Jacob Schumacher
@jacobschumacher.bsky.social
Financial and Political Economist. Non-Stipendary Lecturer at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford. Senior Adviser in Sustainable Finance at the Bank of China London. 中国通. Opinions are my own. Occasionally serious. Can't use it's correctly.
Task failed...successfully?
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Task failed...successfully?
Can someone please get Marty McFly and Doc Brown to go back in time and save that damn ape in the Zoo from being killed?
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Can someone please get Marty McFly and Doc Brown to go back in time and save that damn ape in the Zoo from being killed?
To the woman in the street based whatsapp group chat
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To the woman in the street based whatsapp group chat
Suddenly seeing Obama everywhere in the run up to and after the NYC mayoral election.
I wonder why he's suddenly in the public eye after years of staying quiet during Trump's 2 term rampage....
I wonder why he's suddenly in the public eye after years of staying quiet during Trump's 2 term rampage....
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Suddenly seeing Obama everywhere in the run up to and after the NYC mayoral election.
I wonder why he's suddenly in the public eye after years of staying quiet during Trump's 2 term rampage....
I wonder why he's suddenly in the public eye after years of staying quiet during Trump's 2 term rampage....
Me: Whats the teaching looking like next term?
Oxford: Oh! We have you teaching 35 students. I think thats everyone in the department. We are so very happy about how you did last year that we gave you more!
Me:
Oxford: Oh! We have you teaching 35 students. I think thats everyone in the department. We are so very happy about how you did last year that we gave you more!
Me:
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Me: Whats the teaching looking like next term?
Oxford: Oh! We have you teaching 35 students. I think thats everyone in the department. We are so very happy about how you did last year that we gave you more!
Me:
Oxford: Oh! We have you teaching 35 students. I think thats everyone in the department. We are so very happy about how you did last year that we gave you more!
Me:
Not to preview my draft paper but...
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Not to preview my draft paper but...
Where did all of those descriptive statistics, all of those Shapiro–Wilk tests, the exploratory data analysis, the regressions, the DAGs, the regression discontinuity designs, lead you?
Back to me.
Back to me.
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Where did all of those descriptive statistics, all of those Shapiro–Wilk tests, the exploratory data analysis, the regressions, the DAGs, the regression discontinuity designs, lead you?
Back to me.
Back to me.
Going to tell my kids this is political centrism
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Going to tell my kids this is political centrism
Finally getting the recognition I deserve
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Finally getting the recognition I deserve
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I think someone needs to do a welfare check on Stanford researchers if their AI tool suggests writing this paper.
I think someone needs to do a welfare check on Stanford researchers if their AI tool suggests writing this paper.
October 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I think someone needs to do a welfare check on Stanford researchers if their AI tool suggests writing this paper.
I think someone needs to do a welfare check on Stanford researchers if their AI tool suggests writing this paper.
I needed to feel better so I bought a Hello Kitty Fuzz pedal. Limited edition black colorway too.
At least I got that going for me, which is nice
At least I got that going for me, which is nice
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I needed to feel better so I bought a Hello Kitty Fuzz pedal. Limited edition black colorway too.
At least I got that going for me, which is nice
At least I got that going for me, which is nice
Of all the years to miss COP, I miss this one. Should be tons of fun!
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Of all the years to miss COP, I miss this one. Should be tons of fun!
Can we just stop this song and dance and just get rid of him now?
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can we just stop this song and dance and just get rid of him now?
Incredible determination:
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Incredible determination:
Keir is really going to fight this battle? Weird.
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Keir is really going to fight this battle? Weird.
This seems like, how do you say, an own goal by Keir Starmer on this issue.
The government is getting to "thick of it" levels of comedy at speeds never thought possible.
The government is getting to "thick of it" levels of comedy at speeds never thought possible.
October 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This seems like, how do you say, an own goal by Keir Starmer on this issue.
The government is getting to "thick of it" levels of comedy at speeds never thought possible.
The government is getting to "thick of it" levels of comedy at speeds never thought possible.
I will never understand the priorities of Keir Starmer.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I will never understand the priorities of Keir Starmer.
I should think about the Roman Empire more often
October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I should think about the Roman Empire more often
