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Josh Merfeld
@merfeld.bsky.social
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Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Senior Lecturer, Uni Queensland | IZA | J-PAL | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl

https://joshmerfeld.github.io/
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I’m back hosting @thedailyshow.com Tuesday through Thursday. Tune in live on Comedy Central and stream on Paramount+
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Help: I remember seeing a study here that debunked the common claim that US internal migration is falling over time. Anyone remember the reference?
September 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
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The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. The goal of our research is better inform partners and policymakers on ways to advance the economic security and well-being of women, their families, and communities. For this position, candidates must have demonstrated working experience with statistical programs such as STATA, R or SPSS, major national public health and/or economic databases, and be able to interpret data, analyze results, acquire data from primary or secondary sources, and filter and clean data. This role is expected to be able to produce high quality research products for public audiences with independent initiative and minimal oversight. Duties and Responsibilities Research: Conduct and draft literature reviews and collaborate on research proposals that identify novel and impactful research activities on issues related to IWPR core research areas: Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. Perform advanced, complex quantitative data analysis of large datasets and trends, utilizing network science and/or other statistical methods, including creating data visuals. Perform advanced qualitative data analysis, including developing and fielding online surveys; and conducting interviews and focus groups. Write high quality blog posts, briefs, fact sheets, reports and presentations based on the data work and analysis and accessible to broad audiences including policymakers, advocates, and the media. Use and integrate racial equity and intersectional frameworks and analysis in research study designs, written reports, and briefs. Assist with proposal and grant report drafting.
September 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Set your alarms. 9pm eastern tonight youtu.be/5tYdoEtPYUM?...
This Kind of Freedom Will Leave You Speechless
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September 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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So Colbert should probably run for president tbh
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Thank goodness! Just yesterday I told my wife: man I really wish we could watch c span right now.
c-span.bsky.social C-SPAN @c-span.bsky.social · Sep 3
#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to YouTube and Hulu this fall!

Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV

Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu
September 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Stay classy, tooth
axilla2.bsky.social Timmy Cagg @axilla2.bsky.social · Sep 1
Inter Miami is disgusting. Luis Suarez is disgusting. Spitting on a Sounders coach. #LeaguesCup #MLS
September 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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In a few months I'll be sending out a survey to about 3000 development studies profs around the world. If anyone is interested in chatting about possibly tacking on a question (maybe a prediction about an empirical result you're working on), I'd be happy to talk. DM me.
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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“Butt snorkeler” lol
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Job alert at Microsoft 🚨

Senior Director, Chief Economist - AI for Good Lab

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August 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Disagree. He could have been eating popcorn at home.
mlbbot.bsky.social MLB (Bot is Back!) @mlbbot.bsky.social · Aug 25
No chance you had a better day than this kid 🍿😂
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I’m sorry what? WW2 ended with some kind of negotiation??
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Europeans will do anything to avoid AC
naomiohreally.bsky.social Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · Aug 23
Excessive heat in homes, offices and public buildings has prompted a debate in France this summer about the excessive use of glass in building design, which is being increasingly seen as impractical as global warming drives up summer temperatures.
My story:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
France regrets rise of ‘oven’ glass buildings
Once-admired building designs are increasingly seen as impractical as global warming drives up temperatures
www.irishtimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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I truly believe that Sydney is the most beautiful city in the world.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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stay normal, accept trans people today
economeager.bsky.social Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · Aug 23
how does the "just asking terf questions" to unhinged fascist maniac pipeline keep on pumping with such regularity....
August 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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I dunno. I feel like shit ass parks that nobody likes can close, even if they were historically fun.

But this one wasn’t even that! It was moved!
hayesgardner.bsky.social Hayes Gardner @hayesgardner.bsky.social · Aug 21
NEW | The country’s oldest operating roller coaster once weathered a fire and a relocation to Maryland. It might not, however, survive a corporate merger.

After millions of visitors, but years of neglect, Six Flags America is closing.
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Six Flags America closing: What happens to 5 miles of coaster?
Six Flags America in Bowie, home to Wild One and eight other coasters, was stamped a “noncore” property this year by its parent company, which is selling the 523-acre tract.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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August 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I’m literally more qualified than trump’s BLS pick. That’s insane.
August 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I feel like the far left hates left center democrats more than republicans.
August 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Have I told you all how pleasant Brisbane is and how wonderful my colleagues are?
August 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Another huntsman.
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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I’d love to catch all these disgusting democrats. Release all the files so we can see who they are!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 10
JD Vance: "We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires ... Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did."
August 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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August 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM