Bart Lipman
@bartlipman.bsky.social
Economist, husband, father, aging basketball player, not necessarily in that order. Finding too many ways to be busy.
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A former consultant and DOGE staffer is now serving as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research, after Trump booted a decorated admiral from that position.
An early, newsy Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
An early, newsy Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A former consultant and DOGE staffer is now serving as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research, after Trump booted a decorated admiral from that position.
An early, newsy Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
An early, newsy Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...
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Don’t miss the current issue of the @aeacswep.bsky.social newsletter, with a focus on visibility and voice in the economics profession. Available now at aeaweb.org/about-aea/co....
CSWEP News
aeaweb.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Don’t miss the current issue of the @aeacswep.bsky.social newsletter, with a focus on visibility and voice in the economics profession. Available now at aeaweb.org/about-aea/co....
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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If you are faculty, alumni, staff, student, or a student's parent at any of these places, you have an unusual chance to influence the future right now by communicating with your administration clearly about what's at stake.
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you are faculty, alumni, staff, student, or a student's parent at any of these places, you have an unusual chance to influence the future right now by communicating with your administration clearly about what's at stake.
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This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
October 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This sign spoke to me.
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
(apologies for being such a bad photographer that I cut this fellow former Republican’s head out of the photo)
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“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
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Look man, sometimes you have to break some eggs and burn down your house and drive a bulldozer through your entire neighborhood to make an omelette.
DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
October 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Look man, sometimes you have to break some eggs and burn down your house and drive a bulldozer through your entire neighborhood to make an omelette.
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This op-ed is excellent and I encourage everyone to read it.
Universities must reject the Trump compact.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Universities must reject the Trump compact.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This op-ed is excellent and I encourage everyone to read it.
Universities must reject the Trump compact.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Universities must reject the Trump compact.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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Posting this for no particular reason -->
September 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Posting this for no particular reason -->
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This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
September 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is eliminationist, genocidal rhetoric. There’s nothing ambiguous about it. And it didn’t come from a random Bluesky account with 28 followers. It came from a sitting member of Congress.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/texas-c...
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You can abhor Charlie Kirk & his beliefs and unequivocally condemn murder. You can do both. It shouldn’t be hard. It’s what grown up, civilized, tolerant people do.
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
You can abhor Charlie Kirk & his beliefs and unequivocally condemn murder. You can do both. It shouldn’t be hard. It’s what grown up, civilized, tolerant people do.
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This is real, somehow
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is real, somehow
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BU Econ is hosting the second edition of WERISE (Women in Economics: Research, Ideas, Solutions, Executions). See below for details, feel free to RT/quote and spread the word!
x.com/bu_economics...
x.com/bu_economics...
x.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
BU Econ is hosting the second edition of WERISE (Women in Economics: Research, Ideas, Solutions, Executions). See below for details, feel free to RT/quote and spread the word!
x.com/bu_economics...
x.com/bu_economics...
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I'm advertising for 2 full-time pre-docs at the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics at UNSW. If you've got a strong honors degree in economics or computer science check us out at cognitiveeconomics.com. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5346…. @cognitiveeconomics.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm advertising for 2 full-time pre-docs at the Manos Institute for Cognitive Economics at UNSW. If you've got a strong honors degree in economics or computer science check us out at cognitiveeconomics.com. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5346…. @cognitiveeconomics.bsky.social
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Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.
August 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
Exactly what I was wondering
How bad did the ask have to be for a Trumpy sleazebag like Billy Long to say no ? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Is Replacing Billy Long as I.R.S. Commissioner
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Exactly what I was wondering
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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WILD story. An 82-year-old from Chile lost his green card. In June, he went to pick up a new one at a USCIS office. While there, he was handcuffed and detained by ICE.
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
July 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
WILD story. An 82-year-old from Chile lost his green card. In June, he went to pick up a new one at a USCIS office. While there, he was handcuffed and detained by ICE.
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
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Michelle Obama: this Congress-passed law improving school lunch heath standards is good
Right: THIS IS MARXISM
Trump: I will change the ingredients of Coke by threatening executives with deportation
Right: MY LIFE FOR YOU
Right: THIS IS MARXISM
Trump: I will change the ingredients of Coke by threatening executives with deportation
Right: MY LIFE FOR YOU
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Michelle Obama: this Congress-passed law improving school lunch heath standards is good
Right: THIS IS MARXISM
Trump: I will change the ingredients of Coke by threatening executives with deportation
Right: MY LIFE FOR YOU
Right: THIS IS MARXISM
Trump: I will change the ingredients of Coke by threatening executives with deportation
Right: MY LIFE FOR YOU
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Local optimum: do not touch Russian money
Global optimum: seize Russian money & transfer it to #Ukraine
#UkrainianView
Global optimum: seize Russian money & transfer it to #Ukraine
#UkrainianView
Plan to boost returns from Russian assets ‘expropriation’, warns Euroclear
Clearing house chief executive warns against EU plan to raise more money for Ukraine by investing in riskier assets
www.ft.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Local optimum: do not touch Russian money
Global optimum: seize Russian money & transfer it to #Ukraine
#UkrainianView
Global optimum: seize Russian money & transfer it to #Ukraine
#UkrainianView
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Join us next week in celebrating #mathematician Steve Smale on his 95th birthday at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computation in Berkeley, July 21-22, 2025: simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/sm...
Smale@95: A Conference in Honor of Steve Smale
This two-day conference will celebrate Steve Smale on his 95th birthday by covering topics relating to some of his contributions to the world of mathematics and to the world of mineral collecting. St...
simons.berkeley.edu
July 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Join us next week in celebrating #mathematician Steve Smale on his 95th birthday at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computation in Berkeley, July 21-22, 2025: simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/sm...
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America’s two-party system has long been a barrier against an extremism. Polarization is making it an accelerant instead.
The Institutions Protecting US Democracy Have Turned Into Traps
America’s two-party system has long been intended as a barrier against an extremism. Polarization is making it an accelerant instead.
bloom.bg
July 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
America’s two-party system has long been a barrier against an extremism. Polarization is making it an accelerant instead.