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Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓

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Economics PhD candidate at University of Melbourne Magical girl reject & local feral rat All bad takes are out of my own stupidity ENG/中文 ⬇️ https://xinranhu.com/

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Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Nov 15

Getting to know me: A starter Pack

(Just so you know I have a physical copy of this next to my desk)

This is a warning sign in black text that reads
"Beware
This human being suffers from:
• Mental illness
• Anxiety
• Jealousy
• Bad takes on China
• Rodent of unusual size
• Questionable spouse choice
• Bad humour
• Furbies
• Grumpy old lady
• Neurodivergence (hopefully so)
• Pokémon
"

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Sep 4

Someday I will start my collection of realistic yet adorable mouse and rat trinkets from all over the world

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Aug 20

IDK y’all we might be doomed

Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Aug 19

K-pop at the Econometric Society World Congress Welcome Reception in Seoul 🇰🇷 @econometric.bsky.social

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Aug 17

I probably should make myself another account for non-economics stuff but I genuinely do not have any irl friends outside work

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Aug 17

IDK go watch the Amazing Digital Circus while I slowly and painfully fix myself I guess

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Apr 23

False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · Apr 22

Puffin's Bluff

A puffin stands on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. "I always thought I'd get wiser and braver with time... but I'm only becoming more neurotic". We see its perspective, looking down at the rough water below. "Why am I like this? Does it help me?" A close up of the puffin's face, looking momentarily cheerful. "Maybe overthinking IS wisdom! I AM the contemplative figure, gifted with great insight". They look down again "...and nervous bowels".

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Mar 20

* Continues to have a rant over why I cannot fully identify as cisfem due to teenage trauma *

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Mar 20

Really wanted to capitalize this typo to go by any pronouns now, but also excessively guilty of the thought as I definitely still look female

Yeah I’m a he/him when people are not fully awake

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Mar 5

Poetic.

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Feb 25

Funny how every time I log back in I see bad news…

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Feb 3

🆕 Electronic waste is a silent killer in West Africa

Today on VoxDev, Stefania Lovo and Sam Rawlings (University of Reading) outline evidence from Ghana and Nigeria which shows that e-waste dumping is causing a health crisis: voxdev.org/topic/health...

Electronic waste is a silent killer in West Africa

Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria shows that e-waste dumping is causing a health crisis, claiming the lives of newborns and infants living nearby.

voxdev.org

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Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 22

Me when I Chinese

spottingthespot.bsky.social @spottingthespot.bsky.social · Jan 13

Do not write 'Abstract', but use Pumping elephant from now on! I applaud these authors for their creativity. Abstract, so boring! A pumping elephant is more interesting!
@springernature.bsky.social did retract this paper! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 17

Well machine learning is prolly not ridiculous enough to be funny either, creative writing will fit better

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 17

here you go

What are dumplings and what are not meme

Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 17

一个比较好的例子是我之前见过的“野指针是饺子”.jpg，我要是能在手机里找到的话就贴出来

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Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 17

Epidemiology is not ridiculous enough to fit in the bottom right corner IMO

It should be something like “Machine learning is economics” (Who can say otherwise, they are fitting data to model!)

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 16

Bringing you good content from the other platform

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Jan 17

Live your life so that when you die, some joyless schmuck is annoyed that his entire social media feed is a wall of people's posts talking about how much you and your work meant to them

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Xinran Hu 胡欣然 🐀👓 @xinranhu.bsky.social · Jan 15

You’ll be surprised by the uncensored Chinese… ideology? (I just hate the word “ideology” because it’s so negatively misused under Chinese narrative, as an umbrella term any “foreign” thoughts people don’t like)