Travis A. Smith

Travis A. Smith

@smithtravisa.bsky.social

Associate professor at the University of Georgia. Food economist.

458 Followers 492 Following 24 Posts Joined Sep 2023
1 month ago

Ah, I didn’t realize. I guess I’d say you have a large following of junior folks: assistant profs, PhDs etc and I’m not sure they see this as a joke. It’s job market season.

There are academics that overwork themselves to the point of being unhealthy, which is unnecessary to succeed

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1 month ago

Interesting take (joke?). Do you really work 7 days each week…and by work, I mean >=8 hours per day away from family and friends?

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6 months ago

A day on Mercury is longer than its year.

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7 months ago

Important update: 15.

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7 months ago

Haha, 14 as of yesterday.

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9 months ago

It’s like “Teenjus”

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11 months ago

I still don't know how to see them.

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1 year ago

Yep. The HS freshman class of 2020 just hit college this year. I was surprised at the huge difference as compared to the last 3 years of college freshmen. I suppose even one non-pandemic year of HS makes a big difference...

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1 year ago

I got you covered 👍🏻

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1 year ago

Oh, it is a bargain! I will try to find a way

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1 year ago

This is awesome. I really want to submit a paper. Not sure how I’ll pay for it though!

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1 year ago

Your handle!

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1 year ago

Nope, just Trey, Fish, Page and Mike

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1 year ago

Denver 11/17/97

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1 year ago

This one showcase was a trip to New York, Paris and a new Ford Mustang. $14k.

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1 year ago

Watching the Price is Right from 1982 is wild.

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1 year ago

That’s like $15 million to make some banana bread one week from now.

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1 year ago

Do you get the wall?

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1 year ago

Agreed. Maude’s place looked really cool.

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1 year ago

Sorry…Caucasian. Also, at Maude’s place

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1 year ago

I’m pretty sure he uses powdered creamer to make this White Russian.

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2 years ago
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Why Stating Hypotheses in Grant Applications Is Unnecessary This Viewpoint argues that a hypothesis-centric approach to writing grant applications is problematic and instead suggests that funding applications should be e

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2 years ago

I find it difficult to rank. Vey much conditional on the calendar date

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2 years ago

Hey yall, stop working. It’s Friday. Enjoy

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2 years ago
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Reps. Meng, Fitzpatrick, Garbarino, Spanberger, And Senator Bennet Renew Bipartisan Push For Snap To... WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) called for their legislation t...

SNAP to allow the purchase of hot foods?

"Hot Foods Act would remove an outdated prohibition that prevents families from using SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods such as prepared rotisserie chickens, hot sandwiches, and soups."

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