Joaquin Carbonell
joaquinc.bsky.social
Joaquin Carbonell
@joaquinc.bsky.social
Research | Data Science at the California Department of Social Services. All views my own.
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🧵New paper out:

“Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load”

with Barigozzi, Monfardini, Montinari, @elenapisanelli.bsky.social @svevav.bsky.social

🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2505.11426

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Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load
This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load -- the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing household and childcare ta...
arxiv.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Policy research folks take note - CPL's research is very influential in California state policy and this high-impact role will help expand that influence. Consider applying and share with your networks!
Please share with your networks: The California Policy Lab is hiring a policy director to amplify our policy impact in Sacramento. We're looking for a seasoned policy professional with deep experience in California state government. First review date is Oct. 10th: capolicylab.org/careers/poli...
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One week until this job posting closes.

Do dope research, serve the great state of California.

Join us.
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Researcher

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Posting closes 9/15. Please help us spread the word!

This position will lead high impact research projects and shape/set standards for our research portfolio.
Data Engineer
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
September 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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This is a great research team for those seeking to make impact within government.
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Researcher

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Posting closes 9/15. Please help us spread the word!

This position will lead high impact research projects and shape/set standards for our research portfolio.
Data Engineer
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
September 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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An opportunity to join our fantastic research team at the California Department of Social Services!
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Data Enigneer

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Posting closes 9/8. Please help us spread the word!

This position will build data pipelines for our in-house research and analytics.
Data Engineer
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
August 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Researcher

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Posting closes 9/15. Please help us spread the word!

This position will lead high impact research projects and shape/set standards for our research portfolio.
Data Engineer
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
August 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Always happy to uplift job opportunities that can have a positive impact for children and families! Check out the opportunity at the top of this thread👇

Thank you for the shout out, @joaquinc.bsky.social! We always appreciate working with the California Department of Social Services team.
Work with real ones like @konradfranco.bsky.social @bwilden.bsky.social and many more non-bluesky folks.

Also an opportunity to work with some of our great research partners like @ppicnotes.bsky.social @capolicylab.bsky.social @codeforamerica.org @chapinhall.bsky.social @thepeoplelab.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Our research shop at the CA Dept of Social Services is #hiring for a Principal Data Enigneer

calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Posting closes 9/8. Please help us spread the word!

This position will build data pipelines for our in-house research and analytics.
Data Engineer
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
August 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
March 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Feels like a good time to revisit this little bit of American history, or learn it if you didn’t already know it: newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/how...
How Woodrow Wilson’s racist policies eroded the Black civil service - Haas News | Berkeley Haas
Before the election of President Woodrow Wilson, Black Americans worked at all levels of the federal government. But when Wilson assumed office in 1913, he mandated that the federal workforce be segre...
newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu
March 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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NYC>Chicago is legitimately a great corridor for high-speed rail, if states of NY, PA, OH, IN & IL could unite for it.

You could hit:
—NYC—20m
—Philly—6m
—Harrisburg—600k
—Pittsburgh—2.4m
—Youngstown—400k
—Cleveland—2.2m
—Toledo—600k
—Ft Wayne—500k
—South Bend—300k
—Chicago—9m

On a ~straight route
This is the Beijing-Shanghai corridor, which takes 4 hours and 18 minutes to cover 800 miles. That’s the same distance as NYC to Chicago, which currently takes 20 hours by train.

(Tansu Yegen)
February 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades.
Envy of the world. Poof!
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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I'd rather continue to fund the banking police (who have returned billions to consumers) rather than giving everyone a check for $2.15
February 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States.

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Posted around NYC, Chicago, DC and other cities. Be creative. Do something!
February 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Everyone should be pointing out what is happening at CFPB. There is zero argument to be made here that this is being done to provide taxpayer value. The agency's budget is minuscule, averaging like $600 million/year, yet it has obtained $20 billion in payments from corporations to Americans
Exclusive | Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
Trump fired the CFPB’s Biden-era leader earlier this week, putting in place Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who froze the agency’s work.
www.wsj.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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New WP with @vincentab.bsky.social @ryancbriggs.net. We use LLMs and RAs to track publication trends in polisci. Here’s how subfields have changed in AJPS and JOP osf.io/v7fe8
February 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Plainly unlawful and unconstitutional. No one can issue such an order; the President and his officers cannot simply ignore an entity created and funded by Congress.
February 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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I’ve been studying civil rights protests for 20 years. With new mobilization against Trump’s agenda, I’m sharing a thread summarizing my research on how nonviolent & violent actions by 1960s activists and police influenced media, elites, public opinion & voters. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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This also isn't the first "Marshall Plan" that Newsom has announced. In 2019 he said he would build 3.5 million new homes in California by 2025. He later downgraded his goal to 2.5 million homes.

As of December 2024, the state has only permitted 650,000 housing units during his governorship
Newsom set a major housing goal for 2025. Here's how far short the state has fallen
Despite all of Gavin Newsom's efforts, home permitting and construction have not been turbocharged.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Every day that large media outlets fail to put words like “illegal” and “unconstitutional” into their headlines is a day they are choosing to normalize a national crisis
Top headlines:
Guardian: Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’,
NYT: Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration With Mexico
Washington Post: Trump’s fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus

US media is not giving a sense of the scale of the threats
February 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Should cities spend $$$ on police or social services if reducing crime is the goal? I summarize the research on this question in this now-un-paywalled article. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
January 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The story of this first week is corruption. Billionaires seated on the inaugural stage in front of the cabinet, crypto pump and dump, and the illegal firing of IGs. The media is acting like this is too chaotic and bewildering to interpret, but they are just afraid of sounding shrill. It’s corrupt.
January 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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This is highly relevant today. While we can debate the merits of specific 'DEI' policies—some may indeed be misguided—it’s undeniable that racial discrimination persists in this country. The evidence is clear for those willing to engage with it!

bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/cea/written-...
Racial Discrimination in Contemporary America | CEA | The White House
Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our country’s diversity is one of our greatest strengths. However, in recognition of the fact that many Americans still face systemic barrie...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
January 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM