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Jeremy Foltz

@zhelemi

Applied economics professor at UW-Madison. Development, Africa, technology adoption. Aspiring imperfectionist.

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US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high f...

US Navy tells shipping industry that it cannot offer naval escorts

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

10.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

10.03.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 24754 πŸ” 8580 πŸ’¬ 980 πŸ“Œ 509
USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

youtube.com/watch?v=tU8S...

10.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 3083 πŸ” 1085 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 57

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 9438 πŸ” 1895 πŸ’¬ 176 πŸ“Œ 39
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Malaria is not just a health crisis, it is an economic crisis Eradicating malaria could deliver much larger economic gains in sub-Saharan Africa than previously believed. The new generation of malaria vaccines provides a highly cost-effective way to realise these benefits.

πŸ†• Malaria is not just a health crisis, it is an economic crisis

Today on VoxDev, Minki Kim (Economics department, University of Mannheim.) discusses how eradicating malaria could deliver much larger economic gains in sub-Saharan Africa than previously believed: https://ow.ly/JWuR50YrINw

10.03.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rethinking the agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters After adjusting for labour input differences, the apparent agricultural productivity gap in India is largely a formal-informal sector divide. Differences in education and labour hours fully explain the productivity gap between informal sector and agriculture. If these are addressed, incomes can increase even without convergence to formal sector productivity levels.

πŸ†• Rethinking the agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters

Today on VoxDev, Rajveer Jat (Western Digital) & Bharat Ramaswami (Ashoka University) find that India's agricultural productivity gap is largely a formal-informal sector divide: https://ow.ly/mgAk50YrHP4

10.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)

10.03.2026 00:37 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

I see your TACO and raise you STAR:

Some
Things
Aren’t
Reversible

09.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 1311 πŸ” 201 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 10

The Ohio State University is expected to close ranks and replace him with his hard-line son, further straining an already highly volatile situation in a region that has seen constant conflict over the past several decades

09.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2
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Iranian journalist reports in front of the flames of a burning Oil depot.

09.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 1757 πŸ” 635 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 95
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Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected offic... Golden State Warriors' Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom. He's joined coaches including Doc Rivers, Jim Boeheim, Muffet McGraw, and more in signing a letter calling on elected officials to ...

@goldenstatewarrior.bsky.social's Coach Steve Kerr is standing up for campus freedom!

Coaches across the nation launched a letter campaign calling on elected officials to keep political interference out of our colleges and universities.

We can't have college sports without academic freedom.

06.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Hélène Mouchard-Zay, tireless advocate for the memory of Vichy regime victims, has died The daughter of Jean Zay, a left-wing minister who was assassinated by Vichy regime militiamen in 1944, Hélène Mouchard-Zay fought to have his remains interred in the Panthéon in 2015. She died on March 2, at the age of 85.

Hélène Mouchard-Zay, tireless advocate for the memory of Vichy regime victims, has died

06.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The White House meeting comes as Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has been leading Pentagon work in recent days on a supplemental budget request of around $50 billion that could be released as soon as Friday, one of the people said. The new money would pay for replacing the weapons used in recent conflicts including those in the Middle East.
The figure is preliminary and could change.

The White House meeting comes as Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg has been leading Pentagon work in recent days on a supplemental budget request of around $50 billion that could be released as soon as Friday, one of the people said. The new money would pay for replacing the weapons used in recent conflicts including those in the Middle East. The figure is preliminary and could change.

USAID was simply too expensive to continue but

05.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Kibble is kibble. This is what I make for my dog and my wife makes fun of me for putting in spices and garlic so it tastes good for the dog.

03.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

03.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 2409 πŸ” 866 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 151

Economists: we award Nobel Prizes for work on efficient institutions and minimizing transaction costs.
Also Economists: the review process at the American Economic Review.

03.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 173 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

I have killed
the senior leadership candidates
that were in
Iran

and which
you were probably
saving
for post-regime change

Forgive me
they were irresistible
so right there
and so bombable

02.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 318 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

i’ll just keep posting variations on elementary human decency, not that it matters

02.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 830 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

Those three downed jets run around $90 million each.

It cost $20 million a year to operate the food kitchens serving 816,000 people in Sudan.

02.03.2026 12:50 πŸ‘ 2913 πŸ” 961 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 30
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.

A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)

Directorates to follow

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01.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 670 πŸ” 446 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 118

With all the craziness in the world today, I just wanted to say one thing..

Season your eggs AFTER cooking, not during. The flavor is much better and the salt won’t break down the egg proteins as much.

27.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1293 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 122 πŸ“Œ 9
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ’ Captain hilary knight : β€œThe joke was distasteful & unfortunateβ€” Now I have to sit in front of you and explain someone else's behavior. It's not my responsibility… It’s a great teaching point to really shine light on how women should be championed for their amazing feats.”

26.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 6369 πŸ” 1916 πŸ’¬ 216 πŸ“Œ 172

Hello! I’m the reporter who has been tracking citizens detained by immigration agents. And last night, I noticed something: A lot of them were at the State of the Union, including a number of whom I’ve written about.

Their stories should be known:

25.02.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 1066 πŸ” 481 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 17

encyclopediavirginia.org/wp-content/u...

For reference: A schematic of the ship Brooks which was used to transport enslaved people in the Middle Passage

23.02.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In this 2024 interview, Jack Hughes, who just scored the game-winning goal for the US Olympic hockey team, explains why it was important for him to embrace Pride Night when many other NHL players refused to do so.

22.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 13770 πŸ” 2735 πŸ’¬ 234 πŸ“Œ 189

Every Jewish mom texting her family group chat this morning some variation of β€œDid you know Jack Hughes is half Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah?!”

22.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 447 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 12
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Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, πŸ“Έ by @tiltoncreative

22.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 9983 πŸ” 2279 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 112
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They said they’d rather die from violence than hunger.

A year after USAID was cut, the outlook and death toll is the most brutal of Trump’s achievements to date.

The following 3 part video from @propublica.org looks deeper.

Part one/

21.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

Right. The coverage shouldn’t be that the Roberts Court did the right thing todayβ€”but that it protected Trump, in clear violation of the law, for over a year.

SCOTUS could and should have stopped the tariffs a year ago.
Instead it allowed Trump lawlessness.

20.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 846 πŸ” 274 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 7