Lavar Edmonds
@lavaredmonds.bsky.social
Anything I ever do is to avoid doing something else
Stanford Economics PhD Student
lavaredmonds.com
Stanford Economics PhD Student
lavaredmonds.com
Just fyi: if you happen to find yourself roaming the halls of the Hyatt Regency in Seattle around 8:30 tomorrow morning, (I know, I didn’t pick the time 😭), feel free to drop by and check out my (early-stage) project on colleges and their effects on local school districts! #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just fyi: if you happen to find yourself roaming the halls of the Hyatt Regency in Seattle around 8:30 tomorrow morning, (I know, I didn’t pick the time 😭), feel free to drop by and check out my (early-stage) project on colleges and their effects on local school districts! #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM
On net I like Bluesky, but the shift really lost grad students (far fewer active here vs. during peak EconTwitter). With job market season, it’s been kinda nice seeing familiar faces who were in the Covid grad school trenches w me popping up again recently
Like hey there! I remember you! Cool paper
Like hey there! I remember you! Cool paper
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
On net I like Bluesky, but the shift really lost grad students (far fewer active here vs. during peak EconTwitter). With job market season, it’s been kinda nice seeing familiar faces who were in the Covid grad school trenches w me popping up again recently
Like hey there! I remember you! Cool paper
Like hey there! I remember you! Cool paper
Ok i actually like this one tho
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Ok i actually like this one tho
Update: It came together!
(That said, it’s 85 degrees in Cancún, and I’m in a black suit for a beach wedding, so new problems may arise soon)
(That said, it’s 85 degrees in Cancún, and I’m in a black suit for a beach wedding, so new problems may arise soon)
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Update: It came together!
(That said, it’s 85 degrees in Cancún, and I’m in a black suit for a beach wedding, so new problems may arise soon)
(That said, it’s 85 degrees in Cancún, and I’m in a black suit for a beach wedding, so new problems may arise soon)
Huh. So the Penn Graduate School of Education email was hacked?
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Huh. So the Penn Graduate School of Education email was hacked?
Who did what now?? Don’t you put this evil on us
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Who did what now?? Don’t you put this evil on us
When you definitely know zero (economics) professors
August 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When you definitely know zero (economics) professors
Got to sift through old stuff and pretend to be an economic historian today — very cool
August 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Got to sift through old stuff and pretend to be an economic historian today — very cool
Survivor Series 1987
July 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Survivor Series 1987
Hey just checking in from Barcelona. Got me a starter hat
July 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hey just checking in from Barcelona. Got me a starter hat
Elon Musk is a POS who’s done irreparable damage to the country (indeed, the world), and I pray he finally gets his comeuppance, but how can I hold a grudge when his ruining Twitter has brought me gems like this?
May 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Elon Musk is a POS who’s done irreparable damage to the country (indeed, the world), and I pray he finally gets his comeuppance, but how can I hold a grudge when his ruining Twitter has brought me gems like this?
Well that’s a terrifying way to wake up from a nap
(I promise y’all don’t want to be here — save yourselves)
(I promise y’all don’t want to be here — save yourselves)
May 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Well that’s a terrifying way to wake up from a nap
(I promise y’all don’t want to be here — save yourselves)
(I promise y’all don’t want to be here — save yourselves)
Only four hours later, but I got my cake
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Only four hours later, but I got my cake
Damn, Columbia. These elites have no backbone. I’m glad MY university would never throw its students and faculty under the bus like that
March 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Damn, Columbia. These elites have no backbone. I’m glad MY university would never throw its students and faculty under the bus like that
Fwiw we did get some nice pictures out of it (and one even captured the only other Black guy in the room behind me!)
March 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Fwiw we did get some nice pictures out of it (and one even captured the only other Black guy in the room behind me!)
Did our first SoulCycle-type class. It was Cowboy Carter-themed, and I never have felt so much like I was in a cult. Good workout, tho
February 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Did our first SoulCycle-type class. It was Cowboy Carter-themed, and I never have felt so much like I was in a cult. Good workout, tho
Touch and go there for a bit, but played the recital and made it out relatively unscathed 🙏🏽
February 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Touch and go there for a bit, but played the recital and made it out relatively unscathed 🙏🏽
Mission accomplished 🫡
November 30, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Mission accomplished 🫡
Turns out you’re never too old for your dad to come teach you how to change a tire
November 30, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Turns out you’re never too old for your dad to come teach you how to change a tire
As a lefty education economist and wrestling fan since the late 90s,
November 19, 2024 at 11:00 PM
As a lefty education economist and wrestling fan since the late 90s,
I was raised in these streets
November 18, 2024 at 10:53 PM
I was raised in these streets
Wait, were y’all in group chats over there?
November 17, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Wait, were y’all in group chats over there?