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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Apr 28

@hhsievertsen.bsky.social & S Smith find the opinions of visibly senior female economists carry more weight. Credentials may reduce or reverse discrimination as women who have made it in male-dominated domains may be seen as being even better than male counterparts.
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Who has more authority in the eyes of the public – male or female economists? This column uses an information experiment to show that the opinions of visibly senior female economists (professors in top economics departments) carry more weight. A plausible explanation is that credentials (signals of success) may reduce or reverse stereotyped discrimination: women who have made it in male-dominated domains may be seen as being even better than their male counterparts. In line with this, a follow-up experiment finds that the gender gap in favour of female experts disappears when the credentials are removed.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Apr 20

Waiting for Fern Brady #standup #hipstamatic

Purple stage lights with microphone in a spotlight, stool in background

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Apr 2

I love this more than I can say…

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yet more evidence that wearing atypical headgear during political campaigns is not a formula for electoral success.

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David Anderson @dmaanderson.bsky.social · Feb 26

For those who want to know more about what happens when a large percentage of a state's adult population loses #Medicaid enrollment all of a sudden, go read about #TennCare disenrollment:

#HealthPolicy

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RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social · Feb 10

Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, died #OTD 1912. His pioneering work on antiseptic surgery began on the wards at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he used carbolic acid for the first time. His antiseptic principles & practice revolutionised surgery & saved millions of lives.
#histmed

Black and white photograph of Joseph Lister. He is sat facing to the right with head turned slightly towards the camera. he is wearing a dark three-piece suit and bowtie.

A class ticket from one of Lister's clinical lectures on the cases of surgical patients at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The card belonged to Murdoch Cameron and is signed by both himself and Lister

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Feb 3

The disappearing federal data www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/h...

The disappearing federal data

Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning! There's a lot going

www.statnews.com

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Jan 27

Double glass street light with misty sea green light, fog and trees in the backyard. Powerlines crossing above the streelight.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · Jan 9

Some delightful stuff in this collection. 🧶

Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social · Jan 9

Holy cow. Did you know that the V&A has a collection of 1940s knitting patterns you can access for free? Saving these for later!

www.vam.ac.uk/articles/194...

1940s knitting patterns · V&A

Download free 1940s knitting patterns

www.vam.ac.uk

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · Dec 31

A wish for 2025 is that empirical researchers in and beyond economics read or re-read this JEP paper by Guido Imbens and take to heart—and to practice—its message.

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Dec 31

(27) Requiem for odds ratios? | LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/requie...

Requiem for odds ratios?

Health Services Research has decided that studies using logistic regressions should report marginal effects rather than odds ratios. Why did they make this decision? A paper by Norton et al.

www.linkedin.com

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Chris Neill 🐧 @chrisneill.bsky.social · Dec 30

Even managed to do a reshape in front of a student, after saying "this never works the first time".

Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Dec 30

I did reshape in Stata without looking at the help file.

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Dec 23

Many people talk about the "Golden Age of Antibiotics", but I hadn't seen it visualized properly.

Just how many types of antibiotics were discovered during that time?

So, I visualized it myself!

A timeline titled "The Golden Age of Antibiotics" shows when each antibiotic drug class was first available for medical use, with example antibiotics labeled. Classes are color-coded by their source: actinomycetes, other bacteria, fungi, or synthetic. Milestones include the first antibiotics (arsphenamines in 1910), as well as the discovery of many actinomycetes-derived antibiotics, such as streptomycin, and sulfonamides, penicillins, and tetracyclines. Data: Hutchings, Truman, Wilkinson (2019). Created by Saloni Dattani for Our World in Data.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 19

Rialto Bridge, at dawn 📷 #photography #Venice #RialtoBridge #bluehour

Rialto bridge in the blue hour with a water bus passing underneath

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 18

Goose Island, Glacier National Park 📷 #GooseIsland #GlacierNationalPark #photography

Small island with a few pine trees in a sparkling lake in the middle ground with pine trees in the foreground and mountain peaks in the background and a bright sky with a few puffy clouds.

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · Dec 17

Welcome back to #TrilobiteTuesday

Here are two pygidia belonging to Encrinurus egani. This specimen comes from the Upper Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow Series) Joliet Dolomite in Grafton, Illinois. It was collected by the late Bruce Stinchcomb.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 16

Tower Bridge 📷 #photography #TowerBridge #London #Hipstamatic

A view of Tower Bridge and the river Thames

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Photography and Art Gallery @u42.co · Dec 15

Separated by glass. As well as the reflections in the window and the light, why are the men on the inside and the the women on the outside? Got me wondering. #photography #bluesky #art #vintagelenses
#france #shadows #blackandwhite #streetphotography

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 15

Vintage double decker bus 📷 #photography #London

Silver painted double decker Route 15 Tower Hill bus behind a black cab

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · Dec 11

Seasons Greetings to all who celebrate Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 10

Here’s the castle…

A rocky shoreline in the foreground with stone castle ruins in the background.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 10

A guardian of Dunstanburgh Castle on the Northumberland Coast, northern England. 📷 #photography #DunstanburghCastle #Northumberland

A lone ram on the crest of a low hill with dramatic clouds above.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 9

Sunrise at Norris Geyser Basin 📷 #photography #geysers #Yellowstone #Hipstamatic

Steam cloud arising from the ground in Yellowstone with a turquoise sky from the camera filter and the sun rising in the background.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 7

Hidden Lake Overlook, Logan’s Pass, Glacier National Park 📷 #photography #GlacierNationalPark

Mountain pass with lake in the background.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 7

Nothing says Christmas like a Viking ship ornament :-) 📷 #photography #Hipstamatic #Christmas

Viking ship Christmas tree ornament backlit by the tree lights.

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Amy Wolaver @awolaver.bsky.social · Dec 6

Not the best shot of all time, but it’s pretty amazing to me for a bright red male cardinal to be so well camouflaged 📷 #photography #cardinal #Hipstamatic

Trees and brush with a cardinal hidden in the middle

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