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Rafe Meager (they/them)

@economeager.bsky.social

Aspiring wastrel, applied econometrician. At http://rachaelmeager.com for bayes, dev econ and meta science. Also at http://rottenandgood.substack.com for writing, art, death and emotions. Gay academic nonbinary weirdo, cursed to be serious in life.

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me: is that... batman??? no! silly. wu tang. wu tang forever.

05.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Medical training becomes less desirable in abortion-restricting states

medical training has become less desirable in states with abortion restrictions, especially in abortion-related specialties, including obstetrics and gynecology, family medicine, internal medicine, and emergency medicine.
#econsky #medicine
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/03/medi...

05.03.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Someone putting the Institute for Advanced Study chalkboards to other good use…

05.03.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8

i’ve already depicted you as lacking all conviction and myself as full of passionate intensity 😏

04.03.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Lmao

05.03.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I assume that is the son who we admitted to LSE and that this is a London story and I am content to accept such things about the city

05.03.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

WHAT

05.03.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Academics are a rowdy incurable bunch

05.03.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you can somehow tell the bit about not smoking was added when someone did conceptual analysis on β€˜flame’ and β€˜fire’ and concluded that a lit cigarette or pipe doesn’t count

05.03.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Slay bestie

05.03.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

05.03.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eating a samosa and watching Bergman …. if you even care

05.03.2026 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"The idea that you didn’t need to assume rational agents who were easy to model mathematically but could have various agents w deviations from rationality... that had no impact. Why? Because believing those models required an act of faith"

Hard to imagine not needing to understand & exercise taste

05.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lmaooooo

05.03.2026 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Experimental participants to us

12.11.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Big lie

05.03.2026 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Better not to know

05.03.2026 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never ever do this

05.03.2026 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

But god at what cost

05.03.2026 07:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i am anti musicals and take no pleasure in reporting this

05.03.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
famous "come out you cuckold" flag from english civil war

famous "come out you cuckold" flag from english civil war

terrible news this scans to "brush up your shakespeare"

05.03.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of The Onion in print featuring this article posted on Twitter.

https://theonion.com/anyone-else-have-those-weird-dreams-where-sobbing-future-generations-beg-you-to-change-course/

A picture of The Onion in print featuring this article posted on Twitter. https://theonion.com/anyone-else-have-those-weird-dreams-where-sobbing-future-generations-beg-you-to-change-course/

Grok being wrong:

The Onion does have (hilarious) print editions, but this specific "Sam Altman" piece isn't from themβ€”or any real outlet. It's a custom meme image made to look like one, floating around since at least February. Spot on for the satire though!

Grok being wrong: The Onion does have (hilarious) print editions, but this specific "Sam Altman" piece isn't from themβ€”or any real outlet. It's a custom meme image made to look like one, floating around since at least February. Spot on for the satire though!

Wrong again, dumbass

05.03.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3716    πŸ” 234    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 8

hit em with the "yeah nah"! classic.

05.03.2026 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ur about to graduate right? yeah ignore us.

05.03.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

really really yeah

05.03.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"But there is, however, something that I am sure of. Whatever is published will need to be understood and explained. This is a constraint economists have imposed on themselves and I don’t see it changing." Too right.

05.03.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank u πŸ™πŸ»

04.03.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No no I’m out of the game now. He’s lost me I’m afraid

04.03.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

WELL EXACTLY

what could possess someone who should be our brother in arms to behave in this way [writing terrible article carrying water for the idea of our destruction]

could it be his rage and jealousy at the gen z femboys>????? is this about ageing????

04.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you rob πŸ’™

04.03.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0