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Hello JMCs of #EconTwitter: our dept at Warwick Econ has 3 AP positions this year (open fields) and a 3-year postdoc in econometrics. 👇
econjobmarket.org/positions/88
econjobmarket.org/positions/90

We are a very lively department, with great students from UG to PHDs, and 2nd in the UK for research.

Get in touch if you have questions about the dept/life in the UK.
We also want to emphasize that we especially welcome applications from #LGBTQ and minority applicants.

There is now a Mastodon server just for #EconTwitter!

Thanks to @paulgp for building this lifeboat

If you’re looking for a server this is a great option

econtwitter.net/about/more

For the most part #EconTwitter was a warm and supportive haven on the bird site, and I trust that this offshoot on Mastodon will prove to be the same.

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I don't think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before. It's a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.

@mmasnick it was great to get your perspective on that article.

@amoroso Thanks. Looks like I have arrived in the Fediverse.

Did you know that the European Union had an official Mastodon instance where only official EU institutions could open an account?

social.network.europa.eu/explo

No need to pay for a blue checkmark, accounts on this instance are, by definition, officials.

That’s Fediverse done right!

@shauny @schykle@schykle.com this is another way to integrate a blog into mastodon

Time for an #introduction.

I'm a sociologist at UMich, and director of Organizational Studies.

I recently published a book, Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy.

I'm a cancer survivor trying to figure out life in a permanently changed body.

When I can, I'm looking to the past to think about what kind of intellectual movement could smash #neoliberalism.

#sociology #economics #histodons #sts #histsci #medsoc #chronicillness #highered #academic

It's so weird. As I've been spending more time on Mastodon, not once has someone mocked me and told me to "cry moar". I thought that's how social media works these days.

I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.

@ccamara I suppose you are familiar with Kieran Healy's book Data Visualization. If a sociologist is writing a book about how to code, that seems a good sign that social scientists find coding useful. I guess more generally the argument is that telling a story with data is useful for many fields, and visualizing data can be a fun and compelling way to tell stories with data.

@katherined This is amazing I had no idea about this feature. I always thought it was a huge gap compared to centralized systems but that is pretty neat way to do verification.

A tip for those who haven't seen this yet. has its own "" system. Adding a link to your Mastodon profile from your website using the rel="me" attribute will that the owner of both the site and profile are the same, and you get this nifty green highlight to show it.

New day, new #sociologists on Mastodon:

Say hi to:

@jonathanhorowi1 (Jonathan Horowitz)
@Misinfo (Martin Rooke)
@dmw (Dana Williams)
@praxishabitus (Gerardo Martí)
@jonwynn (Jon Wynn)
@heidenernst (Mic Ernst-Heidenreich)
@epopp (Beth Popp Berman)

For the complete list and an option to follow multiple accounts at once visit: trutzig89182.github.io/Mastodo

If you want to be in the list or be removed, just let me know.

@sociology #Sociology

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