George Wu
@geowu.bsky.social
Decision researcher; just enough of a psychologist and economist to be dangerous
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George Wu
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· Jul 4
We've just completed a revision of this comment and posted it to SSRN. We very much appreciate all the useful and thoughtful comments that we've gotten from colleagues, Bluesky commentators, and, of course, Ryan Oprea.
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French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
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Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
Bessent says China to delay rare earths rules by a year, buy U.S. soybeans reut.rs/42YJMO9
Bessent says China to delay rare earths rules by a year, buy U.S. soybeans
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he anticipates that China will revive substantial purchases of U.S. soybeans for several years and will delay its expanded licensing regime for rare earths by a year and re-examine it after two days of trade talks in Malaysia.
reut.rs
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
Freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan is chronicling the ICE atrocities in Chicago on instagram.
The best and worst of people in the same photo.
www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto...
The best and worst of people in the same photo.
www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto...
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www.instagram.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan is chronicling the ICE atrocities in Chicago on instagram.
The best and worst of people in the same photo.
www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto...
The best and worst of people in the same photo.
www.instagram.com/mkaplanphoto...
Watching the Chicago Marathon broadcast.
Technology is amazing. Real-time CGI covering plywood covered storefronts and smoldering buildings with fake backgrounds
www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/...
Technology is amazing. Real-time CGI covering plywood covered storefronts and smoldering buildings with fake backgrounds
www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/...
Watch the 2025 Bank of America Chicago Marathon live right here
The Chicago Marathon is here, and you can watch all the action live, from start to finish.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Watching the Chicago Marathon broadcast.
Technology is amazing. Real-time CGI covering plywood covered storefronts and smoldering buildings with fake backgrounds
www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/...
Technology is amazing. Real-time CGI covering plywood covered storefronts and smoldering buildings with fake backgrounds
www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/...
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"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
trib.al
October 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection."
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Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Fearless journalists & vigilant residents tell Chicago's story
The abuses of federal power are far worse here in Chicago. Don't look away.
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chicago is safe, beautiful and vibrant. In fact, it was just voted the best big city in America for the ninth year in a row. If the jaw dropping images you’ve seen recently on TV or social media make it look like a war zone, that’s on Donald Trump. My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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This is illegal, and yes this is the same guy who claimed he'd never heard of Project 2025. But there's a larger point to make here about public service. No one who wins elected office wins 100% of the vote. But everyone who holds public office represents 100% of their electorate.
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is illegal, and yes this is the same guy who claimed he'd never heard of Project 2025. But there's a larger point to make here about public service. No one who wins elected office wins 100% of the vote. But everyone who holds public office represents 100% of their electorate.
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"When we handed one agent the official papers of a legal resident, the masked agent took the documents, shoved our handcuffed resident into an unmarked vehicle, and sped off."
Past Chris Harris from Bright Star, whose shelter was attacked today by immigration agents, shows and tells what happened.
Past Chris Harris from Bright Star, whose shelter was attacked today by immigration agents, shows and tells what happened.
Masked Federal ICE Agents Raided Our Bright Star CDC Bronzeville Homeless Shelter And Took Residents
YouTube video by Bright Star Community Outreach BSCO
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"When we handed one agent the official papers of a legal resident, the masked agent took the documents, shoved our handcuffed resident into an unmarked vehicle, and sped off."
Past Chris Harris from Bright Star, whose shelter was attacked today by immigration agents, shows and tells what happened.
Past Chris Harris from Bright Star, whose shelter was attacked today by immigration agents, shows and tells what happened.
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A pop up box on Tylenol dot com
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A pop up box on Tylenol dot com
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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.
This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.
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...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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.
This record would not earn you a job as junior economist at BLS.
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Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.
August 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.
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We've just completed a revision of this comment and posted it to SSRN. We very much appreciate all the useful and thoughtful comments that we've gotten from colleagues, Bluesky commentators, and, of course, Ryan Oprea.
@urisohn.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@urisohn.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We've just completed a revision of this comment and posted it to SSRN. We very much appreciate all the useful and thoughtful comments that we've gotten from colleagues, Bluesky commentators, and, of course, Ryan Oprea.
@urisohn.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@urisohn.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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June 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
June 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.
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Ok, this fucking rocks. Everyone should be able to use the bathroom when they're out and about.
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ok, this fucking rocks. Everyone should be able to use the bathroom when they're out and about.
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
Massive crowds, #NoKingsDay Chicago demonstration!
June 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Massive crowds, #NoKingsDay Chicago demonstration!
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This is economic policy gone horribly wrong
Can't remember the last time a chart made me this mad
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/com...
Can't remember the last time a chart made me this mad
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/com...
June 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is economic policy gone horribly wrong
Can't remember the last time a chart made me this mad
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/com...
Can't remember the last time a chart made me this mad
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/com...
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Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
No Kings
On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...
www.nokings.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere.
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map