johnflournoy.science
Research Scientist, statistical and psychometric methods focus
Also really into technical research infrastructure and tools. Feel free to reach out!
PhD. Pysch, Neuro, Stats, Methods, Phil of Sci.
John Flournoy
Nice quote of @economeager.bsky.social here about no serious reckoning yet in microfinance
www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
Veep is fun. Why does Jonah keep getting better?
i know this (the quote) is true because i hurt every time someone invokes it with a hand wave at some invisible enemies
wait do the terfy techbros gender their LLMs
live tl cleanse
By the way Berna, here is the link to that talk, in case others are interested: youtu.be/eAS1u7eyC4s
current mood: giving academic advice at 10:43 at night with the unofficial muppets wicked parody playing in the background
"The hardening evidence of microfinance’s failure to alleviate poverty should have led to a rethinking of its use as a development tool, said Rafe Meager, an associate professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia, who has studied the academic research on microfinance."
Microfinance aimed to foster prosperity but stoked hardship for those borrowers who took on debt they couldn’t afford.
