Melissa Knox
@mknox.bsky.social
Economist at the University of Washington. Interested in health and nutrition policy, public health, demography, econ of gender, and gender in econ. More of a data nerd than a data geek. #EconSky 📉📈 #TeachEcon (Also 🚴🏻♀️☕️🧶)
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Melissa Knox
@mknox.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Seattle’s $40/month health food voucher program was associated with increased food security, and increased fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income residents. ja.ma/41asI6W
So happy to be able to share my article on Seattle’s Fresh Bucks program! FB is a $40/month benefit that can be spent on fresh fruits and vegetables at all local Safeways, farmers markets, and some smaller grocers. It requires *no* SNAP enrollment and *no* matched spending… 🧵1/7
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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Teaching econ dev this term? Feeling depressed about teaching it? Me too. #econtwitter #econsky
I always love getting syllabus additions from others, so I'll throw out that I'm adding these new (sad) readings this semester:
www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...
www.cgdev.org/blog/update-...
I always love getting syllabus additions from others, so I'll throw out that I'm adding these new (sad) readings this semester:
www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...
www.cgdev.org/blog/update-...
Some Things We Don't Do Anymore - This American Life
Trump froze U.S. foreign aid and dismantled USAID. We examine the agency’s impact and hear from people trying to navigate this chaotic moment.
www.thisamericanlife.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Teaching econ dev this term? Feeling depressed about teaching it? Me too. #econtwitter #econsky
I always love getting syllabus additions from others, so I'll throw out that I'm adding these new (sad) readings this semester:
www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...
www.cgdev.org/blog/update-...
I always love getting syllabus additions from others, so I'll throw out that I'm adding these new (sad) readings this semester:
www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...
www.cgdev.org/blog/update-...
What a cool idea and teaching tool! #EconSky #PolicySky
Hi! I’m Apoorva (ex-USAID). I write about demography + food by pairing "demographic twins": countries at opposite ends of one demographic indicator to find the story behind statistics.
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
What a cool idea and teaching tool! #EconSky #PolicySky
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Hi! I’m Apoorva (ex-USAID). I write about demography + food by pairing "demographic twins": countries at opposite ends of one demographic indicator to find the story behind statistics.
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Hi! I’m Apoorva (ex-USAID). I write about demography + food by pairing "demographic twins": countries at opposite ends of one demographic indicator to find the story behind statistics.
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
Weeks 1 (Niger) & 2 (Monaco) focused on median age are live! Join me: apoorvajadhav.substack.com/s/on-the-table
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The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
The first numbers are in.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
Over 1 million fewer people have signed up for insurance on the ACA than at this time last year. This is Trump's premium hikes at work.
In the wealthiest nation on earth, millions are being forced to go without health care.
It's a moral tragedy.
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Somebody pay me $250 to write about JANE AUSTEN and HEATED RIVALRY. There is even a PRIDE AND PREJUDICE reference in the finale. I’ve got it ALL SORTED OUT.
I’ve figured out how episode 5 feels. (Of heated rivalry, duh). It’s the end of persuasion, “half agony / half hope.”
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Somebody pay me $250 to write about JANE AUSTEN and HEATED RIVALRY. There is even a PRIDE AND PREJUDICE reference in the finale. I’ve got it ALL SORTED OUT.
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@emilymbender.bsky.social Hi Emily (love your book!), we are a group of Vancouver parents that have started a petition to push back against local school board plans to deploy Microsoft Copilot into classrooms.
It would help so much if you could share it 🙏
actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
It would help so much if you could share it 🙏
actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
Voice AI Concerns to Vancouver School Board
Vancouver School Board (VSB) are planning to collaborate with Microsoft to introduce Generative AI into classrooms.
As parents and guardians of children at VSB schools, we do not consent to our child...
actionnetwork.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
@emilymbender.bsky.social Hi Emily (love your book!), we are a group of Vancouver parents that have started a petition to push back against local school board plans to deploy Microsoft Copilot into classrooms.
It would help so much if you could share it 🙏
actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
It would help so much if you could share it 🙏
actionnetwork.org/petitions/vo...
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I'll be speaking at the Tufts Future of Food Innovation Day today. And just in time here's a 20% off promo code for anyone interested in pre-ordering Feed the People! directly from Basic Books.
January 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I'll be speaking at the Tufts Future of Food Innovation Day today. And just in time here's a 20% off promo code for anyone interested in pre-ordering Feed the People! directly from Basic Books.
Yay, excited for Seattle’s new mayor! I’m not sure I agree with her 100%, but I love her optimism and I’m excited to see her vision in action!
So good. It is all just so good.
