Asher Desai
@asherdesai.bsky.social
Agreed. That GLP1s work by reducing hunger signals also belies the argument that obesity comes from metabolic differences holding caloric intake constant, or that “calories in/out” is false. Some people have different hunger signals, and it’s wonderful that we now have a treatment to control them.
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Agreed. That GLP1s work by reducing hunger signals also belies the argument that obesity comes from metabolic differences holding caloric intake constant, or that “calories in/out” is false. Some people have different hunger signals, and it’s wonderful that we now have a treatment to control them.
Solution: make men teach more and let women focus on important research
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Solution: make men teach more and let women focus on important research
What period of time and how is this relevant?
December 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What period of time and how is this relevant?
I think it is still worth digging into the handwriting and why it was apparently postmarked from VA (which is what Stancil was saying)
December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I think it is still worth digging into the handwriting and why it was apparently postmarked from VA (which is what Stancil was saying)
To be clear, I doubt the claim is empirically true. I was just explaining the best case for that person’s argument.
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To be clear, I doubt the claim is empirically true. I was just explaining the best case for that person’s argument.
I don’t really buy that argument but you could say that *strictly as a PR move* various insurance companies lowered claim denial rates for some period of time. Is it possible that this translated into fewer deaths.
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I don’t really buy that argument but you could say that *strictly as a PR move* various insurance companies lowered claim denial rates for some period of time. Is it possible that this translated into fewer deaths.
MC<<<MB on research, so worth massive amount more public investment. more professorships should flow from that as universities expand
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
MC<<<MB on research, so worth massive amount more public investment. more professorships should flow from that as universities expand
By “true on the margin” I mean that it seems likely that for programming specifically, they could get 5% productivity improvements that result in needing ~5% fewer staff overall, not that AI is replacing individual jobs directly.
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
By “true on the margin” I mean that it seems likely that for programming specifically, they could get 5% productivity improvements that result in needing ~5% fewer staff overall, not that AI is replacing individual jobs directly.
Large tech firms are likely laundering this by claiming AI is replacing jobs. It’s probably true on the margin but doesn’t represent the primary reason. So they aren’t technically lying to investors and also don’t have to admit the financials are bad.
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Large tech firms are likely laundering this by claiming AI is replacing jobs. It’s probably true on the margin but doesn’t represent the primary reason. So they aren’t technically lying to investors and also don’t have to admit the financials are bad.
Competition? Never heard of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Competition? Never heard of it!
Everything they say flows logically from the position that Black inferiority is axiomatic. They need no proof or evidence—to them it is simple fact. And if you reject their assumption, they say you’re the stupid one.
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Everything they say flows logically from the position that Black inferiority is axiomatic. They need no proof or evidence—to them it is simple fact. And if you reject their assumption, they say you’re the stupid one.
Within a proper city like DC it should be 25.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Within a proper city like DC it should be 25.
Collusion is real but takes effort to sustain. In general, firms cannot maintain a collusive pricing or output regime through expectations of how other firms will react. It requires at least tacit signaling, and usually requires outright commitment with consequences for breaking the pact.
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Collusion is real but takes effort to sustain. In general, firms cannot maintain a collusive pricing or output regime through expectations of how other firms will react. It requires at least tacit signaling, and usually requires outright commitment with consequences for breaking the pact.
“smartest little boy in the room” compulsion to be heterodox and transgressive but without actually challenging hierarchy
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“smartest little boy in the room” compulsion to be heterodox and transgressive but without actually challenging hierarchy
Reposted by Asher Desai
I just want Republicans, and the right generally, to be treated as real adults with agency instead of forces of nature that must be appeased or managed. Is that too much to ask?
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I just want Republicans, and the right generally, to be treated as real adults with agency instead of forces of nature that must be appeased or managed. Is that too much to ask?
Can we get a mole into these group chats? I just have to see who these people are talking to.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Can we get a mole into these group chats? I just have to see who these people are talking to.
As an overarching narrative, what you’re saying makes sense. But each individual action is defensible.
1) cross-endorsement: they each liked each other second best. Why not cross-endorse?
2) Fuleihan seems like the best choice for Dep. Mayor.
3) Lander wants to go to DC. Why can’t he?
1) cross-endorsement: they each liked each other second best. Why not cross-endorse?
2) Fuleihan seems like the best choice for Dep. Mayor.
3) Lander wants to go to DC. Why can’t he?
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As an overarching narrative, what you’re saying makes sense. But each individual action is defensible.
1) cross-endorsement: they each liked each other second best. Why not cross-endorse?
2) Fuleihan seems like the best choice for Dep. Mayor.
3) Lander wants to go to DC. Why can’t he?
1) cross-endorsement: they each liked each other second best. Why not cross-endorse?
2) Fuleihan seems like the best choice for Dep. Mayor.
3) Lander wants to go to DC. Why can’t he?
The real injustice is that we have to listen to people like this kid. Mommy got her special boy a job somewhere and now his “analysis” is consequential. In a proper world, we’d never have heard of him.
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The real injustice is that we have to listen to people like this kid. Mommy got her special boy a job somewhere and now his “analysis” is consequential. In a proper world, we’d never have heard of him.
No, because he also values very highly not having to admit he’s bad at something
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
No, because he also values very highly not having to admit he’s bad at something
QJE version: academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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Working paper version: barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and the Gender Gap*
Abstract. Does flexible pay increase the gender wage gap? To answer this question, we analyze the wages of public school teachers in Wisconsin, where a 201
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December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
QJE version: academic.oup.com/qje/article-...
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Working paper version: barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Maybe I’ve memory-holed it, but I thought Dobbs was way bigger in 2022, and though there was discussion of inflation, it was framed as “this is starting to get bad, will we have a soft landing?” rather than “no one can afford anything”.
I guess I should say it takes time for narratives to fester
I guess I should say it takes time for narratives to fester
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Maybe I’ve memory-holed it, but I thought Dobbs was way bigger in 2022, and though there was discussion of inflation, it was framed as “this is starting to get bad, will we have a soft landing?” rather than “no one can afford anything”.
I guess I should say it takes time for narratives to fester
I guess I should say it takes time for narratives to fester
Stancil theory stays winning. None of these had tangible impacts on people’s lives—it was only after the media engine got going did people react electorally.
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Stancil theory stays winning. None of these had tangible impacts on people’s lives—it was only after the media engine got going did people react electorally.