fbrady
@fbrady.bsky.social
https://franciscothebrady.github.io/
i like to code and skim econ papers.
🥳 public 🎉 goods🥳 amplifier
Howard U. Econ %>%
Fed Reserve RA %>%
UChicago IEL %>%
UMich MPP %>%
Analyst at Poverty Solutions
i like to code and skim econ papers.
🥳 public 🎉 goods🥳 amplifier
Howard U. Econ %>%
Fed Reserve RA %>%
UChicago IEL %>%
UMich MPP %>%
Analyst at Poverty Solutions
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Sexual harassment & bullying is power. Power, prestige, & connections of the abusers leveraged against those without it.
Academia is full of these power differentials. That coupled with institutional refusal to enforce anti-discrimination measures leads to this type of abuse. He's but ONE of many.
Academia is full of these power differentials. That coupled with institutional refusal to enforce anti-discrimination measures leads to this type of abuse. He's but ONE of many.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sexual harassment & bullying is power. Power, prestige, & connections of the abusers leveraged against those without it.
Academia is full of these power differentials. That coupled with institutional refusal to enforce anti-discrimination measures leads to this type of abuse. He's but ONE of many.
Academia is full of these power differentials. That coupled with institutional refusal to enforce anti-discrimination measures leads to this type of abuse. He's but ONE of many.
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Hi there,
My family and I are exhausted from constant hardship. I’m asking for support because we truly need it. Your help would bring us light in dark days.
Your donation can help me directly💚
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My family and I are exhausted from constant hardship. I’m asking for support because we truly need it. Your help would bring us light in dark days.
Your donation can help me directly💚
✅Verified by #Molly_Shah
✅✅Donation link 🙏🙏
Please consider making a donation 💚
Your support can help us rebuild, heal, and find hope again after all we’ve endured.
gofund.me
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hi there,
My family and I are exhausted from constant hardship. I’m asking for support because we truly need it. Your help would bring us light in dark days.
Your donation can help me directly💚
✅Verified by #Molly_Shah
✅✅Donation link 🙏🙏
My family and I are exhausted from constant hardship. I’m asking for support because we truly need it. Your help would bring us light in dark days.
Your donation can help me directly💚
✅Verified by #Molly_Shah
✅✅Donation link 🙏🙏
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With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
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Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Once again, the AAUP takes the lead in defending higher education. If you teach or conduct research in higher education, join now @aaup.org
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Characteristics of SNAP recipients, from new @pewresearch.org analysis:
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Characteristics of SNAP recipients, from new @pewresearch.org analysis:
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
—87% born in the US, 13% born elsewhere
—27% employed in all months of the year, 12% employed in some months, 61% employed in no months
Full analysis and downloadable data: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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“I am a full-time college student from a low-income family, and I rely on these benefits to buy groceries — as do many of my close friends.“
Mia Vesely | I use SNAP benefits, and many other college students do too
Senior columnist Mia Vesely discusses the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and dispels the notion that such programs are misused or unessential.
www.thedp.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“I am a full-time college student from a low-income family, and I rely on these benefits to buy groceries — as do many of my close friends.“
very happy to have been a part of this effort again for @dcabortionfund.bsky.social this year. donate to your local abortion fund! dcabortionfund.org/annual-repor...
2025 Annual Report — DC Abortion Fund
dcabortionfund.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
very happy to have been a part of this effort again for @dcabortionfund.bsky.social this year. donate to your local abortion fund! dcabortionfund.org/annual-repor...
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anyone who works for the times should be viewed with intense suspicion.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
anyone who works for the times should be viewed with intense suspicion.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Join us later today for a conversation about the critical educational trend lines that have been going down over the past 5-10 years!
(i.e. cognitive skill measures and public school enrollments)
(i.e. cognitive skill measures and public school enrollments)
Happening today at 3pm ET / 12pm PT! edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series
Be the first to hear who’s joining the new EdWorkingPapers Review Board.
The EdExchange isn’t just a repository of research—it’s a hub for connection. 💡
@joshua-goodman.com @abbyfrancis.bsky.social
Be the first to hear who’s joining the new EdWorkingPapers Review Board.
The EdExchange isn’t just a repository of research—it’s a hub for connection. 💡
@joshua-goodman.com @abbyfrancis.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join us later today for a conversation about the critical educational trend lines that have been going down over the past 5-10 years!
(i.e. cognitive skill measures and public school enrollments)
(i.e. cognitive skill measures and public school enrollments)
public goods
Here's a github repo with the code + how you can do this yourself if you'd like: github.com/paulgp/epste...
GitHub - paulgp/epstein-document-search
Contribute to paulgp/epstein-document-search development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
public goods
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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I don’t have much hope that the economics discipline is willing and able to reform itself from the inside but here’s a pretty damn freaking obvious place to start.
Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE EFFECT OF FUCK YOU MONEY
Does being rich make you stupid or does being stupid help you get rich or is it like a combination?
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ALWAYS BE AWARE OF THE EFFECT OF FUCK YOU MONEY
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bring back shame
people gotta lose their positions of power and influence
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
people gotta be shunned from their prestigious social circles
above all, people gotta go to jail
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
bring back shame
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feels relevant today
we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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YOU BETTER USE THAT POWER
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger sent a letter to the UVA Board of Visitors on Wednesday, saying it should wait to pick a new president until after her inauguration in January.
Spanberger tells BOV to pause process to pick new UVA president
Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger says the University of Virginia should wait to pick a new president.
www.cbs19news.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
YOU BETTER USE THAT POWER
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Coming up in a little over an hour…
Our 3rd session is on 💸Cost of Living Crisis and Inflation💸.
Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
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Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).
Sign up to receive Zoom link: bit.ly/47u3rZb.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Coming up in a little over an hour…
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TODAY: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025: pro-democracy protests in two New Orleans neighborhoods
- 5:00-5:20pm, Napoleon & Magazine
- 5:00-5:30pm, Elysian Fields & St. Claude
- 5:00-5:20pm, Napoleon & Magazine
- 5:00-5:30pm, Elysian Fields & St. Claude
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
TODAY: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025: pro-democracy protests in two New Orleans neighborhoods
- 5:00-5:20pm, Napoleon & Magazine
- 5:00-5:30pm, Elysian Fields & St. Claude
- 5:00-5:20pm, Napoleon & Magazine
- 5:00-5:30pm, Elysian Fields & St. Claude
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Chicago over everywhere
when new yorkers all experience something on social media it's like a rat that got ahold of a brazil nut. when upper midwesterners all experience something on social media it's a breathtaking dance of radiant light and color across the entire night sky
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Chicago over everywhere
🥳thread
🚀 I'm on the #EconSky Job Market!
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
My JMP asks a classic question:
Do large, dominant firms foster or hinder innovation?
To study this, I turn to the Great Merger Wave (1895–1904), when >2,600 U.S. firms combined into corporate giants like U.S. Steel and DuPont.
A JMP 🧵👇 (1/13)
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
🥳thread
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oooohhh wow
I love that we’re all sky posting. Easily the most vivid red I’ve ever seen
📍Central MN
📍Central MN
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
oooohhh wow