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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 3h

Check out refine.ink for AI technical referee reports on your papers if you haven't tried it yet

DM me or reply if you want preview credits to see how it performs on papers of various kinds

Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

#econtwitter #econsky: recently used Refine.ink (developed by @ben_golub) as a AI assessment tool for papers + it is amazing, so wanted to share some examples of what it can do if you are curious. (It's much, much better than other free tools I've used)

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 2d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 2d

The published versions should have age markers on it (page yellowing, simulated tears) to varying degrees based on low long the process took

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 2d

Fell behind the desk rejection?

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 3d

Connecticut is back, baby!

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 11d

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social
I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 9d

Same post from my kids school chat

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Nathan Lane @nathanlane.bsky.social · 9d

We’re hiring @ LSE

We have *multiple* economist positions—assistant and associate professor—here at LSE International Development.

Our economics group is expanding and we have exciting stuff planned.

We’re keen on big picture economists.

Feel free to DM me questions.

American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

www.aeaweb.org

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 12d

If only there was a legal way for people to protect intellectual property from being used for other purposes without permission.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 13d

🆕 Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture

Today on VoxDev, Pauline Castaing (World Bank) & @gazeaud.bsky.social (@cerdi.bsky.social) discuss the impact of index insurance on smallholder productivity in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...

Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture

Index insurance can help smallholder farmers take on more productive risks, but its impacts remain modest, uncertain, and highly context dependent.

voxdev.org

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 13d

It looks like the Pixar lamp is waiting for its piece

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 13d

Have you gotten to bird blindness yet?

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 14d

Overhead costs of NGOs are one of the justifications for cutting back global health aid according to the the new State Department strategy document

David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 14d

As of April the Georgia Medicaid work-requirement program had spent $54.2 million on administrative costs since 2021, compared to $26.1 million spent on health care costs, GAO says. Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget. www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

www.propublica.org

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 14d

Seriously

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing is sacred when it comes to Americans and food

Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, not serve them immediately

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 20d

You’re supposed to…serve lasagna noodles right away @ryancbriggs.net ?

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 22d

Was that a golden rice pun (not my area, seriously asking)

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 23d

Oh, I was afraid it was some sort of live screen thing that could turn on

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 23d

Sigh

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 23d

Please tell me zoom phones isn’t a thing this earth hath wrought

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 24d

@marshallburke.bsky.social I can’t speak to this but the marine scientists do seem to have the advantage over social scientists at least in project names

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 24d

yo #cetacean biologists, #whale scientists, wildlife/remote sensing nerds --

what's the track record of attempts to use satellite imagery to spot whales? eg www.spacewhales.de. Null results don't get shared; I'm trying to understand how much of a fool's errand this is vs no it's possible now! 🌊🦑

AI Detected Whales - Spacewhales

SPACEWHALE is a novel method for detecting whales in very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery which can monitor regions in the high seas where traditional boat or aerial-based surveys are difficul...

www.spacewhales.de

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 24d

Tried to text my kid a photo of friends new puppy sleeping @darthbluesky.bsky.social

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 24d

Sadly the 2015 Nobel committee had to go with their runner up choice

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 24d

I just started a new job at a university and they had the good sense to install a phone that doesn’t work so there’d be no ambiguity

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