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Scott Imberman

@imbernomics.bsky.social

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h

On Christmas week no less.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 4h

Pfft. His mother would’ve just glided across the entire floor in one move.

Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 18h

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 4h

You really should try a resolution you have a chance of sticking to.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 4h

Every day… farther from God… yada yada

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 4h

I’ve moved about a half dozen times in my life. Each time gets harder and more expensive. It’s exhausting and you have to rebuild your social networks! It’s got to be orders of magnitude more difficult to move a business with many employees.

post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h

the reason you get a bunch of these “people thinking about leaving” pieces but then nobody much leaves isn’t sinister imo.

it’s that it’s very very easy to think about moving, but actually moving is an enormous pain in the ass

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t really sympathize with the complaints. What other form of entertainment gets you 50+ hours of content for under $80? That’s the equivalent of paying $3.20 for a 2 hour movie.

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman, Elliot Friedman, Jon Dean

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 5h

What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Rebecca Tushnet, Scott A. Imberman , and 1 more Brendan Nyhan, Rebecca Tushnet, Scott A. Imberman, David Gamage

Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social · 5h

More seriously, as most readers here know I helped draft the CA billionaire tax initiative text and you just can't get out of it by setting up a couple of LLCs in Florida. We have thought about how to block these fake paper moves for 4 years.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

nyti.ms

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

nyti.ms

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

Isn’t that kind of the point?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

nyti.ms

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

Maria I. Puerta Riera 🌻 @maripuerta.com · 6h

Trump officials move to screen visa applicants’ posts for ‘anti-American’ speech www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Trump officials move to screen visa applicants’ posts for ‘anti-American’ speech

The administration’s efforts to curtail legal migration have accelerated in a way that immigrant rights advocates say is chilling public discourse.

www.washingtonpost.com

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

Hope he makes the seats out of it, too. With gold trim.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h

Keep on doing your work as a champion of the poor, sir. You’re doing great.

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.

Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.

Alt text: Screenshot of a tweet from the verified HHS (@HHSGov) account. The tweet states that @HHSGCMikeStuart referred Seattle Children’s Hospital to @OIGatHHS for allegedly failing to meet professionally recognized health care standards, citing Secretary Kennedy’s declaration that sex-reassignment procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective treatments for gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, or related disorders in minors. The tweet shows a timestamp of 2:47 PM on Dec 26, 2025, and 15.1K views.

Reposted by W. Andy Knight, Scott A. Imberman

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

I love the smell of panic in the evening. Smells like…victory

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Dustin Mulvaney, Brian D. Galle , and 4 more Brendan Nyhan, Dustin Mulvaney, Brian D. Galle, Scott A. Imberman, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Anne Hilborn

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7h

Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.

A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.

nyti.ms

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 10h

Bluesky has the juice.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 19h

The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 13h

Main result: Teachers paired with highly experienced special ed colleagues (16+ years) improve by 0.10 standard deviations—and this persists after returning to solo teaching.

Partners with 0-7 or 8-15 years show no lasting benefit. The experience level matters.

Event study graph with three panels showing effects by special education partner experience level (0-7, 8-15, and 16+ years). Only the 16+ years panel shows clear positive effects after co-teaching, reaching approximately 0.10 standard deviations improvement.

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 13h

They are just petty street criminals with badges.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 16h

Shocker

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d

DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

Reposted by Charles W. Smith, Scott A. Imberman, Brian Keegan , and 2 more Charles W. Smith, Scott A. Imberman, Brian Keegan, Patrick Stokes, David Darmofal

Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 18h

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

George Pearkes @peark.es · 19h

The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

lol - they even issued a correction

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

We need an RCT to evaluate the validity of RCTs

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

Now hold on, there. We don’t know the counterfactual. Did you ever stop to consider the possibility that Hillary would’ve nuked Burkina Faso?

Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

wut

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump:

“Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to "drop him like a dog" when things got too HOT…”