Damon Jones

Damon Jones

@nomadj1s.bsky.social

economist | from NJ | he/him

11,360 Followers 386 Following 145 Posts Joined May 2023
5 days ago
Caption: When Terrell "Lucky" John records an ad, he just lets the words come. "I don't even know what's going to come out of my mouth," he said. "When I sit down, and I hear the music, it's like, okay, what are we gonna talk about?" Then he hits record and starts yelling into the mic.

Not “50 grand I get this on one take”

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5 days ago

He said: 🤷🏼

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1 week ago
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Happening now: anti-war protestors are gathereing in Chicago's Congress Plaza for a demonstration against ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

Tonight's rally follows a similar protest in Chicago on Saturday; other anti-war actions are being planned across the city over the week.

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1 week ago

What good can you do today? What trouble can you cause? What suffering can you ease? What needs to exist, and can you help build it?

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We’ve kidnapped one head of state and assassinated another, and then we wonder why …

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1 week ago
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Iran says death toll in strike on elementary school rises to 85

abcnews.com/Internationa...

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Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02... - what a disaster.

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a man sitting on a couch with the words i love it on his face ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words i love it on his face
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1 week ago

People are out grilling in Chicago … I tell you what …

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2 weeks ago

These tech companies know everything about me … except my cookie preferences 🤔

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1 month ago

Again and again …

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1 month ago

Just catching the tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta Flack … phew

Lauryn Hill from NJ, btw …

And Bilal is a bad man …

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1 month ago

So maybe I should be asking, if theory predicts b1>b2, what test *should* I be running?

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1 month ago

Oh, I see what you mean, standardizing the regressors. But after that, does that help me with testing these inequalities?

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1 month ago

In other words what does it mean to fail to reject the null in a positive one-sided test when the coefficient is so negative it would have failed a two-sided test?

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1 month ago

Embarrassing follow-up question. Philosophically, a one-sided test is supposed to be for when I “know” the sign of the coefficient. What if theory says what the sign should be, but I don’t “know” if the theory is correct, am I still supposed to do a one-sided test?

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1 month ago

In my case, I have inequalities between the betas.

I guess I could write a regression that estimates b1, b2-b1, and b3-b2, my null is then b1-b2=0 and b3-b2 =0, and then what? Impose b1-b2=b2-b3 and test that in a one sided test?

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1 month ago

No, do mean divide by SD?

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1 month ago

Q: There’s a regression with three coefficients: b1, b2, b3

A theory says b1 > b2 > b3

What statistical test should I perform to test this joint prediction?

The point estimates are such that b3 > b1 > b2, if that matters

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1 month ago

Q: There’s a regression with three coefficients: b1, b2, b3

A theory says b1 > b2 > b3

What statistical test should I perform to test this joint prediction?

The point estimates are such that b3 > b1 > b2, if that matters

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2 months ago

ICE also shot a woman here in Chicago, whom they made similar claims against. She didn't die, despite being shot multiple times, and the charges against her were eventually dropped, because the stories they tell to justify their violence are always bullshit and never hold up under scrutiny.

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2 months ago

The Yo! MTV Raps channel is cool …

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2 months ago

This Kansas game is wild …

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2 months ago

Hmm, but WE both seem to agree that Walter was trash for that … sooo, then we can move on to analyzing Carol’s latest choices, no?

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2 months ago

Two words Carol Sturka: con-sent … 😬

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2 months ago

Ok, 5 minutes later, Carol is digging an even deeper hole … she is lost in the sauce … “you are mine?”

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2 months ago

I’ve been defending Carol all season … halfway through the finale and I’m ’bout done … maybe humanity won’t make it, but her behavior is unacceptable …

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2 months ago

🤲🏾

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2 months ago
Title: "2025 Evidence Champions"
Below the title there are two headshots, one of Damon Jones, and the other of Owen Garrick.

🧵1/3 J-PAL North America is thrilled to announce our 2025 #EvidenceChampion awardees! Both @nomadj1s.bsky.social and Dr. Owen Garrick have dedicated their careers to advancing racial equity and evidence-based policymaking. Learn more 👇

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3 months ago

There’s a logic to not inviting them, but it has backfired … hence a misstep …

The first time 11M people die, she didn’t know it was going to happen, the second time? Probably want a do over in that spot …

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