@Techmeme@techhub.socialAn arbitrator orders Uber to pay $40M to the parents of a woman fatally hit by a car after an Uber driver ordered her out of his car in 2023 (Christine Hauser/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/uber-payment-woman-killed-f…
@cdarwin@c.imIn the summer of 2023, gearing up for his bid for a second term, President Joe Biden gathered with a cadre of wealthy donors at a $7.5 million mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut.
As the $25,000-a-seat fundraising dinner began, the president turned to thank his host:
Stephen Mandel,
a billionaire hedge fund manager and devoted Democratic donor.
“I wouldn’t be here, standing here as president of the United States, without a lot of you in this room,”
Biden told the…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.despanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 534 nodes and 12812 edges.
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https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.despanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 534 nodes and 12812 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDer August 2026 war mit einer globalen Durchschnitts-Temperatur von 16,96 Grad Celsius der wärmste August seit Beginn des ERA5-Datensatzes. Auch die Meeresoberflächen-Temperaturen außerhalb der Polarregionen erreichten einen August-Rekord. West-Europa verzeichnete seinen bislang wärmsten Sommer. Besonders hohe Meeres-Temperaturen traten an Europas Atlantik-Küste und im westlichen Mittelmeer auf.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyJuly was the second warmest on record globally, tied with 2024, and just behind 2023.
The global average temperature for July 2026 was 16.90°C, 0.67°C above the 1991-2020 average for July and 1.47°C above the estimated pre-industrial average for the month.
From https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPro Shop, the media company founded in 2023 to expand golf's presence in entertainment, raised a $24M Series B, following a $20M Series A (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
@holger_moller@bildung.social"Seit Oktober 2023 durchlebt Israel im Bereich psychische Gesundheit eine Krise von bislang unbekanntem Ausmaß. Einem Bericht des israelischen Staatsrevisors vom Februar 2025 zufolge leiden 39 Prozent der Israelis in mittlerem oder schwerem Ausmaß an posttraumatischen Symptomen, Depressionen, Ängsten oder einer Kombination dieser Beschwerden."
#Trauma
@digitalnaiv@mastodon.socialGartner nennt es das größte Infrastrukturprojekt der Menschheitsgeschichte. Man könnte es auch die teuerste Wette aller Zeiten nennen: Amazon, Alphabet, Meta und Microsoft haben seit 2023 über eine Billion Dollar in KI verbuddelt, meldet Bezmalinović bei heise online. Der freie Cashflow? Nur noch 7 Mrd. Dollar. #KI #BigTech
@NFL@darktundra.xyzAaron Donald officially works out for Rams as potential comeback nears https://www.nfl.com/news/aaron-donald-works-out-for-rams
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzJoey Porter Jr. Trade Grades: Steelers Ship Stud Cornerback to Cowboys Amid Contract Squabble https://www.si.com/nfl/joey-porter-jr-trade-grades-cowboys-benefit-from-steelers-inability-to-reach-deal
@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.pageOrganizational Technology Ladders: Remote Work and Generative AI Adoption
Gregor Schubert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11626 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11626 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.11626
arXiv:2608.11626v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study proposes that firms move along an "organizational technology ladder": adopting one technology transforms hiring and work processes and builds skills and organizational capital that change the cost of adopting subsequent technologies. I study how firms' adoption of remote work technology during the COVID-19 period shaped later uptake of generative AI. Using U.S. job-posting data and an instrumental-variables strategy based on predicted differences in labor-market pressure to offer remote work, I estimate that a 10 percentage point increase in remote hiring in 2021-2022 increases the share of job postings mentioning generative AI in 2023-2024 by 0.4 percentage points across firms and 0.7 percentage points across occupations within firms. I provide evidence on mechanisms consistent with a technology-ladder channel: remote work adoption shifts hiring toward technical and managerial capabilities that predict faster conversion of generative AI exposure into adoption. Firms with return-to-office mandates---interpreted as revealing low remote productivity---exhibit a substantially larger response of generative AI adoption to remote work, consistent with an organizational frictions channel.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialNJ Governor says a software error at DMV led to the improper voter registration of ~6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024; 400 of those cast ballots (Tracey Tully/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyThis is by far the warmest extended summer (June-September) on record for the Netherlands: September is turning into another summer month with an average temperature of 16.7°C (above the already warmed 1991-2020 average for June!).
