Lars Vilhuber
@lars.vilhuber.com
Cornell | AEA Data Editor | 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇩🇪
This cannot end well. See www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya... for future fiction.
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This cannot end well. See www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya... for future fiction.
The logical consequence is that the IRS, or it's supervisor (Bessent) go to prison for 5 years. That's what the law says.
February 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The logical consequence is that the IRS, or it's supervisor (Bessent) go to prison for 5 years. That's what the law says.
So Canada 🇨🇦 has half of the three medals?
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
So Canada 🇨🇦 has half of the three medals?
Eleanor Wilkin and I are jointly searching for a #predoc (start: July 2026). This is the successor to my current fantastic pre-doc assisting the @aeadata.bsky.social but also working on Eleanor's work between econ and law! More information at www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/post/ld...
LDI Seeks Next Replication Lab Coordinator and Research Assistant
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Law School at Cornell University is seeking a Replication Lab Coordinator & Research Assistant (Research Aide IV). This full-time, benefits-eligibl...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Eleanor Wilkin and I are jointly searching for a #predoc (start: July 2026). This is the successor to my current fantastic pre-doc assisting the @aeadata.bsky.social but also working on Eleanor's work between econ and law! More information at www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/post/ld...
I knew it! I'll try to keep that up until the kefeveve...
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I knew it! I'll try to keep that up until the kefeveve...
Even Calvin+Hobbes is political these days... www.gocomics.com/calvinandhob...
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 9, 2026 | GoComics
Read Calvin and Hobbes—a comic strip by creator Bill Watterson—for today, February 9, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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February 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Even Calvin+Hobbes is political these days... www.gocomics.com/calvinandhob...
Just as I was saying...
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Just as I was saying...
He's going to demolish it. Then rebuild it with a golden neoclassical façade...
February 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He's going to demolish it. Then rebuild it with a golden neoclassical façade...
@rsf.org says "In 2025, nearly 750 journalists from 76 countries received RSF aid as conflict and authoritarianism fuelled growing emergency needs."
Journalists were just arrested in the United States by the federal government. This can't help the US move up the RSF scoreboard right now...
Journalists were just arrested in the United States by the federal government. This can't help the US move up the RSF scoreboard right now...
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
@rsf.org says "In 2025, nearly 750 journalists from 76 countries received RSF aid as conflict and authoritarianism fuelled growing emergency needs."
Journalists were just arrested in the United States by the federal government. This can't help the US move up the RSF scoreboard right now...
Journalists were just arrested in the United States by the federal government. This can't help the US move up the RSF scoreboard right now...
My stem cells are stuck, who would have known...
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
My stem cells are stuck, who would have known...
I now have at least 7(?) MFA apps on my phone, and every entity is asking me to install THEIRs. I am sure this decreases security b/c confusion/inability to verify all of them/etc. Lots of trust in the supply chain of these apps... Okta Duo BeyondIdentity RSA Microsoft Google Authy bank-specific...
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I now have at least 7(?) MFA apps on my phone, and every entity is asking me to install THEIRs. I am sure this decreases security b/c confusion/inability to verify all of them/etc. Lots of trust in the supply chain of these apps... Okta Duo BeyondIdentity RSA Microsoft Google Authy bank-specific...
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⏰ Final reminder - deadline 1 Feb 2026
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January 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
The Boss has spoken youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Boss has spoken youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
When the comparison group are German Nazis in WWII and the temperature is in single digits Fahrenheit...
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 PM
When the comparison group are German Nazis in WWII and the temperature is in single digits Fahrenheit...
I got one of these old-style Captchas... Plunked it into whatever AI Chat window I had open, and asked the AI to read of the numbers. Answer was: "here are the numbers. What is your problem?"...
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I got one of these old-style Captchas... Plunked it into whatever AI Chat window I had open, and asked the AI to read of the numbers. Answer was: "here are the numbers. What is your problem?"...
Somehow, almost every comic strip is political these days... www.gocomics.com/darksideofth...
Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for January 23, 2026 | GoComics
Read Dark Side of the Horse—a comic strip by creator Samson—for today, January 23, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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January 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Somehow, almost every comic strip is political these days... www.gocomics.com/darksideofth...
With all the 💩 going on in the world, I see more young people (no, not that 👶young) listening and watching stuff they didn't use to - such as Carney's Davos speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e.... The effect? They will vote! www.vote.org
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January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
With all the 💩 going on in the world, I see more young people (no, not that 👶young) listening and watching stuff they didn't use to - such as Carney's Davos speech www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1e.... The effect? They will vote! www.vote.org
As researchers, we jump through a lot of hoops to access useful but confidential data (secure rooms, disclosure avoidance protocols, 🔒etc.). These DOGE guys just bulldozed through it. I'm not jealous. I'm pissed, that they are not yet in prison www.politico.com/news/2026/01... LOCK'M UP! LOCK'M UP!
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 PM
As researchers, we jump through a lot of hoops to access useful but confidential data (secure rooms, disclosure avoidance protocols, 🔒etc.). These DOGE guys just bulldozed through it. I'm not jealous. I'm pissed, that they are not yet in prison www.politico.com/news/2026/01... LOCK'M UP! LOCK'M UP!
Jan 20. As they say: We remember.
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Jan 20. As they say: We remember.
www.gocomics.com/freerange/20... seems like an apt description of the world right now.
Free Range by Bill Whitehead for January 19, 2026 | GoComics
Read Free Range—a comic strip by creator Bill Whitehead—for today, January 19, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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January 19, 2026 at 12:39 PM
www.gocomics.com/freerange/20... seems like an apt description of the world right now.
Sometimes, it is non-trivial to get access to uncensored data! Thanks and kudos @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/
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 ...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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...
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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...
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!
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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!
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...
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.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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....
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
France should carefully check the absurd White House ballroom when (if) it opens....