Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
Cornell | AEA Data Editor | 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪
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New Post on work to back up the BRFSS. Big thanks to @quetzal1234.bsky.social for a huge undertaking!
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
CDC BRFSS Data: Uncensored Data Now Available on Data Lumos
According to the CDC, “The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding ...
www.datarescueproject.org
Sometimes, it is non-trivial to get access to uncensored data! Thanks and kudos @datarescueproject.org !
Not sure what your employer will think of @washingtonpost.com 's recommendation...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
Me? I'm going to sauna AFTER work...
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CDC BRFSS Data: Uncensored Data Now Available on Data Lumos
According to the CDC, “The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding ...
www.datarescueproject.org
New Post on work to back up the BRFSS. Big thanks to @quetzal1234.bsky.social for a huge undertaking!
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
www.datarescueproject.org/cdc-brfss/
Oh, I forgot to mention: (e) Child mortality about 25% (f) life expectancy about 40 years for most people.
Still great: means fewer child care issues, and absolutely no health insurance problems in retirement...
Still great: means fewer child care issues, and absolutely no health insurance problems in retirement...
So let me get this straight: We're going back to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. Back then (a) women did not have the right to vote (b) most Blacks were slaves (c) Native Americans were still being massacred (d) CO2 levels were about half of today's.
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
So I guess, all in all, a really great time period!
Revolutionizing Economic Measurement at the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies: Pioneering Research on Firm Dynamics, Employment Flows and Transformative Statistical Products
Learn how the Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies became a hub for new data-driven research and economic measurement.
www.census.gov
Innovation and improvement in the many statistics that most economists take for granted comes from careful and thoughtful by a few who go the extra mile (literally!). A reminder how @jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social and Mark Roberts were just a few of those contributing: www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
France should carefully check the absurd White House ballroom when (if) it opens....
The proposal was submitted in August ==> 2024 <==. Due to the T$47/DOGE 💩, they didn't even have staff to say "no"...
I salute all the brave souls still holding out at NSF for better days, and bravely moving science forward.
I salute all the brave souls still holding out at NSF for better days, and bravely moving science forward.
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 15
Or on their website... For convenience, I've circled the relevant passage...
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Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 15
The FBI can't explain why Antifa is an organization at all, says Intercept. This one's easy: go to the organization's website, check their HQ, and then look at the flags to see who the members are...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 13
‘Chalk Revolution’ strikes nerve as Slovakia fears return to authoritarian past
Teenager who first scrawled messages on pavement in protest at rightwing government did not expect so many others to follow suit
www.theguardian.com
Chalk is sold in the US, too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 10
And the first thing I'll do is tell them to correct the typo in their email address. I mean, sure you could correctly write "microsoft".. Let me click on it immediately and tell them...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 10
What? Yet another working group? I am so honored by this request, I will immediately click on the button...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 10
NYT reports "Marco Rubio ordered the State Department to return its default font to Times New Roman. It rejected the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri, done for accessibility reasons, as a D.E.I play." Logical next step: Image below created with Google Font "Redacted Script"
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Nah, this one rests on all days, from 1-7...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Somewhat like the IRS Direct File fiasco - fiasco being that it closed, not that it didn't work. It closed bc companies were losing business. Business they shouldn't need to have, if the tax filing system were somewhat more sane...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Brazil 🇧🇷 has an official gov't website to validate electronic signatures (like on PDFs). Electronic trust, for free. validar.iti.gov.br If you tried this in the US 🇺🇸, you would immediately have lobbyists from M$, Ad0be claiming that this infringes on something (but most likely their profits). 🤷
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 30
It's worth mentioning that global warming is NOT a myth, but ostriches burying their head in the sand IS. And yet, there's a connection, when humans emulate the latter to avoid seeing the former.
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 24
They're only $20 bill rolls... that's why.
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Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 24
I am fairly certain that having rolls of $100 bills in a box is NOT one of the "5 best easy ways to earn a passive income"... but then, maybe I'm wrong, and that's why I don't have a box full of $100 bill rolls...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Congrats to @simine.com for winning the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Individual award "Promoting Quality in Research" this year! Well earned!
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
It is worth noting that yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the Nürnberg trials, in which the United States and its allies tried and ultimately convicted war criminals. Those were the times.
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
I hear the building is still available.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 7
I hope this means we'll continue to be able to buy foot long sandwiches without a background check. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Usually, "back to the office" mandates should have CEO's lead by example. And if you don't show up, you are fired. Not rewarded with even higher incentives. Can I get that "back to the office" BONUS as well??? Please?
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Nov 1
Was driving along that weird stretch of US-Canada bisected street (the street is in Canada the houses on the southern side are in the US), and almost all the houses in the southern side, usually flying 🇺🇸, were flying 🇨🇦, with posters "Elbows up".
Lars Vilhuber
@larsvil.bsky.social
· Oct 24
@nytimes.com ia starting to resemble Fox News in their selection of facts to highlight in their headlines and pictures.