The 4-month average of ~18.65°C is over 0.3°C higher than in 2006.
#ClimateChange
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.despanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 145 nodes and 2403 edges.
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https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social📢 US-Notenbank erhöht Leitzins erstmals seit 2023
Im Kampf gegen die hartnäckig hohe Inflation hebt die US-Notenbank Fed den Leitzins an. Er wurde um einen Viertelpunkt erhöht - auf die neue Spanne von 3,75 bis 4,00 Prozent. Experten hatten mit diesem Schritt gerechnet.
➡️ #tagesschau #Eilmeldung #Eil #BreakingNews
@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.pageA Note on the Identification Step in "A Semistructural Methodology for Policy Counterfactuals"
Henri Ker\"anen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.10596 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.10596 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.10596
arXiv:2608.10596v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The New Keynesian example of Beraja (2023) is not identified at its printed calibration: more than one structure satisfies every condition of its identification step. Two of the paper's six identifying restrictions coincide on equilibrium equations consistent with the printed reduced form, leaving eleven conditions to determine an equation's twelve coefficients. The note derives the rank condition the identification step requires, computable from the reduced form and the restrictions alone. The note also documents and corrects a misprint in the paper's counterfactual display. A one-clause amendment to the paper's Theorem 1 restores its conclusion.
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@cheeaun@mastodon.social @netzschleuder@social.skewed.despanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 121 nodes and 1793 edges.
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https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish
@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.pageEstimated Demand for Mega-Constellation Internet Service
Akhil Rao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08851 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.08851 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.08851
arXiv:2608.08851v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The near-term growth of the commercial space economy and sustainability of the low-Earth orbit (LEO) environment depends on the commercial prospects of large LEO satellite telecommunications constellations (``mega-constellations''). If successful, mega-constellations can spur competition between launch providers, which may lead to lower launch prices. They may also demand orbital sustainability services and/or generate additional collision risk, which may in turn affect space sustainability interests. Consumer demand for mega-constellations' internet services is critical to their commercial success. This analysis presents a method to estimate consumer demand for mega-constellations' internet services, using SpaceX's Starlink over December 2021--November 2023 as an example. This analysis finds that Starlink users are highly concentrated in the wealthiest countries. It also finds that consumer demand for Starlink is growing more slowly than orbital capacity is being added and more slowly than demand for non-Starlink internet overall. Continuation of these trends may indicate that the market for mega-constellation internet is less lucrative than previous forecasts have indicated.
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The Beatles:
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@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.pagePrice Responses of Rwandan Tungsten Exports under Conflict Minerals Regulation
Haruka Nagamori, Kazuhiko Nishimura
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.08690 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.08690 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.08690
arXiv:2608.08690v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Section 1502 of the Dodd--Frank Act, enacted in 2010, requires U.S.-listed companies using tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold (3TG) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries to disclose information on the minerals' origins. Concerns have been raised that the regulation may have induced a de facto embargo through avoidance of sourcing from the covered region. However, how the price responsiveness of mineral exports evolved under changing institutional and market conditions remains insufficiently understood. Since tungsten production in the covered region is concentrated almost entirely in Rwanda, this study examines the price responsiveness of Rwandan tungsten exports from January 2009 to December 2023.
Because missing export quantity data prevent continuous observation of export unit values, we apply the identification approach of Nakano and Nishimura (2025), combining monthly mirror trade data from UN Comtrade with exchange rates and a world average price. An importer fixed-effects model is estimated using export value as the dependent variable, with the sample divided into four periods according to changes in the institutional and market environment.
The results reveal substantial temporal variation in price responsiveness. A statistically significant negative price response is observed in Period 1 ($\eta=-20.814$, $p<0.01$), disappears in Period 2 ($\eta=1.814$, $p>0.10$), reappears in Period 3 ($\eta=-5.277$, $p<0.01$), and disappears again in Period 4 ($\eta=0.440$, $p>0.10$). Coefficient-difference tests confirm significant changes between Periods 1 and 2 ($p=0.0021$) and between Periods 3 and 4 ($p=0.0006$). These findings suggest that the price responsiveness of Rwandan tungsten exports varied substantially over time rather than following a uniform trajectory after the regulation.
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