Travis Roach
@troach.bsky.social
Econ Prof living in OKC | Applied micro, Environmental/Energy/Labor mostly | Always have dirty hands 🪴👨🏼🌾 #nativeplants
🔗 www.travisroach.xyz
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I’m not gonna write an AI policy for next semester, I’m just going to post this
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’m not gonna write an AI policy for next semester, I’m just going to post this
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Wooden Spoon Only Thing In Man’s Life That Not Giving Him Cancer https://theonion.com/wooden-spoon-only-thing-in-mans-life-that-not-giving-him-cancer/
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Wooden Spoon Only Thing In Man’s Life That Not Giving Him Cancer https://theonion.com/wooden-spoon-only-thing-in-mans-life-that-not-giving-him-cancer/
Me, technically an Oklahoman
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Me, technically an Oklahoman
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The stadium grift is amazing. Just a bunch of humble, downtrodden billionnaires who are always suddenly short of cash to build more luxury boxes for them and their friends. But at least everyday working people get more heavily taxed.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Chiefs announce intent to leave their Missouri home of 50-plus years at Arrowhead Stadium and relocate to Kansas.
December 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The stadium grift is amazing. Just a bunch of humble, downtrodden billionnaires who are always suddenly short of cash to build more luxury boxes for them and their friends. But at least everyday working people get more heavily taxed.
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Want a nutshell summary of how bad this Kansas deal is for taxpayers? So bad that the state couldn't even get the team to comp food for its suite. Even after agreeing to give the team $2.775b.
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Want a nutshell summary of how bad this Kansas deal is for taxpayers? So bad that the state couldn't even get the team to comp food for its suite. Even after agreeing to give the team $2.775b.
This notification just popped up on my phone, currently pouring one out for @jcbradbury.com and company 🤦♂️
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This notification just popped up on my phone, currently pouring one out for @jcbradbury.com and company 🤦♂️
Maybe it’s the fact that I spent a few years in the Green Brigade and lived through a bunch of crappy games, but that should have been UNT against Ole Miss 🦅🟢😂
December 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Maybe it’s the fact that I spent a few years in the Green Brigade and lived through a bunch of crappy games, but that should have been UNT against Ole Miss 🦅🟢😂
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Hi #EconSky, I'm on the #EconJobMarket!
My JMP provides the first evidence on how teacher labor market shocks affect long-run student outcomes.
I study one of the largest teacher supply shocks in US history, larger even than Covid or the Great Recession.
Let’s talk about WWII… 🧵
My JMP provides the first evidence on how teacher labor market shocks affect long-run student outcomes.
I study one of the largest teacher supply shocks in US history, larger even than Covid or the Great Recession.
Let’s talk about WWII… 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hi #EconSky, I'm on the #EconJobMarket!
My JMP provides the first evidence on how teacher labor market shocks affect long-run student outcomes.
I study one of the largest teacher supply shocks in US history, larger even than Covid or the Great Recession.
Let’s talk about WWII… 🧵
My JMP provides the first evidence on how teacher labor market shocks affect long-run student outcomes.
I study one of the largest teacher supply shocks in US history, larger even than Covid or the Great Recession.
Let’s talk about WWII… 🧵
As someone that moonlights as an IO economist, let’s just say I’m intrigued
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As someone that moonlights as an IO economist, let’s just say I’m intrigued
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During Prohibition when many men lost their jobs, daughters increased their labor supply and delayed marriage and childbearing likely in an effort to compensate for lost wages, from Anna Aizer, Gabrielle Grafton, and Santiago Pérez https://www.nber.org/papers/w33346
January 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
During Prohibition when many men lost their jobs, daughters increased their labor supply and delayed marriage and childbearing likely in an effort to compensate for lost wages, from Anna Aizer, Gabrielle Grafton, and Santiago Pérez https://www.nber.org/papers/w33346
Big day for States’ rights republicans
Starting to think there is an energy emergency, and it is called Donald Trump. Latest federal order requiring an unnecessary coal plant to keep operating, this time in Washington, even as the Trump administration blocks solar and wind development: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
DOE orders WA coal plant to continue operating despite state ban
A state law requires Washington utilities to stop using coal-fired electricity beginning next year.
www.seattletimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Big day for States’ rights republicans
WTI at $55 and now this. Can’t believe it took Biden this long to kill the oil and gas industry, but looks like he’s finally done it.
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
WTI at $55 and now this. Can’t believe it took Biden this long to kill the oil and gas industry, but looks like he’s finally done it.
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The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
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Some very dangerous (literally!) legislation is currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives:
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
House panel approves major changes to the Clean Air Act
Democrats and environmental groups have decried the legislation.
www.eenews.net
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Some very dangerous (literally!) legislation is currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives:
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
www.eenews.net/articles/hou...
I can’t decide what *really* makes this an all time metaphor, the McDonalds in the background or the haze from pollution
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I can’t decide what *really* makes this an all time metaphor, the McDonalds in the background or the haze from pollution
Fuckin finally
Congress Allocates $500 Million For Development Of Funkier Bass Lines https://theonion.com/congress-allocates-500-million-for-development-of-funk-1819579171/
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Fuckin finally
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My job as a reporter takes me to some truly wonderous spots--far from the big cities and coasts. This was one of them. But loads of oil operations here too. Loren Elliott, our NYT photographer, brought a drone with him to capture the scale of the landscape.
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
My job as a reporter takes me to some truly wonderous spots--far from the big cities and coasts. This was one of them. But loads of oil operations here too. Loren Elliott, our NYT photographer, brought a drone with him to capture the scale of the landscape.
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EV charger funding. Tax incentives to buy EVs. Permits for wind energy projects. All gone. But tax incentives to extract more oil and gas were expanded by Trump and GOP-controlled Congress. There has been victory after victory for Hamm and his group, Domestic Energy Producers, in Trump's second term
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
EV charger funding. Tax incentives to buy EVs. Permits for wind energy projects. All gone. But tax incentives to extract more oil and gas were expanded by Trump and GOP-controlled Congress. There has been victory after victory for Hamm and his group, Domestic Energy Producers, in Trump's second term
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Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
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Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Our NYT piece examines Hamm's determined, 15-year campaign to reshape US energy policy. Why? He wanted to extend out the life of fossil fuels to allow his family-controlled company to keep drilling. He argued this is essential to US. energy security. A free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
During Covid, I think lots of people discounted how large of an aggregate demand shock pausing student loan payments was for inflationary pressure.
Now, I think the opposite is happening with not enough people considering the negative AD shock this will be and it’s recessionary pressure.
Now, I think the opposite is happening with not enough people considering the negative AD shock this will be and it’s recessionary pressure.
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
During Covid, I think lots of people discounted how large of an aggregate demand shock pausing student loan payments was for inflationary pressure.
Now, I think the opposite is happening with not enough people considering the negative AD shock this will be and it’s recessionary pressure.
Now, I think the opposite is happening with not enough people considering the negative AD shock this will be and it’s recessionary pressure.
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A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
inthesetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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Mothers who receive drinking water from wells downstream of PFAS contaminated sites have much worse infant health outcomes than similar mothers receiving water from wells upstream of these sites. A full writeup of the study is available here:
theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...
theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...
PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds
An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from PFAS-contaminated sites. The results show the high cost of PFAS harm.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Mothers who receive drinking water from wells downstream of PFAS contaminated sites have much worse infant health outcomes than similar mothers receiving water from wells upstream of these sites. A full writeup of the study is available here:
theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...
theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...