Jonathan Thong
@jcht.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Melbourne. Education focused academic working on developing innovative pedagogical tools and techniques. My teaching expertise is in fields of Macro, Finance, Time Series & Applied Econometrics. NYU alum. 🌈
Taking these new puppies out for a spin
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Taking these new puppies out for a spin
Reppin the Alma mater
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Reppin the Alma mater
OOTD #11 - Travel Edition. Thanks for following along folks!
October 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
OOTD #11 - Travel Edition. Thanks for following along folks!
OOTD #10 - Final Day Edition
October 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
OOTD #10 - Final Day Edition
OOTD #9 - Business Formal Edition
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
OOTD #9 - Business Formal Edition
On my way to pick up my next months supply of The Substance
October 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
On my way to pick up my next months supply of The Substance
Whenever I travel for conferences or other university work and I have an hour to spare between meetings or seminars, I give myself what I call Dracula time where I go back to my room, get back in my pajamas, shut the curtains and just lie in bed awake with my eyes shut until I have to reemerge.
October 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Whenever I travel for conferences or other university work and I have an hour to spare between meetings or seminars, I give myself what I call Dracula time where I go back to my room, get back in my pajamas, shut the curtains and just lie in bed awake with my eyes shut until I have to reemerge.
OOTD #2 - Student recruitment trip edition
October 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
OOTD #2 - Student recruitment trip edition
OOTD #1 - Student recruitment trip edition
October 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
OOTD #1 - Student recruitment trip edition
Highly recommend these earplugs for plane travel! Best ones I’ve tried yet!
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Highly recommend these earplugs for plane travel! Best ones I’ve tried yet!
Springtime on my little balcony garden
September 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Springtime on my little balcony garden
Reposted by Jonathan Thong
Freedom of association, which inherently includes a right to disassociate, is an important part of freedom.
In working out the bounds of socially acceptable expression, of which every society has some, shame is useful, a civil alternative to violence.
Well done essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
In working out the bounds of socially acceptable expression, of which every society has some, shame is useful, a civil alternative to violence.
Well done essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Freedom of association, which inherently includes a right to disassociate, is an important part of freedom.
In working out the bounds of socially acceptable expression, of which every society has some, shame is useful, a civil alternative to violence.
Well done essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
In working out the bounds of socially acceptable expression, of which every society has some, shame is useful, a civil alternative to violence.
Well done essay by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Cass Sunstein right after getting off the phone with @ichotiner.bsky.social
a black dog with a blue collar is sitting on top of a white container .
ALT: a black dog with a blue collar is sitting on top of a white container .
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Cass Sunstein right after getting off the phone with @ichotiner.bsky.social
Reposted by Jonathan Thong
Disney fired and unfired Jimmy Kimmel the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Disney fired and unfired Jimmy Kimmel the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne!
Applications close November 23, 2025
Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
Applications close November 23, 2025
Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
September 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Fellow econ folks! We are hiring! Come work with me and my delightful colleagues at The University of Melbourne!
Applications close November 23, 2025
Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
Applications close November 23, 2025
Link: unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
Fleetwood MacBook Pro
Nick Hut and the Bad Seeds
Queens of the Bronze Age
September 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fleetwood MacBook Pro
Reposted by Jonathan Thong
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
![Issue 1
November 7, 2023
Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety(1]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
& Yes
2,227,384
56.78%
No
1,695,480
43.22%
Total votes
3,922,864
100.00%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gouysuoxatjdb5bjcqe4sfh7/bafkreielbywjkgthjrsgp5s7na3nxbcn3wrdpwegj7vtrqswh6goqydgra@jpeg)
September 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
