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Philip Barrett
@phibar.bsky.social
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Professionally: IMF economist
Recreationally: pianist, vegetable gardener, hot sauce enthusiast, cat person.
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https://sites.google.com/view/philip-barrett/

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Philip Barrett @phibar.bsky.social · Jan 19
Finally got round to bottling last year’s chili harvest!

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Philip Barrett @phibar.bsky.social · Jan 18
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Chopin Nocturne Op 32, No 2 in A Flat. 18/1/2025
YouTube video by Philip Barrett
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Jan 4
IFS Taxlab has:

➡️ Impartial tax explainers
➡️ Answers to big questions on revenues, tax policy and more
➡️ Charts and downloadable data on revenue, tax rates and more

Visit Taxlab here: https://buff.ly/4gojB7W

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · Jan 4
With 17 days to go until the US takeover by the new Trump (or Musk?) administration, I thought it might be worthwhile to share a number of recent papers published by our team that counter arguments that have been leveled against misinformation research. 1/n

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Philip Barrett @phibar.bsky.social · Dec 21
"Announcing the fact that anybody touching that rail with his umbrella would receive a shock, everybody was promptly seized by a desire to do it. Until the starting of the train, our representative found ample occupation in egging various gentlemen on to the deed."

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From the archive: A trip on the new underground
The City and South London Railway opens
on.ft.com

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Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · Dec 8
A British Rail poster from 1957 advertising fixtures at The Oval (the nearest overground station, then as now, is Vauxhall). Interesting to note there were two matches against the touring West Indians as well as the August Test. Playing a county twice was not uncommon

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Dec 6
NEW: Air pollution in England has halved since 2003 after falling substantially during the pandemic, but inequalities in exposure remain.

@lgadenne.bsky.social @leroutierm.bsky.social Rodrigo Toneto and Bobbie Upton’s new report examines how air pollution has changed in England over 20 years:

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Pascal Savelon 🎷 @psavelon.bsky.social · Dec 5
1970 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Kaikan Hall - Kyoto
#ArtBlakey (dr), #RandyBrecker (tp), Carlos Garnett (ts), #JoanneBrackeen (p), Jan Arnette (b), Etta Jones (voc)

#jazz jazzsky
1970 - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Kaikan Hall - Kyoto

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Jenny Bryan @jennybryan.bsky.social · Dec 4
Ah, "How to name files", a topic that is near and dear to my 💜

My most recent (and semi-polished) iteration on this stuff was a 5-minute lightning talk for NormConf 2022. Here's the video & the slides:

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Pascal Savelon 🎷 @psavelon.bsky.social · Nov 30
1956 - Dizzy Gillespie with his 20 piece All-Star Orchestra - Near East tour

#jazz #bigband #DizzyGillespie jazzsky
1956 - Dizzy Gillespie with his 20 piece All-Star Orchestra - Near East tour