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Diane Coyle
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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist

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Dame Diane Coyle is a British economist. Since March 2018, she has been the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, co-directing the Bennett Institute.

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Economics 61%
Political science 13%
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 8h
Waking up to the latest from the US … there’s some line about things happening slowly until they happen very fast.

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Umit Singh Dhuga @usdhuga.bsky.social · 8h
Nice chart from John Authers just dropped:

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Pierre Aldama @paldama.bsky.social · 8h
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov

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Jack Ryan 🙏🧪 @jacksonwryan.com · 14h
🧪 Here's a science mystery to start the year.

Why are species names for fish and plants appearing in the scientific literature in papers about firefighter injuries, hearing loss and heart attack?

Is it AI? Translation tools? Something else?

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Red YT wtf circle around the black and white image of a fish with a big black eye. It's a predaceous chub.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 17h
After an initial bark #sophiefromromania loves it when our friends come over

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Dave O’Brien, Christopher Smith

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 21h
Recorded and posted afterwards

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 22h
Delighted we’re welcoming @drodrik.bsky.social to Cambridge on Thursday to give the STLee public lecture - free but book here www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/share...
Shared prosperity in a fractured world - a new economics for the middle class, the global poor, and our climate - Centre for Science and Policy
The 2026 Dr S T Lee Public Policy Lecture A talk by Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Overview Fighting...
www.csap.cam.ac.uk

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d
“You’re going to post something about your mad wife making you and #sophiefromromania go out in the dark aren’t you?” Well, yes but it got lighter and we went home for a #bigbreakfast

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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 2d
Manchester’s Central Library was once considered the British Library of the North. Did a miscalculation in shelving lead to it having to chop a huge fraction of its non-fiction collection, and at speed? I spent a year obsessing about a long-lost rumour from the early 2010s tinyurl.com/ynsyvy2t
The lost books of Central Library: scandal or conspiracy theory?
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
tinyurl.com

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 2d
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d
Good morning #sophiefromromania - the prof will take you out soon, I’ve got to get ready to talk about gadgets on the Today programme at 8:50

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Caroline Krafft, Iikka Korhonen

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 3d
New VoxTalks Economics with @talknormal.co.uk
Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how #AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build the reasoning skills employers value.
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#EconSky
New VoxTalks Economics: Has AI eaten the economics major? Dame Wendy Carlin (UCL & CEPR) discusses how AI is reshaping economics education, how the CORE Project is adapting teaching, and why AI can help students build reasoning skills employers value. Recorded at the CEPR Paris Symposium with Tim Phillips. Listen here: https://cepr.org/multimedia/has-ai-eaten-economics-major

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 3d
Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 3d
Jet lag? What’s that? Very happy to be out with #sophiefromromania even if the weather is a little inclement

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d
#sophiefromromania welcomes home @rorycj.bsky.social

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/negr...? Better than straight negronis
Negroni sbagliato
For a vibrant take on the negroni cocktail use prosecco instead of gin, with Campari and vermouth. Serve in a highball glass with an orange slice
www.bbcgoodfood.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 4d
Looking for an opportunity to improve the world a bit? @nuffieldfoundation.org is looking for a new trustee. A great organisation supporting a range of research and initiatives such as @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social; all ably led by @gavin-kelly.bsky.social
www.saxbam.com/appointment/...
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation seeks a new member of its Board of Trustees. The Nuffield Foundation tackles the UK’s biggest social challenges by funding
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 4d
Well, one good thing to happen so far in 2026 is that ballet classes restarted today and the class cat was waiting for us

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 4d
This evening, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social appeared on BBC Look East explaining why the future of science in Cambridge is optimistic.

But, success depends on agile policymaking, coordinated support for scaling companies, & skills across the region.

Watch from 17m33s: bit.ly/3N2FPmt
Look East - Evening News: 07/01/2026
The latest news, sport and weather for the East of England.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 4d
Ooh! It was recorded a while ago …

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 4d
#sophiefromromania has the important task of inspecting every defunct Xmas tree to make sure it’s under 6 feet in height

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.

Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government

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Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · 5d
Y’all look like you a need a break from the news cycle. Why not read our new Bulletin on the how the financing of the AI boom is shifting from cash flow to debt financing!?

www.bis.org/publ/bisbull...
Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt
www.bis.org

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5d
Here’s Ep 3 of this week’s Better Offline CES coverage. I’m joined by @rorycj.bsky.social @vicmsong.bsky.social , @iwriteok.bsky.social, @adamconover.net and @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social to talk about many things from Peptides to Wearables.

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CES 2026: Part Three (Tuesday)
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/07/2026 · 2h 9m
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d
Sadly, yes

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d
Yes, economic measurement is indeed a big deal
timobres.bsky.social Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 5d
Recommend both the highlights and the video of the panel. Economic measurement is a big deal.
erikamcentarfer.bsky.social Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 5d
This was a great panel, and if you care about economic data, you should definitely listen to the whole thing.

But for those of you who would rather get some highlights, here's what I found most interesting: 🧵

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 5d
Recommend both the highlights and the video of the panel. Economic measurement is a big deal.
erikamcentarfer.bsky.social Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 5d
This was a great panel, and if you care about economic data, you should definitely listen to the whole thing.

But for those of you who would rather get some highlights, here's what I found most interesting: 🧵
David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 5d
ICYMI: Here's video of the panel -- "The State of Government Economic Statistics" -- that I moderated at the ASSA meetings. Karen Dynan, William Beach, Loretta Mester, Seth Carpenter, and Jed Kolko www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/202...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d
This is fascinating
johncarlosbaez.bsky.social John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 6d
Biology is so wild. It doesn't respect the rules we make up.

We all know children inherit genes from their parents. But it turns out mothers also inherit genes from their children!

And it can help them. (But it can also hurt them.)

For more, read this:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Text from this article: www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04102-4 Then, in 1969, a team studying immunity in pregnant people detected white blood cells that contained the Y chromosome in the blood of individuals who would eventually give birth to boys1. For more than two decades, it was presumed that these microchimeric cells were a temporary feature of pregnancy. It wasn’t until 1993 that geneticist Diana Bianchi found cells with Y chromosomes in women who had given birth to sons between one and 27 years earlier2. This finding overturned the dogma that children inherit genes from their parents and never the other way around — these transferred fetal cells move through the family tree, travelling ‘backwards in time’ from children to their mothers. Bianchi and others would go on to show that these cells have remarkable regenerative properties — promoting wound healing in mothers by transforming into blood vessels or skin cells.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d
Hah, I re-read this yesterday