Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social
economist | from NJ | he/him
Knicks: best record in the league 🏀
October 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Knicks: best record in the league 🏀
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It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
Reposted by Damon Jones
I invite you to listen to this conversation with my wonderful colleague @nomadj1s.bsky.social,
Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.
Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.
It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit.
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I invite you to listen to this conversation with my wonderful colleague @nomadj1s.bsky.social,
Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.
Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.
“I’m an emotional roller coaster, with highs so high, I could put Bol Bol on a poster”
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October 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“I’m an emotional roller coaster, with highs so high, I could put Bol Bol on a poster”
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done watching basketball …
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
done watching basketball …
Ahh, yes, that familiar feeling …
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ahh, yes, that familiar feeling …
One nitpick: I don’t know if Coogi was poppin’ like that in ‘92
April 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
One nitpick: I don’t know if Coogi was poppin’ like that in ‘92
They don’t want race used
taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a Smithsonian museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔
taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a Smithsonian museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔
BREAKING: President Donald Trump aims to reshape the Smithsonian museums and zoo with an order targeting funding to programs with "improper ideology."
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
bit.ly
March 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They don’t want race used
taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a Smithsonian museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔
taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a Smithsonian museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔
So universities cannot take race into account, but then … 🤔
The Trump administration has canceled a 60-year-old civil rights rule that banned federal contractors from engaging in racial segregation.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So universities cannot take race into account, but then … 🤔
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Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
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A judge said Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate whose arrest by ICE sparked outrage, couldn't be deported without a court order.
Court Temporarily Halts Columbia Activist’s Deportation
The Palestinian Columbia graduate was nabbed by ICE, sparking outrage that his due process and First Amendment rights had been violated.
interc.pt
March 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A judge said Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate whose arrest by ICE sparked outrage, couldn't be deported without a court order.
Now hold on just a minute:
March 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Now hold on just a minute:
They are doing so much destruction down there, across the board …
BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
apnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
They are doing so much destruction down there, across the board …
My kind of carrying on …
March 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My kind of carrying on …
Funk You Up - Long Version
Sequence · The Sugar Hill Records Story · Song · 2009
open.spotify.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Chicago native Eve L. Ewing’s new book, ‘Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism,’ drops today.
Check out our interview with her.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
Check out our interview with her.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
Eve L. Ewing examines how the education system is designed to hurt Black and Indigenous students • The TRiiBE
Chicago author Eve Ewing invites readers to critically think about the origins of the American education system in her newest book.
thetriibe.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Chicago native Eve L. Ewing’s new book, ‘Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism,’ drops today.
Check out our interview with her.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
Check out our interview with her.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
Arrested for selling books … Owners of East Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop arrested and their store ransacked …
“Police said they had seized eight books and needed time to investigate further, including reading the books.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
“Police said they had seized eight books and needed time to investigate further, including reading the books.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookshop branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Arrested for selling books … Owners of East Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop arrested and their store ransacked …
“Police said they had seized eight books and needed time to investigate further, including reading the books.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
“Police said they had seized eight books and needed time to investigate further, including reading the books.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
February 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Everyone posts this speech on MLK day … as they should (pt 1/3)
January 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Everyone posts this speech on MLK day … as they should (pt 1/3)
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"G.M. monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” Lina M. Khan, chair of the F.T.C. “With this action, the F.T.C. is safeguarding Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.”
The FTC just announced a settlement with General Motors, banning the sale of consumers' driving behavior and locations for the next 5 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/t...
General Motors Is Banned From Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Years
An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"G.M. monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” Lina M. Khan, chair of the F.T.C. “With this action, the F.T.C. is safeguarding Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.”