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Ted Loch-Temzelides

@tedloch.bsky.social

Mitchell Professor in Sustainable Development, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University. Game theory & mathematical modeling in economics, ecology, and epidemiology. Science-based policy. Erdős #4
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

New @nberpubs: "The Economic Impact of Brexit" www.nber.org/papers/w34459
"by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time." 😲

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 7d

David Gale’s work was diverse and impactful in math and econ
#econsky

David Gale (1921-2008) remembered, with a (belated) 100th birthday volume

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Ted Loch-Temzelides @tedloch.bsky.social · 9d

US leadership in science and technology under a self-inflicted threat.
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Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

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Forrest Fleischman @forrestf.bsky.social · 10d

Humphrey School at Minnesota is hiring an associate professor in "water resources, sustainable agriculture, or the nexus of food-energy-water issues." Come join me in the frozen north!
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...

Careers

We seek applications for a tenured faculty position at the associate professor level in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP). The faculty member will join a vibrant community of interdisciplinary scholars at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, maintain a research affiliation with the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (CSTEP), and support graduate students in the M.S. in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (MS-STEP) professional degree program, the Ph.D. in Public Affairs program, and the certificate program in Sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance Leadership.

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Wei Wen @wwenneuro.bsky.social · 11d

After 13 years in the US, I’ve made the difficult decision to leave. Having packed up everything and rethought about priorities, rather painstakingly, while I’m sad to leave the life I’ve made here, I’m also relieved that I won’t have to plan my life around immigration policies anymore.

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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 19d

The five biggest meat and dairy producers are generating more methane than the largest oil and gas firms, according to a new report.

Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22d

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 26d

More measles in South Carolina as US nears 1,600 confirmed cases

South Carolina officials said all new case-patients were in quarantine before they contracted the disease.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

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Andy Dobson @andy2dobson.bsky.social · Oct 10

Paper for next weeks Biodiversity COP in AbuDhabi. Special issue of IUCN Parks. We need a UN Global Convention on Freshwater for humanity and biodiversity.
Parksjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/5.-DOBSON.PDF

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Reposted by Meredith Broussard, Lisa W. Fazio, James Q. Wilson , and 39 more Meredith Broussard, Lisa W. Fazio, James Q. Wilson, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Dorothy Bishop, Anna Nagurney, Brigitte Nerlich, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Gavin A. Schmidt, Jesse H. Kroll, Julie L. Lockwood, Patrick A. Jansen, Joshua S. Weitz, Nicole Dubilier, Jason Stajich, Simon J. Greenhill, Michael A. Clemens, Hugo Mercier, Megan L. Ranney, Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip N. Cohen, Michael J. Allen, Andrew Curry, Jacob Montgomery, Juan Cole, Kris Inwood, Smith, Robert C. Richards, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Victor Galaz, Scott A. Imberman, Sebastian Karcher, Brian Keegan, Ann Bartow, Jack Stilgoe, Ted Temzelides, Christina Pagel, Annalee Newitz, David Darmofal, Jesse R. Lasky

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Oct 8

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · Sep 23

CIDRAP is hiring a Deputy Director, who, in addition to other duties, will serve as a liaison between CIDRAP and other areas of UMN, so must either live in the Twin Cities area or have the ability to relocate upon accepting the position. Apply today!

hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/...

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Sep 13

Kidney exchange has given rise to work not only in medicine but in economics, computer science and operations research.
#econsky #operations
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Kidney exchange in Operations Research (and elsewhere)

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Volker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · Sep 12

Awesome faculty position alert! Tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a focus on organismal responses to environmental change.

Please help spread the word!
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Sen Pei @senpei.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚨 JOB ALERT! Our group is recruiting a postdoc to develop novel methodologies for early outbreak detection and inference using AI/ML, modeling, and data science. This is a multi-year position providing stable research support. Welcome to apply and share with others!

👉 apply.interfolio.com/173722

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Sep 7

RFK Jr. went on Fox News today to claim that HHS has had “no successes” in the past 40 years.

I beg to differ.

Figure from Lei et al., NEJM 2020. Link below.

Screenshot of graphic showing that the HPV vaccine has reduced cervical cancer incidence by 90%.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Sep 2

Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

This Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back.

Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

www.chicagotribune.com

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Michael Barnett , and 38 more Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Michael Barnett, Elizabeth Saunders, Matthew Bunn, Nancy Kanwisher, Anna Nagurney, Jennifer A. Richeson, Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer, Benjamin Mason Meier, Michael A. Clemens, Shawn Cole, Andrew Curry, Michael D. Green, Esther K. Choo, Cathy N. Davidson, Daniel S. Goldberg, Robert C. Richards, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Victor Galaz, Naazneen H. Barma, Mark Rice, Michael J. Hicks, Mary Jane Curry, Christina Ho, Greg Linden, Ted Temzelides, Sean P. Corcoran, Michael S. Roth, Meredith Farkas, Jason A. Heppler, Christina Pagel, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Colin Woodard, Andrew Kydd, Fiona Armstrong, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Kori Schake, Rebecca Solnit , and 12 more Stephen M. Walt, Kori Schake, Rebecca Solnit, Gavin A. Schmidt, Scott L. Greer, Daniel W. Drezner, David R. Miller, Michael Zimmer, James Goodwin, Erol Akçay, Susan Strasser, Ted Temzelides, Christina Pagel, Manisha Sinha, David Darmofal

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Aug 30

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)

h/t @joshuajfriedman.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say

Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have an unusual problem with the elimination of the "de minimis" tariff exemption. When I give talks abroad, the host often offers a lovely but awkward gift — say, a 20 lb coffee table book on the history of their city. So I ask them to mail it. No more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Postal services around the world suspend deliveries to US: how will it affect you?

Suspensions including from Australia and Europe come after Donald Trump removed a rule exempting parcels worth less than US$800 from his tariffs

www.theguardian.com

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Evelina Tutucci @anilevetu.bsky.social · Aug 26

Beatiful article @tobykiers.bsky.social !
Source: NPR
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How plants and fungi trade resources without a brain

Fungi and plants have something to teach humans about global trade and cooperation

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Ted Loch-Temzelides @tedloch.bsky.social · Aug 18

An op-ed from the world’s most distinguished active mathematician

I’m an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding.

The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Aug 13

JAMA reports on the latest estimates of COVID vaccine effectiveness
“COVID-19 vaccinations averted 2.5 million deaths during 2020-2024… but this benefit was mostly limited to a minority of the population of older individuals."
#vaccine #covid #medicine
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Covid vaccines saved millions of lives, mostly of older people

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Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Stephan Lewandowsky, Will Jennings , and 38 more Dorothy Bishop, Stephan Lewandowsky, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Julie Leask, John De Vos, Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Christopher Wright, Andreas Ortmann, Steven French, Benjamin Mason Meier, Mary Feeney, Mark D. White, David Johnson, Monika Schnitzer, Mark Alfano, Philip N. Cohen, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Finland, Lesley A. Hall, Jacob Montgomery, Anders Nilsson, Sabine Pahl, Kris Inwood, Ingo Rohlfing, Jussi T. Eronen, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Thucydides, Peter Cook, David J. Berri, Lee Jones, Glen O’Hara, Kate Starbird, Ted Temzelides, Richard M. Carpiano, Hisham Zerriffi, Shaun C. Hendy, Massimiliano Simons, Antonio Fatás

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 12

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."

It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.

I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

www.scrippsnews.com

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 12

Let's focus on qualifications: Antoni finished grad school 5 years ago at Northern Illinois with no distinction. Dissertation: No focus on labor or data collection. Zero publications. One lifetime citation (by a former colleague).

This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 11

Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Reposted by Lars Vilhuber, Jon Green, David R. Miller , and 3 more Lars Vilhuber, Jon Green, David R. Miller, Glen O’Hara, Claire L. Adida, Ted Temzelides

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Ted Loch-Temzelides @tedloch.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congrats, Noah!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 8

1. Federal funding for research promotes tech, biomedical, and scientific discovery in the US, and provides training for the sci/tech workforce that has brought immeasurable wealth to the US over the past 75 years.

Today's executive order includes a provision that will obliterate both functions.

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

www.whitehouse.gov

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Aug 6

RFK Jr and his GOP enablers are determined to undermine safe, effective mRNA vaccine technology that offers our best defense against future pandemics.

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

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Reposted by Eric J. Topol, Lisa W. Fazio, Suresh Venkatasubramanian , and 28 more Eric J. Topol, Lisa W. Fazio, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Monica G. Turner, Jonathan A. Eisen, Brendan Nyhan, Gavin A. Schmidt, Pamela Samuelson, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Tomasz Mickiewicz, David Johnson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Shawn Cole, Lesley A. Hall, Dawn J. Wright, Cathy N. Davidson, Gernot Wagner, Naomi Priest, Ameet Sarpatwari, Andrew L. Whitehead, Mark Rice, Clayton Littlejohn, Larry W. Hunter, Halley E. Froehlich, Ted Temzelides, Nathan Richardson, Jason A. Heppler, Jason Williams, Virginia, David S. Tanenhaus, Daniel B. Rodriguez

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 5

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Aug 5

Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

HHS Winds Down mRNA Vaccine Development Under BARDA

WASHINGTON, DC—AUGUST 5, 2025—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), including the cancellation and de-scoping of various contracts and solicitations. The decision follows a comprehensive review of mRNA-related investments initiated during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate.”

Ted Loch-Temzelides @tedloch.bsky.social · Aug 2

US universities missed a great chance to effectively fight all this when they chose to go for individual deals as opposed to hold a single unified line. Any university (or country for that matter) alone is bound to be in a weak bargaining position against a hostile US government.

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