and that’s better understand what a student knows and doesn’t know.