Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

This mind-bending timelapse with the Milky Way stabilized shows the Earth is spinning through space.

Credit: Eric Brummel
https://www.instagram.com/brummelphoto

#photography #milkyway #space

Hey #econtwitter I didn't get my Mastodon handle up on Twitter in time it seems. So I need to make new friends on Mastodon! Looking forward to interacting with you all here!

@paulgp Shameless plug for our R package that makes nice visualizations! https://synth-inference.github.io/synthdid/

My dedicated coworker

#ECON5k run on a glorious winter day near Amherst with @inaganguli and Wenting Ma. Our route went right over the Connecticut River, the dividing line between the eastern and western halves of the United States.

I guess I'd be pissed off too if I spent all that money for a private jet and then found out it didn't actually make me invisible.

Huh, first post. Let's go with a good one! I am quite pleased to announce that my book Ujamaa’s Army: The Creation and Evolution of the Tanzania People’s Defence Force 1964-1979 is now officially under contract with Ohio's War and Militarism in African History series. Look for it in print in 2023!

Just thought that the radiant Rebecca Luker singing “My White Knight” would make a good first real post.

Aviv Nevo is the new chief economist at the FTC! This is a serious economist joining an agency that wants to deprivilege economic analysis. How will it work out? Will Aviv teach the Commissioners economics or will the Commissioners convert Aviv to getting along without it?

Be kind, since everyone you meet is fighting a tough battle.

One question was on how to set up your own course textbooks. I'll be offering a workshop on how to set up online textbooks using quarto and #rstats in the new year (I'll announce it here).

You can also fork the repository for our curent book template if you have some experience with github.

https://psyteachr.github.io/template/

I really couldn't have asked for a better clip to close out my intro to sociology class this semester. Thankful to hear Tressie McMillan Cottom on public space, social media, and the value of curiosity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQH9a9W5QP0

Did you know Monopoly was invented by a woman named Elizabeth Magie in 1903?

Originally ‘The Landlord’s Game,’ it was designed as a protest against the big monopolists of her time like Carnegie & Rockefeller.

But it was Charles Darrow, an unemployed salesman, who eventually sold it to Parker Brothers after playing a version.

Parker Brothers credited Monopoly with saving their company. Magie died in 1948 without recognition. Darrow became very wealthy & his legend lives on. #history #women

The only things on this map are railroads!
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lj4wqt/the_railroads_of_the_world_oc/

"Intangible gift ideas with open source in mind"

https://opensource.com/article/22/12/open-source-intangible-gift-ideas via @osdc