Search committees: the 100k H1B fee now appears *not* to apply to change of status applications, so F-1s and J-1s are exempt. #psjminfo
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I had precisely this experience in reverse; after years of extolling the virtues of four seasons weather ("autumn is my favourite season!"), I moved to San Diego and discovered that I had been being gaslit my entire life.

I keep hearing about Chinese transshipment of goods in discussions about the tariffs, which given the estimates we have so far of its magnitude [1], and the already existing restrictions on transshipment initiated by the Biden administration, just makes me think of this:

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This is outrageous; there are no Champagne businesses in the U.S.

🧵 Proud to share our new paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)!

We used a field experiment to test how contact with citizens shapes POLICE OFFICER attitudes then developed inductive theory about when it works v. backfires.

Paper w/ @matthewjnanes.bsky.social & @nicoravanilla.bsky.social

Tariffs & exchange rates. A short explainer of the simple case of 10% across-the-board tariffs. Let's start with no retaliation.

Brief version: Tariffs will strengthen the U.S. dollar which will reduce impact on consumers but exacerbate it for exporters.

Three cases:

"Selected for you"

Changing lives out here:

Polisky we @enblasingame.bsky.social, @theclboyd.bsky.social @robertocarlos.bsky.social @joeornstein.bsky.social are eager to share 'How the Trump Administration’s Quota Policy Transformed Immigration Judging' @APSR FirstView. The findings & implications are important. 1/10 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Bird people asking some very presumptive questions

PSJMInfo. One day more to apply to this great job in one of the 20 best mid-size cities in the USA, according to this very weird list that puts Tallahassee in the same size-category as Tampa and Minneapolis:

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Reposting because applications for FSU's IR search are due at the end of the week (Oct. 6), and because I wasn't on the polisky list last time. It's 77 degrees out this October morning as I have my coffee on the balcony, and they had movie night in the park last night. PSJMInfo

@profmusgrave.bsky.social Do I need to do this to be added to the polisky list?

1/ PSJMInfo. FSU is hiring in IR! I cannot say enough good things about the department here – a place so collegial that I enjoy faculty meetings. I am happy to answer questions about the department/position, but for now, let me say some things about the city of Tallahassee.