My interview with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social is now live!
We talked about instability in life as an early career scientist, the importance of policy in research, and more. Process is incredibly important for science, and the process is failing me.
I put a thread of some of my favorite clips below!
Let me tell you something. Y’all are asking too many damn questions at every point of sale. I have to leave a comment, make a suggestion, donate to a charity, choose a method of payment three times and then multiple choice of ways to get a receipt.
Take the damn money and leave me alone.
Why is my first thought on every paper with one particular co-author is "I am smelling a strategic selection story here...."
I think there is one, the data can't support it (yet) but the hints are strong
Both
rules for an Extra Long Walk:
1) can only spend whatever cash happens to be in my wallet already
2) cannot combine Extra Long Walk with other tasks or errands — this is not about maximizing convenience
3) impromptu stops are encouraged
4) food and water are obviously a must
Requisite annual post
“Advocates of regulated competition implicitly assume that customers consider their insurer to be a trustworthy partner. That assumption seems doubtful”
Looking to get back into a health policy job that involves econometrics and/or coding.
If you know of any, hit me up!
A screenshot of grant notices showing early expiration of AHRQ grant opportunities.
I know that they've already essentially dismantled AHRQ, but still sad to see today.
Predictable Things USUALLY HAPPEN
What @faineg.bsky.social has identified makes an existing problem worse. And that existing problem has been ongoing for well over a decade as it reverts to a terribly strategically inept mean that we fell into after Vietnam. 1/
I love this article. Not just because it explains why strategic and value based purchasing isn’t producing intended effects in the Netherlands. It also explains why so many fiddly “incentive-compatible” health reforms simply don’t work- their underlying theory of organizations is often wrong.
Aim for the Mendoza line for a very good year
#rejection 9
#rejection 10
Halfway there for the year
#Rejection 7 out of 20 for the year
It isn’t Operation Epic Furry in Pittsburgh until 4th of July weekend.
As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter
Nb: check out Sam and illia band
MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTED!!!!
I like this one
this is not about sports, this is about erasing every trans person from public life and forcing them to detransition or worse, driven by people who would prefer the latter
this is what every “just asking questions” or “just following the science” concern troll leads to
blogs.fangraphs.com/what-are-tea...
Just love how FanGraphs explains their modeling logic
Medicare Part B spends over $40 billion on physician-administered drugs. Our new study, forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics, finds that the program's payment formula slows drug price growth over time.
Open call for papers, Health Care Administration and Fraud. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on October 2, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on July 31, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
I stumbled into local restaurant Autostrada tonight. I only bought a slice a pizza because I was embarrassed to just be buying a puff pastry.
Y’all, I messed around and ate one of the best damn slices of pizza of my entire life. Sicilian style. It sort of bloomed in my mouth.
#REJECTION 6/20 for the year.
Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization
Miracle on Ice team crying in the stands. And I don’t even like this sport. The Olympics are wild, man.
The patriotism you can feel, while concurrently fighting against your government, is absolutely wild whiplash.
It is because of my love for this country that I demand so much from it.
May we all see the day when this story is in citi human subjects research training modules