Katie's speech was fantastic, especially when she spoke about WHY we care about affordability—so we can do what matters to us, taking care of people, being creative, etc. etc. etc. Seriously, watch the video! Starting with Cynthia Green, if it's too long...
Katie's speech was fantastic, especially when she spoke about WHY we care about affordability—so we can do what matters to us, taking care of people, being creative, etc. etc. etc. Seriously, watch the video! Starting with Cynthia Green, if it's too long...
Katie B. Wilson sworn in as 58th mayor of Seattle
Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson was ceremonially sworn in on Friday, Jan. 2, officially becoming the City of Seattle’s 58th mayor. She marked the occasion alongside community members and supporters, and...
www.seattlechannel.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Yay, excited for Seattle’s new mayor! I’m not sure I agree with her 100%, but I love her optimism and I’m excited to see her vision in action!
2026 marks my 20th year living in Seattle. Maybe I will finally read this book.
"Snow Falling on Cedars" is much more than your average thriller. The book offers both a gripping mystery and deep reflections on the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Read along and join the conversation when you sign up for the KUOW Book Club newsletter.
What's the KUOW Book Club reading in January?
The KUOW Book Club is kicking off the 2026 reading lineup with David Guterson's Pacific Northwest classic "Snow Falling on Cedars."
www.kuow.org
January 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
2026 marks my 20th year living in Seattle. Maybe I will finally read this book.
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In case anyone is interested, here is my latest contribution to DiD. In this case, nonlinear models with repeated cross sections. A (short) paper will be ready soon. It's nothing path breaking but shows the obvious extensions from the panel data case works.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lne2y...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lne2y...
Dropbox
www.dropbox.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
In case anyone is interested, here is my latest contribution to DiD. In this case, nonlinear models with repeated cross sections. A (short) paper will be ready soon. It's nothing path breaking but shows the obvious extensions from the panel data case works.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lne2y...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lne2y...
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standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog
Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!
standardebooks.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
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New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs.
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs.
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
Merry Christmas to those celebrating. To all, I hope your day is as good as this dog’s became once she realized we were driving to grandma’s house.
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Merry Christmas to those celebrating. To all, I hope your day is as good as this dog’s became once she realized we were driving to grandma’s house.
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ive done more research and have decided to stop being grumpy. the heated rivalry show is going to kickstart woke 2. this is the match that lit the powder keg. the culture is going to be yaoi as far as the eye can see for decades.
oh heated rivalry this heated rivalry that how about a little RESPECT for the original yuri on ice !!!!
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
ive done more research and have decided to stop being grumpy. the heated rivalry show is going to kickstart woke 2. this is the match that lit the powder keg. the culture is going to be yaoi as far as the eye can see for decades.
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New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets: tinyurl.com/yrze7kp8
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
New Children’s Book ‘Good Afternoon Moon’ Celebrates Seattle’s Painfully Early Sunsets: tinyurl.com/yrze7kp8
Not sleeping. Ready to help me put my desk together the second I ask for help.
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Not sleeping. Ready to help me put my desk together the second I ask for help.
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Please don't bully Mr. Summers by quoting his own words.
"The students posted videos online showing Mr. Summers addressing students in a Harvard lecture hall...The complaints initially claimed that the two students in question violated the university’s anti-bullying policy."
Gift link
"The students posted videos online showing Mr. Summers addressing students in a Harvard lecture hall...The complaints initially claimed that the two students in question violated the university’s anti-bullying policy."
Gift link
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Please don't bully Mr. Summers by quoting his own words.
"The students posted videos online showing Mr. Summers addressing students in a Harvard lecture hall...The complaints initially claimed that the two students in question violated the university’s anti-bullying policy."
Gift link
"The students posted videos online showing Mr. Summers addressing students in a Harvard lecture hall...The complaints initially claimed that the two students in question violated the university’s anti-bullying policy."
Gift link
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"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"
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This proposal from @econmarshall.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social and others to overhaul higher education is really compelling. Worth reading in full. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
marshallsteinbaum.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This proposal from @econmarshall.bsky.social, @higheredlabor.bsky.social and others to overhaul higher education is really compelling. Worth reading in full. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u...
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Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
It's the scientific community's duty to fight misinformation, bioessentialism, and eugenics
That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
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That's why we're launching Beyond X&Y, an educational campaign combating the rise of unscientific political propaganda used to attack trans and intersex people
Subscribe to our newsletter at beyondxandy.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️⚧️🧬
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Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That: tinyurl.com/bdh393s4
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nation Just Kinda Assumed Pacific Northwest Always Lived in Giant Puddle Like That: tinyurl.com/bdh393s4