liam rice
@riamlice.bsky.social
clown of a person!
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university faculty in RI
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sports | economics | third thing
university faculty in RI
very much not a professional work account -> views are my own
i literally gave a principles final exam today about 30 minutes away. it’s just a terrifying world we continue to decide to live in.
NEW: Brown econ prof Rachel Friedberg says the shooting happened in a finals review session:
"The room has stadium seating with doors that enter at the top. [The TA] said that the shooter came in the doors, yelled something ... and started shooting." www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...
"The room has stadium seating with doors that enter at the top. [The TA] said that the shooter came in the doors, yelled something ... and started shooting." www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul...
December 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
i literally gave a principles final exam today about 30 minutes away. it’s just a terrifying world we continue to decide to live in.
everyday we shave down the institutions that bind us together just a bit more. every new details somehow still manages to boggle!
Amazing reporting from @katiemangan.bsky.social and @peterelkind.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
previously unreported documents and interviews... reveals the extent to which the government violated legal and procedural norms to gin up its case against the institution
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
previously unreported documents and interviews... reveals the extent to which the government violated legal and procedural norms to gin up its case against the institution
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
How the government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
everyday we shave down the institutions that bind us together just a bit more. every new details somehow still manages to boggle!
i do really like CORE econ for my intro classes, highly recommend
Learn how to access 1000+ FREE test bank questions for The Economy 1.0 & 2.0. Huge thanks to @ucl.ac.uk's Ramin Nassehi for this fantastic walkthrough video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJM...
UCL's Ramin Nassehi explains how to use CORE's test bank
YouTube video by CORE Econ
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
i do really like CORE econ for my intro classes, highly recommend
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Whether it's a hawkish cut or dovish cut, the important thing is you panic
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Whether it's a hawkish cut or dovish cut, the important thing is you panic
one day, we will all recognize the supreme genre of music:
city pop
city pop
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
one day, we will all recognize the supreme genre of music:
city pop
city pop
what indiana football has done over the last two years is nothing short of insane
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
what indiana football has done over the last two years is nothing short of insane
spending the weekend building my undergrad health econ syllabus, as i once dreamed of doing as a small child of course
December 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
spending the weekend building my undergrad health econ syllabus, as i once dreamed of doing as a small child of course
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
wait… this is an essay from a college JUNIOR??
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
wait… this is an essay from a college JUNIOR??
dolphins saints may be the most disgusting game this year
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
dolphins saints may be the most disgusting game this year
ryan day in the michigan game is a modern religious parable, truly a narrative work of art every year
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ryan day in the michigan game is a modern religious parable, truly a narrative work of art every year
spending my saturday drafting up my final exams, like i always dreamed since i was a wee lad
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
spending my saturday drafting up my final exams, like i always dreamed since i was a wee lad
somehow equal parts informative and hilarious—cannot recommend subscribing to the read optional enough.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
somehow equal parts informative and hilarious—cannot recommend subscribing to the read optional enough.
embarrassing for an institution supposedly committed to the academic pursuit of learning. add int to the list of schools to never attend nor speak at in the future.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
embarrassing for an institution supposedly committed to the academic pursuit of learning. add int to the list of schools to never attend nor speak at in the future.
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We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
spending thanksgiving watching what hand jordan love hands off with on runs thanks to @ollieconnolly.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
spending thanksgiving watching what hand jordan love hands off with on runs thanks to @ollieconnolly.bsky.social
happy holiday season 🎉
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
happy holiday season 🎉
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McCarthy is up to a 48% pressure rate. Five sacks. Two picks. 87 passing yards on 19 attempts. A -0.58 EPA PER PLAY. This just isn't professional quarterback play. You cannot continue to roll with this without losing a locker room
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
McCarthy is up to a 48% pressure rate. Five sacks. Two picks. 87 passing yards on 19 attempts. A -0.58 EPA PER PLAY. This just isn't professional quarterback play. You cannot continue to roll with this without losing a locker room
Student access to LLMs has meant the student PPTs I get for our semester-long research project are great but then the presentations (where students need to actually explain the content and answer questions) is a trainwreck
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Student access to LLMs has meant the student PPTs I get for our semester-long research project are great but then the presentations (where students need to actually explain the content and answer questions) is a trainwreck
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
this is a fascinating and mundane story at the same time somehow
“There is no world where this makes any sense,” said David Autor, one of the MIT professors who had previously championed his student’s research. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
this is a fascinating and mundane story at the same time somehow
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Odds of a December rate cut have RISEN after jobs report, likely because uptick in unemployment rate, which Fed sees as better metric than jobs since it captures changes in immigration/population.
Still, seems wrong -- rate cut is predicated on threat of rapid drop in hiring, which didn't happen.
Still, seems wrong -- rate cut is predicated on threat of rapid drop in hiring, which didn't happen.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Odds of a December rate cut have RISEN after jobs report, likely because uptick in unemployment rate, which Fed sees as better metric than jobs since it captures changes in immigration/population.
Still, seems wrong -- rate cut is predicated on threat of rapid drop in hiring, which didn't happen.
Still, seems wrong -- rate cut is predicated on threat of rapid drop in hiring, which didn't happen.
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Exports down!🍾🥂
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Exports down!🍾🥂
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Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.