James Archsmith

@NateSilver538 since there isn't a @tigers game to watch, read this dated but relevant bit instead dx.doi.org/10.1086/698728 For anyone not interested in a boring article by a boring professor, there's a podcast with 90% less professor: blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wi…

@nytimes Putting aside the players and the fans, can you imagine how bad playing this game would be for the umps? More missed calls on polluted days. nytimes.com/2018/11/27/ups… dx.doi.org/10.1086/698728

Breaking News: Today’s Yankees game is postponed because of hazardous air quality, a day after Major League Baseball had teams play through adverse conditions. nyti.ms/3MUo6d1

@shomaristone @fox5dc Putting aside the players and the fans, can you imagine how bad playing this game would be for the umps? More missed calls on polluted days. post-gazette.com/news/2018/09/2… dx.doi.org/10.1086/698728

Take a look at this smokey haze at Nationals Park in DC. Some people told me they’re leaving the baseball game early because of the air quality from the Canada wildfires. Tonight at 10pm & 11pm @fox5dc. Yankees-White Sox & Phillies-Tigers games postponed due to poor air quality.

@PhilliesBell @MLB Putting aside the players and the fans, can you imagine how bad playing this game would be for the umps? More missed calls on polluted days. post-gazette.com/news/2018/09/2… dx.doi.org/10.1086/698728

@emollick The AQI in much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast is well beyond the end of Figure 4 in my paper where @mlb umpires are already missing and additional 1.5 our of every 100 calls.

Expect a dumb day in the Eastern US, due to smoke: 📉Stock traders underperform by 7% on heavily polluted days ♟⚾️High pollution increases the errors made by chess players & umpires in big ways 🕴️Moderate pollution drops the quality of politicians' speeches by a half a grade

Happy #MarylandDay! Stop by the AREC table on Ag Day Avenue. We’re looking forward to seeing you. marylandday.umd.edu

We’re thrilled to welcome everyone to #UMD for #MarylandDay! Stop by our tent at McKeldin Mall to help us name the newest addition to our Terp family! #AGNRTerps

Umpires apply greater effort to higher-stakes decisions, and effort applied to earlier decisions increases errors later, from James E. Archsmith, Anthony Heyes, Matthew J. Neidell, and Bhaven N. Sampat nber.org/papers/w28922

If you're headed to the ballpark this summer, read up on some interesting research by @UMD_AGNR’s James Archsmith go.umd.edu/TgK

@cjwich @Sarah_Sterling2 @AcademicChatter You can change your name after you get married. Big, costly hassle but worth it if you have the most common name in the country you live in. (And if you move from S to A)

#AcademicTwitter #EconTwitter for women who got married in grad school, what did you do for your last name? Keep your maiden name or change? What about your middle name? Any unexpected things you had to deal with when making the change? @AcademicChatter

@john_voorheis @jarmin_ron @dhsandler @bay_gull91 How does differential privacy apply to supervillains? I imagine there aren't more than two per block group.

@cagrainger I resent the generalization. I also do energy/IO.

I was introduced to someone at #ASSA2020. When I said that I’m an environmental economist, this person glanced at my hair and said “makes sense”. #PhDEconSocialSkills 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

@natsfan2005 @mattyglesias Appendix results show controlling for the identity of the catcher or the location of the pitch don't change the conclusions.

@mattyglesias Doesn’t look like they controlled for catcher framing, something that explains a lot of “bad” calls...

@exconomist You need to pay the premium for dumpsters not on fire.

$827k doesn't get you much in Boulder. Although it is apparently a large dumpster.

Why didn't anyone tell me @Stata 16 has dark mode? #help #whatsnew

@john_voorheis My name is, and I cannot stress this enough, Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

In 2018 the US generated 50% more electricity from grid scale solar PV (63 TWh) than it did by burning wood (41 TWh).

@mdhershman Idiosyncratic is specific to an individual. Eccentric is odd. So your favorite snack is Idiosyncratic, regardless of what it is. Liking to snack on peanut butter and cheese is eccentric.

Wrestling with a linguistic nuance this morning: what is the difference between “eccentric” and “idiosyncratic?” Who wants to weigh in? #wordnerd #wordsmatter #etymology

@a40ruhr People regularly photograph my slides at conferences (even though I make my presentations available). The footer line provides a record of the author, title, date and slide number so they can properly cite it or reference the specific presentation if they later have questions.

Now I can add Annals of Improbable Research (blog) to my CV. Can I please be a referee? improbable.com/2018/12/19/eff…